Football has no morals, clubs will overlook any shortcoming in a person’s character if they’re good enough or important enough. Just look at how little mention there has been of Maradona’s behaviour with women & his own children in the last week….
One thing about these conspiracy loons though – imagine if the government was even 10% as organised as they’d need to be to implement all these grand plans that Alcy and his ilk claim they have. Christ, this lot can’t even order some flipping masks without getting massively ripped off!
Bringing up Thalidomide is doing the tin hat rounds. Saw it several times on social media yesterday.
Also, and I know it’s not worth engaging with conspiracy “theorists” because they’re not dealing in rational thought, but just because something was believed to be the correct option at one point only to subsequently turn out not to be, it doesn’t mean we should never do anything again.
If a player missed a penalty because he slipped while trying to put it in the top corner, does that mean no player should ever aim for the top corner again? Should Mark Howard never come for a cross because he dropped that one at Exeter?
November 24, 2020 at 10:01 am
in reply to: Spence#197998
Do you remember Dagnall? Used to run all over the place, chasing back into his own box at time, never stopped working. He also missed lots of chances because he was breathing out of his backside from all the running around!
Lineker was a master at conserving energy and just making the runs he needed to make. Unfortunately, these days forwards are asked to do so much more work with “pressing” and so on that Lineker wouldn’t have been able to play like that these days.
Test 1000 people, find 6 “positives”, not much to worry about.
Test 100000 people, find 600 “positives”….oooh, oooh, the rate has gone sky high, better lock down…
So we can add maths to the things you don’t understand?
So some clubs will benefit from home support but not others!
Hardly a level playing field is it?
Should be everyone or no one IMO.
At this level, maybe so, but in higher divisions there are far bigger problems in the game that make it unfair than just fans in the ground or not.
What would be good would be if gate receipts were pooled until every ground can be opened, so that all clubs benefit. I know, I’m only dreaming, but if the game were run properly it would happen….
November 24, 2020 at 8:45 am
in reply to: Spence#197988
You’re right to a point but footballers only have so much energy – why waste it on fruitless runs into the box when you know the ball isn’t going to come?
Yes…. we’ll all be safer after being vaccinated using a vaccine that has taken nine months to develop instead of the usual 10-15 years, and whose makers are ALREADY indemnified against any problems their vaccine causes.😳
A great example of how a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
I have a memory of him being a very small but quite tough midfield schemer. If he still has it, would potentially be an upgrade on Spence but is that really the direction to take things in?
November 23, 2020 at 11:31 am
in reply to: Spence#197934
Chicken and egg Cass – who’s going to make the run if they know the cross won’t come?
Eisa was good at Oldham, he got down the outside a few times and really made life hard for their defence at times. The full-back marking him should have been sent off for hacking him down in the second half, a sure sign Eisa was well on top.
But Saturday’s performance was really disappointing.
Eisa, instead of cutting inside all the time needs to go around the outside of his FB, he has the pace but never usually does it.
He was terrible yesterday, just kept running inside and losing the ball. Their right back was good but Eisa needs to be a bit brighter and try to ask different questions of the defender.
Thought we looked a bit more dangerous with Spence on the right and Gilliead inside this afternoon.
Spence is fine but I prefer Beestin on current showing.
I’m dubious about the GK but he’s 10% better than what we have. Back four if they continue like last night will help massively.
I agree with this, I’ve seen very little from him to convince me, mainly flapping at crosses and not commanding his area. Still, the defenders seem more confident with him there which makes a big difference.
KVV reminds me of PH and for me a new contract should be on the table even in these uncertain times.
You would have thought it would be a no-brainer, offer a contract so if nothing else the club can command a transfer fee at some point in the future but who knows how these things will pan out. I wonder how KVV will see it himself after a less-than-successful spell at Northampton.
Let Beestin and Spence break up play and give the ball to Gilliead, Eisa, KVV or Loft and let them do what they do best. Green on against tiring legs for 20/30 minutes would do for me
Fair enough Cass, maybe horses for courses? At home, with teams sitting deeper, I think we’ll need a bit more guile in midfield though.
It would be a shame for him never to get a proper chance but maybe he just needs a fresh start. The chance to recoup some money on wages & the odd transfer fee cannot be ignored. It’s not like we’re short of strikers anyway.
FWIW, I think Dunnwald-Turan is probably better suited to being the second striker than being Loft-lite.
Pretty obvious that KVV back has brought us a better shape and look upfront. Same with Hayes in the past. If he was injured we’d conjure up nothing as there was no outlet.
I agree on that, I thought KVV’s performance at Oldham was just like watching Hayes again. Combined with the pace and running of Eisa on the flank, he really carried a threat. Much as I don’t think Loft is going to score many goals, his ability to occupy defenders will help to make plenty of goals for KVV.
Wouldn’t disagree with that Heath, aside from the fact that we have to hope the management will listen to the physio team if they flag up concerns over anyone’s fitness.
