Pjanic on the streets of Islington?

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Originally Posted by Burney

:nod: Loved that show

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:nod: Ed Woodwoodwood.

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Originally Posted by Ash

:nod: Ed Woodwoodwood.

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I remember they repeated them all in the early 80s in the very early days of Channel 4. I loved them. I wonder how they'd look today.

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Originally Posted by Burney

I remember they repeated them all in the early 80s in the very early days of Channel 4. I loved them. I wonder how they'd look today.

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Oppressively patriarchal, heteronormative and racist, I expect.

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Originally Posted by Ash

Oppressively patriarchal, heteronormative and racist, I expect.

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Yeah :cloud9:

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Originally Posted by SWv2

I am not sure why you wish to dumb down your understanding of the game to playground terminology such as “holding”.

One thing MP is not is a player whose focus is on defensive duties within a team structure, yet having played in Italy he is not adverse to the defensive side of the game. Is he a play maker, certainly he can be, is he restricted in his positioning and movement as to be “deep lying”, he is not.

I would say he could fulfil any positon in a midfield in a similar way to Cazorla could, yet you would not dream of labelling SC as a holding player or such like.

He is a very intelligent player on the ball, bought by Juventus to replace Pogba but to see one as a clone of the other would be incorrect and would simply further embarrass you down the pub when you offered the duo as a conversation piece.


What is going on here anyway, is he now being linked with a move from Juventus to Arsenal after but one season?

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I understood that players are rigidly compartmentalised in this manner in the modern game, sw. I fear that you and I are dinosaurs, so to speak. In my day a midfield player played in midfield; that is to say, his job was to control the game in the area between the two penalty boxes and to use the ball creatively when the opportunity arose.

Perhaps our man Pjanic is, in effect, an old-fashioned midfielder. I look forward to his arrival, which i am assured is imminent.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I understood that players are rigidly compartmentalised in this manner in the modern game, sw. I fear that you and I are dinosaurs, so to speak. In my day a midfield player played in midfield; that is to say, his job was to control the game in the area between the two penalty boxes and to use the ball creatively when the opportunity arose.

Perhaps our man Pjanic is, in effect, an old-fashioned midfielder. I look forward to his arrival, which i am assured is imminent.

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I coach and manage a football team on a voluntary basis in my spare time, a side which has done quite well*. This is probably news to you as I don’t tend to mention it, I prefer to avoid the limelight and media attention. For me the glory is passing on my knowledge and experience to the next generation.

Anyhow I am approached often by players who ask me if they can play, and I am quoting here, “CDM” or “RWM” or “LWM”.

Because of silly rules I cannot swear at them so naturally I tell them to play this role and to enjoy and express themselves. Then the game starts and invariably they are not where they asked to play.

You know who is to blame here don’t you?? Computer games. Bill Gates and the likes. Jorge, Red, others.

* Season just ended – P14, W14, D0, L0. Goals for – lost count, Goals against – less than 20.

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Originally Posted by SWv2

I coach and manage a football team on a voluntary basis in my spare time, a side which has done quite well*. This is probably news to you as I don’t tend to mention it, I prefer to avoid the limelight and media attention. For me the glory is passing on my knowledge and experience to the next generation.

Anyhow I am approached often by players who ask me if they can play, and I am quoting here, “CDM” or “RWM” or “LWM”.

Because of silly rules I cannot swear at them so naturally I tell them to play this role and to enjoy and express themselves. Then the game starts and invariably they are not where they asked to play.

You know who is to blame here don’t you?? Computer games. Bill Gates and the likes. Jorge, Red, others.

* Season just ended – P14, W14, D0, L0. Goals for – lost count, Goals against – less than 20.

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Did you hear what The Insider said about Weller? Shocking, it was. :-(

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Originally Posted by SWv2

I coach and manage a football team on a voluntary basis in my spare time, a side which has done quite well*. This is probably news to you as I don’t tend to mention it, I prefer to avoid the limelight and media attention. For me the glory is passing on my knowledge and experience to the next generation.

Anyhow I am approached often by players who ask me if they can play, and I am quoting here, “CDM” or “RWM” or “LWM”.

Because of silly rules I cannot swear at them so naturally I tell them to play this role and to enjoy and express themselves. Then the game starts and invariably they are not where they asked to play.

You know who is to blame here don’t you?? Computer games. Bill Gates and the likes. Jorge, Red, others.

* Season just ended – P14, W14, D0, L0. Goals for – lost count, Goals against – less than 20.

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I was watching a programme about Rinus Michels recently and, I confess, it was you who sprang to mind.

Goals against would be fewer than 20, of course.

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Originally Posted by Sir C

I was watching a programme about Rinus Michels recently and, I confess, it was you who sprang to mind.

Goals against would be fewer than 20, of course.

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From my limited observations, kids' teams always seem to be either the kind that wins every game by a ridicules margin or loses every game by a ridicules margin. There seems to be little middle ground.

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Originally Posted by Burney

From my limited observations, kids' teams always seem to be either the kind that wins every game by a ridicules margin or loses every game by a ridicules margin. There seems to be little middle ground.

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I have no experience of watching children in shorts, b. Not since the restraining order.