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GG {him, not me} would be proud.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I've seen us described as "the new Stoke"Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
:hehe:
Gary Neville, calling Jover the most odious man in football. Grinding the gears of all the right people :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
that label might actually apply to...Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Gary Neville.
what a cnut :hehe:
Absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
lol. Did he? Brilliant!Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
A United fan I know was fuming last night at their inability to deal with the corners. I did try and politely point out that nobody can deal with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
We seem to now have a huge variety of routines, most of which dont even involve blocking the keeper. All rather amusing :-)
It was during the livestream on The Overlap of the match last night. I think IWWW was winding him up and he lost the plot a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
My mate, a Brighton fan, was trying to say we'd got away with another foul for the 1st one. I politely asked him to point out where.....silence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It's funny, teams are just terrified now, which just makes it easier. Crowd gets up, like it's a penalty, players don't where to start, where to look, who to follow. It's hilarious.
I should correct it, he said the most annoying man in football, not odious.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Timber did push Hjolund - well nudge. united fans I know had no complaints thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Never a foul, in fairness, if you watch most of our corners you could make a more compelling case for a penalty, than a foul by us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I remember that our players had to be stronger, there... when 'bullied' by more physical teams. Now we are one of the most physical teams... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Every player we send up for corners is 6'1" or taller and as you say, they are all physical specimens.Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
This is a very good point. For ever, defending sides have set up at corners to block, push, pull shirts, nudge etc. What we are doing is constructing scenarios where we can fo the same thing back to them. And suddenly they want a foul....Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
Some of these routines are genius. Very, very hard to defend against.
We are really messing with them in their heads, as the man said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
He nudged Paqueta at West ham as well. But when you survey the whole.box you have defenders wrestling, shoving etc. Ridiculous to isolate one nudge and call it a foul. Even though, it kind of is :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
We are becoming hugely unpopular as a result. I don't mind that of itself but I do worry that it feeds into the minds of refs.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Right. Catch 22. We invite them to do the same to us in return or concede a goal, or a pen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
It's the Red Cartel, innit. Liverpool and Manchester United, I mean, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Nothing to be done about that but win a few European Cups :-\
Look at the delivery, they are literally all on the money, out of the 13 corners only once did we fail to beat the 1st man. I'd also like to have seen that short corner routine not been stopped. Saka and Odegaard looked really pissed off, as though they had something special up their sleeves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The delivery is exceptional and, for the people who think it is easy, worth noting only Rice and Saka can do it to this level. When they don't play, the delivery isn't as good. It is NOT easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
But the rest is more difficult still. Gabriel's goal at West Ham looks like a simple run and good delivery. It was actually orchestrated- Timber nudges Paqueta, the runs in front of Gabriel are designed purely to get in the way of the guy trying to mark him. There are no fouls, just coordinated runs that block space and move defenders. It is brilliant in design and performance.
You need to coach that and the fact is that most coaches aren't very good, most players can't retain information. We have excellent coaches and players who don't forget their jobs.
I read a very interesting thing about our red cards which was saying our ration of reds in the Premier League is nearly four times higher than in Europe. I mean, the rules are the same......Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Same in the rugby too; our players, clubs and even the national team concede alot of penalties.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Explains Brexit, I suppose. Of course, UEFA would have its own "cartel" of most-favoured clubs. And again we ain't one of them.