It?s all well and good trying to retain possession but if the opposition are smothering your defenders like a wet blanket, doesn?t it make sense to lump it up field once in a while ? Raya for their second goal. Good grief 🙄
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It?s all well and good trying to retain possession but if the opposition are smothering your defenders like a wet blanket, doesn?t it make sense to lump it up field once in a while ? Raya for their second goal. Good grief 🙄
Possession is a lie. There is only football.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
Through our football we gain strength,
Through strength we gain power and through power we gain victory.
Through victory our chains are broken.
Our football shall free us!
battle and bring terror to our enemy. And yet If I fall l will call your name as I die - Redgunamo! my Liege, my Captain!Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Nice to see you back, Herbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
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Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
It had to be said, H. #SithQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
Risk v Reward, innit.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7sisters
It does make sense though. If possession is going to be so important, then your keeper clearly has more "free ball" than any other player on the pitch. Might as well use that than have him just hoof the ball away all the time. Naturally he's going to come a cropper once in a while.
David Raya has not only changed the way we play but also the way other teams play against us.
Indeed - it is not just about keeping possession it is about drawing the other team out and making space. Tbf to Raya he also does go long more often than, say Ramsdale did but obviously any mistake looks awfulQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
There is an old saying in football- if there is a bit of the pitch with loads of blokes in it, there must be another bit with no blokes in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Not a great saying, and you can see why it didn't catch on :-)
Big Ron? Wait no blatant racism in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I just remember the days when at a goal kick all 20 outfield players were stationed on side of the pitch in a space of about a square metre - and Johnny Lukic would still kick it straight into touch
Ederson's kick last night......he throws that and they probably win the match :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Couldn't be arsed to watch it. Championship games far more interesting to meQuote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
football park", with the word park being said in that irritatingly long, nasal intonation he would always employ ( hated the kvnt )Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Not just me then. Admired what he did but hated the mythology around him. And he hated Arsenal - the KentQuote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
By the time I was old enough to form opinions the game and society had passed him by somewhat, and he seemed an anachronism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
For other reasons, I have no love whatsoever for Forest.
Me neither. I had a friend at university who was a big Forest fan. Covered my door in our halls with every single report from our defeat against Wrexham in 91.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Played on the same team as him for a couple of years and we worked very well together but then found out that right wing wasn't far enough for him - he was on a watchlist as a member of the National Front.
Oddly, he loved Rocky (though tbf who didn't - well Norman Whiteside maybe)
I'm enjoying the demise of City.....while it lasts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
Last night was quite good, should've been battered but it was much more enjoyable that way. Real Madrid always seem to know what's best, entertainment-wise.Quote:
Originally Posted by PSRB
If it were possible to arrange it (which it isn't), football is softening City up so any punishment they get won't actually cost them anything. Pep says they're expecting a verdict next month.
Schadenfreude hardly does the sensation justice. I forget who the pundit was that showed with just cold stats how City's defence was unassailable with Rodri in it and hopelessly porous without him. I wish injury on no player but if his recovery could stall til the season's over that would be good