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on the road
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It seems like John Terry has lowered his expectations.
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Plastic Manc
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- Leafy Berkshire
That's impossible ! Colleen may not be a super model but she has a pulse so she passes the Terry test with flying colors.
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Plastic Manc
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- Leafy Berkshire
Just watched a documentary from last night on Laurie Cunningham. What an unbelievable talent he was and what a crap way to go.
If you have some time spare and you haven't seen it i highly recommend it some of his play is breathtaking and some of the highest praise ive ever heard of from the likes of Big Ron Atkinson and Del Bosque.
If you have some time spare and you haven't seen it i highly recommend it some of his play is breathtaking and some of the highest praise ive ever heard of from the likes of Big Ron Atkinson and Del Bosque.
MattCook
Regular
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- Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Born and Bred in Lincoln and a life long active Lincoln City fan.
Does being a supporter of lower league football allow you to have a better understanding of the game?
I mean when its cold and the hail is coming down sideways, if there is any grass on the pitch it is frozen, the changing rooms are not heated/air conditioned and there are absolutely no stylist making sure the players look good for before going out on the pitch, you never hear anyone moan that the ball hit a bobble just before he shot causing him to miss by a sizeable margin.
Premier league Prima Donas play for their clubs and for the love of the game, but lower league players play for those reasons aswell AND with the added pressure of childcare/mortgage/bills etc etc
Thoughts?
Does being a supporter of lower league football allow you to have a better understanding of the game?
I mean when its cold and the hail is coming down sideways, if there is any grass on the pitch it is frozen, the changing rooms are not heated/air conditioned and there are absolutely no stylist making sure the players look good for before going out on the pitch, you never hear anyone moan that the ball hit a bobble just before he shot causing him to miss by a sizeable margin.
Premier league Prima Donas play for their clubs and for the love of the game, but lower league players play for those reasons aswell AND with the added pressure of childcare/mortgage/bills etc etc
Thoughts?
Born and Bred in Lincoln and a life long active Lincoln City fan.
Does being a supporter of lower league football allow you to have a better understanding of the game?
I mean when its cold and the hail is coming down sideways, if there is any grass on the pitch it is frozen, the changing rooms are not heated/air conditioned and there are absolutely no stylist making sure the players look good for before going out on the pitch, you never hear anyone moan that the ball hit a bobble just before he shot causing him to miss by a sizeable margin.
Premier league Prima Donas play for their clubs and for the love of the game, but lower league players play for those reasons aswell AND with the added pressure of childcare/mortgage/bills etc etc
Thoughts?
No
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Plastic Manc
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- Leafy Berkshire
MattCook
Regular
- Location
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Right now? A bit, just about every PL club plays a 9-1 nowadays whenever they are without possession, whatever they claim. That's why so many humdrum PL fixtures (not top 5) are such interminably drab affairs, there are far more different set ups in the lower leagues.
Poacher
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- Nottingham
No, but it may allow you to appreciate talent when you see it unexpectedly!
Many years ago I came close to belting an ignorant prat on the Sincil Bank terrace when he was screaming abuse at Tony Woodcock, on loan from Nottingham Forest. It was clear to me that Woodcock was a class or several above everyone else on the pitch - but he was placing passes where he expected a player of similar ability to be, and they just weren't there, because they simply weren't on the same wavelength. Anyway, I told the noisy idiot behind me that Woodcock would play for England one day - and so it came to be. I've often wondered whether the dozy prat remembered what I'd told him. Somehow I doubt it.
MattCook
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- Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Poacher - It wasn't me. Honest!
What makes them think the results where fixed?
The Nigeria Football Federation has suspended four teams involved in "scandalous scorelines" after two lower league clubs chasing promotion and needing to boost their goal differences won games 79-0 and 67-0.
In the matches, played at the same time, Plateau United Feeders reportedly scored 72 of their goals in the second half to beat Akurba FC 79-0. Police Machine swept 61 goals past Babayaro FC in the second 45 minutes of their 67-0 game.
The NFF called it "a mind-boggling show of shame" and said players, match officials and the tournament coordinator would be investigated for match-fixing.
The federation's director of competitions said "anyone found to have played some role in this despicable matter" would be "severely dealt with".
The Nigeria Football Federation has suspended four teams involved in "scandalous scorelines" after two lower league clubs chasing promotion and needing to boost their goal differences won games 79-0 and 67-0.
In the matches, played at the same time, Plateau United Feeders reportedly scored 72 of their goals in the second half to beat Akurba FC 79-0. Police Machine swept 61 goals past Babayaro FC in the second 45 minutes of their 67-0 game.
The NFF called it "a mind-boggling show of shame" and said players, match officials and the tournament coordinator would be investigated for match-fixing.
The federation's director of competitions said "anyone found to have played some role in this despicable matter" would be "severely dealt with".
I love stuff like this. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/53m-man-falcao-accused-lying-age-093037573.html
Reminds me of a recent incident at Bradford City. A bloke called Archie Christie arrived and took charge of our development squad, he couldn't shut up, a real larger than life character, a self made multi-millionaire and professional linguist (5 languages + English). Soon he was in charge of the entire budget and some first team affairs (leading to the resignation of Peter Jackson, our then manager) and soon after, amazingly, he was offered a place on the board.
The fans had seen the truth immediately but it took the club months to realise he was in fact, a skint, sarf London, failed publican.
Reminds me of a recent incident at Bradford City. A bloke called Archie Christie arrived and took charge of our development squad, he couldn't shut up, a real larger than life character, a self made multi-millionaire and professional linguist (5 languages + English). Soon he was in charge of the entire budget and some first team affairs (leading to the resignation of Peter Jackson, our then manager) and soon after, amazingly, he was offered a place on the board.
The fans had seen the truth immediately but it took the club months to realise he was in fact, a skint, sarf London, failed publican.
