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*Official* English Football Season 2009-2010

Loony BoB

Loony BoB

International Captain
We should get a thread started up where roseboy and Ikki can argue about their club's games and we can all vote on who's glasses have a stronger red tint than the other.
 
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Ikki

Ikki

Hall of Fame Member
sledger said:
Indeed, though him defending the set pieces poorly and him not getting back are two totally seperate things, him not being back for set pieces really would abominable, he wasn't that bad. There we just numerous occasions on which he stormed up the pitch, the ball was lost, and it was booted back down the ground into the space where he had just ran from and picked up by Young, against a good team, this sort of thing can be extremely costly. Also, contrary to popular belief, the job of a holding midfielder is to provide protection for the two centre backs, not the full backs, if a holding player is dragged out wide to cover for someone who has gone awol it totally defeats the point of playing them in the first place. Cover for the full backs is supposed to be provided by the man in front of them, its why during their golden stage, Ashley Cole and Pires were so effective, both were goofd whilst going forward, but you will notice that neither did so at the same time, and were very very rarely exposed down the left side.
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Not really. A holding midfielder stays central and only goes wide if that is where the ball is. We play a 4-2-3-1 which means we have two holding midfielders and actually rely on one of them doing such a thing. Otherwise it would be a waste having two holding midfielders as you will rarely, if ever, see two centre backs forward at the same time. Either that, or one of the CBs cover for the full-back while the holding midfielder drops back - whatever transformation is quicker/smarter. Anyway, this is for during the game, and not a set-piece.

Sorry lads, I just think it was rubbish to single out Johnson for something as pathetically petty as not running back on set-pieces - even though he clearly was in position each time.

Worried about the Bolton game, if we're being honest. We've conceded 5 goals; 4 from set pieces and a penalty. And set-pieces are Bolton's bread and butter.
 
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BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
sledger said:
Shut up Rose, I recall various occasions on which you defended the signing of Dong Fangzhou.
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Economically it was potentially a masterstroke, tbh. Doubt Fergie had any great ambitions for him as a player beyond a bit of bench-polishing in the Carling Cup really.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
BoyBrumby said:
Economically it was potentially a masterstroke, tbh. Doubt Fergie had any great ambitions for him as a player beyond a bit of bench-polishing in the Carling Cup really.
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IIRC the whole argument rose made last season was that he wasn't signed for economic reasons, though.
 
Ikki

Ikki

Hall of Fame Member
sledger said:
Yeah, how dare anyone single out a defender for poor defending, it's outrageous.
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Single out players that deserved it; namely Gerrard or Lucas. But your criticism was spurious. Anyway, enough of that. The Guardian is doing it's best work: "Benitez blames defeat on Senior players". No he didn't, you twits.
 
Matteh

Matteh

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
roseboy64 said:
I've never said that. Thank you. How can I be biased when I was against Tevez from the start and fully supported getting rid of him?
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Probably because all you ever talk about is Man Utd and none of the other 91 League Clubs and 1 decent Non League Club.
 
grecian

grecian

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
"Decent Non-league" is an oxymoron surely, he said with smugness exuding from every pore.

Anywhoo, Upton Park station has apparently been closed, wonder why8-)
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
The ****ing commentator just called us little liverpudlians! ****ing ****, go **** yourself you ****ing ****, :blowup:
 
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