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In Kilkenny once, I was at a pedestrian crossing and there were two women beside me, a young-ish Irish woman and an elderly American lady.
The pedestrian signal started beeping.
American: "What's that noise forrrrr?" Irish: "It's for blind people, so they know pedestrians can cross" American: "Awww, seeeee that's great. In America we won't even allow blind people to drive".
Can't help thinking we're up against the P&S budget. This is certainly not a transfer window you'd expect from a team two wins from the playoffs and cash on the hip.
One free transfer in who will play no part in our season. Two loans in with (as far as we know) no hope of making either permanent. One loan out.
No midfield cover. No left-back cover. Weaker at right-back than we were before.
We're going to need our physios and sports scientists, and all of our favourite deities to be on top form.
"You can't see a lot of player movement off the ball on a stream".
That's what I miss on stream.
Juzzie - you mentioned Rooney in that game at HQ. I was lucky enough to be at that game. Rooney's intelligence was also amazing. He was two moves ahead of most players. I watched him for most of the game to see why he was moving where he was, why he was dropping deep, why he was sprinting wide, why he was blocking certain lines, taking certain positions. The answer was usually a couple of passes and five seconds away. But he was there first, nearly every time. I would have missed a lot of that watching on the box.
On the defensive side, watching on the box you don't see who's taking up good covering positions when we're up the field. Or who's the best at minding the house.
On the attacking side, you don't see how good the attackers are off the ball. One of our regular conversations on here is whether our attackers don't offer enough off the ball or whether they do and aren't fed. Watching on the box, I have no idea.
All in all, at least for me, I really miss being at the games. And I really feel that I miss a lot of the actual game by not being there.
It is, I suppose, why scouts go to watch players live.
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