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Reply | Pissing about with the ball at the back
at 12:07 30 Sep 2024
Can anyone remember the days when from a kick off you had to play the ball forward.
Now even the kick off goes backwards, as Greavsie used to say "it's a funny old game" |
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Reply | Graham Potter Lined Up For Southampton Job
at 12:01 30 Sep 2024
Not sure Graham Potter is the answer for a team that cannot stop conceding goals & incapable of scoring goals I think we need Harry Potter, we need a bit of magic. |
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Reply | Pissing about with the ball at the back
at 11:55 29 Sep 2024
Ridiculous to blame Ramsdale for any of the goals we have conceded in the games he has played in, he has been brilliant with his attitude, positivity & not least his shot stopping. (but he has to be having cost 25M & 120k a week).
He has saved us from absolute hammerings so far but him alone cannot save us from relegation. |
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Reply | Lawrie McMenemy 88
at 12:11 28 Sep 2024
Every team had to have a Billy Bremner in those days.
Someone that could put their foot in & get in the oppositions face.
But BB could also play a bit, he was a perfect fit for those games but the game has changed so much that he wouldn't get a game today, its developed into a technical game in which you have to be a good athlete.
And it's now a " No Contact " sport. |
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Reply | Corners, why do teams bring all 10 players back for a corner?
at 12:04 28 Sep 2024
When I was managing a local football team we had a habit of conceding from corners & set pieces.
Spoke to our Goalkeeper & ctr backs & they agreed that because there were so many bodies in the box they couldn't get to the ball to clear it.
The ctr backs were the biggest & best headers of the ball that we had in the team so it was important that they had best chance of getting to the ball.
To overcome this we decided to leave both our two quickest players on the half way line ( who were actually not good defenders & just got in the way).
What this did was it meant the opposition always kept 2 or more players back in case we broke out from the corner.
It solved the problem, not sure it would be a good tactic in Premier lge but it would be worth a try. |
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Reply | Lawrie McMenemy 88
at 11:22 27 Sep 2024
Great times under Laurie & we had some truly great players.
Laurie was not a great football coach but what he did was he brought in experienced quality players that didn't need coaching.
You couldn't tell the likes of Alan Ball + Kevin Keegan + Peter Osgood how to play the game.
That's part of the problem with the game today, players are over coached & told what to do, there's not much freedom for players to express themselves & & show their natural talent.
That's what worries me about Tyler Dibling, don't let the coaches try to change his game, he's not a defender & never will be so just let him concentrate on his natural game of taking defenders on & scoring goals. |
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Reply | Che Adams has gone
at 18:23 25 Sep 2024
Didn't think I'd ever say this but we are missing him.
I know it's early days & Bereton Diaz & Cam Archer might come good but based on what I've seen so far neither are an upgrade on Che Adams. |
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Reply | Boscombe
at 13:09 24 Sep 2024
Not sure that RM will ever change his beliefs in playing high risk tippy tappy across the back.
But I think the introduction of forward thinking players like Sugawara + Lallana + Dibling + Fernández will automatically change our style of play as long as RM doesn't brain wash them into negative thinking.
Also Ramsdale will make a huge difference he's a commanding figure in goal & is experienced enough to play his natural game. |
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Reply | Martins Substitutions
at 09:54 23 Sep 2024
Being a gambling man I would put good money on Tall Paul scoring more goals & providing mores assists than Ross Stewart ever will for our Club if he is ever given the chance to do it.
Also he's fit & strong, why play Ross Stewart when you've got Tall Paul.
Personally I don't think either are good enough for Premier Lge but given a choice I'd play Tall Paul anytime. |
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Reply | Martins Substitutions
at 17:59 22 Sep 2024
Sometimes particularly when your protecting a 1 - 0 lead you need a big target man up front who can hopefully hold the ball up to take the pressure of your defence. |
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Reply | Martins Substitutions
at 15:50 22 Sep 2024
Good point Grumps.
We'll never know how good or how bad Tall Paul could be for us.
But he is a proven goal scorer in other leagues but none of the other strikers we have are proven or able to score in Premier lge., so why not give Tall Paul a try.
His goalscoring record is at least as good as if not better than all of our other strikers.
I think it's personal & RM just doesn't like him but another Manager just might give him a go.
In desperate times you have to take desperate measures & that's where we are at the moment. [Post edited 22 Sep 15:51]
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Reply | !!!!!!!! RM OUT !!!!!!!!
at 13:00 22 Sep 2024
I have never warmed to RM & his ridiculous obsession with playing out from the back but is a New Manager the answer.
If he was sacked & we bring in a new man then history tells us that SR would appoint another unproven manager from a lower lge.
Albeit we had a squad plenty good enough to get us out of the Championship I don't think we have a squad capable of surviving in Premier Lge.
The acquisitions made in the summer only achieved in giving us a bigger squad but not a better team.
The exception being Ramsdale who is a big upgrade on McCarthy & Bazuna, but it'll take more than Ramsdale's heroics to keep us up. |
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Reply | RIP Bob Brunskill
at 12:22 22 Sep 2024
Loved the Pink & regularly queued up at the Newsagents at 6.45 ish to get my copy.
I was shocked one Saturday when as I walked off the pitched mud splattered after playing 90mins Bob Brunskill approached me with a photographer & asked if they could take my photo & also get some background on me, like what clubs I'd played for & what my ambitions were.
Bob explained that they were putting together an article on me as "Player of the Week" for The Pink.
The following Saturday I was first in the queue to get my copy of the Pink to see my Photo & a full page report on me & my playing career.
Bob was brilliant covering local football & raising the profile of players & the grass roots game.
RIP Bob (I still miss the Pink). |
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Reply | Ipswich Game Matchday Thread
at 10:37 22 Sep 2024
The early substitutions killed us, it put us on the defensive & we all know that we concede late in the game when under pressure.
Alright a couple of our players were looking tired & needed replacing but to make so many changes ruined us offensively.
I thought Sugawara + Fernández + Lallana + Dibling stood out today mainly because they are prepared to take a chance & play the ball forward.
I love the way Sugawara is so direct & gets us forward quickly, his long cross field passes to switch play are brilliant.
KWP is going to struggle to get back in. |
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Reply | Ipswich Game Matchday Thread
at 18:08 21 Sep 2024
If we carry on like this a point every 5 games we'll end up with 7or 8 points after 38 games.
"is that enough to stay up" . |
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Reply | Ipswich Game Matchday Thread
at 14:51 21 Sep 2024
Some may be surprised that KWP has been left out, I'm not.
I think he struggles at left back & Charlie Taylor is much more natural there & Charlie is a better defender.
Also Sugawara deserves to keep his place at Right Back, he's been so goo. |
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Thread | Sporting lookalikes.
at 16:44 20 Sep 2024
Watched the England v Aussies
one day Cricket match yesterday & noticed how much Ben Duckett looks like Adam Armstrong.
Also I've always thought that Jamie Vardy is a dead ringer for Albert Steptoe (for those who can remember the Steptoe & Son comedy series).
I know, I need to get out more before you say it.
Anyone think of any more sporting lookalikes. |
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