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Reply | No. 10
at 18:56 10 Mar 2025
Totally agree, but that doesn’t fit with the system we seem to be determined to deploy. |
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Reply | (No subject) (n/t)
at 16:32 10 Mar 2025
Absolutely, I’ve certainly missed a few.
I guess it’s the notion of what a no 10 is. Back in the day it was more easily definable but in the context of todays football it’s blurred at best and of all the ones I mentioned plus the ones you and others have pointed out, what constitutes a 10 no longer exists.
The idea that Madsen was brought in to emulate any of those is laughable, even if he was any good he would be nothing like any of them. That goes for everyone since Gallen, including Eze, who was never a 10. More an 8 in the Gerry Francis mould.
In short, 10 is extinct, it ceases to be. [Post edited 10 Mar 16:44]
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Reply | No. 10
at 08:41 10 Mar 2025
Had me thinking but I always saw Allen as the number 9 |
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Thread | No. 10
at 08:27 10 Mar 2025
Perhaps we could have retired the no 10 shirt when Stan passed.
Not just the shirt, but at this club, any mention of the number other than in a historical context.
Rodney was a no 10, Stan was a no 10, Stainrod was a no 10 and last but not least Gallen was a no 10.
I’m struggling to think of anything since that was truly a no 10. You make goals and you score goals as a no 10, the modern breed have literally no understanding of the role.
Just bin it and stop insulting me with the clown infestation that masquerades in that supposed position season after season. We don’t have half a dozen number fckin tens, we have none. |
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Reply | Another 10p
at 08:14 10 Mar 2025
If the Frankie Friday thread was given its own app, would that solve the problem? |
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Reply | The 58 years ago this week WBA v QPR match thread
at 17:04 8 Mar 2025
Fear not fair maidens, four of the bottom five lost again.
Think we’ve even got time for the customary six game running loss this season and still not go down, a sign of success if ever I saw one. |
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Reply | Football Governance Bill
at 19:38 7 Mar 2025
You do realise that for the 15000 of us that show up at LR to cover the wage bill alone, each and every one of us would have to stump up about £1500 a year. TV and gate receipts (assuming we were still paying to get in) might just about cover most of the other overheads.
Are you sure you’ve thought this through? |
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Reply | walk, car, train, bus or fly....
at 15:34 4 Mar 2025
Haha very good.
Epsom. My senior railcard gets it down to £5.80 or at least it was until yesterday when Ghengis pushed it up to £6.10. |
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Reply | Trump v Zelensky
at 15:30 4 Mar 2025
I’m not entirely convinced that Russia do want to take the whole of Ukraine.
I would have thought, if that was the case, they wouldn’t be so amenable to the US getting their hands on 50% of Ukraine natural resources, surely they would want that themselves?
In 2014, after a democratically elected Ukrainian President was overthrown by a combination of EU and US pressure (considering how much we supposedly love democracy it’s fascinating how quick we were to overthrow a democracy we didn’t particularly like) it shouldn’t have been a surprise that Russia would at least take Crimea if only to ensure they still had that gateway to the Black Sea.
Again, with the Ukraine push to NATO, it’s unsurprising that Russia have taken the part of Eastern Ukraine closest to Moscow. There seems little appetite to push further.
We can rightly condemn them for these actions but it’s also easy to see, if you look hard enough, that all these moves could just as easily be seen as defensive actions rather than an attack on the whole of Europe.
The Biden and Obama presidencies presided over both those calamities, that’s what we are all paying for now in dollars and pounds and Ukraine and Russia are paying for in bodies. Somehow they’ve walked away smelling of roses. Strange world. |
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Reply | walk, car, train, bus or fly....
at 07:19 4 Mar 2025
South West train to Clapham Junction, Mildmay to Shepherds Bush then a decision on pub of the week for daytime games or restaurant of the week for night games.
£5.80 return from deepest Surrey so can’t complain. |
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Reply | Film 2025
at 11:15 3 Mar 2025
Yeah, think that was the point, the message behind the message.
Love that type of film and hate the painting by numbers films where they do the thinking for you, reason why I couldn’t stand Conclave despite the good acting.
Haven’t seen Substance yet, will do if it comes back round. |
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Reply | Film 2025
at 08:54 3 Mar 2025
Really pleased to see Anora rightfully clean up at the Oscars and Keiran Culkin getting best supporting actor. Best two films by far.
Thought that tick box pile of shite Conclave would appeal to the luvvies but apparently not.
The times they are a changing. |
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Reply | Sheffield United Reflection
at 17:57 2 Mar 2025
Exactly. He was very good at the role he’s been told to play.
Most of the time there was no one moving ahead looking for a forward pass. Morgan had a stinker, the Korean lad not much better and to try and cut back in when two Sheffield had blocked his path gifted a crossing opportunity and goal they should never have had. Changed the entire game as they are very good at sitting back and passing opportunities disappeared.
To pick on Varane is bizarre when there’s four midfielders ahead of him who created next to nothing. |
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Reply | Sh*thousery by the Referee
at 11:05 2 Mar 2025
Indeed. Up where we sit most thought we only got that penalty as Smyth and the crowd appealed so loud.
Ludicrous to blame the ref, think they’re getting sick to death of featherweight footballers tumbling about at every even half hearted challenge. |
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Reply | Sheffield United Reflection
at 20:14 1 Mar 2025
We do our best but against decent sides it’s not quite good enough.
Wasn’t a lot in it, but when it mattered they just did everything quicker. We seem to be regressing back to our early season default mode of two touch football. |
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Reply | Trump v Zelensky
at 08:09 1 Mar 2025
It was an ambush, it was bullying, but I think we’re missing the point here.
Zelensky is a proud man, the Ukrainians are a proud and brave people, you cannot fault their resolve in all of this but, as Trump says, they cannot win without US support and for too long now European countries attitude to defending themselves has been absolutely shameful.
Truth is, Britain is the only Western European place that is, albeit reluctantly, finally showing a minor commitment to increase its GDP spend on defence. France are showing some willing but history says that won’t amount to much, Italy just laugh in your face and Spain reluctant to play any part. The Germans have lost the will to commit to anything.
Trump knows, as soon as he commits to being a backstop, Western Europe and indeed Starmers fine words on increasing defence will once again be just that, words, and they’ll collectively go back to doing nothing and relying on the Americans. This has to change.
The West has become weak, it will capitulate to anything. Sadly, we need someone to bang our heads together. That time has come.
Have to be careful what you say these days, but a strong US in some form of power pact with other super powers may be the only way to preserve the lifestyle in Western Europe for our grandchildren that my generation has taken for granted. |
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