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Reply | Where are the "Nourry out" comments now ???
at 19:07 23 Dec 2024
Back in November on the massive Noury Out thread I said
In every substantive way, the club has gone out of the way this season to restrict and filter information, whether that be financially (transfers, contract lengths), operationally (who's fit to play and when anyone isn't will be fit, access to the coaching staff) or organisationally (who works here and what they do).
Since then someone's decided to communicate regular - and pragmatic - injury updates (we went from Dembele being "a few days away" to "fùcked until Feb, earliest"), and we've had a reasonable statement about how and why our head of performance is on another continent (still don't agree with it).
Like our performances on the pitch, it's by no means perfect but the comms from the club have improved and that shows a willingness to listen and act. Nourry will find running this club like tap-dancing in a mindfield and will doubtless blow another toe off at some point but if he's responsible for the change in comms... fair play. |
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Reply | Most dramatic fall
at 17:09 20 Dec 2024
Shìt goalkeeper but he was the dapperest player at the club with his chunky knit jumpers and his effortlessly smart but casual wool/cashmere numbers.
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Reply | South Africa Road seating advice
at 14:15 13 Dec 2024
I like C block (rows M up), view is pretty good, although in the platinum price band so you're paying £40+ for what is technically a restricted view (School End goal bisected by the far left support stanchion).
B block (to the right) is gold so cheaper and probably a better view (although tricky to see what's happening in the Loft/SAR corner. Bit more atmosphere in F & G being closer to the Loft but you have to do a weird combination of going up to go across to go down to get to some seats.
The catering is pretty meh since the converted the bar into the C Club (or whatever that restaurant is) but no worse than the rest of the ground and for my money, better than Ellerslie. [Post edited 13 Dec 14:16]
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Reply | 4 Clean sheets in a row
at 07:45 12 Dec 2024
those bizarre long cross field left to right passes
If Barbet was playing them, these would be "diags" - check your glossary or I'm gonna point at Pete. |
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Reply | McLean suspended for 4 matches
at 20:07 10 Dec 2024
"an incident that was not seen by match officials at the time" covers most of the game so they've surely thought it was worth a go.
Although if I was a 32yr old, internationally-capped midfielder who'd played in the Premier league and the only way I could deal with an 18yr old in his first professional season was by smashing him tae fùck, I'd have held my hands up and hoped they dealt with it in private |
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Reply | Kolli
at 13:42 9 Dec 2024
He been here the same amount of time Nourry's been in football? Spooky. |
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Reply | Norwich losing heads, ref good and Morrisson lucky
at 13:30 9 Dec 2024
Onto our players, when Morrison upended their player when he lost the ball - was that almost deserving of red card? It was good tactical foul from our perspective but from a football perspective it’s cynical and not good for the game - thoughts?
Never a red for me as it wasn't a clear goal scoring opportunity but I had my head in my hands for 30seconds. I'm all for playing out from the back but Paal conceded possession doing the same thing about 5 minutes before which led to 3 corners and pressure we didn't need to be dealing with. As Kolli showed, if the defender wants to try drag-backs on that kind of surface, it'll probably end in tears. |
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Reply | Norwich losing heads, ref good and Morrisson lucky
at 10:38 9 Dec 2024
Look, I know nothing about football but even I could see whoever was in our left back position struggled. Paal, Saito, Fox, Morrison when he went over there for a bit - whoever it was thought they were prime Maldini but in reality looked like a toddler running with scissors. Why the banjo-twiddlers didn't clock this and move Sainz away from the imperious Jimmy Dunne, I can't fathom. Good for us though. |
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Reply | Nourry
at 09:28 8 Dec 2024
You can store your pitchfork, I'm keeping mine handy.
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Reply | Domo origato Mr Saito
at 20:40 2 Dec 2024
My eldest boy (U15) was looking for a new club this season, trialed at a couple of teams in West London and eventually settled on a Japanese side because of the culture. While other sides would be saying "you're shìt" for misplacing a pass or "not bein' cookin", this team formed a circle at the end of his first training session to "welcome our new friend."
They've put on trips to go and support their countrymen at QPR v Coventry (obvs Saito, who was my MotM that game), Southampton v Spurs (Yuki Sugawara) and Luton Town v Cardiff (Daiki Hashioka). By all accounts all tickets donated by the players themselves, which is a nice touch. The club also organises a monthly litter-picking event around the park where they play their home fixtures.
They're a handy little team as well except for one massive weakness - they only have two players over 5'5" (my boy being one) so conceding a corner is pretty much equivalent to conceding a penalty. Then again, QPR were the same under Warburton with half a dozen 6-footers so maybe it's not just height. |
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Reply | Everything but the goal - Report
at 09:46 2 Dec 2024
I see the logic behind getting someone bigger on to try and stop Baah as the lad's a monster - he went through Saito like Jonah Lomu went through Tony Underwood in 95. The only saving grace for us was his final ball repetoire seems to consist entirely of smashing it into his teammates bolloçks/throat from 12 yards. Made Smyth look like Bardsley at points. |
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Reply | Gladiator 2
at 13:22 27 Nov 2024
Of course it's a historical misconception, everyone knows roman emperors used the universal and timeless "wànker" gesture while shouting "Is that it you fùcking melt?!? I'll run you and your soft Christian firm all over Carthage you mug!!" |
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Reply | The game model
at 17:27 24 Nov 2024
Don't want to be a smartaŕse but I'm petty sure it's "purview" and not "per view" |
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Reply | Fan Mobilisation - Nourry Out
at 12:58 20 Nov 2024
Too right, snitches get stitches and all that. Unless they're good sources; up with that sort of thing. |
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Reply | Fan Mobilisation - Nourry Out
at 20:09 13 Nov 2024
Didn't Warburton take particular umbrage with you suggesting they were tossing it off during set piece training as no team could intentionally be so poor at defending corners?
I think we knew Warburton wouldn't be backwards in saying his bit given his spells at Brentford and Rangers. |
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