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Thread | Self awareness
at 09:59 17 Feb 2025
I am wondering whether those in charge of Sports Republic are every going to look at the string of disastrous managerial decisions that they have made over the last few years and conclude that they are doing something very wrong and that, clearly, these are not decisions that should be left to them.
It's unusual for a turkeys to vote for Christmas, but Keegan did it when he was England manager. Held he hands up and said 'nah, I don't think I can do this'.
Is this level of humility even possible for these people? Or are they busy blaming someone else every time?
Time for a look in the deep dark truthful mirror. |
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Thread | Top Three UK Acquisitions?
at 14:36 5 Feb 2025
With Trump offering to buy Greenland, incorporate Canada as the 51st State, and now adding Gaza as 'Miami Beach' on the Med, what 3 areas should the UK be pitching for?
Andalusia would make sense in terms of removing any Gibraltar tensions with Spain and it's a Brit home from home already.
Then I'm very fond of the Dalmatian coast and its always strategically sensible to have a foothold in the Balkans.
And finally, Iceland probably makes sense in terms of geography and promixity to the US (i.e. Greenland). |
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Thread | In praise of Tall Paul
at 11:34 27 Dec 2024
The guy deserves massive credit for his performance yesterday.
Sure, he didn't score, but for his first attempt he was rugby tackled by the WH defender just as he was heading the ball - a clear pen for me - one header only just missed the far post and a third required a great save from Fabianski.
And he was in the box in the right place to get on the end of those balls, just as he was in the right place in the box in space right at the end when Dibbling should have passed to him.
Add to that that he was getting on the end of most of the goal kicks, not static, waiting to see where the ball was going and then running to meet it, often collecting the ball on his chest before laying it off.
And he was holding up the ball with his feet too.
And he put a massive shift in.
And he was encouraging the crowd.
Yes, some of his passes aren't as accurate as they could be, and yes he can be a bit clumsy. But show me someone who's 6ft 7 who isn't.
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Thread | Up Front
at 13:45 23 Dec 2024
We showed yesterday that when we cut out the suicidal passing we can keep a clean sheet.
Martin-ball was certainly responsible for so many errors and points dropped, but maybe playing like that could have been justified if we're been more able to convert possession into goals.
Now that Martin is gone and we seem more able to play with some measure of pragmatism, getting the ball into the net is still going to be our biggest issue.
Armstrong, Fraser, Brereton-Diaz and Cornet don't look like to me they are now up to it at this level.
Archer and Dibbling are, and we just don't know about Tall Pall. I think if he gets a goal and we work out how to feed him, he might be able to succeed but maybe not.
Likewise Sullemana - is there a player in there that we haven't seen yet?
But, even so, our attacking needs strengthened and re-vamping in January for us to have any chance of staying up.
Anyone got any thoughts on who we might be able to get?
And what about Smallbone? He was able to thread some lovely passes in the play-off games. We've not seen much of that from anyone else. |
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Thread | Tactics, Squad, Mistakes
at 11:21 25 Nov 2024
We've lost so many points this season because of avoidable mistakes - yesterday, big time.
And you hear people say that there is nothing RM can do about individual errors on the pitch.
But RM is trying to get a team of limited quality to play like Man City.
Amazingly, they do still seem to be trying to do this - some effort after getting so little reward so far this season. They'd be forgiven for being demoralised but I don't see that.
But I do see players trying so hard to be better than they are. They are all playing on their limits and trying to do things that perhaps naturally they wouldn't be doing.
And when do we make mistakes? When we're pushing it. When we're tired, or trying to do things to quickly, or when we're trying to do something that we're just not quite good enough to do.
These mistakes are the inevitable result of a squad that is overreaching. And that's on RM.
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Thread | Mark Robins looking for a job
at 14:00 7 Nov 2024
What do we think?
Should Saints have a look?
Pretty mind boggling from the Cov board to sack him. |
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Thread | A reminder...
at 10:45 21 Oct 2024
That even Nathan Jones got one win in his 8 PL games.
Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day.
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