I suppose those who are bemoaning HH's comments would also prefer that the crowd don't shout "man on" etc or berate the ref when he blatently makes a mistake - after all, it's not for us to comment. :roll: As both suggested actions are pointless, yes. Is the ref going to say yeah your rig...
The really odd thing is that it was McD who was tracking him for ages and wanted us to sign him We looked at bringing him in ages ago remember but we decided that he was too similar to Doyle and it didnt happen Why he isnt getting a game is quite odd :shock: Could it be Long's recent resurgance has...
Thorvaldsson's on loan and clearly isn't rated by McDermott, Rasiak was on the cheap as a stop gap and the other two simply aren't capable of going on a sustained scoring run. We need a striker capable of getting 15-20 goals a season and have done all year yet it still hasn't been addressed. We mig...
Rasiak is a pretty profligate striker, but if we had two wingers pinging balls in from the by-line onto the penalty spot all game long, he'd score every match. Whilst we're not set up to play like that, he struggles to be involved. Which makes you wonder why Rodgers bought him, seeing as that reall...
I don't want the club in the hands of anyone who does not have it's best interests at heart or who isn't prepared to ensure it is run in a reasonably sensible way. I'm not sure it would be easy to find someone at this time who gets closer to the ideal than SJM, despite his imperfections. As Ian say...
NOT seen it on the TV. Was in Y21and I think it was Kebe had been harassing their defender and Long ran from a long way away. He was coming fast, full of enthusiasm, working his socks off and got it wrong. Nobody near my seat thought it should be a red. Most were flabbergasted. Quite prepared to be...
It's an interesting one to look more closely at. His leading leg doesn't actually make any contact with the player when he just misses the top of the ball. Then he is already in the air when the other player steps into where his trailing foot is going to land, and as Shane's trailing leg/foot is tu...
Agreed I was being a bit harsh on Church, I think he went for the wrong corner on the chip though Ian, you just dont get it do you. Griff didnt come in too far, he had to make a choice and in that situation you go inside to pick up the man nearest the crosser and the most danger to your goal, thats ...
I still think Church's first shot was a good effort well saved. Looked to be doing exactly the right thing for me. agreed Ian - very good stop from Carson and luckily Church got on the rebound. He put it in the only place Carson could have got it though, still a decent reflex stop by Carson yes, bu...
Sorry, can't agree. Koran came in from wide, so not Karacan or Gunnar's job for him. Mills or Ivar should have had both strikers with Karacan or Gunnar helping them, not Griffin. Again, McAnuff is the only midfielder who you can say should have been tracking that run. The man they should have been ...
Shocking tackle though, its not like he was even close to getting the ball Maybe if Long was playing in your day then he might get away with it, he knows the rules these days though and even though sometimes they go too far in taking tackling out of the game I think its good to see those types of ta...
As I said earlier, for the first goal Griff was doing his job of covering for the central defender/midfielder not being in position to mark the man in the middle of the goal He is the one presenting the most immediate danger of scoring and so he had to go inside and mark him. As it turns out the cro...
There was no way in the world he was going to win and keep possession with that tackle though At best he was giving them a goal kick. If he had stayed on his feet and blocked the defenders route out he would have made him play it out for our throw or at worst blocked the clearance for a goal kick I...
What's most alarming (again, haven't seen it), judging by comments on here, is that it was a frustrated, petulant tackle after something didn't go his way. Long needs to act like a senior player if he is going to become a reliable forward for us. No, don't think so, quite the reverse actually. We w...
McAnuff's gone off the boil a little. It will surprise Palace and perhaps give him a boot up the rear a little. I can see why Palace would be surprised if we dropped our best player!!! He might not have been quite as spectacular the last couple of games but he still looks dangerous and despite what...
As this is HNA?, there always has to be a scapegoat, and as Howard has been playing well and Kebe scored today the spotlight of blame seems to have landed on Jem Karacan. Lucky boy! As I think someone said during the week, objectively criticising a players performance (someone has to be the worst o...