Whitey Grandad

Ridiculous.

Coercion?

Enough of an upgrade that I'd forgotten all about THB.

He's a beast.

Good luck to him. But it's only one game so far. Whatever. He's history.

There was a brief radio discussion between the Assistant and the referee. Maybe it was about their player being in an offside position? The Assistant can see who's potentially offside but the referee can judge on matters of line of sight.

Indeed. They achieved their objective. Then they blew it.

He Was everywhere. Always making himself available.

That was easily bypassed.

I believe the evidence of my own eyes before I believe any processed data. I have never argued that any data shows that it doesn't work. Or that it does. I have seen multiple goals conceded at all levels through risky play at the back and very few goals scored because of it. It's a fad. A cult. A fashion. An unproven experimental theory. If it's so brilliant then why wasn't it universally used before the goal kick law was changed?

Indeed. But there was nothing 'stray' about this crossing. They were escorted every inch of the way.

The question was "How many do you think landed at Eastney?" Boats don't 'land' but people do.

Scienza went down too easily. It was only a touch on his back whereas a shirt tug is inexcusable.

Strayed off the normal routes? There was nothing unplanned about that crossing. Numbers vary. Around 120 to 140 are mentioned.

I disagree. And if our coaches are geniuses then so are the opposition's. I am neither fat nor called Dave and am also a Chartered Engineer for what it's worth. In my view any advantage gained by playing pass the hot potato in our own penalty area is offset by the risk, probability even, of messing things up and handing the opposition a gilt-edged chance close to our own goal. It used to be a universally acknowledged maxim that you don't pass the ball across your own goal. It's a dad and in time it will died a natural death.

Not actually released of course. His contract came to a end and thankfully was not renewed.

Stray boat ???

Do we score every time that we play out from the back? Do we sometimes concede possession in a dangerous situation when we do?

Bree's was a shirt tug.

A touch on the back.

£100,000 is better than nothing.

Did you not see the header that deflected the cross?

Worst? Says who?

For a true evaluation you would have to compare the performances after sticking with a standard defence against introducing an extra centre back.

That old chestnut again. It all derives from a comment by one poster. Just one. Yet we keep getting silly references to it. That's so childish.