Whitey Grandad

Foul for a high foot.

Just to frighten the opposition.

Wonderful news! I'm sure he'll make a great manager.

Exactly. I vaguely remember 'fun' some time in the far distant past and that season wasn't it.

Earlier this morning one of my granddaughtes gave birth to a baby girl, my first great-grandchild. I feel very proud and very old and very sad that my dear wife is not here to see her. I suppose I should change my username to Whitey Great-Grandad now.

They're not 'good' chances though.

All of them.

Can he play CB?

Usually for the next three first team games. From what I have seen an appeal would be futile.

Flying in with an elbow to the head. Not a chance.

Agreed.

No chance is ever 90%. Back in the day it used to be considered that only one in six chances as ever converted. And that was in the top flight.

Players bumping into each other is something that you hardly ever see. Even at your local park on a Sunday morning.

And both ways of saying it are wrong.

We needed someone with experience of the English game. Not someone who's learning on the job. At the current rate of progress it's going to take at least two seasons before he has a clue about what he's doing.

And less of a prick.

Different styles but nothing much between them.

I expect they will get a cup of tea at Full Time.

We create half chances. Not even that, quarter chances maybe. Any shots that we have are snatched at.

Then the stats are wrong.

You forgot the 'w'

But this is football not foodball. Or perhaps all six of them were simply bad chefs.

I've only watched the brief highlights but what I saw was a defence with no shape or cohesion. Traditionally, a pair of centre backs in a back four will develop a sense of understanding and will instinctively be in the right position to cover any threat. With three centre backs you have three pairings instead of one and it leads to confusion unless they are drilled relentlessly in their relative positions. They also need to be played regularly with no chopping and changing. What is saw last night horrified me. Defensively no shape or structure with players rushing about like panicked chickens once a couple of foxes had got in amongst them.

It seems obvious to me. If you play three Centre Backs then you're going to be light in midfield. The three don't make us any stronger, they just get in each other's way and leave responsibility to each other and because we're light in midfield they have nobody to pass the ball to.

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