Whitey Grandad

It's a modern fad. It all relies upon the attackers not being given offside if they jump out of the way at the last moment. Sometimes they get away with it. Something needs to change. Perhaps modify the Offside Law (again) so that just being in the goal area and offside constitutes interference?

Thanks, but there isn't one on my tablet that I can find.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark Twain et al.

Yep. "Quieten the crowd"

That first one is a 'lady'

Referee's job.

Indeed, but he's more use to us on the pitch than suspended.

Good heavens. I'd forgotten all about him. Good luck to him though. We'll always have Wembley.

Just because you yourself can't see them doesn't mean that they aren't there.

Eh? Are we talking at cross purposes? What I am (attempting) to say is that he will attract a lot of physical attention from other less talented players and he probably won't win the fouls that he might have expected in his previous experiences.

"ego" has many meanings. All derived from its original Latin meaning of I / me / myself. Please don't get me wrong. I think he's a great player and I'm glad that he is playing for us. He will however need to adjust his temperament to the English game.

It was a rhetorical question.

She's obviously influenced you. I would too if only I were physicall capable. Always assuming she pleaded enough with me of course.

I see things a lot of other people miss. I raised a reasonable question and I received a reasoned and sensible answer from Verbal. We can move on.

Who is this "he" whereof you speak? If you're going to make a snide remark about another poster then please address that poster by name. We left the school playground several decades ago. At least I did.

Too deep for you? Earlier in the game he didn't get fouls awarded when he threw himself to the ground and had to be told to calm himself down. It was an exaggerated limp. Do you think it was real?

And what in there is relevant? What have I missed?

Limping to protect his ego.

That may be where we see things differently. A back five shifts our centre of gravity back towards our own goal. If reduces our presence in midfield and encourages the sort of passing back to our goalkeeper that can so easily go wrong. This is a relatively modern fad that will eventually die a natural death along with all the other hipster trends.

Fair enough. I didn't see that at the time.

I've noticed that sort of thing a lot lately. Two of our players getting in each other's way, even colliding at times. This is something that you never see in professional football and I can't remember it ever happening when I played Sunday morning football.

Stephens didn't make his customary howlers which was refreshing. He didn't act the captain though when the referee went out of his way to warn him about Scienza's hissy fits when his play acting didn't earn him a free kick. Stephens just nodded and then carried on.

That's a big if. We had several chances each of which was clearer than the one where we scored.

Disgusting. Maybe not charging for waste disposal and providing facilities where it can be disposed of free of charge would be a help?

Why is it that it's only our players who fall over?