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why would the people you have openly ridiculed, called middle aged virgins who live with their mums and labelled the "circle of twats" entertain any post from you? Funny isn't it, quick to mock but desperate for any snippet of information.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. -Sun Tzu

We've been in decline since Koeman no doubt about it but SR coming in was meant to hail a new dawn. We've spent more money than any point in our history yet we've somehow managed to get relegated twice, this season as very possibly the worst team of all time. That's down to no one else but SR. An incredible display of incompetence from top to bottom with 100s of millions wasted with a succession of really poor appointments at all levels. The cynic in me says that the only reason for us being part of the group is to stay afloat in the premier league and use the money to enhance the other club in the group, who seem to have benefited much more from SRs ownership than we have.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7ejvr3y0zo interesting points here

The fawning over Newcastle winning the Carebo Cup is pretty vomit inducing. They're even going on about it on This Morning today.

3 away from most consecutive home losses 👊👊👊

anyone remember the banter forum of poster saint Steves various trips round the world? Bloody hilarious

I agree with you. There are some good guys on here that you dont always agree with but make their point respectfully and get on fine. The problem with someone like SOG is they think everyone else is the problem. When you think that's the case it usually isnt.

There are two ways to live your life SOG. You can either believe that in a world of 8 billion people everyone should nod along in agreement with everything you say or you can accept that out of 8 billion people there will be many who dont share your view, some you love, some you like, some to tolerate and some whatever happens you are just not going to see eye to eye with. You seem to believe that everyone should fall into bucket one and anyone who doesn't share your current stance of constantly prove how virtuous they are is in some way inferior, prejudice or just crazy. You are responsible for how you react to this. The clue in the word, response-ability, the ability to respond. The ability as to how you respond. Your angry responses every time you come across someone you dont agree with or dont like is very problematic for you and no doubt has caused you issues in the past, hence why we've established there is certainly a mask being worn where in times gone by the people you didn't like and reacted angrily too were also different from yourself something that is clear when the mask slips. Be the captain of your own ship, you might not be able to effect the wind but you can adjust the sails to make sure when you do hit storms you dont capsize. Rather than blaming the wind which you have no control over you can adjust to navigate through it until you reach calmer seas. I get the impression in the past you've fallen asleep at the wheel and drifted off course, which has manifested itself in the way you are now and have been in the past. Let go of the past, control your ship, adjust your sails, use your ability to respond, this is where growth happens and you might one day achieve inner peace and the guilt that haunts you might be laid to rest.

Yes he missed one at 0-0 v Man United, it turned out after he'd never taken one before. Breaton-Diaz was also on the pitch who had taken and scored loads.

No i haven't.

No.

no one said he did

I also thought grown men dont boast about how many laughing emojis they get?

6 people have responded with emojis to these recent posts only one with a laughing one to the post about deaths you linked. So who are the three scumbags. Name them.

my favourite one was when Andrew Parker Bowles was in the news and thou and behold who should be sitting next to SOG at the Romney Marsh brunch that day but someone who knew Andrew Parker Bowles very well and agreed 100% with SOG that he was a wrongun. 😂

another change of style then, lol Sounds like we're going back to a high press, high energy style so football might be more exciting

He must spend ours a day searching the internet for things that backhim up. Im always amused by the opinion pieces he tries to pass off as fact.

Perhaps or could also highlight how far out of your depth you are as you never get a kick. Technique, match intelligence, skill can all be taught and learnt IMO. It has to start when their young though, Arsne Wenger ones said if you get to 14 and you have no technical ability forget it you will never play at a good level. It also does come down to practice and reps. Kids dont want to practice technique, they want to be playing matches and shooting, a lot of them get bored with the futsal program we do because it's lots and lots of reps, they do it for a year improve loads then quit the very thing that got them better in the first place because they and sometimes their parents cant see what good it's doing for them and think it's boring. Some of the girls are technically better than the boys at the ages we're at and it's no coincidence that the best technical player in our group is a girl and she practises every night. Her dad told me he had to put a light on the driveway during winter as whatever the weather shes out there, her dad isn't interested in football at all he's a rugby man. Some of the critics of the Futsal scheme we do use the "you'd never do that in a match" line no you wouldn't but if you can control a ball 50 times in a row with the outside of your weaker foot doing keep ups, then you'll be able to do it 2-3 times you need during a match and give you that advantage over the other players who cant do it, not mention what it's doing for muscle memory, balance, co-ordination and so on. it's a fact that if you're born in the first quarter of a school year your chances of being picked up by a team are significantly higher than if you're born later in the year. I assume because at the ages of 6,7 and 8 when kids are being picked up these days 6 months is a big difference at that age. Then you're given better coaching, more development than kids who might only be a few months younger. Connections is a big factor too. My son is friends with a current premier league players youngest brother, no surprises he's been scouted despite not really standing out right now. Hes also at school with two kids who are twins, their grandad is an ex-pro Premier league player and Scotland international and they're now at in the academies of clubs he played at, different ones too which must be a logistical nightmare for the parents. One of them is outstanding, if you were going to put your money on anyone making it it'll be him, the other one whilst decent again doesn't really stand out at the moment but i guess clubs are prepared to take the risk on him rather than a complete unknown. Then there is two other issues, parents and size and IMO the two go hand in hand. Big kids who aren't as good still get the nod over smaller kids at the moment and parents who dont really understand what's going on and wonder why their kid who is physically an early bloomer so often twice the size of other kids, but not a good footballer just dont see it. They dont realise they might look great now because they 11 but look 15 and can bully their way through match because they're currently bigger, stronger and faster but come the time they're 15 and everyone else is the same size they'll be miles behind because they still cant kick a ball properly.

Whilst we're talking about players who are limited technically it's also worth remember that everyone of these has technique that most of us can only dream of. As some as you will know i am involved in youth football, my son has attended a futsal training sessions since he was 8 where all the focus is on technique, some of the kids even at at 11,12, can do stuff with a ball which you're amazed at skills and touches with all parts of the foot, laces, inside, outside, control it dead with their first touch at the sky every time and these kids aren't even in academies. They have a program they work through with individual challenges and when they finish the highest level it the head coach says they will have a world class first touch and technique. The critics say it's all just doing keep ups but as the coaches will tell you a bricklayers becomes a good bricklayer because they spend 5 years learning the trade laying bricks everyday. Same with football, you get good at it by getting meaning full reps in over and over again, the boring stuff some dont want to do after a while separates the good from the very good. The coaches have all completed it and are brilliant technical players but "only" playing at a good non league standard (conference north level) there are some current professionals playing in all 4 leagues that have completed it too but that just shows how good these technically poor players actually are.

In a month?

doesn't stay long anywhere does he.

I'd disagree with that. He was a good footballer but not a good finisher. His touch, control, strength were very good, he could certainly striker a ball too but the problem was his finishes wasn't great. Long and Ormerod on the other were quick, hard working but pretty limited footballers.

It wasnt just VVD and Fonte too, in the summer he lost Mane and Pelle who were our two leading scorers, and Wanyama who at the time was one of the best CDMs in the league. The spine of Koemans team was gone and replaced with Boufal, Austin, Stephens, Yoshida, Redmond and Hojbjerg. Huge downgrades. Plus he also had the Europa league campaign the contend with meaning 6 more games in the first half of the season. This myth that he played for 0-0s is something that's been created on here by people who had been spoilt by the years before him.