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They were both flat track bullies in shit leagues mate. Apart from one header, tall Paul has offered zero goal threat. People can moan all they like that he ain't playing, but to me it's pretty obvious why he's not.

He'd play a striker if he had good ones. Playing tall Paul just because we have him doesn't make him good.

Forget stats, and comparing the Belgian league with the PL. We need something different. This is the only different we've got, other than kids.

Exactly...it's the best we've got, unless you'd really want tall Paul standing still up top.

Opinion or information?

I think you're confusing mobility with being lazy. He's mobile in that he can make half decent runs, which is more than tall Paul can. He's more physical than the lightweight Mara. He offers more goal threat than both.

Aribo is a bit random, but I guess he's playing up front where he'll be more mobile than tall Paul, and more physical than Mara. Selles has got to try something different I suppose.

So that's what your Avatar is about. It looks uncannily like David Tennant with tits and a blond wig.

Working

Referencing how we played with Pelle is pointless. Pelle was superb, and tall Paul has shown none of his qualities - he's a big lad who can play down the middle with his back to goal. He has no pace, his movement is poor, he rarely jumps, and hasn't shown himself as someone who'll hold the ball up and bring others into the game. It's not that Telles isn't good enough to play him in a different way, it's that tall Paul isn't good enough to offer any more. I know that we're desperate, but expecting this lad to morph into a player that he isn't, is an expectation too far.

Was that a Russian claim, or something that's come from the West?

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Blue

This ain't 1984 mate, strikers need to be mobile these days. It also helps if a big lad can jump. He can't. Selles didn't play him cos he's not good enough.

His movement is poor. No amount of games is going to change that. Selles played players who could move their defence around. It didn't work, but we'd have been no better with tall paul imo.

Mitchell

Tall Paul isn't up to it and Adams is injured. Who did you want him to play up there?

There's not enough class on or off the pitch in football. It was quality, and I have no problem with some fans applauding it.

Lock

Yep. Forget the focus on the offside (the scorer was onside so correct decision), the issue was Bazunu stood over near his right post and taking about an hour to dive about 6 inches to his left.

I can't be arsed to read back through this exchange, but I don't know wtf your point is. If it's that WW2 was a war fought in the name of God or religion, it wasn't. If it's merely that Hitler might have believed in God, that's a shit point, and pointless one. Your finest forum moments have been pretty shit SOG, but you're having a nightmare here mate.

I get that. If Russia were removed on a majority vote (assuming China objected), in reality, what's the fallout? They just need the balls to do the right thing.

It's unbelievable that they're still a UN permanent member, and to be able to take the presidency is outrageous.

When you think it's everybody else SoG, it usually isn't.

Not Michael Vaughan https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65135694