Smirking_Saint

Its the Espanyol one Im interested in

TBF to carra I expect he only played against him once, Ill go with those that watched him on a regular basis, and more importantly how he played originally for MoPo Bazzer, not saying he is rapid mate, just that he moves faster than the comparative shuffle that we currently have

Compared to Lambert ? Al reports I have heard from him is that he leads the line and you will not find a harder working CF, he will chase the ball down all day and will run the channels. I think he is the man we needed, and excited for the season now

Lol that CM was meant to be a CB, sorry bud

The formation we use is 4-2-3-1 what I am talking is the transitional phase from defence to attack

Compination of a couple of set pieces, a few from our attacking midfielders, Lambert and Osvaldo Now that we have a mobile striker, that can play off the ladt man we can arguably capitalise on winning the ball high up the pitch and transitioning quickly into an attacking area, the full backs overlap and provide width out wide which will put balls into the box for Lambert or osvaldo. Attacking wise we set up as so -----------GK----------- ----CB ---DM---CB---- FB-----DM---AM------FB ----AM----ST----AM----- But it obviously looks a lot prettier, and obviously it doesnt always happen that way but essentially thats the transition This is also how we press high up and attempt to stiffle the counter attack, obviously you can see why the system is susceptible to the longball and probably why Wanyama is here

Essentially we play with the two holding midfielders and then a forward unit of four who tuck in and attempt to constrict and press when the opposition have the ball, this stops the counter attack but also attempts to win the ball high up the pitch (though without pace its hard to capitalise) J Rod is really the only one that drives forward in wide positions, but essentially the width comes from the full backs. Not saying that the AMs never drift wide, just essentially this isnt part of their play.

Simple really, we dont play with Wingers

As far as I am concerned you were off 'sick' for the amount of time that you were absent and as far as I can see have made every reasonable effort to let them know the situation, for a start at what time did they reply to the email ? What time did they first try to ring you etc ? What is it you do BTW and does it have safety implications ? I.e heavy machinery, driving, working with energy etc You need to also think about their arguements, for example could you have phoned them at 6 o'clock etc ? Could you have left a voicemail ? Obviously you have not had a disciplinary hearing yet so make sure your union rep is back and you have representation when it happens, also you were not disciplined in the hearing you have already had ?

Motorised scooters are mopeds 9 Oh I have another one, Hampshire league making me play saturday AND monday this weekend

Cyclists who dont ride single file on roads Motorcyclists in general Old people that drive People that get in wrong lane on Hedge end motorway roundabout and then get ****ty when I proceed to follow the road markings. People that smoke near me People that think the world owes them a living Anyone who doesnt atleast try to see the other side of an arguement General public when Im working People that moan about music or tv shows, dont watch/listen to it then ? And thanks Bexy, but not just escalators, for instance when they just get through a door etc People that park inconsiderately Lists of things that annoy me

Id be interested to hear your thoughts on what Im about to say TBH but talking re the WBA game; It highlights to me what the need was to get a front man in that can run off that last man, pick up through balls and be available for when we win that ball high up the pitch. As good as Lambert is, and he is very good, he isnt that man, and despite being very much stronger defensively then the way we started last year against WBA we showed the same lack of cutting edge at the other side of the pitch. If it wasnt for that penalty we would have drawn or lost. And for this reason Im very happy we now have a player of Osvaldos quality. Im not even going to go into the tactics of involving Lambert in the team, ive done that to death so regardless of where we 'fit' lambert (or not as I suspect) its imperetive we play Osvaldo up top to turn the pressure we create into chances.

I knew you'd bite adrian but I didnt realise you'd get annoyed about it, sorry bud FWIW if we would have played one of either Lampard or Gerrard instead of attempting to accomodate them both we would have had much more success. You know my thoughts on who I would pick, but either way, with Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard at your disposal it shows up what a waste of talent the England managers at the time subjected us to.

A good motivator and a decent bloke, plays some good football but also makes some strange decisions. I think he is a great manager in the lower leagues and NPC but the prem came too quick for him. He also needs to get his head around the top level player market as his targets and aquisitions were just not good enough. All in all he will be a consistant prem manager within 5 years I reckon.

Steven Gerrard making 88 passes and 3 set up chances for his teammates ? But all he does is run around a lot, ruins the organisation of the team and doesnt keep possession well.

He had a decent game by his standards, but I saw enough last year to be a little worried, truth be told I think he is ok backup, but Id still be far happier with a better standard of CB if one is available. Jos, I disagree entirely, when I watched him play on the surface I think he looks like he was doing a decent job but realistically I think his positional play is diabolical, as is his distribution. I lost count of the amount of times Yoshi had to bail him out and essentially get dragged out of position due to his positional ineptitude. In short.... Im not a jos fan

We have That said Im not massively bothered if we sign Sinclair or not, of course he is a decent player and will definately add something to the team but I do think we have good options there anyway and honestly believe, from what I have seen a heard from the training ground, that Isgrove will make good strides this year. A CB would impress me more though, think beyond Yoshi and Lovren we look a little weak.

Until he fails or is sacked at which point he becomes a bungling, non english speaking, clueless bumpkin

There is, although it is obvious that we have a clear strategy and a real desire to progress but some of the talk of overtaking Arsenal is madness. Even overtaking Everton, had Moyes still been there Id have said was silly. The reason I have said we could finish above them is as much down to how I percieve Martinez' impact as our own signings. The future is certainly bright, and we have a chance, a real chance of the Europa league now we have a striker to fit MoPo's system, but as I said before, top four is way off, look at the 6 teams who have achieved it in the ladt 20 years.

Yeah definately

Funny, thoughy in cases such as this you could not start a new job until payment was settled ? And last I heard payment had been settled ?

Exactly, the man doesnt know how to defend.

For a clapper I try to be realistic and ignore sentiment bazza, Id have thought people would've realised that by now

You'll be surprised what players out of contention accept in a WC year !!!

Everton yes, Arsenal no. Wenger will sort things out I expect, if he doesnt he is gone