Other games 21/22 Dec

Watching Citeh v Leicester, cracking game.
One thing that stands out that shows how we will never compete at this level with our current line-up, and that is pace all over the pitch.
We start by finding someone to replace Noble because it's he who sets the pace for the whole team.
A little like simple division, he's the lowest common denominator.

Comments

  • Even better Carroll lasts another 90 minutes
  • and gets an assist....
  • I was thinking about this yesterday, it might be worth comparing how many consecutive appearances as a starter or substitute Carroll makes for the Barcodes with how many for us. Was he swinging the lead with us, or just genuinely unlucky? :hmm:
  • I was thinking about this yesterday, it might be worth comparing how many consecutive appearances as a starter or substitute Carroll makes for the Barcodes with how many for us. Was he swinging the lead with us, or just genuinely unlucky? :hmm:

    :hmm:
    Worth keeping an eye on,,
    What bothers me ,, he could Of been England’s main striker,, Even got England further in World Cup and so on
  • edited December 2019

    I was thinking about this yesterday, it might be worth comparing how many consecutive appearances as a starter or substitute Carroll makes for the Barcodes with how many for us. Was he swinging the lead with us, or just genuinely unlucky? :hmm:

    I don't see how the answer to q1 can lead to an answer to q2.

    Furthermore, to believe he was 'swinging the lead' you would also have to believe that he could successfully deceive the various club doctors, independent doctors and surgeons over a period of 6 seasons. That he somehow 'faked' the results of the scans, MRIs, X-rays and so on.

    And that he fooled all the players and managers.

    Or that he didn't successfully deceive all these people but that they were all complicit in a huge conspiracy of silence to cover up his malingering.

    Seems a tad unlikely, imo.
  • IMO, if he managed a long string of fitness you could assert that the medical department and/or training regime and/or facilities here aren’t as good as they are up North, but even that is a bit of a leap with one case study
  • edited December 2019
    Carroll's longest run of consecutive appearances was 18 games between 27th February and 18th August 2016.

    He's currently played four games in a row (missed the City game at the end of last month with a bruised rib) which is the longest he's been available this season.
  • Just notiched that Leicester after playing man city have Liverpool next then us .Hope those 2 games knocks the stuffing out of them.......get it stuffing christmas ,My wife says if you have to explain jokes then there not funny .what does she know :whistle:
  • St Brendan mentioned in an interview that he'll be resting Vardy for at least one game over the festive season. Ours, I'd have thought?
  • Some diabolical passing from both teams in the Watford v ManU game. Neither team can keep the ball. Watford 2-0 up though.
  • edited December 2019
    I wonder if De Gea and Roberto are cousins :lol:
  • edited December 2019

    I was thinking about this yesterday, it might be worth comparing how many consecutive appearances as a starter or substitute Carroll makes for the Barcodes with how many for us. Was he swinging the lead with us, or just genuinely unlucky? :hmm:

    The big striker - like numerous players before him - also claimed that his rehabilitation from injury was often hampered by bad advice from the club's appointed medical staff.

    "My last game at West Ham I played with a broken ankle," he insisted. "I'd been told it was fine even though I was in so much pain I thought, 'I just can't do this any more'.

    "I had one operation and the screws came loose. Unheard of. The next one, the fracture opened again because the screws still weren't tight enough.

    "So I went to a new surgeon. This time the screws were bigger but they realised the ankle ligaments were frayed on the outside. It hadn't been spotted for two years!

    "I should have gone to Wickes and got a big bag of screws before those consultations! But my latest surgeon was excellent. He repaired everything. That's nine months now and no problems.


    This might shed some light on part of the reason why he didn't get fully fit plus his socialising.
  • contemplating saying AC has a screw loose was overruled by the exasperation
  • Unpopular opinion: Son often gets branded as "one of the good guys" in football but I actually think he's quite a dirty/nasty little player. The red card today is further evidence of that.
  • just when I thought my GW couldnt get any worse with Gazzanigas stupid penalty -1 and Alli freakily booked for petulance... Son captain red card puts a cherry on top

    #'mare
  • Did Souness just blame racism at football matches on women not allowing their partner to get a word in at home?

    I'm sure he did. :doh:
  • Unpopular opinion: Son often gets branded as "one of the good guys" in football but I actually think he's quite a dirty/nasty little player. The red card today is further evidence of that.

    I think your point can be backed up by the fact that apparently he is the first player to receive three red cards in the PL in a calendar year since a certain Lee Cattermole in 2010
  • edited December 2019
    Fortune
    "The big striker - like numerous players before him - also claimed that his rehabilitation from injury was often hampered by bad advice from the club's appointed medical staff"

    Is this the common link then between all the injury problems we have - the club's appointed medical staff are incompetent? Who appointed them, did they get their qualifications from a dodgy internet "uni".?

    MrsGrey, regardless of all the tests etc. you mention, if he/anyone pulled up during training and said that he/anyone felt a twinge, he/anyone would have been unlikely to be picked. I'm not saying this is the case and I wasn't accusing him/anyone of it.
    Personally I liked him and was really happy when he signed for us because when he did play he gave his all. It's just a shame we didn't get to see his full potential, similar to Deano.
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