| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 23:33 - Dec 28 with 769 views | PhilmyRs |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 22:25 - Dec 28 by Northernr |
It's a very fair post mate, putting into print the voice in the back of my head. I know what I've seen of him so far, and I will say what I think of that, but I get what you're saying and you may well be right.
I remember around this time of year 2002ish, the late and great Stuart Sykes took 18 yo me across to Notts County on the one-coach rattler from Grimsby to see us get beaten 3-0. Paul Furlong played up front, and was fcking hideous. He missed a chance near the end, in front of the away end, and the place went properly mental. At the end he did a sarcastic applause towards the travelling fans and I really thought it was going to go off. I chewed Stuart's ear off on the train all the way back through Lincoln, Market Rasen, Barnetby, to home. If anything it got worse, we lost at Tranmere in the New Year game, and Furlong got stupidly sent off. At that point he was Bosingwa levels of scum.
In the middle of January we took another train ride to Chesterfield, and he scored. My aunt agreed to drive me down to Northampton to watch Gabbiadini dive about all afternoon, and Furlong scored again. And he kept scoring, and scoring, and scoring.
For the Oldham play-off semi-final stuart and I spent the day going round all of my dad's favourite London pubs, starting at Mabels, and ending up in the Brackenbury with all his old mates. And we grabbed each other as Furlong ran through on the goal and won the game that night. I walked past Furlong outside the club shop last week pre-Burnley and gave a very nervous, fan boy "good luck". He looked like he should still be playing.
There's always time to turn this sht around. Roberts could be that comeback kid yet. Not with the attitude he showed at Cardiff, but then I'd have said that about Furlong at Meadow Lane. |
Appreciate the response, and the Furlong comparison is a fair one. I guess when Mr Furlong was getting (unfair) abuse, it was in an age where people giving the abuse either formed an opinion of the guy based on seeing them live, hearing from friends or family on their performance or read about it on good old teletext and there was obviously the Chelsea connection! Nowadays you have thousands of people taking a view on a player based on the opinions of anyone that may vent after a few beers on social media - not saying that’s you BTW. I’ve had people telling me Roberts is a lazy cnt that hates the club and is trying to get a move back home. How they know this…? They’d heard some bloke post something on social media. I just think when people start regularly digging him out, putting a narrative out there as him being this lazy, moaning dick head, in the modern world of social media, that can be much harder for a young player to overcome than in the days of Paul Furlong, who lest we forget was not a spring chicken when he came to us - he had some life, and football experience to fall back on - something Tyler is still developing.
I should come clean that I don’t think Tyler Roberts will do a Furlong and I don’t think he will be with us beyond this season but he’s not a hopeless case just yet. With only Dykes, we need something from him. |  | |  |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 23:36 - Dec 28 with 765 views | Northernr |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 23:33 - Dec 28 by PhilmyRs |
Appreciate the response, and the Furlong comparison is a fair one. I guess when Mr Furlong was getting (unfair) abuse, it was in an age where people giving the abuse either formed an opinion of the guy based on seeing them live, hearing from friends or family on their performance or read about it on good old teletext and there was obviously the Chelsea connection! Nowadays you have thousands of people taking a view on a player based on the opinions of anyone that may vent after a few beers on social media - not saying that’s you BTW. I’ve had people telling me Roberts is a lazy cnt that hates the club and is trying to get a move back home. How they know this…? They’d heard some bloke post something on social media. I just think when people start regularly digging him out, putting a narrative out there as him being this lazy, moaning dick head, in the modern world of social media, that can be much harder for a young player to overcome than in the days of Paul Furlong, who lest we forget was not a spring chicken when he came to us - he had some life, and football experience to fall back on - something Tyler is still developing.
I should come clean that I don’t think Tyler Roberts will do a Furlong and I don’t think he will be with us beyond this season but he’s not a hopeless case just yet. With only Dykes, we need something from him. |
Good posts mate, and I’m v v aware I promise. |  | | |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 02:24 - Dec 29 with 668 views | Boston |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 16:04 - Dec 28 by Lanhoop |
Maybe they do that Arsenal thing where they include the season ticket holders whether they turn up or not? |
Isn't that the same at Loftus Rd / maybe everywhere? | |
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| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 09:46 - Dec 29 with 572 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 12:25 - Dec 28 by Loftgirl |
*Forest. |
I see the spelling copse are out in force. I knew you wood do that. | | | |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 10:35 - Dec 29 with 537 views | terryb |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 02:24 - Dec 29 by Boston |
Isn't that the same at Loftus Rd / maybe everywhere? |
It's everywhere Boston.
If for no other reason, it is for accounting reasons. Clubs do not pay HMRC for the VAT received from season tickets pre season, but on a match by match basis (1/23 per game). Therefore, the calculations of the payment made must reflect the amount of people that paid to watch the match.
It is just the same if you paid a deposit to hold a function at a pub etc. & the income is only registered when the event takes place. | | | |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 10:42 - Dec 29 with 526 views | Dixie_CT |
Thought we could have made a big change to the dynamic of the Cardiff game by playing 10 yards higher up the pitch. We gave the Cardiff GK and centre backs so much time, and all we had to do was take a higher starting position and win the ball in the midfield rather than our defenders pick it up and mirror exactly what Cardiff were doing, ineffective and tedious playing across the back line.
Maybe it was a tactic to tighten up but there was a point where we should have chosen to press higher. We did do that do that from about 85 minutes on but it was too late and the ball fell to Mide.
Need to be braver with our starting positions today V Luton and more aggressive intent to win the ball higher up the pitch. |  | | |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 13:00 - Dec 29 with 490 views | PinnerPaul |
Watched the 90' back now, go on then Paul
1) That's a pen
2) Tim caution for breaking up a promising attack spot on
3) drop ball when it hit the referee, spot on because as per LOTG, you have to when the ball...
" it touches a match official, remains on the field of play and:
- a team starts a promising attack" - which we did. Also goes on to say drop ball takes place where it hit the referee, so he got that right and despite Nick's ramblings most of the other routine decisions as well I thought.
Agree with Clive though the big KMI (Key Match Incident) was wrong. Means nothing to an experienced official like him, but as the rest of the match was routine/easy will be marked down for that.
Step forward Mr Ward...... | | | |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 13:21 - Dec 29 with 479 views | terryb |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 13:00 - Dec 29 by PinnerPaul |
Watched the 90' back now, go on then Paul
1) That's a pen
2) Tim caution for breaking up a promising attack spot on
3) drop ball when it hit the referee, spot on because as per LOTG, you have to when the ball...
" it touches a match official, remains on the field of play and:
- a team starts a promising attack" - which we did. Also goes on to say drop ball takes place where it hit the referee, so he got that right and despite Nick's ramblings most of the other routine decisions as well I thought.
Agree with Clive though the big KMI (Key Match Incident) was wrong. Means nothing to an experienced official like him, but as the rest of the match was routine/easy will be marked down for that.
Step forward Mr Ward...... |
That highlights Paul, that the Luton goal against us should not have stood . The ball struck the referee & started a promising attack.
Mind you, that might have been last season & not this! | | | |
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| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 14:09 - Dec 29 with 445 views | PinnerPaul |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 13:21 - Dec 29 by terryb |
That highlights Paul, that the Luton goal against us should not have stood . The ball struck the referee & started a promising attack.
Mind you, that might have been last season & not this! |
If so, you're correct. Think that law has been in for at least a couple of years, so even if last season, it shouldn't have stood. | | | |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 15:17 - Dec 29 with 405 views | distortR |
| Children, tell me when your father stops scratching himself — Report on 09:46 - Dec 29 by CiderwithRsie |
I see the spelling copse are out in force. I knew you wood do that. |
He seems to view himself as a spelling alderman. | | | |
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