Rampage

Whatever it is, it looks like a football team with purpose and skill. The shackles appear to have come off. They look inventive and excited about playing.big game tomorrow. If we can win the game through skill and good finishing then we may well have turned the corner at last. If we deal with the crosses and we do not get intimidated then good times are ahead 

Whatever it is, it looks like a football team with purpose and skill. The shackles appear to have come off. They look inventive and excited about playing.big game tomorrow. If we can win the game through skill and good finishing then we may well have turned the corner at last. If we deal with the crosses and we do not get intimidated then good times are ahead 

Whatever it is, it looks like a football team with purpose and skill. The shackles appear to have come off. They look inventive and excited about playing.big game tomorrow. If we can win the game through skill and good finishing then we may well have turned the corner at last. If we deal with the crosses and we do not get intimidated then good times are ahead 

This bit I think is hard to tell. In theory I'd expect a Warnock side to be the kinda side we'd least like to face right now whilst we are still embedding our gameplan and Warnock is better than most at this level at working how best to shut down an opposing side. On the flip side at a  glance Boro having been shipping goals for fun this season (averaging around 2 a game) suggesting they might not be as solid as you'd expect. Play like we did at Hull and especially if Warnock hasn't cottoned to exactly how to through a spanner in the works I think we could do ok here. 

This is what I thought Rooney felt about Sibley all along. Wayne knows a good player when he sees one. Sibley like every other player needs to fit in with what their manager wants if they want to play long term. It is always easier to modify the way he is playing when he is already getting games. Sibley wants to play for us. There is now a golden opportunity to make himself undroppable. He is very forward thinking and will prosper if he can score more goals. Whichever two out of Joz, Tom and Sibbo score the most goals will play the most games imo. 

Whilst I think it could have worked out on the right last season, I think part of what's enabling him to play right now is that he's not really "wide right". In possession he's taking up very narrow positions for the most part which I think suits him a lot more because he's at his most threatening in central areas. 

Wasn't rooney trying to get them to rotate a bit as well? certainly they could all switch about a bit and confuse defences.

This is certainly his chance, with Captain Tom out and Jozwiak out of form, if Sibley can put together a decent performance, no stupid free kicks or bookings and maybe throw in a goal or two he will be golden. 

From his interview, I thought he acknowledged that he was giving away silly free kicks whenever he came on for his two minute cameos. So credit Rooney for at least making him realise that.
I'm obviously hoping, like everyone, that he gets more game time in his best position and stays with the club for the next 15 years, through all the successful years just around the corner. 
COYR ?

Nowhere in that article does it suggest any club is interested in Sibley ?

This is what I thought Rooney felt about Sibley all along. Wayne knows a good player when he sees one. Sibley like every other player needs to fit in with what their manager wants if they want to play long term. It is always easier to modify the way he is playing when he is already getting games. Sibley wants to play for us. There is now a golden opportunity to make himself undroppable. He is very forward thinking and will prosper if he can score more goals. Whichever two out of Joz, Tom and Sibbo score the most goals will play the most games imo. 

The massive improvement was pretty much because Jag and Baldock had been training with us for so long. They just slotted in like in training. Simples.

Super post, brady1993.

Looks to me that Jag and Curtis have reorganised the defence by themselves. Everybody looked like they knew what they were doing all of a sudden.

Would be nice. I was pretty much saying that everyone did very well last night. They played as a team, they worked very hard, they kept calm in their shape, looked confident and showed determination to win the game. Some of these factors have been missing, especially during last season.

(All right ! Playground talk now ? ) 
RR’s only passenger vehicle engine in the 60’s was their standard 6.7 litre V8 but allowing for the futuristic setting and the technology of the day I suspect it’s motive power would have been a high efficiency Gas Turbine.
Rover had one that worked and Howmet Corp had a GT racing car that was surprisingly effective. 
 
 

He is a V6 Jag.

Because Mel thinks the team who played Hull tonight, plus Watson, Ebosele, Knight, and Bielik when he’s back are half decent.
Well they were much more than half decent tonight 

Super post, brady1993.

Couple things I found interesting about the game:
As expected Baldock helps stretch the game out which has a compounding effect on the rest of team making it easier to play There was a nice balance with the attacking three midfielders today. Morrison was the only one who would drop deep (often very deep) whereas both Sibley and Jozwiak would stay high and narrow alternating between offering for the ball or looking to run beyond the backline. This had the great effect (combined with Baldock) that Sibley and Jozwiak often managed to get in a lot of space to turn and drive at the defence which I think is the major goal of what we are trying to do tactically. There was a bit of a change in how we approached build up play and I think it's the major reason why Bird could flourish. As opposed to both DMs splitting, only Shinnie would pull into the left back slot and in fact Bird would often come more central than his starting position with Morrison often dropping into either side of him. What this meant was Bird saw a hell of a lot more of the ball and could open out onto his stronger foot more readily than when cramped up on the right. It also meant that we could limit how much off the ball was going into Shinnie. I think (but I can't be sure) a lot of this is because Jagielka can be relied upon on the ball on the right so doesn't need as easy an outball to the right off him and is comfortable stepping into that space with the ball. I think to compensate slightly for this Byrne was less forwards.   

Normans goal went in top corner like an arrow. Verily. Forsooth. No Forsooth was sub in that game 

I posted earlier with general glee. It was a critique of an evaluation rather than a criticism. When we win, I often look where we can improve and when we lose i tend to look for the positives.    

Unlucky, Alf. ?