IslandExile
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On depression and contemplating suicide...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cll438d2d40o
Good to talk.
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1 hour ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:
Over a season Swindon had the worst average anyhow. Never thought of this as a record we had.
Aye, you're right with Ipswich in second place but they were both over 42 game seasons.
Derby and Sheffield United are over 38 game seasons.
Of course, football only started in 1992 with the advent of the Premier League.
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Sheffield United have now taken the goals conceded record from us. One less monkey.
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45 minutes ago, cannable said:
I know it’s probably blasphemy… but some of these ‘funny’ anecdotes about Clough just make him sound like a nob.
He was in rapid decline in his later years at Forest, especially after the split with Taylor. Didn't do training. Was hitting the bottle more.
All very sad.
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I think they'll both have to go for the win. Anything can happen in football and, especially in this league.
Bolton and Posh would kick themselves if they rested players for the play-offs, lost their game, only to then hear that Carlisle had turned us over.
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Look at you all stressing out.... I'm fine.
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He didn't fully deliver at Derby but he was great in spells.
Sad time to join, Mackay's Derby really needed a striker to replace Franny Lee. Then Mackay was pushed out and the decline was underway...... The Doc completed it with a bang. Leighton James was not the only one to suffer..... Well, we all did.
Anyway, Leighton, thanks for some happy memories RIP Ram 🐏
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9 minutes ago, Eddie said:
My son James is named after him.
I remember reading in 'The Ram' about a new born baby being christened Leighton James Jones or something like that.
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16 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:
Trying to poach egg realted puns is a fools errand.
True, it's no yoke, but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Anyhow back to the discussion between the mother hens....
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5 hours ago, RadioactiveWaste said:
Give it up with your poultry attempts at humour!
I think this pun fest has been scrambled by those trying to whisk up trouble for eachother.
Not so much over easy.
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1 hour ago, IslandExile said:
One chicken, two chickens, three chickens.....
IF it happens, it will indeed be a very good achievement.
You should not count your chickens.... Or you could end up with egg on your face.
To keep the pun-fest going...
I should've said an eggs-ellent achievement
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Before some of you get your hopes up, it's not that one, it's our old friend Mr. Evans...
- Crewton and RadioactiveWaste
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Gah, I miss him.
- Ramrob and B4’s Sister
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1 minute ago, Crewton said:
Yep, and if that opinion is something like "that line-up alone is a sackable offence", they deserve to have the p*** ripped out of them when it blows up in their faces, no?
Hopefully you don't think I made that comment.
I did make animated gif jokes about the inclusion of Sonny Bradley, who I'm afraid to say I do not rate as a defender, despite his two goals yesterday.
I'm arguing that I am entitled to my opinion on Bradley, regardless of yesterday, and that it should not be classified as "slating the team".
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2 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:
Correct and I'm entitled to my opinion about people jumping on the manager and individuals before a ball has been kicked, that's what a forum is about isn't it?
I certainly wasn't gloating about anything, I don't particularly like Bradley. In terms of warranting a place in the team, that is for the manager to judge and, from my point of view, it looks like he made the right call yesterday.
But you've answered yourself there....a forum is all about people expressing their opinion. So, why can't people express opinions about players or team selections without it being called "slating the team"?
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24 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:
My post was criticising 'supporters' for slating the team, players and the manager before a ball had been kicked.
Some of us were expressing the view that Sonny Bradley does not warrant a place in the team. That is vastly different than "slating the team". Moreover, we can hold an opinion about players before any particular game kicks off.
You were not talking about "general slating" of the team; you were gloating that, one individual, Bradley had scored twice despite the views held by others about the quality of his defensive play.
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Gone back to your original point. I apologise.... You weren't just talking about Bradley.
However, my point remains, people are entitled to opinions about individual players and team selections before a game. That is very different to "slating the team"
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1 minute ago, FlyBritishMidland said:
I think that’s a bit harsh. We’re the only team to do the double them (I think) beating them 3-0 in both games. They’ve beaten Portsmouth 3-0 away, Bolton, Oxford and only lost 1-0 to Lincoln when they were scoring for fun.
Ok, fair enough.
I wasn't so much digging at Orient but trying to make the point that, just because Bradley scored twice, didn't make him a good enough defender for Derby County.
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58 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:
Ah so it was down to Leyton Orient being poor then. Thought it might be.
There was literally no objectivity in the pre match posts. Read them and you will see that. Thanks.
I didn't say that either. You are not reading posts but working towards your own preconceived ideas.
Your post was criticising those of us who aren't convinced by Sonny Bradley's quality.
I was merely saying that the fact that he scored two goals from corners does not make him a good enough defender for our club.
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4 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:
Wasn't going to do it but was awake early, so I thought I would compile a list of the experts from yesterday...
A big centre half scoring twice from corners and putting in a creditable display against a poor offensive team with nothing to play for does not necessarily make Sonny Bradley a good choice for our team.
I think a bigger factor was that it allowed Warne to play his preferred 3-5-2, so freeing up wing backs who cannot be classed as full backs.
So, your euphoria aside - which we all share - please look objectively at the reasoning behind the discussion. Thanks.
Paul Warne
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It's a bungy rope...you know, you go down then straight back up again, then immediately down again, then up again.
A bit like Rovrum under Warne.
Maybe the players took it too literally.