sage Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thanks, I'll take a read.. If you hadn't already noticed, I'm abit of a footballing geek and I enjoy reading stats.. You are Albert and I claim my £5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Seen as no one else as the manners to mention it, hope you're feeling better soon Ambitious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Barca's last 2 games have been against a 3rd division side in the cup where they fielded a weak side and against an Athletic Bilbao side (away) which would dominate possession against every PL side.. I'd expect anyone in the Championship who plays against 10 men for 60 mins and a terrible Blackpool side content on putting 11 men behind the ball all game to do the same.. But it's still nice to know we're now officially a possession side and we've 'joined the club' so to speak.. I seriously hate those 'percentage sides' like the ones Billy Davies, Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce thrive on. And as if Derby had easier games? Athletic Bilbao would probably win over 40 games if they were in the Championship.. I said 'relatively'. Which means the gap between Barcelona and their opponents was MUCHHHHHHHHHH bigger than the gap between Derby and our opponents!!!! Or, Derby's opponents were more evenly matched, making the stats way more impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 They're singing a new song at the Nou Camp: "It's just like watching Derby". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Seen as no one else as the manners to mention it, hope you're feeling better soon Ambitious. Sorry Ambitious. This too mate. Nothing more embarrassing than having to explain how a cucumber got there in the first place. You'll be alright mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Sorry Ambitious. This too mate. Nothing more embarrassing than having to explain how a cucumber got there in the first place. You'll be alright mate. I find 'I slipped on a wet greengrocer's floor' is the best excuse. For clarification, I am suggesting the floor was wet, not the Greengrocer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I find 'I slipped on a wet greengrocer's floor' is the best excuse. For clarification, I am suggesting the floor was wet, not the Greengrocer. How often have you used that excuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 You are Albert and I claim my £5. I hate graphs So that's me ruled out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I hate graphs So that's me ruled out Yeah, Bris, me too. long necked ******** - just eating leaves all day - *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 How often have you used that excuse? around 17 times, 23 if you include wet vacuum cleaner shop floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I said 'relatively'. Which means the gap between Barcelona and their opponents was MUCHHHHHHHHHH bigger than the gap between Derby and our opponents!!!! Or, Derby's opponents were more evenly matched, making the stats way more impressive Hold on, Bris and Mostyn arguing with each other? I've been made redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thanks everyone, I appreciate it - luckily I managed to dislodge the cucumber before being seen. Just in for a knee op (my second this year) hopefully won't be long till I'm back to 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Are you Barker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Are you Barker? He wishes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thanks everyone, I appreciate it - luckily I managed to dislodge the cucumber before being seen. Just in for a knee op (my second this year) hopefully won't be long till I'm back to 100% Apparently when a Forest fan is in a similar cucumber-related predicament involving an nasty vegetable patch tumble, they leave the cucumber in and take the Forest shirt off to save him from further embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlsonDerby Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Used to enjoy the likes of Barca and Spain but now it bores me to tears. Spain play a 3-6-0 formation and the world masturbates over their keep ball game. Obviously they'll keep the ball they have two more midfielders than the other team. If you enjoy watching them then that's fine but it's not for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Used to enjoy the likes of Barca and Spain but now it bores me to tears. Spain play a 3-6-0 formation and the world masturbates over their keep ball game. Obviously they'll keep the ball they have two more midfielders than the other team. If you enjoy watching them then that's fine but it's not for me! They must be good to only have 9 outfield players, or do they have 2 keepers, bit early for maths I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlsonDerby Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 They must be good to only have 9 outfield players, or do they have 2 keepers, bit early for maths I know Dropped a b0ll0ck there haven't I?! Ha 4-6-0... That uni education is really starting to show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford ram Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Dropped a b0ll0ck there haven't I?! Ha 4-6-0... That uni education is really starting to show! Nice one, I had to use my fingers to count and check, agree with fed up of tippy tippy barcarole style, prefer bayerns play of faster forward passing myself, what do you reckon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Might think differently if it was us. Barca and Spain do it to try and completely control a game. They still create and score way more than the competition. Barcelona have scored more goals than Man City and Bayern domestically and I think 2 and 1 less in the Champions League where they've scored 16 in 6 games. Spain too score more goals and create more chances than say England who don't play the possession game. Basically it might not entertain everyone but I'm not sure they care. I don't want end to end football at Derby either. I'd rather we keep the ball when winning and probe for easy chances than keep firing easy balls into the box in the name of entertainment. Plus it's hard to be exciting when every team you play puts 10men behind the ball. Maybe if they came out a bit then starving them of the ball wouldn't be such a necessary tactic. I find the teams that play Barca and Spain more boring. Half of them play to draw, have less shots, less dribbles and crosses etc yet they don't get tagged as boring. Each to their own I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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