rammieib Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Sorry, I know I’ve brought this up before but I have a real issue here. Half way through this season they moved them onto the inside of the advertising boards - great - a sensible move employed by a number of clubs in the country. Today all of a sudden they’re back on the wrong side. Most of them are scared petrified just to climb over to get a ball. How many times today was Wildsmith wasting time fetching a ball or a ball just gets knocked out of play and just keeps trundling down the side of the pitch. Sorry but we, like any football club should be employment every tactic to get a 1% improvement. We want to win our home games - get the ball back into play as soon as possible, so get the ball to our players when it’s a Derby ball immediately! Every now and then I am bewildered by decisions made by the club. nick_d, Carl Sagan, The_Sheriff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Were there any today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Why rush to get the ball back when we take so long over the throw-ins? DavesaRam, HorsforthRam and Dcfcsr92 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 25 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Why rush to get the ball back when we take so long over the throw-ins? Maybe because the opportunity to take a quicker throw in is lost by the tardy ball retrieval. rammieib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambam Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 The pathetic ball boy performance matches the worst pitch I’ve ever seen at PP. I don’t count the pandemic one. Why are we so unprofessional? Don’t we want to go up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 48 minutes ago, Rambam said: The pathetic ball boy performance matches the worst pitch I’ve ever seen at PP. I don’t count the pandemic one. Why are we so unprofessional? Don’t we want to go up? Slagging off the ballboys. Bravo. Crewton, LazloW, Tyler Durden and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 I blame the club here 100%, not any 8-10 year olds. We should 100% be asking 13-16 year olds to do this… why… because they’ll have a higher intelligence level and confidence nature about them. They’ll see what’s happening quickly and if we actually worked with them properly I would be sure it can lead to 1-2 extra goals a season. I honestly don’t understand why all teams don’t take quick free kicks/throw ins. When the whistle goes, you momentarily switch off - it’s the best chance to unhinge an opposition defence. Granted - we’re not blessed with pace at the top of the pitch but regardless - whilst we wait five minutes to take a set piece, the opposition get organised. See video below - perfectly example. Carl Sagan and Ram@Lincoln 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Slagging off the ballboys. Bravo. To be fair, they are pretty crap and it ain’t a difficult job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTSA74 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 3 hours ago, Rambam said: The pathetic ball boy performance matches the worst pitch I’ve ever seen at PP. I don’t count the pandemic one. Why are we so unprofessional? Don’t we want to go up? The pitch was a bit worse when they had the monster truck racing on it. But only a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcfcsr92 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 9 hours ago, Tamworthram said: To be fair, they are pretty crap and it ain’t a difficult job. It was the one against cheltenham made me laugh he had a ball in his hands (south stand) the ball went out he put that ball down to chase the ball that just went out 🤣 Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Can you call them Ball Boys anymore, isn't it politically correct to call them Ball Kids or Ball Children? Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 To be honest I'm more concerned with retention of the ball by the players than retrieval of the ball by the kids. Comrade 86, Henrycav81, G STAR RAM and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 29 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said: Can you call them Ball Boys anymore, isn't it politically correct to call them Ball Kids or Ball Children? I thought you were going to suggest we should just call them spectators. 😀 rammieib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Have we really sunk this low? Yes ok, they weren't very good at their job yesterday but is it really worth commenting on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 37 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said: Can you call them Ball Boys anymore, isn't it politically correct to call them Ball Kids or Ball Children? Football distribution managers Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chellaston Ram Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 My grandson is sometimes a ball boy for another local team and they use academy players and they have clear instructions what to do depending on the status of the match rammieib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 8 hours ago, G STAR RAM said: Have we really sunk this low? Yes ok, they weren't very good at their job yesterday but is it really worth commenting on? I'm exceedingly impressed with how you gave your opinion on the subject matter, whilst not actually commenting on said subject. That's clevershitt, bro! 👀 rammieib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 8 hours ago, Tyler Durden said: Can you call them Ball Boys anymore, isn't it politically correct to call them Ball Kids or Ball Children? Not if they identify as adults, no. 😉 Tyler Durden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambam Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Ok, I was a bit harsh. Fair play to them, and if my grandson ever becomes a DCC ball boy (person) I’ll be very proud. When he’s 15. Why are we using virtually toddlers to do the job? rammieib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 11 hours ago, G STAR RAM said: Have we really sunk this low? Yes ok, they weren't very good at their job yesterday but is it really worth commenting on? This is a chat forum isn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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