|
Post by Venezuelan Pete on Jul 13, 2024 11:47:37 GMT 1
Seems to have gone quiet on both the Ball and Batth fronts Maybe their current clubs have taken their Batth and Ball home
|
|
|
Post by willo on Jul 13, 2024 11:52:20 GMT 1
Seems to have gone quiet on both the Ball and Batth fronts Maybe their current clubs have taken their Batth and Ball home 👏🏻
|
|
|
Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jul 13, 2024 12:20:49 GMT 1
Comparing van la Parra with Mooy and Schindler is ludicrous. He had no end product whatsoever. 9 shots out of ten were hit with a 9 iron. If VLP had a consistent end product he wouldn't have played for us. Point is he made a huge contribution to that team not to mention the entertainment factor. Saying he offered fuck all is a ridiculous take and clearly not true. That's the point I was highlighting above, as you know. Maybe we should ask Wagner if he offered fuck all or some of his team mates. Probably the most skillful winger I've seen at town in 40 years watching. He had a consistency with his end product, It was consistently shite.
|
|
|
Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 13, 2024 12:38:43 GMT 1
If VLP had a consistent end product he wouldn't have played for us. Point is he made a huge contribution to that team not to mention the entertainment factor. Saying he offered fuck all is a ridiculous take and clearly not true. That's the point I was highlighting above, as you know. Maybe we should ask Wagner if he offered fuck all or some of his team mates. Probably the most skillful winger I've seen at town in 40 years watching. He had a consistency with his end product, It was consistently shite. We clapped and cheered the day he got to the touchline, didnt cross it, eventually got closed down whilst wiggling his foot around the ball under no direct challenge, then skillfully dribbled his way back down the touchline to halfway, then played a shit and dangerous square pass which was intercepted and the opposition breezed through and scored.😔 The amount of times he got in good positions to either cross it or indeed come inside and have a shot but did neither was depressing. Made Gary Roberts, Pilks, cowling etc, look like wide player Gods..
|
|
|
Post by allan 1958 (OAF-WROY)(SSLFF) on Jul 13, 2024 12:51:33 GMT 1
He had a consistency with his end product, It was consistently shite. We clapped and cheered the day he got to the touchline, didnt cross it, eventually got closed down whilst wiggling his foot around the ball under no direct challenge, then skillfully dribbled his way back down the touchline to halfway, then played a shit and dangerous square pass which was intercepted and the opposition breezed through and scored.😔 The amount of times he got in good positions to either cross it or indeed come inside and have a shot but did neither was depressing. Made Gary Roberts, Pilks, cowling etc, look like wide player Gods.. I raise you Les chapman
|
|
Ross83
Steve Kindon Terrier
Posts: 1,645
|
Post by Ross83 on Jul 13, 2024 12:57:26 GMT 1
Aherm.. Hef just left WBA!
|
|
|
Post by itkterrier on Jul 13, 2024 13:29:58 GMT 1
Aherm.. Hef just left WBA! To go to Saudi Arabia
|
|
keefer
Iain Dunn Terrier
Posts: 474
|
Post by keefer on Jul 13, 2024 13:36:46 GMT 1
He had a consistency with his end product, It was consistently shite. We clapped and cheered the day he got to the touchline, didnt cross it, eventually got closed down whilst wiggling his foot around the ball under no direct challenge, then skillfully dribbled his way back down the touchline to halfway, then played a shit and dangerous square pass which was intercepted and the opposition breezed through and scored.😔 The amount of times he got in good positions to either cross it or indeed come inside and have a shot but did neither was depressing. Made Gary Roberts, Pilks, cowling etc, look like wide player Gods.. Cowling was a wide player God
|
|
Macduff
Andy Booth Terrier
I've got a Gibson without a case but I cant get that even tanned look on my face.
Posts: 3,872
|
Post by Macduff on Jul 13, 2024 13:54:43 GMT 1
Seems to have gone quiet on both the Ball and Batth fronts Two B's or not two B's.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2024 14:02:46 GMT 1
Sorba seems to be playing wingback today.
|
|
|
Post by dm on Jul 13, 2024 14:50:55 GMT 1
We clapped and cheered the day he got to the touchline, didnt cross it, eventually got closed down whilst wiggling his foot around the ball under no direct challenge, then skillfully dribbled his way back down the touchline to halfway, then played a shit and dangerous square pass which was intercepted and the opposition breezed through and scored.😔 The amount of times he got in good positions to either cross it or indeed come inside and have a shot but did neither was depressing. Made Gary Roberts, Pilks, cowling etc, look like wide player Gods.. Cowling was a wide player God Tin hat on as I know a lot of Town fans are very fond of that era... Just gonna highlight the level he was playing at. Along those lines, I've seen people talking about some of the players from that time being better than some of the players that got us to the Premier League/played for us in the PL (I'm not talking about Diakhaby and Mbenza). They are ridiculous claims. **Second tin hat on**
|
|
|
Post by Richard1986 on Jul 13, 2024 15:29:16 GMT 1
Korma and or Sorba need shipping out. Korma is least effective of the two.
|
|
|
Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 13, 2024 15:31:38 GMT 1
Korma and or Sorba need shipping out. Korma is least effective of the two. Koroma's stats are impressive per minute in the main. Koroma could be useful in behind a main cf . That is when Duff varies up the 3-5-2 to a 3-5-1-1 . Which he does do at times. he has also played a 3-4-2-1 system.
|
|
ldotm
David Wagner Terrier
Posts: 2,879
|
Post by ldotm on Jul 13, 2024 15:32:59 GMT 1
Korma and or Sorba need shipping out. Korma is least effective of the two. Just need Korma to curry on believing in himself
|
|
|
Post by mids on Jul 13, 2024 15:37:37 GMT 1
Cowling was a wide player God Tin hat on as I know a lot of Town fans are very fond of that era... Just gonna highlight the level he was playing at. Along those lines, I've seen people talking about some of the players from that time being better than some of the players that got us to the Premier League/played for us in the PL (I'm not talking about Diakhaby and Mbenza). They are ridiculous claims. **Second tin hat on** Some of that team were very good, and would easily have been better than their equivalents in the Premier League. Not ridiculous at all. Different times, different styles, but class and heart remain constant. Mally Brown is still the best right back since then. Dave Cowling provided crosses that Iwan Roberts, Andy Booth, and Steve Mounie would have thrived on. That 1979/80 team were Gods. As was their manager. God bless them all forever more.
|
|
|
Post by mids on Jul 13, 2024 15:41:02 GMT 1
Korma and or Sorba need shipping out. Korma is least effective of the two. Just need Korma to curry on believing in himself Naan, Korma isn't one for the argy bhaji of League One.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2024 15:57:15 GMT 1
Just need Korma to curry on believing in himself Naan, Korma isn't one for the argy bhaji of League One. Depends really, when he has a poppadom at goal it usually goes in! However most of the time he is quite mild going forward. Hoping he spices it up next season.
|
|
|
Post by golcarterrier19 on Jul 13, 2024 16:48:14 GMT 1
Korma and or Sorba need shipping out. Korma is least effective of the two. don’t think either were bad Kian harratt on the other hand 30 minutes of nothing at all bojan did more in 5 minutes than he did defo need another striker for back up imo
|
|
|
Post by golcarterrier19 on Jul 13, 2024 16:51:25 GMT 1
Balker gone off on stretcher 😬😬
|
|
|
Post by Convictatthemac on Jul 13, 2024 16:53:26 GMT 1
Need a striker and a CB now.
|
|
|
Post by wilmohtafc on Jul 13, 2024 17:39:23 GMT 1
Need a striker and a CB now. 2 CBs as we'll need to replace Helik too when he goes
|
|
|
Post by Convictatthemac on Jul 13, 2024 17:43:08 GMT 1
Need a striker and a CB now. 2 CBs as we'll need to replace Helik too when he goes Let’s worry about that if it happens.
|
|
|
Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 13, 2024 17:44:56 GMT 1
Need a striker and a CB now. 2 CBs as we'll need to replace Helik too when he goes when that is presumptous indeed.
|
|
keefer
Iain Dunn Terrier
Posts: 474
|
Post by keefer on Jul 13, 2024 19:19:31 GMT 1
Cowling was a wide player God Tin hat on as I know a lot of Town fans are very fond of that era... Just gonna highlight the level he was playing at. Along those lines, I've seen people talking about some of the players from that time being better than some of the players that got us to the Premier League/played for us in the PL (I'm not talking about Diakhaby and Mbenza). They are ridiculous claims. **Second tin hat on** I absolutely agree with you. Those players played at that level for a reason BUT we all have players and eras that burn themselves into our hearts and 1979 to 1986 was my time. Kindon, Cowling, Mally Brown, Stanton etc. were my heroes. Fantastic entertainment and memories, sadly our more recent history barely registers with me (except 2017 to 2019)
|
|
|
Post by cliveterrier on Jul 13, 2024 20:28:58 GMT 1
No Spencer today? and reason wasn’t highlighted like helik by the clubs twitter.. should we read into this?
|
|
|
Post by bells ringing :) on Jul 13, 2024 20:33:48 GMT 1
No Spencer today? and reason wasn’t highlighted like helik by the clubs twitter.. should we read into this? Nothing as yet , as Nicholls missed last weeks game, the club said nothing about that and he played today ?
|
|
|
Post by alanalanleeee on Jul 13, 2024 20:41:27 GMT 1
One of the lads at Harrogate looked good today, might be worth a punt? Think his name was Trialist…
|
|
|
Post by richhtfc on Jul 13, 2024 21:00:56 GMT 1
Not much changes does it? 😂 Only the names. At least he didn't say, "I'd have Darren Bullock in charge". That's a plus. How come you get so wound up with people eulogising ex-players and the idea of bringing them back in some capacity, when your side line is eulogising ex-players? Just something that occurred to me, not meaning to antagonise 🙏
|
|
|
Post by htafcokay on Jul 13, 2024 21:20:20 GMT 1
Only the names. At least he didn't say, "I'd have Darren Bullock in charge". That's a plus. How come you get so wound up with people eulogising ex-players and the idea of bringing them back in some capacity, when your side line is eulogising ex-players? Just something that occurred to me, not meaning to antagonise 🙏 I don't get wound up. It's sarcasm. Interviewing former players and telling their stories is completely different to wanting them to manage the club (regardless of whether they have the relevant experience or qualifications) simply because they played for us. I just find it odd. And it makes me laugh. Especially the Darren Bullock reference, as whenever he posts on Facebook there'll be Town fans commenting saying he should be the manager or that he should be brought back to the club as a coach. If Darren Bullock (or whichever ex player) had managed at a decent level or achieved success as a manager, then brilliant get him appointed. But that is never the case, it's like people pick out their favourite player and call for him to be manager, whether he has the experience or not. Hope that explains.
|
|
|
Post by htafcokay on Jul 13, 2024 21:40:11 GMT 1
Tin hat on as I know a lot of Town fans are very fond of that era... Just gonna highlight the level he was playing at. Along those lines, I've seen people talking about some of the players from that time being better than some of the players that got us to the Premier League/played for us in the PL (I'm not talking about Diakhaby and Mbenza). They are ridiculous claims. **Second tin hat on** I absolutely agree with you. Those players played at that level for a reason BUT we all have players and eras that burn themselves into our hearts and 1979 to 1986 was my time. Kindon, Cowling, Mally Brown, Stanton etc. were my heroes. Fantastic entertainment and memories, sadly our more recent history barely registers with me (except 2017 to 2019) Also, the bulk of that Fourth Division team were promoted to and played in the Second Division. So they must have been pretty good.
|
|