Holmes_and_Watson

Invasion

We nearly got a home win. We weren't great by any measure. But we looked better because someone had an epiphany of putting players broadly into their favoured positions. It's a masterstroke, and if only we had the talent at the club to have given that a go earlier on. A similar genius might also start realising our tall forward, who is good in the air, might benefit from more deliveries like the one that gave us our goal. It was a good goal, but there's also been opportunities we've had to be implementing it for ages. We seemed to want to progressively weaken our side, the longer the game went on. Sule and TP were out the side for ages, and perhaps we're suffering for that now. Downes, who was on a yellow, was out for off field reasons, so also was subbed. Taking off Downes and Les removed our midfield. TP going off late on, removed our physical outlet. Dibling has played a lot of minutes, and is just not the same under IJ. Had they been able to last the course, and IJ not weakened us more with the other subs, we could well have held on. But we invited more pressure instead. The clearance for their goal wasn't a good one. That sent our defense out, leaving plenty of gaps, when a similar ball came right back in. We vacated all the space to try and make up for the first error. So better, but from such a self inflicted low bar.

There may have been teams who have gone into financial meltdown, who have had to build practically from scratch. "They only had 2 players on their books," sort of thing.

Yup. SR managed to ignore the multiple pile up of mistakes around them, and follow exactly the same path as before.

Sink

I think of my poor, Norwich supporting dad, who watched his team collapse towards the end of seasons, getting relegated with barely a whimper.

Tongs

I worry that, once it's confirmed, we have a slump in form. 🙂

It's my sad duty to let you know that your posting standards have slipped to my level. 🙂

Horror

We'll never score... oh concede? ... not a problem. 🙂

Juric keen to ... avoid being the worst ever PL side. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cly27jxmy9no "I think we are in good shape," he began, before laughter drowned out the rest of his quote.

We're here to support MLG's literacy issues, in not being able to read the posts of others, and numeracy issues, in not being able to count to two. I thought it extended to his typing, and he was reassessing...

You'd have forgotten all about SR bulk buying Croatian players, in your rush to put a laugh beside Turkish's comedy gold (and now deleted) post. People mention the 30+ laughing emoji posts. But now there will be whispers of the one that would have beaten even that. 🙂

The old bad MLG habit (#76 in the series) of rushing back to edit posts has returned. I'm glad I quoted the original, which I'll stick with, rather than the revisionist version. It's heartening to know that a career in education can overcome, not only numeracy issues but literacy ones too. To:- I had already responded by pointing out that readers of your guide aren't supposed to know what's in the database, relying on your guide. A guide that's a bit tarnished as you've admitted fibbing in it, to drum up interest. That undermines a lot of trust in your objectivity on such things. Along the way you've failed to divert it to another group of players and saying all the kids in the other threads were doing it. Now it's revealed that SI was behind all the other kids doing it, getting them all to use a template. Even though MLG admitted to fibbing to get interest, it's shadowy SI's fault (and the other thread makers) Another good thing about education is that, in addition to getting help with numeracy and literacy issues, you've got access to safeguarding support. It's never too late to tell them about the groups of thread creators and game makers who coerced you into fibbing. To:- I had already responded "Equally dismissive to the video scouts. Yet, at the same time, unable to not mention some freelance work you've done. Rather arrogant of you. Who knows what other work/income streams the new video scouts appointees have? Who knows how much more capable/ informed they are? All we have to go on, for comparison, is your sorry record from those threads." Looks like your comment of me not addressing your points was inaccurate. I see why a "Mr Wrong" cartoon appears on threads you are in. You also continue to be dismissive of the people who have these roles. You have no idea how this role fits into other income streams they have. You said yourself, you find time to have inputted opinions into FM for many years, alongside other things in your life. And all this because you got desperately defensive by an accurate comment I made about a FM thread.

Incredibly defensive, despite nothing being inaccurate in my points. Perhaps we can take a moment for MLG to give us an inspirational tale on how not being able to count past 2, hasn't stopped his career in either education, or in assigning numbers, sorry opinions, on FM.

Hard to imagine an opponent conceding more own goals than we gift their attack.

Wasn't it under Howe at Bournemouth too? When he arrived, he had a definite impact. I thought that would increase, as he got Match sharpness. If anything, he dropped into the levels required for RussBall. Some moments, but certainly not the same. A late flurry at left wing-back presumably reminded the club how prepared to be versatile he was. That, and their inability not not sign left backs. It wasn't a position I thought he'd be in for long though. As a cheap squad player, I had no real problem in him signing. SR had a lot of places to fill. But, like nearly everyone else, the season's been a complete dud. While he might be okay next season, we should have other options (unless they all go first), and I can easily see all parties wanting to move on.

Strange you keep replying, confirming that all of my points were completely accurate. - Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton. - White was a "youngster to watch" on your FM thread. - That FM thread also said, at the top, "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?" - you reinforce your FM point with "make good use of the young players already at the club from the strong youth academy." Not sure how 100% can be seen as a fail. Perhaps that explains your difficulty, from the links, to pick out youngsters who will break through. Your responses seem incredibly defensive. We've had a failed attempt to pretend you meant other players, your fibbing to get traffic, and the other boys doing it too, on other threads. At least you've not said your thread was the other kids fault, before they ran away. Now you're citing the player database, the FM players shouldn't be looking at. All they have to go on, are your guides. Guides, which you admit are there to "drum up interest" more than actually provide genuine youngsters to "make good use of" or who are youngsters to "bring through." Poor FM thread readers, not realising that they are being fibbed to. I wonder how many hours they put in before realising your ones to watch, weren't ones to watch. Very dismissive to those actual youth players, who no doubt worked hard at their football, who you dismiss as "shit". Equally dismissive to the video scouts. Yet, at the same time, unable to not mention some freelance work you've done. Rather arrogant of you. Who knows what other work/income streams the new video scouts appointees have? Who knows how much more capable/ informed they are? All we have to go on, for comparison, is your sorry record from those threads.

I guess he'll turn up to anything. Except meet with postmasters, of course.

Sadly, RDF Tactics work for SR will probably be confidential. It would have been nice to get some better calibre FM data for our clubs, if he had access to internal reports. 🙂

The weight of their pay packet gives them all a lower centre of gravity. That combines with the skills they already had to make them all better. 🙂

Smooth

Looking forward to seeing the new dodeca-milk cartons that fit in our players who have posted missing. 🙂

So, to summarise, my points... - Lighthouse mentioned Jamie White as a promising teenager who ended up at Totton. - White was a "youngster to watch" on your FM thread. - That FM thread also said, at the top, "Want a team with great youngsters you can bring through?" ... were all completely accurate. I thought you'd like accuracy, since you've been trolling posters under it's guise for many years. That you see posts as a "win" might explain why you defend ridiculous positions, before going off in a sulk, rather than discuss like a grown up. We get a multiple choice of ridiculous positions here. You weren't referring to that group of youngsters to watch. You were referring to another group of youngsters to watch (who you don't group together as you pretend above) Or that you were fibbing to the FM thread readers, "trying to drum up interest" although the "academy players were shit." That sort of fibbing won't go down well with the video scout interview panel. Or that all the other kids in the FM09 threads were doing it, so you felt you had to do it too. Even though they were "shit." Not that "shit" you didn't also advise players to "make good use of the young players already at the club from the strong youth academy." Since you always tell us FM stats are really opinions, I'll give your response a 2. I'm sure RDF Tactics is looking forward to connecting with a higher level of Southampton data analysis in his new role. I'm sure he wasn't insanely defensive and excuse giving in the interview. Wishing him all the best in his new role.