Mystic Force

I am vaguely amused by the way that footballs history is littered by the wreckage of broken clubs caused by outsiders coming in thinking they know better, and their plans to be destroyed by first contact with the enemy. Then continuing to claim that everything else is wrong rather than maybe they didn't know what they were doing after all. I stopped laughing when they did it to us (again)

This was the first time this season that I thought we looked decent, but when it went against us we just completely collapsed. I am at this point expecting relegation. There is no way they turn this around. Trying to be Man City on Saints money is the height of stupidity.

I have no power of bargaining

I am wondering after how many games I am allowed to be at the below levels Concerned Worried Angry Resigned to fate I don't want to tread on toes until consensus allows me to feel a certain way.

I enjoyed their commitment to passing it out from the back, such that when a ball broke to those in midfield, they would make sure to give it back to the defenders still surrounded by Notts Forest players who would then have to use their skills and pin point passing to get it back to the midfield, after satisfying the boss they are following thr instructions. Modern football where the attackers have to have their best attribute be what to do without the ball and defenders have to be greatest with the ball.

So it seems that people who like money and ruining it for the rest of us are trying again. Flush with a ruling that footballs governing bodies can't stop it the fans can now be safely ignored. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67791936

Charlie Munger (Warren Buffets right hand man) might not have avoided death this week but I bet he avoided a lot of taxes along the way.

Having a philosophy makes you predictable, and without the individual players able of changing the approach you will get countered that's the inevitability of all football tactics that get overcome by people who don't just sit there and take it.

I am wondering if Russia called up one of their few friends, Iran, asking if they knew anyone with some grievances, Hamas, that could cause trouble to a non Nato western aligned state, Israel, to distract the United States from continuing support to Ukraine. And letting them win their war. Seems convenient timing that a large Russian offensive attempt is launched a few days after Israel kicks off. Because pulling all the necessary equipment and hiding it away is not the work of a moment, but something that would have to be planned. This clear Russian failure is why Ukraine haven't tried their own blitzkrieg attempt but using tactics more reminiscent of British bite and hold operations from WW II.

Didn't Chelsea win a league title with the 2nd or third least possession? Only lower teams were some awful relegation fodder. Not that playing ultra defensive all the time is anymore entertaining than looking like you are playing keep the ball against no one

The one question I have is, If Pep Guardiola was suddenly parachuted in to our team, would he make them play the Man City way, or would he have them play a different way based on the players available strengths and weaknesses. I think Pep is a good manager, so would therefore attempt to maximize his chances rather than slavishly follow a 'system"

So in modern football the hipster things is for attackers who specialize in not having the ball and defenders whose prioritize playing the ball.........

I didn't see the game, so if what i read here is representative I am concerned. Because CB who had a hard time getting passes to connect with their targets when not under pressure in a walking pace friendly, in a system that demands it are really going to be in trouble when someone actually wants the ball off you.

I give credit to the guy who signed the cheques, not the guys who spaffed it up the wall.

I remember the reason that it was claimed that they had to be privatized in the first place was that otherwise the tax payer would be on the hook for having to pay to fix everything up to the necessary standard. Conveniently side stepping the fact the customer=tax payer (businesses and individuals) for the provision of a service to everyone. And then it seems they never spent the money to fix stuff anyway. But now it costs more and they want to ask the tax payer anyway to fix the stuff they neglected to do while saying they had to charge more to fix it! The bloody cheek of these people!

My brother in law supports Club America and only speaks Spanish and I only speak English. However we get on really well. He seems to have reasonable opinions, mostly on how bad Mexico have become in the last few years.

So 3 at the back again. I remember repeated attempts at this in the lead up to league games before failing in matches and eventually being abandoned. Maybe this works better in the championship where the attackers are not as adept at exploiting the massive gaps and our defenders lack of covering won't get exploited.

My real contention is that there are footballers who you can see are not very good and the data doesn't seem to indicate the data presented by Mark 1 eyeballs.

Why buy a dog and bark yourself. Wow what a novel concept, going back to at least 1583.

So their amazing talent spotting secret is go hire the bloke from the most successful current team and get him to decide how to do stuff. It is not exactly mold breaking, but is often quite a good approach. Sounds like they realized for all their supposed genius it probably better to just let someone who knows what they are doing call the shots.

You can also book him on his website. I am thinking we can have a whip around and get him to come speaks at some out of the way place with no audience to mess with him.

This man didn't even check wikipedia before writing this! The frog would a jump out of water increasing in temperature to regulate its temperature and in boiling water it would just die! What a fraud rehashing an old tale as if he is some insightful guru. No wonder we are in the shit. Also doesn't seem very keen on canaries. So Norwich going down should have been seen as a warning for us to get out of the Premier League ASAP.

Salisu came in looking like a player with the right ingredients who had the ability to improve and become a more complete CB. However our coaching team seem to have the knack of making players look worse over time, I think that is where things went wrong. Please remember that those players that he was compared against VvD, Loveren and Alderweirald all came in a little older and having played at decent level prior to joining us and clearly having already some credentials. Those kind of players are now cut off from available so we have to go a little younger to get a chance that means 19 y/o attackers and midfielders and 21-22 y/o defenders. I think Salisu had his career hampered by us. Maybe it was better for his future not to be seen playing in a relegation side.

Salisu who looks like he would add to our team frozen out because he won't sign a contract. Moi the one who looks frozen in place also won't sign a new contract. Yeah, the people running this club are football geniuses.

The fact your taking the piss but looks credible, really summarizes how bad this year has been when we all know we suck at defending yet try to play it as a strength.