Derby own goal puts them 1-0 down at Shrewsbury.
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This arsenal No. 1 goalkeeper is currently looking worse than their No. 2....that they sold to us.
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Could have gone in the amusing thread as well.
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Was just about to post those. The natives are extremely restless which is amusing in many ways, not least their lofty expectations as supporters of a club which nearly went to the wall a couple of years ago.
Plus, they've put Warne on a long-term contract so I don't see how they could afford to sack him anyway.
Today was a real disappointment from a Forest point of view but these links above remind us there's always someone worse off. Derby, hilariously, in this instance.
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I still want us sign Conor Hourihane and loan him straight out to Lincoln or Wycombe, just for the lolz.
Also, I just looked the league one table for the first time in ages.
I had no idea Reading Ladies are quite so fucked.
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I've just read this and I still don't understand how this guy got the job.
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Because the prospective clueless charlatan buyer, in it for the kudos, was a bit mental and appointed him.
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Fulham doing a good job of handing the game to Spurs. Two hideous defensive howlers, two goals.
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Was just reading some Derby stuff to cheer me up and discovered that Cashin, Bird, Sibley and Thompson are all out of contract next summer. They supposedly turned down an offer from Brighton for Cashin in the summer but it's pretty negligent if they all leave for nothing next year or for a token fee in January.
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Guess it would depend a bit on their age, wouldn't it? Aren't they all young 'uns and therefore Derby would be a bit protected on the fee front?
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Another goal and assist for old dead legs tonight, in the champions league.
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Kane is a great finisher, passer, and general striker of the ball. A player like that can get outstanding numbers, going to the places that work for his attributes, even if he has deadlegs. That's the point. He's not a big game player, partly because at the end of campaigns, when the big teams grapple over trophies, his legs are dead. That's the point. He doesn't make runs, or movement that creates space for others around the box, which limits the dominance that a team with the ball has, and impacts on the team defensively as well as offensively. His attributes dictate the pattern of play. Which means a team stacked with outstanding athleticism and movement, are reduced to largely playing for set pieces, and not even putting their set piece specialists in the squad. Unless they are lamposts. That's the point.
But I wouldn't expect someone obsessed with numbers, over understanding of football, to get that.
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I see what you're trying to do here. Having now realised there is a serious threat of Kane scoring Lewandowski-levels of goals this season you are trying to shift the parameters.
But this is bold and I think could come back to haunt you when we look at his Bundesliga and Champions League output in a few months.
That doesn't seem to be how Tuchel is using him at all. He is playing at the apex, doing a combination of getting in the box and being a focal point for the highly mobile players that flank him (Coman, Sane, Muisila), or dropping deep and playing world class balls for them to run, run, run on to with his passing. I.e. what he has done at his best with players like Sterling for England and Son at spurs. It is effective if you have the players for it as well as good to watch, and I can't really think of any other player who can facilitate that way of playing as well as Kane.
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Why would I want to do that, when I can have a world class ten (plus backups) playing in that position all game, and an actual striker helping those world class runs by working defences? Don't get me wrong, it's a way of playing if you lack the talent at ten, and your striker doesn't work. Only half of which is true for England.
We don't need to wait to see how Captain Kane the ever present F.A. brand is in big games. We have the data. We also have sight of what the opportunity cost of him playing every minute is in regard to other players getting experience. Of course the average fan can't see past Kane. The F.A. haven't given them the chance to.
Kane looks great against the likes of Moldova. Which is why he's gone to the Munich tractor, in the farmers league*. He gets those sort of mismatches, and the numbers will be good. I'm sure he will have some good games, and contribute.
That's not the point. Playing around his style of play makes you over dependent on him, and it's a second rate way of playing, in modern terms. Groundbreaking when the Hungarians did it in the fifties, not exactly cutting edge now.
I often can't decide whether you are trolling or genuinely lack the ability for joined up thought. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, and believe that you can be that thick. For now.
* Not my words. A decent player described it thusly in a discussion on the subject last night. It tickled me.
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You would do better if you played the ball rather the man all the time.
I wonder if you will consider revising your opinion if breaks all scoring records in Germany, wins the champions league, goes to Real/Barca and balloon doors it? I suspect not.
And the German league is not as good as the premier league, but it does certainly have a habit of cultivating world class players and world class teams. It's better than France, Belgium, the Dutch league and is probably on a par or not far off Italy.
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They do have a tendency of accusing you of what they are guilty of.
