Lots of heat in northern Norway...
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Match Spurs v Bodo/Glimt (A) - Champions League - Tues 30th Sept - KO: 8pm
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When Luton & QPR had plastic pitches in the '80s/early '90s, they both did relatively well... (in comparison to where they find themselves now)
Both were regular'ish in the old Division 1, and I genuinely wonder whether their demise was due in part to having to go back to grass pitches....?
Just an observation... Maybe it WAS and still is more of an advantage than we give it credit for....
Both were regular'ish in the old Division 1, and I genuinely wonder whether their demise was due in part to having to go back to grass pitches....?
Just an observation... Maybe it WAS and still is more of an advantage than we give it credit for....
Every hire has felt rushed, and Frank was supposed to adapt his style to our squad. Instead, it's just Brentford 2.0, which is the biggest letdown.
Last season was a horror show, sure, but that doesn't mean we can't criticise when it's clearly not working. Isn't that the whole point of a forum? After the Ange cult, the last thing we need is another one.
Is that the same crap surface the NFL play on...?
I was watching the bounce and nothing but the bounce. I couldn't see much in it tbh. I remember Redknapps Spurs turning up for Young Boys and going 3 down quickly. They looked like they were playing a different sport tbh.
I've read and seen a lot of people though since last night talking about boot grip on the surface being a bigger factor. If players can't stop or pivot like normal, their whole game goes to shit.
Did you see the bit when Spence just walked the ball our of play under no pressure?
When you looked at the pitch there was a visible crease in the surface
Yeah, they got it all job lot from my local Greengrocers grass display, when they closed in 1986!!
Had it been Wenger's Woolwich they'd have gone down on 3 instead!!
Read it again. 3 reasons. One not applicable this game. But if you want to be an ass. Go ahead.
Ouch....!
Yeah was saying the sane just put the ball in the box. Instead he dallied and ref blew.
Well MGW is pretty shit for the money- and certainly would not add creativity.
Mbuemo has not stated well.
Frank also wanted Johnson for Forest.
That won't last forever is what I'm saying. We were also pretty water tight defensively at the start. We're now not very hard to score against, which is also a bit worrying. Especially in a few games we're playing with a double #6 pivot.So your saying even though we were losing and 2-0 down we remained hard to beat?
The players all played together last season. There was no new starters so they shouldn’t be strangers.
I’ve said it before that his default setting. He isn’t going to take a risk.
i thought they seemed to move the ball between their feet with a quickness we lacked. or they seemed to being moving and playing more instinctively while we seemed a half step slow and our passing was sloppy. that guy who scored for them looked particularly more adept with the ball at his feet and turning, etc. and i doubt he was the most technical player out of everyone under normal conditions.I was watching the bounce and nothing but the bounce. I couldn't see much in it tbh. I remember Redknapps Spurs turning up for Young Boys and going 3 down quickly. They looked like they were playing a different sport tbh.
I've read and seen a lot of people though since last night talking about boot grip on the surface being a bigger factor. If players can't stop or pivot like normal, their whole game goes to shit.
Did you see the bit when Spence just walked the ball our of play under no pressure?
When you looked at the pitch there was a visible crease in the surface
i mean, we were shit. but traveling so far to play a small club with a plastic pitch could not have been very inspiring and it showed.
The first 2 I'm with you, but the third? In Norway? In Autumn, which would be like midwinter for us?
There's watering and then there's flooding. What they did was somewhere in between the two.
Maybe flavoured. Isn't Volvic from somewhere over there?
Bar codes playing virtually same team as v goons a much harder game than wolves at home tbh.
And now he doesn't pick him.
MGW is exactly what we need or Rodgers from Villa.
None of the forwards picked against Bodo have been a success, nor has Solanke, who was never worth £65m. For that money I would want a regular goal scorer. We could have had Nick Wolf or Ekitete.
That's understandable. One or two Punts is acceptable but having half your squad as a punt is going to leave you with a problem.