Northern Red Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: It was dreadful stuff. If ever work was "phoned in", that was it. Judging by Gav's comment, it still is. On that subject, I recall a journalist friend of mine telling me that it was fairly common knowledge that Alan Hansen's Telegraph column often was "phoned in" literally, usually from the golf course or the clubhouse after his round. Occasionally if they got hold of him after he'd had a few drinks, the person in charge of transcribing it would pretty much have to make it up themselves as they couldn't get much sense out of him. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 21 hours ago, Galley is our king said: What, you think they are now likely to punish us by not giving decisions in our favour? Do you seriously think they are that unprofessional? It shouldn't make a damn bit of difference and if it did then Nige is absolutely correct in what he said... I support him and his comments, standing up for his players and the club. Will we be able to even notice this....?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, The Journalist said: Even now he thinks the Newcastle player is called “Joel Linton” (I’m not making that up either). It is one of those names though like "Lucatoni", that has you wondering what's so special about them that the commentator is using their full name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Journalist Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Port Said Red said: It is one of those names though like "Lucatoni", that has you wondering what's so special about them that the commentator is using their full name. On the contrary - Garth’s problem is that he calls him “Linton” on second mention! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: It is one of those names though like "Lucatoni", that has you wondering what's so special about them that the commentator is using their full name. There are certain players where commentators always use their full name, and the only reason I can think of is it rolls off the tongue better. For example , Harley Dean or Luca Hoole, and the one that always stands out is Solly March. Edited August 18, 2022 by The Horse With No Name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said: There are certain players where commentators always use their full name, and the only reason I can think of is it rolls off the tongue better. For example , Harley Dean or Luca Hoole. Barry Bannan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, BCFCGav said: Let people on TalkSport or in the pub say what they want. We know what we’ve seen. I’m wholeheartedly with Pearson on this. That will be Jordan (for one) who calls Pearson puerile and, as ever, is the arch hypocrite: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/sep/25/newsstory.sport Perhaps someone can put this on his Twitter feed to remind him. Edited August 18, 2022 by The Original OTIB spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said: That will be Jordan (for one) who calls Pearson puerile and, as ever, is he arch hypocrite: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/sep/25/newsstory.sport Perhaps someone can put this on his Twitter feed to remind him. Didn't he admit tp throwing a hot drink at SL too ? Absolute bell end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 52 minutes ago, The Horse With No Name said: There are certain players where commentators always use their full name, and the only reason I can think of is it rolls off the tongue better. For example , Harley Dean or Luca Hoole, and the one that always stands out is Solly March. Taylor Moore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 3 hours ago, elhombrecito said: Taylor Moore. Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, luke_bristol said: Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink That's a decent front 3. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) I'm thinking we should plan a new song for Nigel https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yp-WJXOb2V4 Edited August 18, 2022 by CiderJar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 "Nige is right, the refs are shite" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 On 17/08/2022 at 12:11, Harry said: There was clear contact by Naismith on the players shin. This led to the player stumbling. Yes, he went down late, but there was clear contact and it was a foul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, Marcus Aurelius said: And yet we have had a letter confirming that it was not a penalty. That presumably rests in part on the guidance given to referees that contact does not necessarily mean a foul and that there must be genuine consequences. Guidance the match referee presumably hadn't read or chose to ignore. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 18, 2022 Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Marcus Aurelius said: Contact does NOT equal a foul. That frame of the photo might be a tiny bit of contact, and as the frames continue, Naismith’s leg is then making contact with fresh air as Teteh is past him. It might be enough for Teteh to feel it, but not to go down. And his delayed reaction was “oooh, I’ve been touched I’ll now fall over”. 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderJar Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 7 hours ago, Davefevs said: Contact does NOT equal a foul. That frame of the photo might be a tiny bit of contact, and as the frames continue, Naismith’s leg is then making contact with fresh air as Teteh is past him. It might be enough for Teteh to feel it, but not to go down. And his delayed reaction was “oooh, I’ve been touched I’ll now fall over”. ".... but not until I've thought about it for a few more seconds" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 This still photo shows how difficult it is to make a judgement from only one angle. A view at 90degrees to that could show that Naismith completely missed the Hull player? I, personally, would prefer that all sports would return to the good old days before immediate pictures were available to prove a decision right or wrong. As Ian Botham once said "All players make mistakes and so do referees. But it is only sport!" (Or words to that effect) But as we have the equipment in use at Premier level, in FA cup games when a Prem team is home, it should be in use at all EFL matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 It many games penalty decisions frequently cause outrage with the managers as we’ve seen recently with Nige. Players dive in the box…….. which in itself causes disgust and puts added pressure on the officials. Maybe doing away with the box completely, just keeping the 6 yard box would remove all the acrimony. Without the penalty box any fouls given are taken from where the foul took place. That would then create situations where the entire defending team are packed on the goal line or where the attacking team have to take the free kick in a more inventive fashion as the defenders can’t move the required 10 yards. Btw…….before I get shot down, this is just an idea………….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 23 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Every week at BBC Sport Online, usually after extensive badgering, Crooks would submit a feature called "Garth Crooks' Team of the Week": the 11 best-performing players in the Prem. It was not infrequent for these teams to feature players who had not played that week, were injured, or in one case - had left the club and country. You'd put in your own choices in those cases, to save GC embarrassment. Not normally a fan of social media in response to pundits, it can get far too personal & downright nasty. But the ones you see in response to Crooks & this embarrassing “team of the week” stuff are often hilarious. He has got an incredibly inflated view of his own importance, never says anything original or worth hearing & seems to have got this gig for life for reasons I will never fathom. There are plenty of other pundits I cannot stand, Lawrenson was awful, Don Goodman & Lee Hendrie (who even by footballer standards is incredibly stupid) come to mind, but Crooks’ self regard means he’ll always be at the top of this list for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, Robbored said: It many games penalty decisions frequently cause outrage with the managers as we’ve seen recently with Nige. Players dive in the box…….. which in itself causes disgust and puts added pressure on the officials. Maybe doing away with the box completely, just keeping the 6 yard box would remove all the acrimony. Without the penalty box any fouls given are taken from where the foul took place. That would then create situations where the entire defending team are packed on the goal line or where the attacking team have to take the free kick in a more inventive fashion as the defenders can’t move the required 10 yards. Btw…….before I get shot down, this is just an idea………….. One of my mates came up with a similar idea. Keeping both boxes for spacial awareness but essentially any foul inside the box for thr attacking side can be placed anywhere within the 'D'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Had a look at the Nigel Pearson thread on Leicester City forum that made me giggle , so thought I would share. They worship him over there bar a small minority. https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/123374-nigel-pearson-here-and-now/page/19/#comments Heres a couple of screenshots: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 On 17/08/2022 at 12:11, Harry said: There was clear contact by Naismith on the players shin. This led to the player stumbling. Yes, he went down late, but there was clear contact and it was a foul. ...as there was on Atkinson on Tuesday night. A push in the back is as much a foul as contact with a player's shin 10 hours ago, chinapig said: And yet we have had a letter confirming that it was not a penalty. That presumably rests in part on the guidance given to referees that contact does not necessarily mean a foul and that there must be genuine consequences. Guidance the match referee presumably hadn't read or chose to ignore. So, despite there being "clear contact on the player's shin", the letter confirms that it should not have been a penalty. Of course, this is not about proving whether Harry is right/wrong, but it highlights the absolutely ludicrous lack of consistency in refereeing and their application of the laws of the game. If Hull's was a penalty then so was Atkinson's and visa versa. Then you get the Sykes sending off, where those of my generation will remember, not that long ago, that it would have been regarded as a fair challenge ( one that Gerry Gow would carry out almost every game!). However, the classification of a yellow/red card foul now introduces an element of judgement as to whether the challenge was reckless and/ or endangered the player being tackled. Given that it seems far too many referees have a problem making simple judgements about straightforward decisions ( most are too naive to judge when they are being conned by player simulation) then I wonder how they can judge more complicated incidents. P.S. The last paragraph is not to excuse Sykes' red card, as the intent was pretty clear I'm afraid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 48 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said: Had a look at the Nigel Pearson thread on Leicester City forum that made me giggle , so thought I would share. They worship him over there bar a small minority. https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/123374-nigel-pearson-here-and-now/page/19/#comments Heres a couple of screenshots: They do mostly really like him bar a small minority. One female Leicester fan has been agitating against him constantly on the BCFC facebook comments ever since he came here. Obsessive and really quite odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tully Bascomb Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Nogbad the Bad said: They do mostly really like him bar a small minority. One female Leicester fan has been agitating against him constantly on the BCFC facebook comments ever since he came here. Obsessive and really quite odd. Her names not Stacey is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Couple of interesting comments from Leicester fans Nige gave us a real us against them mentality which I think is endearing to a club of our size, whereas with Rodgers we've been media darlings which I don't particularly like Doing the same here ? That's why so many love Pearson over Rodgers. Rodgers would throw his players under the bus to save himself. Pearson would throw himself under the bus to save his players. Yep, you can see that 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Kodjias Wrist said: Had a look at the Nigel Pearson thread on Leicester City forum that made me giggle , so thought I would share. They worship him over there bar a small minority. Yeh. I'm living near Leicester now. Anytime I mention I'm a City fan the first person they ask about is Pearson. He gets as much credit as Ranieri does for the Prem win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Not worth a new thread but anyone catch Jurgen Klopp calling out Gabby Agbonlahor about his comments about Man Utd players on a TalkSPORT show, during / after the Brentford Pointed out that Agbonlahor was part of a Villa side beaten 6-0 under him and suggested he’s not one to comment on fighting attitude ! Said he almost rang in , shame he didn’t ! Made me chuckle , fair play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1t_ref_again Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Sheltons Army said: Couple of interesting comments from Leicester fans Nige gave us a real us against them mentality which I think is endearing to a club of our size, whereas with Rodgers we've been media darlings which I don't particularly like Doing the same here ? That's why so many love Pearson over Rodgers. Rodgers would throw his players under the bus to save himself. Pearson would throw himself under the bus to save his players. Yep, you can see that I think that's exactly what NP is trying to achieve, all about weeding out the bad eggs or imbalance to enable building team spirit, unity and fight for each other. As much as I dislike Colin, that's the way he got his teams playing, the world is against us, so lets fight for each other. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1t_ref_again Posted August 19, 2022 Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Wow, Ex prem ref Mark Halsey does not pull any punches in support of NP (may seem to have a bit of a grudge though) https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-pearson-halsey-referee-7486245 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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