Antman

******* splitters...

bugger! i'll have to fly to australia tonight to watch. was hoping for a short haul to Amsterdam, but seems not.

would prefer to be an 'iron fist in an iron glove' meself

i'm not sure how much Lansdown has 'woken up' rather he's got lucky. Pearson definately has his own vision and is a capable manager who must recognise Lansdowns blindspots along with other people. It was a hugely encouraging interview,

we lost impetus when Wells went off, he was excellent today.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2022/oct/25/david-squires-on-hillsborough-chants-and-football-fans-fading-memories His strips are usually laugh out loud funny, but this one is so poignant and hits the nail on the head.

and cue the puns...

agree - i think refs are becoming wise to Scotts antics (shield the ball, stick your arse out, fall over) he needs to be cleverer than that.

great album

i was concerned it looked like his knee...

made you remember how good Kodja was - strong, fast, mobile and scored goals

Tinnion made the observation on commentary last night, that when Conway came on he played really centrally and arguably posed more direct threat as a consequence. (it also means he play much closer to Wells) Last night Semenyo seemed too intent on coming deep to bring the ball forward and as such lacked impact where it mattered against a packed defence. (understandable, though as the MF seemed to be unable to get him into the game)

say no more..... although WTF is Fripp doing ( apart from Toyah)

in summary....

it's terrible. who ever is on the camera doesn't know how to keep focus.

really not the case, i hesitated from posting it because of that perception. I'm aware he is our current player 'Pinata ' my perception 'on the day' was that he was pumping the ball forward too much, rather than picking passes on the deck. and we seem better when we play close, fast passing. I don't have a particularly negative overall view of Vyner, but like so many things these days, the arguments seem to be only dealt with, and responded to in a binary fashion. as i say, i am responding to yesterdays game.

well, that tells me. can i ask, how does this stat judge a 'succesful' pass? and does it judge passes on the ground vs in the air? (basically if the ball gets lofted and finds it's man, but doesn't allow for them having to win the ball)

Vyner was to blame for losing posession all too many times. The pattern seemed to be retain the ball, passing along the back line waiting for an opening, (that all too often was non existant, as the MF were not making themselves available.) but too many times, the ball went to Vyner and he attempted a mid range or long range ball which just floated into Wigan hands. He doesn't seem confident in passing on the ground, so seems to want to 'get rid' too much. Even when it looked like he might make the long pass, it always ends at best, in a 50/50 ball, which we usually lose. Yesterday Scott looked all at sea in central MF, Martin offered very little, and Dasilva lost out to his man early on, then after that didn't seem confident in getting past him again. and IMO, they went off too quickly in the conditions and paid a price later in the game.

similarly remember him warming up at AG, he looked like he had concrete boots on. we all looked at each other with a collective 'WTF' moment

it's like Deja Vu all over again...

christ on a bike! that made me shudder. took me right back to the Johnson jingo bingo days https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Eidevall

When kelly poked the winner in, and the TV replayed her running in slow mo waving her shirt with everything moving in every direction My wife just said..."that'll go viral'

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/27/anyone-for-a-smart-scarf-city-fans-all-set-for-high-tech-matchday-upgrade so what are we making of this latest nugget of tech joy....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62293635 Pitch invasions obv were getting out of control, be interesting to see how they go about penalising the flares (and I'm not talking dodgy fashion)