beaverface Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Why does it always seem that opposition players score hattricks against us? If a player is on a brace, surely the instructions must be make sure that player is nobbled !! By that I mean man marked/agitated/involved in minor scuffle/slight injury/tackled extra hard etc? Usually it's obvious that their team mates are trying to set them up for the third goal each time - it's just a personal bug bear of mine that they always seem to get the third goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 1 minute ago, beaverface said: Why does it always seem that opposition players score hattricks against us? If a player is on a brace, surely the instructions must be make sure that player is nobbled !! By that I mean man marked/agitated/involved in minor scuffle/slight injury/tackled extra hard etc? Usually it's obvious that their team mates are trying to set them up for the third goal each time - it's just a personal bug bear of mine that they always seem to get the third goal. That's it, if we can't beat them, we clog them. Classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hopefully i dont see a Nick Blackman treble at Reading on Saturday then as i dont think he's scored for a while!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 26 minutes ago, nickolas said: Hopefully i dont see a Nick Blackman treble at Reading on Saturday then as i dont think he's scored for a while!!! No, it'll be Ola John, Robson-Kanu and Vydra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 2 minutes ago, Rednwhiterob said: No, it'll be Ola John, Robson-Kanu and Vydra. 9-0?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 2 minutes ago, Rednwhiterob said: No, it'll be Ola John, Robson-Kanu and Vydra. 9 goals ? Surely this would be the end of Cotts reign . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 1 minute ago, Major Isewater said: 9 goals ? Surely this would be the end of Cotts reign . Not if we score 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 16 minutes ago, Chairman Mao said: 9-0?! No! They only get one each. I'm an optimist it'll be 3-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 2 hours ago, Rednwhiterob said: That's it, if we can't beat them, we clog them. Classy. Time to get street wise. We've had it done to us enough times over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 39 minutes ago, OddBallJim said: Time to get street wise. We've had it done to us enough times over the years. Rubbish. We really should be better than that. I despise clubs who just pitch up to kick the skill out of the opposition because they can't compete. Also, I think you can probably reduce our chances of making decent signings even further if the sales pitch to them is, "if we play a better team (which lets face it is most of them) we just resort to kicking the s**t out of them". I can see them saying "cool, where do I sign". Is this what we've come to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 2 hours ago, Rednwhiterob said: That's it, if we can't beat them, we clog them. Classy. I didn't say clog them, I mean get a little bit more savvy as how to stop them. Maybe double up or something? We can remain as nice as possible, but if we're not careful we'll get bullied and picked on. There needs to be a certain amount of streetwise-ness about us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 10 minutes ago, Rednwhiterob said: Rubbish. We really should be better than that. I despise clubs who just pitch up to kick the skill out of the opposition because they can't compete. Also, I think you can probably reduce our chances of making decent signings even further if the sales pitch to them is, "if we play a better team (which lets face it is most of them) we just resort to kicking the s**t out of them". I can see them saying "cool, where do I sign". Is this what we've come to? See Beaverfaces post. He has summed up my thoughts in a nut shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 10 minutes ago, beaverface said: I didn't say clog them, I mean get a little bit more savvy as how to stop them. Maybe double up or something? We can remain as nice as possible, but if we're not careful we'll get bullied and picked on. There needs to be a certain amount of streetwise-ness about us. Read your post again, you said "agitated/involved in minor scuffle/slight injury/tackled extra hard etc?" That's clogging. Leave that to the dirty northern monkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 53 minutes ago, OddBallJim said: Time to get street wise. We've had it done to us enough times over the years. Not just over the years but this season alone! One thing I've learnt about these players is that they are quite a naive bunch. The amount of times opposite players have ' kicked us ' is staggering really. I can count 5 teams at AG who have done this against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 1 minute ago, Rednwhiterob said: Read your post again then, you said "agitated/involved in minor scuffle/slight injury/tackled extra hard etc?" That's clogging. Leave that to the dirty northern monkeys. Agitated = get in their ear, say they're going to cock up the next free kick, say they're going miss the next one-on-one. Put doubt in their mind Minor scuffle = Push or barge them a bit more at a corner routine, let them know you're there. Grapple them if need be. Slight injury = Ok, may be going a little far, but give a little pinch when they're backing into you. Something that won't injure them, but annoy them so they might swing for you. Grab their nuts, you know, the old Gazza/Vinny Jones infamous picture. Tackle extra hard = Self Explanatory - make them think, "damn this next tackle is going to hurt if I get there first" All of these things aren't designed to injure through "clogging", but just making them think twice and know they're in for a rough ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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