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Rachid Rachid Rachid Flag 15 Jul 20 8.36pm

Originally posted by PatrickA

Let’s get the facts right.
AWB was not ‘sold under his feet.’
Parish was interviewed on this subject and said he was reluctant to let AWB go but Hodgson and Freedman had persuaded him that it was too good a deal to turn down.
With regard to not being supported by the club Hodgson pronounced himself ‘delighted’ with the acquisitions of Cahill , McCarthy and Ayew at the beginning of the season and said he was very happy with the squad.
It’s fine if people want to defend Hodgson, but let’s not reinvent history.

But you also know that what a 72 year old manager with media training thinks, and what he says in a weekly press conference are unlikely to be the same. A cynic would suggest even the opposite.

 
redshift Flag Toronto 15 Jul 20 9.08pm

Originally posted by Brinscall Eagle

Roy did say today in the press conference that their aim for next season would be a top ten finish. They will have to do a lot of planning to reach that but there is clearly some ambition to improve our position. Let hope they do . COYP

My question would be what would be the plan to do that? Play the same turgid uninspired football as this year and hope for the best? That's our problem, we need a Hope transfusion; we're lacking Hope.

Kidding aside, there were some posts here about us being armchair critics. Yeah... that's pretty much what the internet is for, and that's its high point. But you only get angry about something you love. Not caring is the worst thing. I still come here for the 'spirited' discussion.
Stay safe everyone.

 

Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.
PatrickA Flag London 15 Jul 20 9.10pm

I suppose whether you take Hodgson’s utterances literally or not depends if you are a fan of his or not .
I’m not a fan so believe his comments that he was happy with the squad at the beginning of the season, and am not prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt if he’s let off the hook if the squad is now supposed not to be good enough.
Those who are fans of his will take a contrary view and give him the benefit of the doubt.
One assumes he’s not that unhappy or he will would not have signed a new deal.

 
BlueJay Flag UK 15 Jul 20 10.37pm

Originally posted by Brinscall Eagle

Roy did say today in the press conference that their aim for next season would be a top ten finish. They will have to do a lot of planning to reach that but there is clearly some ambition to improve our position. Let hope they do . COYP

Isn't this just something that's thrown out there? I mean he's not going to say he aspires to finish below mid table, or to just stay up.

 
Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 15 Jul 20 10.42pm

Originally posted by PatrickA

From my standpoint I never suggested I could do better, but what is the point of forums if not to have discussions about the manager and players?
Should forums be restricted only to experienced football managers who may be ‘qualified’ to do better than Hodgson?
Perhaps we should only be allowed to support the team if we offer unconditional support to the manager even when unhappy with his defensive tactics, lack of goals and reluctance to try changes.

Fella, you crack on with it. Absolutely right to say that a messageboard is pointless without discussions. Carry on! That’s what it’s for. But you’ll forgive me for finding it amusing to hear the analyses endlessly trotted out by folks who’ve never ever done the job themselves, who honestly believe that they can see things the manager can’t and whose opinions are thus merely wind-pissing.

This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular - it’s the same with fans of every club and the absurdity of it makes me chuckle.

 

Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham
Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 16 Jul 20 12.32am

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

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Where in Sheffield and Cheltenham did you beat your wife?

Edited by Rudi Hedman (16 Jul 2020 12.32am)

 

COYP
Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 16 Jul 20 12.45am

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

Fella, you crack on with it. Absolutely right to say that a messageboard is pointless without discussions. Carry on! That’s what it’s for. But you’ll forgive me for finding it amusing to hear the analyses endlessly trotted out by folks who’ve never ever done the job themselves, who honestly believe that they can see things the manager can’t and whose opinions are thus merely wind-pissing.

This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular - it’s the same with fans of every club and the absurdity of it makes me chuckle.

I chuckle a lot too. The amount of posters who "know" what is happening in the minds of players, managers, directors, etc, is endlessly amusing.

Then there's the amusing phenomenon of posters latching on to words or phrases. Like sheep, they blindly repeat. The most recent key word is 'turgid'. It is used daily, and by posters who I thought were more educated. None of them even bothered to find the meaning. "That sounds good, I'll use that!"

But hey! No worries, it keeps me chuckling.

 

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Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 16 Jul 20 12.52am

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Where in Sheffield and Cheltenham did you beat your wife?

Edited by Rudi Hedman (16 Jul 2020 12.32am)

You're missing the point. In Sheffield they beat them with fists, in Cheltenham they beat them at Scrabble.

 

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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 16 Jul 20 12.59am

[quote=Tim Gypsy Hill '64;3542410]

I chuckle a lot too. The amount of posters who "know" what is happening in the minds of players, managers, directors, etc, is endlessly amusing.

Then there's the amusing phenomenon of posters latching on to words or phrases. Like sheep, they blindly repeat. The most recent key word is 'turgid'. It is used daily, and by posters who I thought were more educated. None of them even bothered to find the meaning. "That sounds good, I'll use that!"

But hey! No worries, it keeps me chuckling.

In usual circumstances I’d agree with you both, but only ever playing the same players? Roy did this when he had alternatives. I’m not saying sack him with the current finances available, but to say he picks the same formation and nearly always players based on what he sees changing each week and in players’ lives and minds is stretching it a bit in this case.

 

COYP
Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 16 Jul 20 1.19am

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Where in Sheffield and Cheltenham did you beat your wife?

Edited by Rudi Hedman (16 Jul 2020 12.32am)


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Wife beating may be socially acceptable in Sheffield, but it is a different matter in Cheltenham
Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 16 Jul 20 1.53am

Originally posted by Cucking Funt


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You got me off on that bribery, perjury and extortion charge. I owe you one.

 

COYP
Eaglecoops Flag CR3 16 Jul 20 4.04am

[quote=Tim Gypsy Hill '64;3542410]

I chuckle a lot too. The amount of posters who "know" what is happening in the minds of players, managers, directors, etc, is endlessly amusing.

Then there's the amusing phenomenon of posters latching on to words or phrases. Like sheep, they blindly repeat. The most recent key word is 'turgid'. It is used daily, and by posters who I thought were more educated. None of them even bothered to find the meaning. "That sounds good, I'll use that!"

But hey! No worries, it keeps me chuckling.

Strange, I thought the word turgid is quite applicable to our style of play. To quote Collins: “ If you describe something such as a piece of writing or a film as turgid, you think it is boring and difficult to understand.” I think you could describe our performances as boring and our tactics difficult to understand without too much bending of the meaning of the word.

But if it keeps you happy, that is the main thing:-)

 
Jacey Flag 16 Jul 20 9.54am

Funny old game,football.

Should Roy master mind an unexpected victory over Man U tonight,he will move from zero to hero and many wishing he retires will be eating their words!!

 
doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 16 Jul 20 10.28am

Originally posted by Jacey

Funny old game,football.

Should Roy master mind an unexpected victory over Man U tonight,he will move from zero to hero and many wishing he retires will be eating their words!!


Quite possibly, but much will depend on the team he puts out and the way the team plays. One can already hear the "one swallow doesn't make a summer" should that unlikely event occur.
Our last home win against them was in May 1991. I don't see today's squad changing that statistic, despite our first and surprise victory over them in the Prem earlier this season.

 
Jacey Flag 16 Jul 20 1.31pm

Originally posted by doombear


Quite possibly, but much will depend on the team he puts out and the way the team plays. One can already hear the "one swallow doesn't make a summer" should that unlikely event occur.
Our last home win against them was in May 1991. I don't see today's squad changing that statistic, despite our first and surprise victory over them in the Prem earlier this season.

Agree,we have a very bad record against them over the years,save that fantastic 5-0 home win in '72.( I was there to enjoy their complete demolition)

 
doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 16 Jul 20 1.56pm

Originally posted by Jacey

Agree,we have a very bad record against them over the years,save that fantastic 5-0 home win in '72.( I was there to enjoy their complete demolition)


a couple of years before my time. My first win over them was the 1-0 with the 'team of the eighties' when Peter Nicholas (I think) curled one in at the Holmesdale Road end. I was behind the goal so was one of the first to raise the hands in glee and yell.

 
Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 16 Jul 20 6.59pm

Originally posted by Eaglecoops

Strange, I thought the word turgid is quite applicable to our style of play. To quote Collins: “ If you describe something such as a piece of writing or a film as turgid, you think it is boring and difficult to understand.” I think you could describe our performances as boring and our tactics difficult to understand without too much bending of the meaning of the word.

But if it keeps you happy, that is the main thing:-)

Oh I see. So you think turgid means boring and difficult to understand. I like that. Look up synonyms of turgid.

Or alternatively, keep 'em coming. You're cracking me up.

 

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ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 16 Jul 20 7.03pm

[quote=Tim Gypsy Hill '64;3542600]

Oh I see. So you think turgid means boring and difficult to understand. I like that. Look up synonyms of turgid.

Or alternatively, keep 'em coming. You're cracking me up.

The guy who serves my mixed Shish is Turgid.

 

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Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 16 Jul 20 7.09pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

The guy who serves my mixed Shish is Turgid.

Is his surname Arbuckle?

 

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glazedallover Flag Allier 16 Jul 20 11.01pm

I think VAR might just tip him over the edge.....

 
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