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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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  1. I've been speaking with my pal who is a town fan and he said the exact same as the other HTFC fans... rumour has it last night he had a 19 year old left back on the bench and an attacking midfielder he got from Southampton that cost them some wonga. He put the 19 year old left back on to play attacking midfield to show whos boss apparently! My mate also said apparently he has been playing Tom Clark I think at centre back (when he's a full back) instead of Anthony Kay and there is a massive clique at the club!
  2. Diddles, in my opinion two world class centre halves would struggle with the way our midfield carries out their defensive duties. For example, who let David Luiz run through them and Phil Jones, they should be closed down well before they reach our back four. Most teams have also realised Petrov doesn't track back making Robinson a sitting duck, all teams attack down our left which brings NRC or whoever else is playing the holding role out of position to provide cover giving world class players like Mata, Rooney etc acres of space in the middle leaving our back four well and truly exposed. Look against Norwich, a team with distinctly average players and they scored from two set pieces and created little else against ten men (whilst I'll accept we didn't play well, when your luck is out it really is out). Look at QPR, they did nothing against us, the simple fact is that you can't get away with neglecting defensive duties against the very best because they will punish you time and time again. Whereas against the lesser teams they will not capitalise on the space we leave them because their players are not in the same league. The fact you say we need a new manager or want a new manager, weren't you the same person who was licking Coyle's ring piece last year. Make your mind up, you either love him or you don't! Start panicking if we lose the next five but until then in Coyle we trust!
  3. Absolutely agree 100%, had this discussion with people at work and they think because four teams have won the Premier League it makes it more competitive than the SPL, yet they fail to realise the SPL has half the teams so it's exactly the same...
  4. Couldn't give you a definitive answer but I'd say once they've physically matured... probably from 18 onwards, at the end of the day Leeds stuffed United in the FA Youth Cup Final years back and pretty much the whole United team made the grade and only Noel Whelan from Leeds did! Although it's a double edged sword really because you don't want them losing each week for their confidence.
  5. Give him a week in the Big Sam Academy of Football and he'd be able to throw the ball further than Delap!
  6. Diddles has it spot on, the majority of English coaching is garbage at youth level, far too results driven compared to the continent whereby they lay a greater emphasis on mastering skills at a younger age... hence why the English national team are always found wanting at the very highest level - it's not coincidence!
  7. Crikey... You're all being a bit negative, I thought we played well considering the calibre of the opposition.
  8. Got a lot of time for MickyD's revised version
  9. Well the murderers are second making the whole survey null and void
  10. Totally with Garp on this arguement, I think Elmander has had a good first season - shown glimpses of true class, excellent first touch and very good with the ball at his feet. P.S Yatesy, did you miss the rubbish pass he played through for Basham on saturday, and the new fans favourite fell over the ball.
  11. Rumours in Birmingham are that Villa would be prepared to pay ?14m to take Cahill back due to Laursen's imminent retirement.
  12. I'd like to thank the cunt/cunts who did it for giving me a three inch gash on my head, the old man who had a suspected heart attack was fine, just chest pains. He watched the second half at the bottom of the stand.
  13. My degree is in sports science, They'll use computerised systems to count all that stuff; probably Prozone or Sportstech. My research topic is whether providing factual information about performance actually enhances performance in youth football.
  14. Cheers Ani, just used that diagram in my dissertation
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