Randall Flagg
Worst of the best
I liked Boss
Always felt he got a hard time
Always felt he got a hard time
Yeah that line cracks me up.That's where the magic begins.
You only get a hard time on this board by bringing it upon yourself. If I made a thread like this one I'd fully appreciate getting mauled for it, and bow my head.I liked Boss
Always felt he got a hard time
A massive vacuum and you know what they say about vacuums. My money's on the Neviller.Someone's just lost their general posting rights. Attack the space you space cnuts.
I still don't get did what Boss did wrong here. I know all serious discussion has been ceased now, but it's such a valid point. Shit, one look at United in pretty much any game this last year proves the point, and we've a variety of players that can be used in evidence.You only get a hard time on this board by bringing it upon yourself. If I made a thread like this one I'd fully appreciate getting mauled for it, and bow my head.
It's not meant to be taken seriously of course.I still don't get did what Boss did wrong here. I know all serious discussion has been ceased now, but it's such a valid point. Shit, one look at United in pretty much any game this last year proves the point, and we've a variety of players that can be used in evidence.
Take Jones, for example. In the grand scheme of things, he's not that fast, that skilled or that good a dribbler, but every now and then he'll just bomb past about 3 players out of sheer confidence in his own ability that he can do it. Then take Nani last night as a comparison. He is faster, a better dribbler and far, far more skilful, yet I don't remember him doing this once no matter how much space he was in. Same point can be made regarding the difference between Rooney/Ronaldo now as opposed to around about 2006. All players with better ability and pace than Jones (Rooney and Jones probably quite similar), yet seem unwilling at times to just do the simple thing and do what is well within their capabilities as footballers. Welbeck is another good example - I've seen him in the reserves and in his first few appearances for the first team look like a really good dribbler, but now when he gets the ball even if there is a clear avenue to just leg it down he'll just cut in and lay it off to someone a lot of the time. There are genuinely so many examples use.
It's something that can genuinely make a footballer a lot better, and is far more influenced by mentality than skill. What Boss was questioning is why there aren't more players that just do the simple thing and run forward with it given that it's not actually something that takes a great amount of skill, and rightly so. The answer is confidence and fear of losing the ball, and if more players got over the absolute barrier of nerves that stunts people in this aspect, they'd actually be so much better.
Sort of a pointless post given how long it's been since this was serious, but it was actually a very good point in the opening post.
Some people need to attack the space between their ears. ®I passed 40,000 posts last night, see that? Discreetly attacking the space without making a big deal of it.
Well, if anyone can disagree with a convincing argument with what I said up there (regarding the psychological factor here being every bit as important, if not more so than the skill element), then I will accept that it was a ridiculous point.lolwhut? It was a ridiculous "point", stop trying to cover it up now Eric
It can't be that obvious, because not enough players do it! A good example to use about obvious points here is that of how Barcelona have been a revelation in recent times by focusing on some very simple and obvious things - moving for the ball and becoming accustomed to being in possession (both largely psychological things even in the case of the latter, whereby you can be absolutely sure that there are more players who are completely comfortable in possession in training). Granted that players like Iniesta, Messi and Xavi in that team 2 years ago were just flat out amazing and still are, the players were coached specifically and repeatedly in La Masia to move towards the ball - something which really doesn't take a lot of skill and just takes confidence enough to want to receive it. This is quite obvious, but is also one of perhaps 3 or 4 reasons why they pissed over everyone else in 2011. It's also one of the reasons why United can lack fluidity up front despite having players of the quality of Nani, Rooney, Valencia, RVP, etc...Of course we understand it, the whole problem with this thread is that he tried to make some long winded, insightful post about one of the most blatantly obvious aspects of football. You would have to be incredibly dumb to not understand the logic behind it, his whole thing could've been summed up as
"Get the ball from point A to point B, and don't run into a defender along the way", which I think someone actually posted.
He deserved every bit of stick he got.
Ha, that was coming. It just baffled me seeing people like Pogue et al who clearly know their football in that opening page genuinely not understanding the point that was being made. Boss nailed it talking about players like Ramires and Diarra.
You and Boss should really put your heads together on this... you could change football as we know it.Yeah, lOL!!
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Totally. Revolutionaries like you and I wank with our eyes wide open. 24/7.We couldn't, because there are too many people such as yourself sitting down blindly wanking in front of the computer all day to take notice of real revolutionaries such as myself and Boss.
No of course not! Dont be silly!Can you really go blind from wanking?
I was on hiatus when all this happened, but the Boss I know would never flounce.I liked Boss
Always felt he got a hard time
Yep, I actually would have if it didn't have the effect it does.But of course we don't delete accounts.
Probably around a year ago or maybe 6-7 months at least I think. Very genuine request and I was sad it couldn't be done because he really wanted all traces obliterated.Recently? If so, given his long term absence, this would truly be attacking the space (that he left by flouncing out).
Probably around a year ago or maybe 6-7 months at least I think. Very genuine request and I was sad it couldn't be done because he really wanted all traces obliterated.
Isn't that what happened when Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles walked in on each other wanking?Can you really go blind from wanking?
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed trouser snake is king.Isn't that what happened when Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles walked in on each other wanking?
Touché.We couldn't, because there are too many people such as yourself sitting down blindly wanking in front of the computer all day to take notice of real revolutionaries such as myself and Boss. It'll be a hell of a team that emerges when a manager buys/develops a load of space attackers.