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Post by stuartB on Jul 12, 2008 21:24:33 GMT
Is Green really only 5'5" as per his profile or was that when he was a youth player?
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Post by Dave on Jul 12, 2008 21:27:18 GMT
Is Green really only 5'5" as per his profile or was that when he was a youth player? Not really sure on that but ther are some who are only 5' 4 , who would love to be 5'5 ;D ;D |
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Post by stuartB on Jul 12, 2008 21:28:55 GMT
Is Green really only 5'5" as per his profile or was that when he was a youth player? Not really sure on that but ther are some who are only 5' 4 , who would love to be 5'5 ;D ;D you or danny Stevens? ;D |
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Post by Dave on Jul 12, 2008 21:31:14 GMT
Not really sure on that but there are some who are only 5' 4 , who would love to be 5'5 ;D ;D you or danny Stevens? ;D Me and Danny Stevens, still my mum said good things come in small packages.  |
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Post by stuartB on Jul 12, 2008 21:50:41 GMT
Me and Danny Stevens, still my mum said good things come in small packages. little things please little minds and little trousers fit little behinds ;D ;D |
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Post by Dave on Jul 12, 2008 21:54:01 GMT
Me and Danny Stevens, still my mum said good things come in small packages. little things please little minds and little trousers fit little behinds ;D ;D Yes but the good thing about when my wife buys me new trousers is, that once we cut the bottoms off, I get a pair of shorts for free ;D ;D |
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Post by stuartB on Jul 12, 2008 21:57:24 GMT
little things please little minds and little trousers fit little behinds ;D ;D Yes but the good thing about when my wife buys me new trousers is, that once we cut the bottoms off, I get a pair of shorts for free ;D ;D VAT free???  |
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Post by Dave on Jul 12, 2008 22:02:08 GMT
even better I get action man cast offs, its good being small, first job was a test driver for Scalectrix, but got fed up and was then a lumberjack for Chesswoods
famous for their tinned mushrooms ;D ;D ;D
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Post by merse on Jul 14, 2008 2:51:36 GMT
Apparently Clive Woodward often said that the most important attribute of a professional sportsman is PACE and that pace would always win over against brute strength. Phillips didn't score enough goals and once defenders sussed him out and we started to lump it forward it looked less likely that he/we would score. Dsane also missed his fair share of chances, particularly one on ones with the keeper. He did however use his pace to get into some good positions.  I think too much is read into pre-season friendlies and one of the reasons is that fans hardly ever recognise just how far into their programme the " opposing" sides are as well as the "constraints" a particular side maybe playing under as part of their particular focus for that game alone. For instance, to say "Phillips was missed" could really be akin to stating that the side played the ball around in a fashion they never did with a Phillips in the side. In fact I would go as far to say that with Phillips in the side the ball would be needed to be got forward early in order to get the best out of him - is that what some call hoof ball? The team may have been told to play it around a bit more to either improve their "feel and touch"or it may have been to accommodate different forwards in the squad - we don't know. I think Dsane previously relied on blistering pace as his main attribute, but the Dsane we have is a rather slower version of the man who displayed that for Aldershot before his devastating injury. That could in fact make him to be a better player as it forces him to think and display a little bit more variety, what I personally feel is that to get the best out of him; we again have to play the ball early as he likes to sit on the shoulder of the last defender.................but would that be called hoof ball too? Playing Hargreaves at the back could indicate the manager feeling he needs his "left footed" bias to add balance, it could be the precursor of another central defender choosing to accept an offer to move on; or it could be an indicator of the manager feeling Greavsie will have lost too much pace by the end of the season to play anywhere else. Remember how Bruce Rioch slotted into that position so successfully when his legs were almost ready to give out all those years ago? Mind you, it could also signal a dalliance with 3-5-2 or some other formation with a sweeper as part of three at the back and bringing wing backs into play. Pre-season "friendly"? It's only a public practice match really (as they always used to be called) and just an extension of practising what they have been working on all week. |
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I think too much is read into pre-season friendlies and one of the reasons is that fans hardly ever recognise just how far into their programme the "opposing" sides are as well as the "constraints" a particular side maybe playing under as part of their particular focus for that game alone.