Heard that mate and felt for whoever it was. Think he also announced that it was someone's 70th and I wasn't sure who to feel the sorrier for.chalks wrote: big chalks
Good luck to him
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Heard that mate and felt for whoever it was. Think he also announced that it was someone's 70th and I wasn't sure who to feel the sorrier for.chalks wrote: big chalks
Very harsh! ... he does often control the ball, but loses it because he has 3 men around him in an instant, under the knowledge they have no other fcker in their half to worry about so can swarm both centre halves and one of the full backs onto Carlton. He also misplaces passes because, again, he is very often closely marked and has his best otpions blocked off by covering men who don't have any other forwards to occupy them.Plashet Grove Pete wrote:There are mixed views on this thead about Cant Control's performance but for me last night (and many times this season) he has been very poor.
Trapping the ball and passing to a team mate are basic footballing skills. If you can't do it consistently, you shouldn't be in the team.
warp wrote:
another thing, tomkins as a midfielder. i'm ok with that, but if he plays that role, he should be the one carrying the ball from the defence, not noble. when i see noble near our box and tomkins past midfield i always feel like something's wrong. might be just me tho...
maybe, but it happened in other games too.Morocco Mole wrote: I noticed that too. Tomkins was quite often in advance of Noble which is arse about face - Noble trying to get on the ball out of frustration maybe...?
hawkins_hammer wrote:Its sickening that boro didnt even try and got a point.
I mentioned this last night, only for HD1 to kindly point out I was talking b*llocks. In one respect he's absolutely correct - I said BFS had blamed Baldock for the *loss*, when of course he'd done no such thing - but I still maintain he played too much on that missed header. On rewatching it, I'd suggest BFS was playing deflection tactics, concentrating on that one miss that was fresh in everyone's mind, and mentioning Baldock's name twice in ten seconds, to plant the seeds of 'Hey look, we nearly won, if only Baldock could finish', and hope that the rest of that turgid, depressing display - and more importantly it's architect - would be forgotten. Had he not utterly embarrassed himself for the rest of the interview, it may even have worked...BMLGirl wrote:Just seen Sam's Sky interview. Firstly, does he like Baldock coz he's forever digging him out? Perhaps if the ball had been played to his feed rather than his head (he's not very tall afterall) he would have a better chance of scoring, perhaps if Sam played him for more than 5-10 mins here and there but actually gave him a run in the team, he'd score. Never mentions other players misses/poor performances. Not good man-management, imho.
Thought he was shockingly rude to the interviewer and very arrogant as well. Don't like the man at all.
Best of luck to Big Chalkschalks wrote:on a seperate note, did anyone hear Jeremy Nicholas give a mention to big chalks at half time? Off to war again at the end of the week
We didnt send him off overly happy, and his wistful look round the stadium as we were leaving wasnt the nicest of moments
Did I blink and miss it?Some of the great play will be forgotten due to the fact the final ball was missing.
I disagree completelyCuenca 'ammer wrote:He just goes down too easily or gets out muscled for a big man. Sorry, but most of the time he's on his arse looking for the ref to bail him out.
Tony Mowbray wrote:
I thought our team came and did what was expected. It was our prerogative to come here and make life difficult for them and to see if we could create some anxiety in the stadium. I think we did that.
The crowd get frustrated - every bad pass, every interception, there's a groan.
I think the expectation of the fan base is they should be in the Premier League. They see it almost as an insult that they're playing their football in the Championship.
I'm sure Big Sam is dealing with that every day.
Got a masters degree matecarnage wrote:
I have read some absolute cobblers in my time, on here and elsewhere, but this is the worst for me. Do you honestly think Boro were not trying?
Are you old enough to vote, please tell me you are not.
Indeed. Sam Allardyce is only interested in Sam Allardyce. He'll do anything to deflect criticism away from himself, and will stoop to the level of blaming a young, newly signed prospect, digging him out to avoid personal blame. I really do dislike our manager.kaybee15 wrote: I'd suggest BFS was playing deflection tactics,