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Curl in from a corner challenge (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter SkyBlueGuy
  • Start date Sep 2, 2021
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SkyBlueGuy

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #1
Our sponsor have made a promotional video of some of our players attempting to score from a corner. Sadly Hamer not in it (maybe it would be too unfair?).

Special recognition for our new signing Ben Moore. Not sure when he turned up!

 
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larry_david

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #2
This is what people are talking about in the forum thread. Social media is a powerful tool now and we need to do more stuff like this. Boylesports have done more interviews with our players than we have this season!
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #3
Get DaCosta on corners
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #4
Ben Moore. New player.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #5
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Get DaCosta on corners
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Can put a good ball in I wanna see more of that from open play
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #6
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Can put a good ball in I wanna see more of that from open play
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It’s likely he won’t be in the squad from now on
 
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hitmanhearns

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #7
SlowerThanPlatt said:
It’s likely he won’t be in the squad from now on
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It´s likely you´re wrong.
He´s gonna be a star. Bigger than Phil Collins.
 
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Deleted member 2477

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #8
Dacosta the corner taker from now on
 

ajsccfc

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #9
Even though it's impossible, I was still expecting one of the Dacosta efforts to go straight to an opposition player
 
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Esoterica

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #10
ajsccfc said:
Even though it's impossible, I was still expecting one of the Dacosta efforts to go straight to an opposition player
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I expected him to be taking the corners from the half way line.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #11
ajsccfc said:
Even though it's impossible, I was still expecting one of the Dacosta efforts to go straight to an opposition player
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Given his positional sense I was more worried that when they told him to try and score from a corner he'd be stood on the penalty spot.
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #12
They told Dacosta to clear the ball as far away from danger as he could
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #13
Poor lad, actually does really well at the task at hand and all the comments are “lol imagine if he didn’t!”
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #14
Thought Jamie Allen’s corners were better than Dacosta’s anyway. Good height. First man gets to Dacosta’s corners.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #15
Can we use him as “ special team kicker” a bit like American football, just bring him in for corners
 

ccfcrob

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #16
Do we think that part of the sponsorship deal was the Boylesports get exclusive rights to videos like this. That might explain it
 

SkyBlueGuy

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #17
A point from this video: Would Da Costa be taking part in this kind of thing of he was in the "bomb squad"? I know he doesn't have many fans at the moment, but I do think his crosses have seemed really dangerous at times. He also seemed willing to play the ball early. This is something I would like to see more often from the team as a whole, because I do think we are guilty of over working the ball in the build up to attack at times.
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #18
SkyBlueGuy said:
A point from this video: Would Da Costa be taking part in this kind of thing of he was in the "bomb squad"? I know he doesn't have many fans at the moment, but I do think his crosses have seemed really dangerous at times. He also seemed willing to play the ball early. This is something I would like to see more often from the team as a whole, because I do think we are guilty of over working the ball in the build up to attack at times.
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Would be pre recorded? And then staggered over the month/year
 
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SkyBlueGuy

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #19
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Would be pre recorded? And then staggered over the month/year
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Yeah maybe, I guess for something like this that is entirely possible. Maybe less so with interviews...
 
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aloisijohnnyaloisi

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #20
SkyBlueGuy said:
A point from this video: Would Da Costa be taking part in this kind of thing of he was in the "bomb squad"? I know he doesn't have many fans at the moment, but I do think his crosses have seemed really dangerous at times. He also seemed willing to play the ball early. This is something I would like to see more often from the team as a whole, because I do think we are guilty of over working the ball in the build up to attack at times.
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Yeah I think the criticism of Dacosta is OTT. He's clearly not the finished article by any stretch, but his raw ability is exciting; he's direct, fast, great energy. He was unplayable against Forest (?) last season.

The areas where he lacks (defending, positional play, decision making) are very much coachable, so I wouldn't be surprised to see significant improvement from him if given the time.

Hopefully the boo-boys don't crush his confidence before then.
 
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larry_david

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #21
aloisijohnnyaloisi said:
Yeah I think the criticism of Dacosta is OTT. He's clearly not the finished article by any stretch, but his raw ability is exciting; he's direct, fast, great energy. He was unplayable against Forest (?) last season.

The areas where he lacks (defending, positional play, decision making) are very much coachable, so I wouldn't be surprised to see significant improvement from him if given the time.

Hopefully the boo-boys don't crush his confidence before then.
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Yeah people are talking like we've dragged Magwitch in at RWB, it's all a bit silly.
 
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larry_david

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #22
Magwitch can also play CM though.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #23
aloisijohnnyaloisi said:
Yeah I think the criticism of Dacosta is OTT. He's clearly not the finished article by any stretch, but his raw ability is exciting; he's direct, fast, great energy. He was unplayable against Forest (?) last season.

The areas where he lacks (defending, positional play, decision making) are very much coachable, so I wouldn't be surprised to see significant improvement from him if given the time.

Hopefully the boo-boys don't crush his confidence before then.
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It's more about his positioning than anything. Defence is only as good as it's weakest link and if you've got one player not keeping to the same message as everyone else it's a big problem.

I'm sure everyone wants him to sort it out and be a success here but you'd have thought that having played at a half decent level for a few years it wouldn't be such an issue. Even if you think it might be a change from coming to England and despite the language barrier, having been here over a year he might have a decent idea of where he should be but he's still often massively out of position and having to be told where he should be by his teammates. You do start to wonder if it will actually sink in.
 

Tea & Busquets

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #24
who the fook is ben moore
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #25
Can we have one of Da Costa trying to take 3 legal throw ins in succession?
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #26
aloisijohnnyaloisi said:
The areas where he lacks (defending, positional play, decision making) are very much coachable, so I wouldn't be surprised to see significant improvement from him if given the time.
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The thing is, he hasn't looked like he's improved in any of them in a year.
 

aloisijohnnyaloisi

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #27
Deleted member 5849 said:
The thing is, he hasn't looked like he's improved in any of them in a year.
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Yeah that's true, it would have been nice to see faster improvement.

Still - new country, new league, new language, global pandemic, it can't have been an easy time for him to join the club. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
 
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SkyBlueGuy

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  • Sep 2, 2021
  • #28
aloisijohnnyaloisi said:
Yeah that's true, it would have been nice to see faster improvement.

Still - new country, new league, new language, global pandemic, it can't have been an easy time for him to join the club. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt for now.
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Mate can you stop being so reasonable...
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Sep 4, 2021
  • #29
I don't know - maybe it's the way my mind works these days but after reading the post title I thought this would be a competition in defecating from a tight spot.
 

SkyBlueGuy

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  • Sep 4, 2021
  • #30
oscillatewildly said:
I don't know - maybe it's the way my mind works these days but after reading the post title I thought this would be a competition in defecating from a tight spot.
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That was a different video
 
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