Musings of a fan (1 Viewer)

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:

Because it's the referee who decides how much extra time to be played, that's why he has a stopwatch on his wrist.

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SBT said:

Not sure why Bassette is in the “special player” category already

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oakey said:

Some people on here pointed out that you can't sell your star players and expect to progress. They were shouted down by the 'Brentford model' and some such guff. Yes it can work if you replace them with other gems but this is so rare as to be wishful thinking.
I know the arguments that they didn't want to stay etc but when we sold Gyokeres and Hamer we sold our crown jewels. We have to build a team of solid, dull players who can somehow fluke success or we have to find some more stars. Players like that don't come along very often and we couldn't get them to stay so we have to accept mediocrity.

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Blake said:

They can have a separate referee who manages the clock, and the referee could even overrule that separate referee.

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fatso said:

Work rate and effort are waayyy above Simms, he also has a bit of aggression and shithousery in him.

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Mucca Mad Boys said:

Disagree on the NBA, every second count and even recently I went to a match where one team took the lead with 11 seconds on the clock and the other team won it with 6.6 seconds left.

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SBT said:

Yes, but I don’t see anything special about that.

The one thing he does do well - maybe better than any player - is be extremely conspicuous about working hard. Plays to the fans more than anyone I’ve ever seen.

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fatso said:

I don't disagree, and hopefully Lampard will get time to work with him.
He has the raw talent to be a big star, but he also has a lot to learn.

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shmmeee said:

Like where the goal is.

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SBT said:

I think it’s more the fact that the end of NBA games become an exercise in clock management to the extent it becomes a totally different game - tactical fouls, tactical stoppages/time-outs, whatever it takes to bleed out extra time. It’s all very uncouth and American!

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Skyblue Bangkok said:

The time wasting had reached ridiculous levels , players pretending they have a head injury , or cramp or the opposition keeper going down with some alleged injury in the 85 min. I do have sympathy for the refs they always seem to be open to scrutiny but the players or managers hardly. I found the Oxford game exciting but most of the rest especially Shef Wed made me think what am I doing here . Simms had been on for barely 30 secs and the guy behind me shouting behind me how useless Simms was .

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gspotgaz said:

I’ve seen enough of Simms now that he just isn’t good enough. His touch is appalling and he doesn’t look arsed at all majority of the time. We have signed some utter tripe for obscene money past 18 months

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SkyblueBri said:

At present we've gone from an exciting brand of football to boring, last night was painful to watch sideways backwards and slowly forwards. Frank has got a real job on his hands to change this.

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Mucca Mad Boys said:

I’d like to see the rules change to allow teams to play on and to stop the clock for head injuries. Do away with stoppage time and when the ball goes dead after 90m, the game ends.

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MusicDating said:

When was the exciting brand of football?

Amazing as the success under MR was, he was a conservative manager by default. I'd love to see the percentage of his games that were 0-0 at HT!

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Ricketts said:

I agree, he was very much okay. Keep it tight until halftime kind of manager, but the second halves were brilliant.

and don’t forget ‘Robins time’. We scored so many times in injury time and of course that’s the bit that sent us home happy.

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