Forrud on trial?

[Brin]

Only going on what yorks post said brin but googled and found he is a left winger. If he scores goals tho who cares what he is...(Probably before your time but we once had a left winger, Alan Crawford, who scored 31 goals in a season). If we had a goalie who scored 25 goals a season i'd have him.

We may have 5 forruds but they are not much cop so far...

In any case, he might not pass the good guy test yet let alone the 3000 laps of the training ground.

Roly, I use to work down Silverwood pit with Alan's Dad, not much mind, but I know of Alan Paterson Crawford.

His Dad use to beam when miners asked how Alan was doing as by then he'd finished playing for Rotherham. Still proud of his lad then.

Saw Alan play for us in his latter years from 76 -78.

[fc_miller]

No need to panic about having 2 left wingers...
https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport...ove-ice-639675

[frogmiller]

Roly, I use to work down Silverwood pit with Alan's Dad, not much mind, but I know of Alan Paterson Crawford.

His Dad use to beam when miners asked how Alan was doing as by then he'd finished playing for Rotherham. Still proud of his lad then.

Saw Alan play for us in his latter years from 76 -78.

Got to have been the oldest footballer of all time!

[wrinkly]

(Nowt aimed at you for this Roly) Forrud? he's a bleedin left winger!

What's up is Hastie crocked already? Has Hastie thought what a pile of tossers I'm playing with, get me back home?

or shall I simmer and conclude that Scott is doing his scouting well and this lad is definitely one for the future when Hastie returns north in January? Yes that sounds more plausible......not a forrud though. Ferkin hell we've got 5 already.....

When I was a lad wingers were forwards. I still think of a true winger as a forward.

Obviously these days we don't play 5 up front but I still think a winger can be described as a forward. I suppose it depends how far forward they play. If they are supposed to get to the goal line and cross the ball I still think of them as forwards rather than midfielders.

All in a name

[flourbasher]

Some great ideas there Wrinkly.
Do you fancy holding a team talk so our players know what they're meant to be doing.
Only Olasunde seems to know

[wrinkly]

Some great ideas there Wrinkly.
Do you fancy holding a team talk so our players know what they're meant to be doing.
Only Olasunde seems to know

I'm not sure about great ideas FB. More like me showing my age.

When I was a kid writing out your best team always included a forward line of centre-forward, 2 inside forwards (inside right and left) and outside forwards (right and left wingers)

Now that's obviously changed (so I'm told ) but I still think of a winger as a wide player who gets well forward, occasionally gets round a full back, and crosses the ball. I could never think of Tony Towner as anything but a forward.
Someone who gets across the halfway line and lobs the ball forward I wouldn't think of as a forward, or a winger.

All about terminology - doesn't really matter.

I once got pulled up for saying "goaly" instead of "keeper"
Don't get me started on "referee's assistants"

[caytonmiller]

424 formation? That's a newen to me wrinks

[mikemiller]

Lack of old style wingers? Blame Alf Ramsey's "Winglsss Wonders" success in 1966. Only Connolly and Paine were even in the squad, They hardly appeared in the competition, didn't play in the final and Paine was well on the way to becoming a midfield clogger by then anyway. Saw him play at Millmoor

[frogmiller]

424 formation? That's a newen to me wrinks

It's strange to think that but the wingers like Towner and Hastie you'd put as forruds wouldn't you?

[wrinkly]

424 formation? That's a newen to me wrinks

On paper it would look more like 235. Two full backs, three centre backs and 5 forwards. In practice it varied but a "W M" formation wasn't uncommon. More of a 3-2-2-3 really. A back line of two full backs and a centre back. A second line of two half backs, forming the peaks of the defensive "M". A third line of two inside forwards, forming the bottom 2 points of the attacking "W". A front line of centre forward and two wingers.