EM derby musings

[ramAnag]

Spencer Prior was a decent defender to fair as was Vic Moreland

I always thought Spencer Prior was okay too...Clement lost the plot but not sure he was worse than Pearson.

Personally I always thought Wassall was hard done to but that’s not a popular view.

[eddy779h34]

Its for the millions he sp***ed on overpriced players who were no good

[mistaram]

Some other great signings

Bjorn Otto Bragstad
Roy Greenwood
Derek Hales
worst Manager that has actually put us where we are today Paul Clement for his waste of money signings

Eddy we later found out nearly all those signings had the same agent . Also the person who negotiated those deals also had the same agent .

[Geoff Parkstone]

Eddy we later found out nearly all those signings had the same agent . Also the person who negotiated those deals also had the same agent .

Are you sure, Mista - Bragstrad signed in 2000, the other 2 about 25 years earlier?

[Andy_Faber]

Whenever you feel down and depressed about our players and team, let's think of how well we would do with this starting lineup:

Roy Carroll
Mick Coop
Claude Davies
Spencer Prior
Jay McEveley
Eddie Lewis
Bob Malcolm
Vic Moreland
Gary Teale
Mikkel Beck
Steve Biggins

Obviously only based on players I've seen turn out for us, and it's hatd to rule out Connor Sammon, so he can go on bench.

Captain? God knows, make it Bob Malcolm as he can bring the drinks.

Manager - too many to pick from, but to bring balance from earlier days I'll opt for John Newman although wee Billy and ****o Paul run him hard

No such lineup would be valid without the inclusion of the truly out of his depth Mick Coop and I’m glad to see him there

Not a bad player as such but certainly a disastrous signing was Bobby Campbell, who Taylor and Mac trawled from Bradford City, scored 3 in 12 games but was hated by everyone and went back to Bradford at a discount. I recall him spending most of one game f ing and cursing at the Pop side who gave it back with interest

[mistaram]

Are you sure, Mista - Bragstrad signed in 2000, the other 2 about 25 years earlier?

Geoff crossed wires in talking about the Clements signings In reply to Eddys post about Clements being the worse manager

[swaledale]

With regard to Rooney, who does he replace in this 1-3-4-3 formation?

Logically there are 3 spots we could play him in. Those were filled up the road by Knight, Shinnie and Waghorn. If they keep on playing as well and keep up the energy they showed against the Red Dogs then I reckon Rooney is looking at a lengthy period of bench warming.

You mean 3-4-3 surely, seeing as thats how formations are described by everyone within the Uk game, pundits, media, managers, coaches, nobody includes the goalie in a formation because he is always in one place, yet you persist in quoting it for some reason?

[swaledale]

I always thought Spencer Prior was okay too...Clement lost the plot but not sure he was worse than Pearson.

Personally I always thought Wassall was hard done to but that’s not a popular view.

Not sure why? He did **** all and anyway how do you know he wanted to continue?

[MadAmster]

You mean 3-4-3 surely, seeing as thats how formations are described by everyone within the Uk game, pundits, media, managers, coaches, nobody includes the goalie in a formation because he is always in one place, yet you persist in quoting it for some reason?

OI, stop trying to tell me how I notate formations. Why the hell should I listen to you? For some reason you seem to have thin skin. Recently, rA (I think it was) corrected you on a score you quoted. You mixed up 1-0 and 2-1. You got ratty because he pointed it out. At the time I refrained from comment but you had done the same when I erroneously wrote FA charges when it was EFL charges a couple of days earlier. I make a fuax pas and you can't wait to rub it in. You make one and get all bitchy because someone had the temerity to correct you. The difference being that rA's correction was in a reasonable manner. Yours to me was snidy. Whatever your reasoning is for this thin skinned and ratty approach, I would greatly appreciate it if you refrained in future.

[MadAmster]

PS - Kelle Roos has asked Cocu to include the keeper in the way he mentions formations.