This is what is making the difference. I have no doubt QPR, Derby and Hull have better squads than us & possibly/probably Forest as well.
But we have bigger balls, which is down to RD, the recruiters, coach & players.
If you have the biggest balls, anything is possible.
Only taken people three seasons to say what I have said for years, it's all about having big fooking minerals and putting them out there on show and taking on what's in front of you
I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to the Vatican and the world's 1.2billion Catholics for shouting "fcuking Pope" at approximately 4:50pm on Saturday.
So you should... Briefly a bunch of Catholic priests cowered thinking: they're on to us again!!
Catholicism - once known for young boys wanting to get into the clergy; now...
'The Tigers suffered their first set-back of the campaign at the weekend when losing at Charlton Athletic, turning in a performance that was well below their best.
'“We can be much better than we were on Saturday, as we saw against Fulham last week, and that is the problem I face with the squad at the minute,” said Bruce.
'“I saw us play for half-an-hour against Fulham where nobody in this division could have lived with us. Then I’ve seen an hour of us against Charlton where everybody could have lived with us."
... On Hull's OS today. It's funny how even some professional managers can't see that their team may have performed at a high level but were counter-acted or matched, making them look below par. I'm sure they will play at 100% when they play a team that let's them play the football they want.
No Watt, no Solly and no Henderson, yet still beat arguably the best team in the division.
Feel sorry for the people that fell out of love with Charlton in recent times, because you're missing probably the best team we've had since the Premiership.
No Watt, no Solly and no Henderson, yet still beat arguably the best team in the division.
Feel sorry for the people that fell out of love with Charlton in recent times, because you're missing probably the best team we've had since the Premiership.
LOL
Well last summer, with the likes of Mak, Ba and Sarr we definitely bought a team to get us out of the Championship...
Thing is, if anyone looked at that performance and the way that team played and said "this has all the hallmarks of a team that'll finish bottom 3, losing 6-0 in the reverse fixture on the way" everyone would have been calling for them to be sectioned.
After a few days of failed attempts (due to fog/mist/pissy rain etc cancelling flights and the rough 3hr boat journey being ruled out due to the lightweights suffering sea sickness) to fly to the Scilly Isles ,to see my wife's cousin , with the family down in the depths of Cornwall , i took the executive decision to fly back home from Newquay to see The Addicks. It was a gamble that paid off in bucket loads but as I sat in a traffic jam outside the Blackwall Tunnel with only one son in tow , the younger ones had gone off to play golf with their grandad instead , I began to think what am I doing we haven't a chance and without Watt there won't be much to cheer ....... As the half time whistle went I couldn't see either team scoring and would have been pleased with a point ... Cue the reincarnation of the footballing god that is Big Mak and a performance of immense proportions to take the game by the scruff of the neck and send us all home in the state of delirium that only football can provide . JBG needed that goal after his earlier chance went a-begging or he would have suffered the insomnia that wonky people like myself get Even as a pessimist a lot of these players are giving me some big hope for greater times but I calm myself down thinking of some of the slashes and shots made at the ball today by players who look like they've never struck a ball properly in their lives (sorry for the negativity) As with U boat that was the first game I'd ever gone to in flip flops as well !
Special mention to the scouting network. New players are absolute class.
The amount we'd have to spend to find a player known in the English divisions anywhere near the quality of Patrick Bauer doesn't bear thinking about.
Maybe should have held fire on this one (:
To be fair to Nick had everyone stayed fit with Vetokele returning I doubt we'd be in this mess.
Its the fact our owners dont think about injuries when they sign players and throw the likes of Kennedy into the mix before they're ready thats the problem.
Hell even if we started the season with the exact squad now and the injuries I doubt we'd be in this mess
Special mention to the scouting network. New players are absolute class.
The amount we'd have to spend to find a player known in the English divisions anywhere near the quality of Patrick Bauer doesn't bear thinking about.
Maybe should have held fire on this one (:
To be fair to Nick had everyone stayed fit with Vetokele returning I doubt we'd be in this mess.
Its the fact our owners dont think about injuries when they sign players and throw the likes of Kennedy into the mix before they're ready thats the problem.
Hell even if we started the season with the exact squad now and the injuries I doubt we'd be in this mess
I don't like this reasonable side that you're portraying @ForeverAddickted. I only want to see bile and pure hatrid.
Special mention to the scouting network. New players are absolute class.
The amount we'd have to spend to find a player known in the English divisions anywhere near the quality of Patrick Bauer doesn't bear thinking about.
Maybe should have held fire on this one (:
To be fair to Nick had everyone stayed fit with Vetokele returning I doubt we'd be in this mess.
Its the fact our owners dont think about injuries when they sign players and throw the likes of Kennedy into the mix before they're ready thats the problem.
Hell even if we started the season with the exact squad now and the injuries I doubt we'd be in this mess
I don't like this reasonable side that you're portraying @ForeverAddickted. I only want to see bile and pure hatrid.
You've obviously yet to run into any of my other posts on here then @Ricky_Otto
There was a lack of at least six players in the squad that would cover the inevitable injuries and loss of form that happens in a 46 game grind of a championship season. A lack of scouting in that we never knew how to line ourselves up against the opposition. A lack of coaching for any set plays both attacking and defending. We got away with it for a few games and then was found out big time, I think it was Rotherham (fat Evans) who isolated Kashi, then a couple of days later 'Udders did the same and beat us 3-0. No plan B because Luzon was a joke and Carol a less funny bad taste joke.
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Only taken people three seasons to say what I have said for years, it's all about having big fooking minerals and putting them out there on show and taking on what's in front of you
See ff big balls are the answer to everything, can't wait to get down there this season and increase the balls size
'“We can be much better than we were on Saturday, as we saw against Fulham last week, and that is the problem I face with the squad at the minute,” said Bruce.
'“I saw us play for half-an-hour against Fulham where nobody in this division could have lived with us. Then I’ve seen an hour of us against Charlton where everybody could have lived with us."
... On Hull's OS today. It's funny how even some professional managers can't see that their team may have performed at a high level but were counter-acted or matched, making them look below par. I'm sure they will play at 100% when they play a team that let's them play the football they want.
For the record, I also thought we were destined for great things after this game.
It's a funny old game
how wrong I was. Makienok is absolute toilet. FACT.
Its the fact our owners dont think about injuries when they sign players and throw the likes of Kennedy into the mix before they're ready thats the problem.
Hell even if we started the season with the exact squad now and the injuries I doubt we'd be in this mess
I think we're in the bottom three due to the board's lack of interest in appointing a serious, competitive manager
Depth (like the other years) was the issue.