Beware of cheap imitations. Cant we start a crowd-funding page and send @Red Rain to cover all our away games?
I thought he was a biased **** wearing rose tinted spectacles that could give Gary Neville a run for his money.
He even thinks Brown handled the ball before the keeper took him out. I watched the incident several times in the YouTube slow motion replays and the idea of handball never occurred to me. Did I miss it?
I can see why he might think that if he is selective about what he watches. The camera angle used in the Sky online video highlights when the ball bounces up to shoulder height and Browns arm is raised and gets between the camera and the ball looks a bit like it may have touched his arm - I wondered that the first time I saw it. From all other angles though its clear this was an illusion as Browns arm never gets within a couple of feet of the ball. It was a clear penalty - had it been given against us I would be railing against the goalkeeper and the ref saying it was a pen but we never get those. I thought the ref was one of the better ones this season - he got the big decisions, right, didnt fall for some of the Fulham falling over (though they were much less bad than some sides - possibly because they didnt get away with it) - I thought that after the pen he gave them more soft decisions than he gave us - but I had a friend with me who supports another club and his view was the ref was pretty fair - he didnt agree with all the minor decisions but his view was it was one of the better reffing performances he had seen for a while - as I tend to be a bit biased I will go with his view
"I'm sure your own thoughts are welcome and accompanied by some decent analysis here. Unfortunately, as usual they come with patronising comments and the misguided belief that your thoughts are in some way more objective than everyone else's. Thanks nonetheless for reassuring us that "it is common to come away with a general feeling, but then mistakenly use that general feeling and create a general assessment of not only our team, players, but overall tactics." As someone who made this mistake, I'm pleased to know it's common. Similarly, thank you for correcting me where I wanted to blame your compatriot Ream in any way for the first goal when it's "clear as day" [to you] that he wasn't at fault in any way. Thank you for pointing out to me that my view is "unchanged by stubbornness more than what is actually happening on the pitch". How stupid of me not to watch matches which [unlike you] I actually attend. I also apologise for making those "general assessments and assumptions" you refer to, having a "linear mindset" and being part of "a camp that is so focused on how we’re playing, and thus downplaying results"." The above is a response. Anyone else laughing?
Certainly not, old chap! Joking aside, I don't think you go away much (nor do I) but it would have been very interesting to compare your assessment of that game on Saturday.
No you arent and not as patronising either. Dont think I could cope with your posts every week if they were written that way it also took him a lot of words to say that they didnt get to grips with our press and and but for a dodgy pen the result could have been different. I have a friend who is a Fulham ST holder and was at the game - his view was a much simpler Barnsley were the better side - much sharper and created far more chances and deserved the win - but I guess his view was coloured by the result (Before the game he told me that they had been poor but somehow getting results but on Saturday they got exactly what they deserved)
Thank-you gentlemen. I did not go to Fulham, so anything I say will be a guess. However, in my match report of the Birmingham game, I concentrated on the effect that I thought the weather conditions had on the game. Barnsley were the team that had to go looking for the win, for the reasons given. Birmingham just kept it tight and played on the break. In those conditions, I felt that the mistake would be made by the team that was pressing, and that is what happened. At Fulham, the weather was the same, but the need to press was reversed. Fulham was at home, Fulham needed the points in their push for the top 2 and crucially, Fulham made the first mistake and that reinforced our plan to play on the break. Now as I say, I was not at the game and consequently, all of that could be BS, but that would certainly have been in my mind.
No you’re not and you’re not as Biased and one dimensional as that Fulham Fan , I don’t always agree with your assessments but I enjoy reading them all the same .
No, not at all. I enjoy your reports and tend to agree with a lot of the points raised. Keep up the good work. On a separate issue, I'll be sending for the Anders Buaas CDs later today, after your recent recommendation. Thanks for that too.
Not exclusively, but yes, I have my moments. Most of my prog albums are the old classics, plus an odd bit of more (relatively) recent prog. I don't buy anything like the number of albums that I did in my younger days, so I'm pushing the boat out a bit today. Don't tell the wife.
I rarely, if ever, agree with anything you post. There's nothing wrong with holding alternative views, though. However, I believe you have as much right as anyone else to air your opinions. For what it's worth, I don't believe you're boring. Just wrong usually!