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Say what you like but he has a winning mentality and I'd have him at town Tomorrow.
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Bromley were everything I hate about football and that freak who was throwing the ball from the half way line into our box was celebrating like they had won the World Cup. At the end he ran and jumped in the air in front of the Upper, landing with both arms in a fist pump, not once but twice. Fooking bizarre; it's a 5th division footy match you goon.
In 50 years of following Town, it was the only time I felt compelled to throw something at a player.
At least they have players who get the ball in the box. His throws were a constant threat all afternoon. It's one of the most frequent events in football and we don't have anyone who can take a decent one. The last one we had was Mitch Rose and we had to wait 41 games for him to take one.
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At least they have players who get the ball in the box. His throws were a constant threat all afternoon. It's one of the most frequent events in football and we don't have anyone who can take a decent one. The last one we had was Mitch Rose and we had to wait 41 games for him to take one.
We put loads of balls into the box without resorting to that tactic. If you are happy with that style of football, then fair do's, but if we played like that every week, I would be doing something else with my weekends. There is more to football than 3 points at all costs.
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We put loads of balls into the box without resorting to that tactic.
If you are happy with that style of football, then fair do's, but if we played like that every week, I would be doing something else with my weekends.
There is more to football than 3 points at all costs.
What about if it led to a promotion to league football?
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We put loads of balls into the box without resorting to that tactic.
If you are happy with that style of football, then fair do's, but if we played like that every week, I would be doing something else with my weekends.
There is more to football than 3 points at all costs.
Is there? We’re in The National League, Division 5, non league, call it what you like. One season in this league is a season too long.
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We put loads of balls into the box without resorting to that tactic.
If you are happy with that style of football, then fair do's, but if we played like that every week, I would be doing something else with my weekends.
There is more to football than 3 points at all costs.
Can you not play a decent brand of football but still throw a long ball into the box from a throw? A good throw can be as dangerous as a corner.
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Let him have his 5 minutes in the sun. He’ll go to Gillingham and fail.
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Can you not play a decent brand of football but still throw a long ball into the box from a throw? A good throw can be as dangerous as a corner.
Suppose so yeah, but his throws didn't actually lead to anything and it wasn't his throws that I was originally highlighting, but his behaviour after the final whistle. I mentioned his throws as a way of identifying a player whose name I don't know and don't want to know.
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Is there? We’re in The National League, Division 5, non league, call it what you like. One season in this league is a season too long.
For me yes, but I don't think we are too good for division 5, unlike some posters. We are in it whether we like it or not and it takes adjustment to get out of it. Teams that find themselves in Div 5 got there because they couldn't arrest the slide. Some keep going down to the next level before they stabilise. Has Keith Hill up the road made any difference, despite his past successes at other clubs? First you stop the rot, then you start to rebuild and turn the ship around. For me, PH hasn't yet had sufficient time to turn the ship around and should be given a bit more and I say that as someone who was a big critic of his first time around. Others, including yourself think differently and that's fine. It's all opinion and maybe you are right and it will take a new manager to achieve what we all want, but it could just as likely go the other way. Time, as always, will tell
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For me yes, but I don't think we are too good for division 5, unlike some posters.
We are in it whether we like it or not and it takes adjustment to get out of it. Teams that find themselves in Div 5 got there because they couldn't arrest the slide. Some keep going down to the next level before they stabilise.
Has Keith Hill up the road made any difference, despite his past successes at other clubs?
First you stop the rot, then you start to rebuild and turn the ship around. For me, PH hasn't yet had sufficient time to turn the ship around and should be given a bit more and I say that as someone who was a big critic of his first time around.
Others, including yourself think differently and that's fine. It's all opinion and maybe you are right and it will take a new manager to achieve what we all want, but it could just as likely go the other way.
Time, as always, will tell
Unfair to compare us to Scunny. Whatever Fenty did right or wrong, we never ended up in a position in the transfer market that Swann has put them in. It was brave, maybe arrogant or stupid, for Keith Hill to take the job with his hands already tied. In comparison, Hurst has had a free ride up to now. In the eyes of many fans, his credits are running out.
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