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Or leather footballs! Oh did that hurt when you got one smashed into your goolies from point blank range.
Heading them when wet was a killer.
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Indeed, being a CF at that time, I was heading the ball a lot, maybe that's why I'm a bit wacky now.
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Or leather footballs! Oh did that hurt when you got one smashed into your goolies from point blank range.
Especially early in the game. Ours had to be pumped up like a rock due to a leaky bladder and again at half time! And the leather lace would be hanging loose to take your eye out.
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Yeah, can remember heading a wet football and feeling like I had just been hit with a boxing glove, which was ironic, because that also happened in my school days and left me literally seeing stars. Surprised if I didn't get some brain damage.
We had a Geordie games teacher and he was brutal.
Kids today....
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I think we might see Scanz start tomorrow. I wonder if Shaun Pearson might get on for a bit as an emergency centre forward.
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As if having 9 subs is going to make much difference.
The club can't really help the chain of events causing this.
Drawing Luton and losing McAtee, Amos getting himself sent off and games postponed, so his ban falls on this game. Players getting injured. Kiernan's loan ending. Richardson's recall by Burnley. He's injured anyway. O'Neill being cup tied. Wearne being cup tied. We couldn't plan for getting to the 4th round when he went out. Most players we could have signed would have been cup tied.
It's not like we can't put out a side.
It's made a tough game even tougher I grant you, but just getting this far has been an achievement, which seems to be forgotten in this rush to blame all and sundry for the situation we find ourselves in. I also acknowledge that we should have had more in the striking department going into the season, but we didn't.
Not sure why you are allowed 9 subs in the F.A. Cup and not in the league.
I was thinking the same, we will still be able to put out a battling team. No great drama. I expect us to lose but happy if we go down all guns blazing. I am a big fan of the fishy but I have never seen so much balderdash written in a few days. Absolute hysteria and I still gamble we will have a couple of decent signing’s next week after all this drama utm
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Am expecting it will be something like:
Crocombe Efete Smith Waterfall Maher Glennon Holohan Morris Green Clifton Orsi
Take advantage of the fact that we have three very good centre halves, and give Efete and Glennon more license to get forward (which is what they're best at). Pack the midfield with grafters, with Morris slightly deeper to ping balls out to the wingbacks. Clifton pressing high up the pitch, trying to capitalise on defenders making mistakes. Orsi on the last man, waiting to pounce if we get a chance.
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Wasn't convinced by Hurst regards Khan, expecting him to not be involved.
Orsi hasn't played loads and then the only other real attacker is Scannell. Whichever way you cut it, we're gonna be short up top.
Be a back 3, Efete and Glennon at wing back then Green and Morris behind Clifton and Holohan, who will be doing their best to support poor Orsi.
Got Palace away vibes all over it. At least then we actually lined up with two strikers I think (Cardwell and Thomas, although Cardwell pretty much went to centre back second half and Thomas played wide).
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Am expecting it will be something like:
Crocombe Efete Smith Waterfall Maher Glennon Holohan Morris Green Clifton Orsi
Take advantage of the fact that we have three very good centre halves, and give Efete and Glennon more license to get forward (which is what they're best at). Pack the midfield with grafters, with Morris slightly deeper to ping balls out to the wingbacks. Clifton pressing high up the pitch, trying to capitalise on defenders making mistakes. Orsi on the last man, waiting to pounce if we get a chance.
Given who is available this is probably the best we can do and hope we get players back and newly signed for the replay…….
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Two buses parked me thinks!!
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