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thfcsteff
George Hunt
Oh come on my friend, I thought you were joking in your initial post so was joining in the fun. I know you're not about that.
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Your a lot younger then I thought.
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
Eh. To be fair to @AjaxDeSuperYids (and he was clearly joking for a lot of it), there's a legitimate discussion to be had on footballers' lives after bad results.
In Italy for instance, players are routinely pulled into 'ritiros' after runs of bad games, which are basically enforced retreats where they are taken by the coaches to stay in hotels away from their families and friends for a week or two, doing nothing but training and staying away from the public eye.
All the clubs do it - Juventus did it most recently after a bad run of form this year. It's cited as inspiring genuine togetherness and also a way to appease fans after bad results.
In England, that's unheard of, but it's just an example of how these things vary from country to country.
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
No, that’s Glenn.
We've been on a good run up until today
thfcsteff
George Hunt
Sorry, were you NOT joking with your initial 'babies/familes/women' comment? I honestly thought it wasn't dry humour on your part?
I'm a bit embarrassed??
thfcsteff
George Hunt
If we lose next week maybe there's a discussion IMO.
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
We have. We were on several bad runs before. Maybe we should have had this discussion then, but it's always useful to think about how things are done differently elsewhere, if only as a thought exercise.
AjaxDeSuperYids
Drama queen
Sorry, were you NOT joking with your initial 'babies/familes/women' comment? I honestly thought it wasn't dry humour on your part?
I dont hold any bigoted views whatsoever and all sexes are completely equal in my eyes.
However there was nothing wrong with my baby comment. Women have that more maternal desire for babies than men. That is obvious and not remotely controversial.
Roughly 8/10 women will absolutely want a baby and for men it would probably be more like 4.5/10.
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
Oh, defo. It's one bad game, even if it was a *very* bad game.
But would be interesting to think about how it would go down if we tried it. As the reaction here shows, I'd argue England is far more aghast at that sort of thing happening - taking players away from their families and social lives is seen as verboten.
Buuut - England was also against fitness training and dieting back when Wenger first came in, and he was mocked as a silly foreigner who didn't understand the English game when he banned drinks and fatty foods from the cafeteria.
25 years later, and the only ones in the English game who *don't* focus on fitness are dinosaurs like Mourinho et al. The rest have about 10 fitness coaches per team, diet their players like drill sergeants, hire Michelin-star chefs and use techniques like blood spinning to improve their stamina and recovery time at a cellular level.
I wonder if we'll see a similar evolution in how English football treats its players off the field as well.
Mikey10
Jimmy Neighbour
Four managers later and we’re still learning lessons.
glasgowspur
Luka Modric
Except we're not.
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
greatwhitenorf
Edgar Davids
Well, nice of the Popguns to put a little cushion under our well-bumped backsides today. But Ronaldo keeps yanking Man U forward.
He's collecting payment for the pics with GlennGot Levy back there as well, I see.
AjaxDeSuperYids
Drama queen
I would just advise everyone to stop having any expectations. Every time it looks like we have cracked it, we then lose.
Wont change until there is a significant increase in quality within the squad.
Wont change until there is a significant increase in quality within the squad.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
How the feck did we go from this to this on the back of scoring 12 goals in the 3 intervening games
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My memory is far from perfect, but them not giving us good counter attacking chances is a big part of that. They had a very good game, last time not as good.
We did look a touch off pace. Slower passing, movement not as good. Looked a bit sluggish really. That happening once in a while I guess is to be expected. Do not want that to become a habit though.