Thread gets updated because he Ali scored, Bozza took the piss (others agreed), Stat Bro took the piss, you called Stat Bro a tedious dick.Are you reading the thread backwards?
No, I've not read it backwards.
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No, I've not read it backwards.
Icy Gull
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Yep resorting to being abusive is not great either
But I am a tedious dick.
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There's a Tim Vine joke, which goes something like this: "I've got this theory that animals look like their owners. You sir, do you own a lama? (audience laughs) I'm just joking sir, I always ask the person sitting in that seat if they own a lama. It's just that this time I got lucky."
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To be honest, if Chris Hughton was frustrated by our wingers' output, he probably shouldn't have played them as auxiliary full backs for most of the season. And allowing some of his players to get into the box once in a while would've helped with those assists statistics you're talking about.
I'm always amazed that there is any real debate about Gaeten Bong.
He is what he is - an honest pro, who works hard, defends well, is reasonably quick and strong, is reasonable good in the air, is very difficult to beat one on one, but isn't one to fly forward often on the overlap, is never going to contribute very much in an attacking sense, and whose passing is a little under par.
If you want a solid, athletic, reliable full back, he's your man. If you want a left-sided Schelotto rampaging forward, or a Joe Bennett doing Ronaldo chops and step-overs, look elsewhere.
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I totally agree. I just think he's a good symbol of the type of football we played under CH for a lot of the time. A pure focus on defensive ability at the expense of attacking output. He's definitely got a role though.
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I hope you’ve seen the news about the Greyhound training with the Albion pre season.
And yet he is very much the go to guy for general shitehousary.
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Which is exactly how Glenn got 34 goals for Palace in one season. To some extent, I'm surprised he's got as many goals as he has, considering the way we have been playing.
Ali is a good finisher and will be a better player next year. I don't have any doubts about that.
That said. For folks to use one goal in a 5-0 route of Syria to suggest it is a gage of his progression are a little wide of the mark. Syria have won only 4 from games 22 games in the last 3 years. So the opposition really isn't what he will come up against in the PL.
I am absolutely convinced that there will be more goals scored next year. The goals against column may or may not be a price worth paying. Only time will tell on that one.
That said. For folks to use one goal in a 5-0 route of Syria to suggest it is a gage of his progression are a little wide of the mark. Syria have won only 4 from games 22 games in the last 3 years. So the opposition really isn't what he will come up against in the PL.
I am absolutely convinced that there will be more goals scored next year. The goals against column may or may not be a price worth paying. Only time will tell on that one.
I haven't read anybody making any claims about his goal v Syria.
Well, that and Zaha and Bolasie falling over a lot...
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Murray 17
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LOL - Your own post #5780 reignited the discussion. Actually the post a couple prior to yours re-ignited it. You just fuelled it by posting the video
To which I then added fairly much exactly what NooBHA just said - that it was a great finish but that Syria's rightback was fast asleep.
I wrote about Ali scoring a goal while taking the opportunity to go fishing.
I then flicked onto Twitter and by quite some coincidence the first tweet on my timeline was Ali scoring a goal.
Naturally I edited that into my post about Ali scoring goals.
I'm not entirely sure how that's gauging his progression at the Albion
Expressing themselves in terms of individuality rather than just do the obvious. Knockaert, Bissouma and perhaps Solly apart, do we have anyone else like that?
I would argue there was structure, but few teams ‘pass’ their way through a defence. You rely on individuality, skill or defensive lapses.
But taking your point about structure, The issue for me, was the level of support to Murray without Gross, and the fact that when we switched to a ‘notional’ 3, the winger on the opposite side to where play was, very rarely tucked in close to Murray. We were successful in the Championship because Baldock got close to Murray.
Some of that has to be natural, as well as coaching, same with pressing, you can coach until you’re blue in the face, but if the player doesn’t have the nouse to implement you’re stuffed.
You are right re defence winning but that is where individuality comes in.
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