The pre-match HUDDLE

[Austin "Forster" Powers]

After MA had been sacked and dumb and dumber were in charge, I wondered if Forster was saying "listen lads, forget everything they just said and listen to me"

 

[The Large One]

I loved it when, under Peter Taylor II, other teams would do a huddle, and the Albion side would line up along the halfway line, bouncing and bobbing, so that when the teams emerged from their huddle, the first thing they'd see was a wall of blue & white stripes, all with the attitude of 'come on then, fuckin' want some...'

 

[7:18]

nothing can beat ring-around-the-rosies

 

[GT49er]

in the middle of their armlocked, head-bowed mutual-masturbation session.

I think you might find it very difficult to masturbate while armlocked with the players on either side of you. I don't mind the pre-match arm-locked huddle thing myself - and if it stops them standing around having a pre-match wank, then so much the better!

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I think you might find it very difficult to masturbate while armlocked with the players on either side of you. I don't mind the pre-match arm-locked huddle thing myself - and if it stops them standing around having a pre-match wank, then so much the better!

I beg to differ.

At least if they all tossed themselves off before KO, we would be completely justified by saying: "They played like a bunch of wankers"...

ps Huddles make me cringe, btw.

 

[Wardy]

I have always assumed it was at that point it was decided who was going to be playing where, what formation we were going to play, who was having the first bath after the game and other important decisions were made.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The huddle is almost as embarrassing as the stops for drinks every time the ball went out of play that was the fashion earlier in the season. No wonder the team were sluggish with a couple of pints of water sloshing around inside them.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The huddle is almost as embarrassing as the stops for drinks every time the ball went out of play that was the fashion earlier in the season. No wonder the team were sluggish with a couple of pints of water sloshing around inside them.

I don't see the problem with a drinks break. Gives the team a chance to have a brief chat with the management. Although that might be the inherent problem!

 

[Questions]

Huddles, high fives, girly goal celebrations ? I,m glad my old man isn`t around to witness all this malarky.
Well, obviously I wish he was still around but .........................
You know what I mean though........................

 

[coventrygull]

Huddles, high fives, girly goal celebrations ? I,m glad my old man isn`t around to witness all this malarky.
Well, obviously I wish he was still around but .........................
You know what I mean though........................

Huddles are Naff. High fives are only Ok when Kuipers does it and Goal celebrations which involve bizarre dances should be given a red card

 

[Mr Banana]

I loved it when, under Peter Taylor II, other teams would do a huddle, and the Albion side would line up along the halfway line, bouncing and bobbing, so that when the teams emerged from their huddle, the first thing they'd see was a wall of blue & white stripes, all with the attitude of 'come on then, fuckin' want some...'

Spot on, that's what my team does. The Albion should be the side to make teams who do this cheese on toast bollocks look like dicks. Every time I see the players do this I want them to get relegated a little bit more.

 

[dougdeep]

The should do away with the hand shaking nonsense too, every game kicks off late now.

 

[BensGrandad]

The should do away with the hand shaking nonsense too, every game kicks off late now.

Too simple to bring the players out 2 mins earlier to do all that and kick off on time.

 

[Thimble Keegan]

I loved it when, under Peter Taylor II, other teams would do a huddle, and the Albion side would line up along the halfway line, bouncing and bobbing, so that when the teams emerged from their huddle, the first thing they'd see was a wall of blue & white stripes, all with the attitude of 'come on then, fuckin' want some...'

That was brilliant and the 2 times it stood out where both Reading games that season where we stuffed them at home and were unlucky not to win away.

The silliest thing about the 'huddle' was that we did just before kick-off in the Luton game...2 minutes later we were 1-0 down.

Ban the huddle.

Albion & England forever.

Thimble Keegan
Littlehampton BHA

 

[Lady Bracknell]

Huddle? It's PANTS!

Once upon a time there was somewhere called "Fortress Withdean". A place where visiting teams felt intimidated by the difference between the Albion and the huggy-kissy public team bonding bollocks that existed everywhere else. We were DIFFERENT y'see and different in all sorts of ways like (and with no offence intended to Gully & Co.) we didn't have people wandering around dressed as stuffed animals. It's all got too sodding soft and soppy nowadays and we seem determined to be like everyone else instead of a club like no other.

Back in those uncompromising days the team won back to back championships. All without a single public group huddle beforehand. Coincidental? I don't think so.

 

[Mr Banana]

Huddle? It's PANTS!

Once upon a time there was somewhere called "Fortress Withdean". A place where visiting teams felt intimidated by the difference between the Albion and the huggy-kissy public team bonding bollocks that existed everywhere else. We were DIFFERENT y'see and different in all sorts of ways like (and with no offence intended to Gully & Co.) we didn't have people wandering around dressed as stuffed animals. It's all got too sodding soft and soppy nowadays and we seem determined to be like everyone else instead of a club like no other.

Back in those uncompromising days the team won back to back championships. All without a single public group huddle beforehand. Coincidental? I don't think so.

Could you possibly post something similar on Ask The Club, I can't be arsed

 

[Shinbreath]

WTF is this all about.

Personally I couldn't give a shit what they do before the game, as long as they play well.

I know that forums give us the opportunity to have our say about what goes on with our club but slagging off the huddle is petty and I'm surprised its even gone to 2 pages...

What next.... Are we gonna start moaning about they way the players have their hair cut or what shoes they wear...

Absolute nonsense and a waste of NSC space....

 

[NMH]

I mean what actually gets said in the huddle?
. . Proably whats allready been said in the changing room

No, it goes like this; "forget everything that was said in the dressing room, we are out of earshot and let's let them win because I have money on it at the bookies and I'll split it with all of you. Allright fellas, let's make it look convincing, and then defend like clowns"

And it WORKS!