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Jack Armstrong
Went off injured yesterday, apparently. Bloody typical.
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Willy-Arnaud Zobo Boly
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ARedChester
First Team Squad
Surplus to requirements. Not an issue.
Frank Clark’s Tash
Jack Burkitt
Depends if the requirement is to try and stop leaking piss-poor goals from set pieces any time soon.
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
With Felipe retiring Boly is really the only CB we have with a lot of top level including PL experience. Niakhate played in the Bundesliga but our other players who have come from there have needed time to step up as well, compared at least to Boly and Felipe who came from another PL club and a La Liga side.
As good as they are and as promising as they are I wouldn't necessarily play Murillo and Omo together, they are both very young still and don't have the experience of the others. A lot of the recent mistakes at the back (perhaps as far back as Murillo coming into the side) are probably not helped by inexperience and if we were playing Boly and Niakhate there instead probably wouldn't happen, or one of the young lads with one of those two.
As good as they are and as promising as they are I wouldn't necessarily play Murillo and Omo together, they are both very young still and don't have the experience of the others. A lot of the recent mistakes at the back (perhaps as far back as Murillo coming into the side) are probably not helped by inexperience and if we were playing Boly and Niakhate there instead probably wouldn't happen, or one of the young lads with one of those two.
Rubics
Bin VAR!
Best pairing is boly and Murillo. Experience / height / reading of the game with youth / pace / distribution.
Bob Fossil
Nottingham's dirty secret
Bonfy177
LTLF MORON
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Where were you when you posted this Bob?
Project Zeus
Steve Chettle
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
I’m f***ing sick of international matches
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Another bonus of us building a side around unfashionable players like Yates tbf. Obviously if we can grab a great player who is an international we shouldn't let that stop us, but personally I loved it when the likes of Collymore, Stone, Woan and co kept getting overlooked regularly for Liverpool and Man U names, despite being far better or on far better form.
Collymore 3 England Caps....Steve McManawank 37
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
and Aina as well - I heard.
I also heard they are offering a new deal to Wood.
This makes sense to me - we all know it is going to be a difficult summer trying to get the 'right' players at the right price. It makes sense to get some of the experienced players that are capable and contributing tied down for next season
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
Its the wrong thread - but if Collymore had signed for Man Utd instead of Liverpool's Spice boys and played under Fergie - he would have had 80 caps and 40 goalsAnother bonus of us building a side around unfashionable players like Yates tbf. Obviously if we can grab a great player who is an international we shouldn't let that stop us, but personally I loved it when the likes of Collymore, Stone, Woan and co kept getting overlooked regularly for Liverpool and Man U names, despite being far better or on far better form.
Collymore 3 England Caps....Steve McManawank 37
Cortez the Killer
Impressive member
I hadn't realised that Stan only had 3 England caps. That's insane.
Compare with -
Danny Mills, 19
Adam Johnson, 12
Micah Richards, 13
Rickie Lambert, 11
I know these are different positions, but Christ, what a situation.
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Compare with -
Danny Mills, 19
Adam Johnson, 12
Micah Richards, 13
Rickie Lambert, 11
I know these are different positions, but Christ, what a situation.
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Est.1865
Screw The PL
Yep, Boly typical that.
Red Ray's Redlist
Viv Anderson
You can't really say one way or the other. I think Stan needed to be the big fish and I'm not sure how that would have sat with red nose or the players at the time.
People say the same about Gascoigne. But he was totally messed up in the head and Ferguson wouldn't have put up with the trouble he'd have caused.
People always want to draw a parallel to Cantona. But he was quite a cerebral personality who needed belief in him which is what he got.
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
Yeah not everyone reacts in the same way, people like Collymore, Gazza, Cantona are / were totally unreadable really. All liable to self destruct, Ferguson may have got them settled down but it’s not a given. Shearer should have gone to play for him though and he’d be incredibly decorated. I suppose you can’t fault his wish to play for his home town club though.
Chappers85
Can't Play Left-Back
Stan might not quite match Cantona for fishing analogies, but he is a fairly bright bloke (unlike Gazza). I reckon Ferguson with players like Keane, Bruce, Schmeichel and Irwin around him, would have mostly kept him in check. Obviously, he does suffer with depression and mental illness, but I think Ferguson would've at least been able to keep his Forest form for a little bit longer instead of the nosedive his career took about a year and a half into his Liverpool stint. I've heard Collymore talk about how Roy Evans was a lovely bloke but could not control that Liverpool dressing room, and they just took the piss. Whether Ferguson could and would have indulged those two personalities (Cantona & Collymore) at the same time I don't know, but at the very least he would have been playing with better players. However, I'm sure he would have been better off staying with Forest but once his head was turned that was it.
It's a good job Shearer didn't join that Man Utd team, up front with Cantona, I hate to think how many goals he would have scored. It would have been 40-50 a season and they probably would have won another title and another Champions League.
Tricky Tourist
Viv Anderson
I'm not sure why he's vanished but he probably ought to be brought back in from cold storage in place of Omabamadele for the Everton game.
Rockabilly
GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
Aye... is Boly injured?
Notcher
Stuart Pearce
Injured. Doesn't sound like he's anywhere near being fit unless Nuno is doing a Cooper
Tricky Tourist
Viv Anderson
I suppose even if he's got a leg in a plaster cast he'd still do better at defending set pieces than all our other centre backs