Recent content by manor96

In fairness, the scoreboard does the same.

First Roman amphitheatre - Pompeii, c.70Bc First Roman aqueduct - Aqua Appia c.310BC First Roman Baths c.300BC (and about 150 of them before Augustus’ accession). As you say, every day’s a school day.

At last, a Yellows Forum topic which is firmly in my wheelhouse! Excellent post, with one exception - Plato and Aristotle, yes; Cicero, no. He, like other Romans in the 1st century BC, would turn up their noses at the idea of transposing a zeta as a z. It wasn’t until the 3rd century AD that the...

Jensen’s distribution against us was a little suspect but his goalkeeping basics looked excellent. He commanded his area well, stayed big in several one on situations and made some important saves to keep them in the game.

Gives me Marvin Johnson vibes

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-anfield-exit-25055390 An interesting read. Klopp’s comments quite telling: described him as ‘a real talent’ but rebuked him for chasing a pay day. He’s also labelled an Oxford ‘fan’s favourite’. I presume they...

I think ‘we didn’t look like scoring’ is hyperbole. I too came away from the game wondering where goals were going to come from but, on reflection, we did create more chances than I initially felt - Bodin’s massive opportunity at the back post and Moore’s free header as well as Browne’s free...

I guess we all see football a bit differently but I respect your opinion. Personally, I saw the issue on Saturday as being rooted in Bodin and Henry’s inability to hold their full backs, negating Browne’s ability to run the channels. This meant our full backs had lots of time on the ball but no...

The point I’m trying to make relates to your comment ‘McGuane is playing brilliantly on the ball as a deep lying ball player, this is not a specialist defensive midfielder’. Perhaps Robinson (like Jardim did of Fabinho) sees CDM attributes in McGuane that would be wasted elsewhere. He might be...

Fabinho the specialist defensive midfielder who actually came through the ranks as a right back and only moved into CDM at Monaco because a manager (Jardim) took a punt on him, thinking he was wasted at full back?

Personnel thoughts: McGuane was tidy, powerful and combative. He would be my tip for the next asset a Championship club come in for. Brannagan, by his high standards, was poor. Regardless of whether he got the ball, the FK for their goal was a bit of a petulant challenge. He struggled to use...

Tactical thoughts: KR was outthought but Barton who, for all I dislike him, organised Rovers well and made them hard to break down. They disrupted the game effectively when ahead. Their time wasting was infuriating to watch from our end but there were some astute moments, including Barton’s sub...

Drab

20 minutes later…

Marquis showing how to play that lone striker role - full of aggro and knows how to draw a foul. Moore on thin ice already and we know Marquis will keep backing into him / jumping under him.