Smokedsalmon 1,247 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 our left back is tragic and his name is marvin johnson der der der der... Link to post Share on other sites
BoroSmoggie 2,679 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Could really do with 3 points against Barnsley next week now. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 12 minutes ago, DanFromDownSouth said: Think the ruling is if it is a deliberate attempt to play the ball and comes off that defender attempting to block/header etc, then it isn't offside. If it just hits someone who is in the way, but not attempting to play the ball, then it's a normal offside. Are we sure block attempts count as a deliberate attempt to play the ball? Because even a player standing still in front of the shot is deliberately attempting to play the ball if that's the case. I feel it's more like if the player in question could reasonably be judged as trying to make in some way an offensive pass, either to retain possession or to play it forward or something. If the player is just trying to get any body part between them and a shot just to defend the goal, should that be considered as an attempt to play it? My understanding based on what happened is if Tav was offside when that shot was made by Morsy, it counts as offside. What you're saying makes it sound like he shouldn't be. Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 On the positive side, we doubled the gap between us and the bottom three and we aren't conceding as many as our rivals but the lack of creativity means that we need to be converting chances when we get them and we had the opportunities to do that today...hopefully the injuries will have cleared up by next weekend...weird that we have six games next month but there is also a two-week gap for the internationals...still need a spark from somewhere Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, alexutb said: We'd be such a better teams if we improved our full backs. Fairly happy how we played aside the wing backs start Morsy next game, utb I think Spence has had an up and down game today. On one or two occasions he really got what was required going forward. Most the time though, he just wasn't aggressive enough in the play going forward. But again, the lad is still generally offering more than Johnson as an attacking outlet and is plenty of years his junior. With Bola and Coulson on the bench again today, you have to wonder what either of those lads has to do to get on the pitch. Maybe blackmail? Link to post Share on other sites
SmogDane 4,052 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I want to see Fletcher and Akpom together... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,220 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 minute ago, wilsoncgp said: I think Spence has had an up and down game today. On one or two occasions he really got what was required going forward. Most the time though, he just wasn't aggressive enough in the play going forward. But again, the lad is still generally offering more than Johnson as an attacking outlet and is plenty of years his junior. With Bola and Coulson on the bench again today, you have to wonder what either of those lads has to do to get on the pitch. Maybe blackmail? Move to another club? Become a referee? Link to post Share on other sites
DevKWat 2,365 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 minute ago, SmogDane said: I want to see Fletcher and Akpom together... Me too. unfortunately our £15m Captain who misses sitters for fun won't be dropped. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie-H 1,322 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) We've had a narrow loss to Watford away, drew with Bournemouth at home and got a point at QPR considering we all think we haven't really put it all together yet that isn't a bad set of results to be honest. The worry now is the games in October/November come thick and fast it will test our thin squad I think we need 3 more in maybe 4. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BoroYorkie 94 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 That game highlighted how much we need better options than Spence & Johnson. When we were on top they were the weak links going forward, same defensively. For the life of me I can’t understand why johnson shows players the inside rather than the line...I thought this was something everyone was taught 1st day as a kid. Other than those 2 I think we are a lot better and work more as a team. Need that first win. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Changing Times said: Move to another club? Become a referee? I suppose Coulson could have swapped benches today and wore a Tom Carroll mask. Maybe he did!? I think Coulson would be a rubbish referee though. In which case, that's probably his best avenue of getting on the pitch in the EFL. Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,403 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) I didn't think that Lyndon Dykes did anything in that game, which is good. I want every missed signing to flop. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,220 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, DevKWat said: 4 minutes ago, SmogDane said: I want to see Fletcher and Akpom together... Me too. unfortunately our £15m Captain who misses sitters for fun won't be dropped. Not being funny but Akpom was barely in the game today especially in the second half. I know he scored the goal but he wasn't really involved at all for a lot of that. Did the odd nice thing earlier on though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
DevKWat 2,365 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Coulson must've dropped off a cliff if he can't even get a look in over Johnson. Yes, Coulson isn't brilliant defensively but would he be any worse than Johnson? I know for a fact he'd bring a hell of a lot more going forward 2 Link to post Share on other sites
tmcc 583 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Just now, Changing Times said: Not being funny but Akpom was barely in the game today especially in the second half. I know he scored the goal but he wasn't really involved at all for a lot of that. Did the odd nice thing earlier on though. looked exciting for 20-30 mins, but then suddenly he went full britt mode, heavy touches, running in trouble etc, still he scored from his only real chance which is more than britt can say. Link to post Share on other sites
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