'Other Boro stuff'

[Changing Times 12,347]

Oh that's right, he owns Bristol Bears as well.

Yeah they've cashed in on some players but they've spent a few quid as well.  Considering they don't have parachute payments then there is only so much they can do.  I'm sure some of the players they've signed are on decent money as well, just looking at who they are?

[diggerlad07 3,695]

3 hours ago, Changing Times said:

Bristol City remind me a little bit of say Derby or Forest over the last couple of years.  Spent a decent amount of money but seem to be less than the sum of their parts.

Yeah very strange team especially with the amount they are spending on the ground rebuild as well.

Forest board must be getting sick of Chris Houghton already, although last night's win might give him another week or so. 😂 Forest owner is a absolute mad man isn't he!?!

[Humpty 3,261]

On 12/15/2020 at 11:22 PM, wilsoncgp said:

That's Humpty who makes those rules, right?

it's also common sense

[Brunners 7,982]

10 minutes ago, Humpty said:

it's also common sense

Sorry, always forget us distant fans are lesser beings to you, oh Humpty my great lord.

[wilsoncgp 9,283]

Thing is, right. I had my first season ticket last season in over a decade. And honestly, the amount of times I'd come on here afterwards asking questions about what had happened or who'd done what, the idea that because you are at the game and so are in the best position to judge the performance or the players individually is utter nonsense. It's a very different perspective to someone who would be sat at home for sure, you'll 100% get a better sense of the atmosphere around the pitch, for where you're sat in the ground you might have a better view of real-time events as they happen in front of you. You might catch an off-ball event before the cameras or what the cameras won't see. But you don't get to replay what you saw, you don't get the benefit of multiple angles, the amount of times I've come on here and thought we should have had a penalty given for or against us at the South stand side when I was sat in the North stand just to be told it was a good tackle. What about judging players for decisions they've made when you don't have a good view of it?

To come on and say not just that it's right that those at the stadium have the best place to judge everything but that it's common sense is nothing but elitist. It's a different perspective, in terms of judging things ultimately it has its benefits and its drawbacks. Unless you're sat in the middle of the top tier of the West Stand you don't even have a great view of the whole pitch and when you do, it's not like you're seeing everything at once, when you miss something, that taints your view of things come the end of the game.

[Humpty 3,261]

You probably need to be a bit more observant. Less booze 🍻

[wilsoncgp 9,283]

7 minutes ago, Humpty said:

You probably need to be a bit more observant. Less booze 🍻

I literally never drank a single pint at the match, I drove to and from Sunderland to get there. Try again.

[oldman 155]

1 hour ago, wilsoncgp said:

I literally never drank a single pint at the match, I drove to and from Sunderland to get there. Try again.

It must be the bright lights of Middlesbrogh dazzling you after the gloom on Wearside

[wilsoncgp 9,283]

1 minute ago, oldman said:

It must be the bright lights of Middlesbrogh dazzling you after the gloom on Wearside

Or Humpty could be talking ***. Always a possibility. 😉

[Brunners 7,982]

3 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said:

Or Humpty could be talking ***. Always a possibility. 😉

Humpty?! No, never...

[Old Codger 3,064]

That would be like thinking his user name was rhyming slang 🙂

[Changing Times 12,347]

Premier League Legends Juninho programme on Sky Sports PL at 18:30 for those interested.

[TLF10 4,497]

18 minutes ago, Changing Times said:

Premier League Legends Juninho programme on Sky Sports PL at 18:30 for those interested.

Got that in my planner @Changing Times. Its my go to video to cheer me up.  Juninho to me is what porn is to other men.

[DanFromDownSouth 1,706]

2 minutes ago, TLF10 said:

Got that in my planner @Changing Times. Its my go to video to cheer me up.  Juninho to me is what porn is to @SmogDane.

Fixed it.

[ladyspite 385]

On 12/17/2020 at 12:20 PM, wilsoncgp said:

Thing is, right. I had my first season ticket last season in over a decade. And honestly, the amount of times I'd come on here afterwards asking questions about what had happened or who'd done what, the idea that because you are at the game and so are in the best position to judge the performance or the players individually is utter nonsense. It's a very different perspective to someone who would be sat at home for sure, you'll 100% get a better sense of the atmosphere around the pitch, for where you're sat in the ground you might have a better view of real-time events as they happen in front of you. You might catch an off-ball event before the cameras or what the cameras won't see. But you don't get to replay what you saw, you don't get the benefit of multiple angles, the amount of times I've come on here and thought we should have had a penalty given for or against us at the South stand side when I was sat in the North stand just to be told it was a good tackle. What about judging players for decisions they've made when you don't have a good view of it?

To come on and say not just that it's right that those at the stadium have the best place to judge everything but that it's common sense is nothing but elitist. It's a different perspective, in terms of judging things ultimately it has its benefits and its drawbacks. Unless you're sat in the middle of the top tier of the West Stand you don't even have a great view of the whole pitch and when you do, it's not like you're seeing everything at once, when you miss something, that taints your view of things come the end of the game.

Formations of the teams are easier to see live though.