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pb1951

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Does anyone else agree with me that we have the worst ball boys in the top flight?
They take an age to get the ball back especially when we are up against it late on in the game. Liverpool and Arsenal ball boys are are the best I have seen this year they can make a big difference when time Is running out. They also appear to be located both pitch side and behind advertising boards where ours are always behind.
Having said all this I would say ours are impartial and the same for both teams, unlike the Rag ones yesterday who couldn't bring themselves to hand the Spurs players the ball in the later stages and just dropped it at their feet.
 
There's already been a sad thread on BM slagging off our ballboys a few months ago, you do realise it's not up to them to defend or score goals don't you.

'shakes head'
 
pb1951 said:
So there might be an issue then if other people have the same opinion about them
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The only issue is our under performing multi millionaire footballers, to try to claim it's the ball boys fault for not getting the ball back in 1.7 seconds is quite frankly pathetic and clutching at straws
 
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blue b4 the moon said:
Ball boys should be taken from home clubs junior sides and trained according.

They should not in any way effect the game, if the raggy ones were timewasting yesterday it shows what a fucking disgrace of a club they are.
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I can see the headline already.
What a waste of money.
Manchester City, known to have been ruining football since 2008, have plumbed new depths as it has been revealed that, even though City spent over £2billion on their state of the art academy, their ball boys are put to shame by Utd....... The owner is said to be furious with this development as it highlights how their new manager, Pep Guardiola, is struggling to come to terms with the Premier League. Guardiola, 45, is well known for being a work shy individual, who only coaches ready made teams and has found the Premier League almost impossible to understand. A spokesman said, "we knew getting the football sorted might take a few years but to not have the ball boys adequately trained is very difficult to take, as we'd appointed Guardiola with the specific aim of getting the ball back into play very quickly, if we were left losing, but hiding it under their jackets and throwing it the wrong way, into the crowd, whenever we are winning." City fans are said to be appalled with this latest revelation and many have commented on how this highlights where the club is going wrong. A supporters club spokesman said that it was yet another example of why the club is suffering for not appointing Jose Mourinho. A united supporters club representative stated that this fully vindicated the Glazers turning down Guardiola in favour of proven winner, Jose Mourinho.
 
pb1951 said:
Does anyone else agree with me that we have the worst ball boys in the top flight?
They take an age to get the ball back especially when we are up against it late on in the game. Liverpool and Arsenal ball boys are are the best I have seen this year they can make a big difference when time Is running out. They also appear to be located both pitch side and behind advertising boards where ours are always behind.
Having said all this I would say ours are impartial and the same for both teams, unlike the Rag ones yesterday who couldn't bring themselves to hand the Spurs players the ball in the later stages and just dropped it at their feet.
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We are generally too 'nice' all round. I just wonder if Pep is too nice for the PL and we do things the right way that hands other clubs an instant advantage that is never reciprocated.

Did away teams see a nice side to the GPC when they took away at least a point from The Swamp? He was all sweetness, light and a shared bottle of claret when The Donkeys had battered someone with the collusion of Howie Redshirt or Old Mother Riley.
 
Despite the flack the OP is taking, I completely agree with him.
The speed in which the ball is recovered can be integral to maintaining tempo, especially when we're chasing the game.
Alternatively, as dirty as it is, slowing down the speed of the game whilst we're grinding out a result.
Unfortunately the former has been the most likely scenario so far this season.

This type of tactic is common play, especially in La Liga.
I've seen such a need for play to be resumed that it's resulted in two balls being thrown on the pitch at the same time.

Understandably this seems to be the least of our problems right now but football being the industry it is these days, every fine margin counts.
 
Great, now the ball boys are shit.

Who needs the sack over this?

Anyone?
 
york away to this! said:
Perhaps they are trained at the city academy of half time pint-pulling...
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These cnuts set the tone for the complete match day experience, if they are slow before the game , word spreads, people realise that they won't get the chance to throw their beer around on the concourse and stay in the pub, those inside the ground are deflated before the teams even come onto the pitch and don't sing enough, which leads to our defenders making mistakes and conceding goals.
If we want to move to the next level we need to buy top quality speedy pint pourers in January
 
What are you on about? They were spot-on vs the Arse. Rapid recovery and ball circulation when it was ours, appropriate levels of disdain, disinterest and nonchalance when it was theirs.
 
pb1951 said:
Does anyone else agree with me that we have the worst ball boys in the top flight?
They take an age to get the ball back especially when we are up against it late on in the game. Liverpool and Arsenal ball boys are are the best I have seen this year they can make a big difference when time Is running out. They also appear to be located both pitch side and behind advertising boards where ours are always behind.
Having said all this I would say ours are impartial and the same for both teams, unlike the Rag ones yesterday who couldn't bring themselves to hand the Spurs players the ball in the later stages and just dropped it at their feet.
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Yep can't stand the ball boys who leave at 80 minutes either.. must be going with their Dads to beat the traffic
 
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