talkativesprout
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I much prefer the English pundits on American streams. Think Warren Barton is one of them. No agenda and a balanced technical oversight
A lot of people make deliberate nonsensical statements on various subjects in order to impress their target audience, so over the years, City have been on the end of many deliberate nonsensical statements (plenty by people who now say the exact opposite) because there are an alleged 650 million morons out there waiting to gobble it up.
But wheras Pep obviously doesn't coach tackling, he, or his coaches, have certainly been coaching defending & in particular the art of avoiding the neccessity of tackling, in the first place, in this system, & the results have been miraculous.
If you look in recent games at incidents where it's gone slightly wrong, & some of comically bad efforts by individuals to put it right, it shows just how good Pep has been, to keep such calamities down to a minimum.
Phil Thomson came out with a rare moment of sense regarding that on Saturday & the few number of mistakes made regarding where & when to make challenges, compared to last season & also the centre backs stepping into midfield & getting that right & how brave & precise it needs to be, in order to work.
When you hear people like him suddenly say something like that, it really makes you wonder how they can see that & yet talk such complete fucking childish bollocks most of he time. I really do wonder if most of them are just basically talking like idiots for he sake of it half the time, to appeal to idiots.
Or perhaps someone sits them all down & gives them a coaching lesson once a year to try & avoid them making career ending moments of stupidity.
I'm only 58, am I allowed up there ?
Robbie Earle on NBC is excellent as well.I much prefer the English pundits on American streams. Think Warren Barton is one of them. No agenda and a balanced technical oversight
Duncan Ferguson was the only player I can think of who did time in jail for an on-field assault. He was already on probation for a night club brawl when, playing for Rangers, he headbutted John McStay of Raith Rovers. The referee gave him a yellow card and the courts gave him three months!If I may be childish for a moment, the hardest player in football, certainly in my 57 years, has to be Duncan Ferguson. While burgling a nice house the two thugs/thieves see a huge figure emerge from the darkness. It's Mr F. Mr F hospitalises one of 'em and the other guy runs away. The police praise Mr F for acting bravely and responsibly. He was a pretty decent player - plagued by injuries though.
the media in this country are of the old world of the traditional clubs dominance, so much so that they even deny that Peps attacking philosophy can win the prem. They would prefer the old world of hoofball that keeps their team on top.what does being a luddite have to do with Media bias against City? Are our players robots? If they were, it would explain a lot. Especially KDB
I don't care for Barton - Fox announcers are by-in-large terrible (astonishingly, by design, as Fox executives want to water-down analysis so as to appeal to the novice viewer, and hire announcers accordingly); Barton's commentary is bland (but not insipid as most of the other commentators for Fox are).I much prefer the English pundits on American streams. Think Warren Barton is one of them. No agenda and a balanced technical oversight
We can all name a few who should have been dealt with by the courts. Why do tv pundits think that football authorities deal with on-pitch assaults rather than the courts. Attempting to snap anyone’s leg is punishable with a prison sentence. Why does football think it’s exempt from the rule of law ? The so-called football authorities are not authorities at all - they’re private companies with accounts filed at Companies House.Duncan Ferguson was the only player I can think of who did time in jail for an on-field assault. He was already on probation for a night club brawl when, playing for Rangers, he headbutted John McStay of Raith Rovers. The referee gave him a yellow card and the courts gave him three months!