Big Hill Blue wrote:How very dare you all!
That shower are our sworn enemy.
They are and will always be envious of our Capital City status, our glorious history, our little neighbours, and we will and should revel in these facts!!
We are shite on the pitch at the moment; but they will always be more shyter.
Our stadium is better, our kit is better, our fans are better, our city is better, our heritage is better, even the stuff we don't have is better.
If, using me as an example, our fans are sexier and prettier too
0-3.
C'mon City Onwards and upwards!!!!
Charge!
castleblue wrote:From what I've seen of Swansea this season I agree they are as bad as us BUT how many Centre Backs is MM going to start with. Swansea despite high possession look toothless at times and I think need to play square pegs in square holes, starting with NG / Sang and Bagan. Also keep Sam Bowen who I thought had a decent game against Reading.
I fear MM will go with his 5 centre backs and invite them on and that will be a huge mistake. This could go either way but one thing we don't need is MM filling the team with defensive players.
castleblue wrote:From what I've seen of Swansea this season I agree they are as bad as us BUT how many Centre Backs is MM going to start with. Swansea despite high possession look toothless at times and I think need to play square pegs in square holes, starting with NG / Sang and Bagan. Also keep Sam Bowen who I thought had a decent game against Reading.
I fear MM will go with his 5 centre backs and invite them on and that will be a huge mistake. This could go either way but one thing we don't need is MM filling the team with defensive players.
sir ninian wrote:People still going on about...
The highly charged atmosphere!
The intense rivalry!
The passion!
Obviously don't know anything about what this fixture has become.I used to be buzzing out of my skin before we played the jacks,but not anymore i'm afraid.This has become a boring fixture.and 4 hours on a coach to go 40 miles is a joke.
nubbsy wrote:sir ninian wrote:People still going on about...
The highly charged atmosphere!
The intense rivalry!
The passion!
Obviously don't know anything about what this fixture has become.I used to be buzzing out of my skin before we played the jacks,but not anymore i'm afraid.This has become a boring fixture.and 4 hours on a coach to go 40 miles is a joke.
This derby is practically dead. Our support at these games in recent years has been nothing short of embarrassing. It's not a fixture I look forward to anymore and I don't think a large portion of our fanbase even understands what it means.
Sven wrote:nubbsy wrote:sir ninian wrote:People still going on about...
The highly charged atmosphere!
The intense rivalry!
The passion!
Obviously don't know anything about what this fixture has become.I used to be buzzing out of my skin before we played the jacks,but not anymore i'm afraid.This has become a boring fixture.and 4 hours on a coach to go 40 miles is a joke.
This derby is practically dead. Our support at these games in recent years has been nothing short of embarrassing. It's not a fixture I look forward to anymore and I don't think a large portion of our fanbase even understands what it means.
It's certainly not the same as it was (from our end) nubbsy...
How it lost its sparkle (from our end) is a mix of 'new' support base, political interference and OTT policing with those excessive 'bubbles'
The idiots amongst our support can shoulder some blame, too. But either way, I agree the game has lost its way and is more meaningful to them than us; although it is a game from which a positive result will be key
OriginalGrangeEndBlue wrote:Sven wrote:nubbsy wrote:sir ninian wrote:People still going on about...
The highly charged atmosphere!
The intense rivalry!
The passion!
Obviously don't know anything about what this fixture has become.I used to be buzzing out of my skin before we played the jacks,but not anymore i'm afraid.This has become a boring fixture.and 4 hours on a coach to go 40 miles is a joke.
This derby is practically dead. Our support at these games in recent years has been nothing short of embarrassing. It's not a fixture I look forward to anymore and I don't think a large portion of our fanbase even understands what it means.
It's certainly not the same as it was (from our end) nubbsy...
How it lost its sparkle (from our end) is a mix of 'new' support base, political interference and OTT policing with those excessive 'bubbles'
The idiots amongst our support can shoulder some blame, too. But either way, I agree the game has lost its way and is more meaningful to them than us; although it is a game from which a positive result will be key
Chris, I also think the derby has lost its edge from a playing point of view.
That’s partly due to modern football where your hardly allowed to tackle but mostly, I think, the players don’t seem up for it as in years gone by.
These are usually pretty sterile games lately and I see little to no extra fight or urgency considering it’s the club and fans biggest game of the season.
Hoping McCarthy with his experience of these type of derby games can explain and get the players up for it from the first whistle.
Sven wrote:castleblue wrote:From what I've seen of Swansea this season I agree they are as bad as us BUT how many Centre Backs is MM going to start with. Swansea despite high possession look toothless at times and I think need to play square pegs in square holes, starting with NG / Sang and Bagan. Also keep Sam Bowen who I thought had a decent game against Reading.
I fear MM will go with his 5 centre backs and invite them on and that will be a huge mistake. This could go either way but one thing we don't need is MM filling the team with defensive players.
Gary, I so hope MM has learned his lesson. He is currently skating on thin ice from all sides, i.e. some on the (so called) Committee and some supporters
castleblue wrote:
I fear MM will go with his 5 centre backs and invite them on and that will be a huge mistake. This could go either way but one thing we don't need is MM filling the team with defensive players.
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