Strange moments yesterday

[Sol thewall Bamba]

36 minutes ago, Bert said:

The Elite supporter section 

Which one's that? 

[LCFC FOX]

I’d imagine he’s talking about L1. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, F1_AN said:

Shelvey hoofing it upfield from throw in was weird but annoyingly we kept letting him do it 

I saw Rafa telling one of his players to do exactly this - hoof it upfield and give it height. He had seen that we only had Morgan and Maguire back and that they were completely confused with who should do what - particularly Morgan. At other times it was only morgan with Hamza or one of the other smaller guys covering.

 

 

3 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Yeah that happened about 5 times. I mentioned it during the game.

 

We make throw ins look hard and have done for the past 6 or 7 years.

 

We have been shit at throw ins for years. Really disappoints me. We might as well let the other team take it. We're becoming as bad with FKs and corners too.

 

I was surprised that we didn't give the throw ins to Hamza, he has a bullet throw like Fuchs but without Iborra we really had no-one to head it anyway.

 

2 hours ago, Sammy said:

Chilwell did this twice yesterday, kicked the ball out himself and then walked over to go and take the throw in. Richie had to stop him from doing it the second time. Proper Jeff Schlupp behaviour

I think he wanted to get on with the game - Newcastle were time wasting and we knew that they had to have to ball back. I thought it was quite a clever idea. 

[fazzyfox]

It bugs me when a player in a fairly comfortable position ie not particularly under pressure opts to let the ball run out for a throw instead of controlling it and playing on, when they know our throws have a 50/50 or less chance of keeping possession. Maybe it comes from when Fuchs is playing and we see it as a chance to bring up the CB's for a long throw but when he's not playing or we're in a deeper position we still do it and go from potentially being in possession to a lottery. I think full backs are coached to do it as a way of ending the opposition attack and giving everyone a chance to get back into formation or maybe it's a confidence thing, when confidence is high you keep it in and take responsibility for the ball. If you're seeing out a win then it's a timewasting opportunity and understandable but when you're chasing a game and should be on the frontfoot it seems a backwards step.

[NorthfieldsFox]

Sat near the L1 crew yesterday (the ones in east stand nearest the away fans) was sure I heard them singing “fcuk the Thai’s”

 

Now if I’m wrong I apologise , but that’s what it sounded like and others around me said that’s what they were singing and those people near me were vocally telling them to shut up etc..... 

 

if that’s the case and they were singing that the club should use CCTV to identify anyone singing it and take away their season tickets. 

 

I hope Im wrong  

[RutlanderFox]

32 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Sat near the L1 crew yesterday (the ones in east stand nearest the away fans) was sure I heard them singing “fcuk the Thai’s”

 

Now if I’m wrong I apologise , but that’s what it sounded like and others around me said that’s what they were singing and those people near me were vocally telling them to shut up etc..... 

 

if that’s the case and they were singing that the club should use CCTV to identify anyone singing it and take away their season tickets. 

 

I hope Im wrong  

Maybe it was “up the Thais”? Just a desperate suggestion for an alternative because it’s so difficult for me to get my head around why anyone would sing what you suggested they sung. I hope you’re wrong also.

[fazzyfox]

Not during the match but......had a very strange experience at the station. On the steps down to the platform six guys who had seen my City shirt and were just a foot behind me started singing "We clap with our hands, we clap with our hands.." I thought they must be Newcastle (despite being fairly legible) but ended on "Coventry City, we clap with our hands". I noticed some Police at the bottom of the stairs just as it was intensifying and thought "mmm, Coventry City, if only there was the slightest of things I could nit pick at in that strutting stormtrooper of a well organised football club", resulting in a medley of "We are Premier league....we own our own ground.....we won the league" etc. Got down to the platform and there's a crowd of lads ahead of me, I say to them "Can you believe this, Coventry fans trying to take the piss out of us?". To my surprise they were Geordies but backed me up straight away.."Coventry? Didn't they lose 6-2 to Yeovil on Monday?"

I replied loudly, "yeah and then to the local girl guides team on Wednesday" which brought applause and laughter from the platforn, police and all. The Chaventry fans  went to their platform shouting something about my hair loss as 6 on 1 had become 6 on 51. 

 

Got talking to the Geordies about our clubs, a great bunch. Banter from them, a team that have just beaten us would have been expected, a comment on clappers fair enough, but from random Chaventry fans only here for a connection, when their club is a million miles away from being where we are at, a very strange and lucky for me the other lads were pro Leicester (went on to say how much they respect our achievements) or it could have ended differently!

 

Coventry!

 

Enjoy the clapping with hands at your consolation goals vs Yeovil (and St Agatha's under 14's)!

[NorthfieldsFox]

2 hours ago, RutlanderFox said:

Maybe it was “up the Thais”? Just a desperate suggestion for an alternative because it’s so difficult for me to get my head around why anyone would sing what you suggested they sung. I hope you’re wrong also.

How I hope and wish that was it 

[Spudulike]

Walikng back up Raw Dykes Road yesterday I ear-wigged a conversation between a couple of City lads moaning about the team when a Geordie walking alongside made the point that he'd been watching his club for over 40 years and had never seen them win anything, unlike us.

[fazzyfox]

People joining a queue thinking "is it for beer, is it for chocolate, beer or chocolate?" Then discovering it's for information about the new training ground. Hense the words "Information" above it. I'm sure it's very interesting but try telling that to a thirsty chocoholic at 2:40.

Edited 8 April 2018 by fazzyfox