Maybes Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Is it just me that thinks the funniest part to that link, is that their forum is plastered with adverts for Transport For London? Based on your cookies mate. Like mine was the Leicester T20 as I'd just been on the website.
Babylon Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 81 shots, 5 goals, that's impressive from Wickham. Where did you get those stats from? The squawka comparison matrix... possibly the best thing ever invented (ok maybe not). http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix 2
Foxymcoxy Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 (edited) I've noticed this season, how little fans of the bigger clubs actually know about football Man City seem to know a bit to be fair. I guess because a lot of them have been around before they were a big club. But yeah you are right the vast majority of ****** who support teams in the top 4 don't have a clue about anyone playing below them... Edited 22 May 2015 by Foxymcoxy
lgfualol Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 The squawka comparison matrix... possibly the best thing ever invented (ok maybe not). http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix Oh boy I can't wait to show this to people when I next hear a moaning Sunderland fan moaning about Vardy over Wickham.
Captain... Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 (edited) The squawka comparison matrix... possibly the best thing ever invented (ok maybe not). http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix I spy an unproductive afternoon at work coming up, I've managed to break it already, I was looking up Morgan's defensive figures compared to our other defenders, I chose defensive errors as a measure and it is still calculating, says it all really... Edited 22 May 2015 by Captain...
benpicko Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 I spy an unproductive afternoon at work coming up, I've managed to break it already, I was looking up Morgan's defensive figures compared to our other defenders, I chose defensive errors as a measure and it is still calculating, says it all really...
cc_star Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Not bad at all, bloody excellent in fact considering his on the pitch time, and the shambles the team was defensively for a period
Dr The Singh Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 There's a great quote from that Man Utd forum: "England will never progress if we continue to pick players like Jamie Vardy." Go on then, name another player like Jamie Vardy who's been called up for England duty recently. In fact, name another player like Jamie Vardy. I agree with them, Jamie is a very good player for us, but no way is he good enough for a mid to top international team.
Foxymcoxy Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 I agree with them, Jamie is a very good player for us, but no way is he good enough for a mid to top international team. But who are you sposed to pick? We have run out of strikers that are available and better than him...
Haydos Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Oh boy I can't wait to show this to people when I next hear a moaning Sunderland fan moaning about Vardy over Wickham. Go on that Reddit thread and back me up with those stats, it's crying out for them. I've heard Danny Welbeck is faster and harder working than Vardy, rub that in their smug faces. I can't be bothered any more
Dr The Singh Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 But who are you sposed to pick? We have run out of strikers that are available and better than him...Exactly, that is why that point made by that man u fan is valid. It shows the state of English strikers in this country
cc_star Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 I agree with them, Jamie is a very good player for us, but no way is he good enough for a mid to top international team. Know what you mean, but.... You can tell that from all his previous International appearances? I think he's got something we've not seen from England players for years. Hope he gets a chance & makes the most of it! 1
RonnieTodger Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 "How is Jamie Vardy good enough to play for England but [insert any non-striker] isn't?" This. Let's just take a squad of 23 midfielders, fuck it.
lgfualol Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Go on that Reddit thread and back me up with those stats, it's crying out for them. I've heard Danny Welbeck is faster and harder working than Vardy, rub that in their smug faces. I can't be bothered any more I can't be bothered either haha, that thread pissed me off too much. There are many Stoke and Sunderland fans on there that seem to shit on us on whenever possible.
Dr The Singh Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 (edited) Know what you mean, but.... You can tell that from all his previous International appearances? I think he's got something we've not seen from England players for years. Hope he gets a chance & makes the most of it! Come on Star, even with my blue tinted specs, I love the guy, I hope he enjoys the experience, but were foooked as a nation if we cant develop better. Edited 22 May 2015 by Dr The Singh
davieG Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Arsene Wenger REVEALS advice he offered Nigel Pearson in Leicester's survival scrap ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger admits he never doubted Leicester would retain their Premier League status this season. By DAVID WRIGHT PUBLISHED: 15:19, Fri, May 22, 2015 | UPDATED: 16:03, Fri, May 22, 2015 GETTY Arsene Wenger never doubted Nigel Pearson's survival hopesThe Foxes were destined to go down two months ago as they sat rockbottom and seven points adrift of 17th, but a run of six wins in eight outings has seen them claw their way up the table. Last weekend's draw at Sunderland ensured safety for Nigel Pearson's men, with a 14th-place finish on the cards if they beat QPR on the final day of the season. And Wenger admits he offered encouragement to Pearson following the Gunners 2-1 home win over the Foxes back in February, insisting his side had what it takes to beat the drop. I told Nigel Pearson that if he continues with that quality, he will stay up Arsene Wenger "It’s not a surprise to me," Wenger said. "When we played them, and you can ask Nigel Parson, after the game they played against us at the Emirates, I told him that if he continues that spirit and with that quality in their game, he will stay up. "Let’s not forget that Leicester were a team who dominated the Championship last year and at the end of the day they stayed up. GETTY Arsene Wenger offered advice to Nigel Pearson after 2-1 win at the Emirates"I believe it’s difficult to predict what will happen next season because the Premiership, at the end after 38 games, you go down for one point more or one point less. "Who knows football well enough to predict that? I don’t. At the end of the day you want teams who play positive football to stay up and Leicester played good football."
Sharpe's Fox Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 I told him that if he continues that spirit and with that quality in their game, he will stay up.
IsItMuzzy Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 We've just got to find out who Nigel Parson is now #parsonoutSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
davieG Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Patience. An archaic word where English football is concerned, one that will cause future generations to enquire: What on Earth was that? Whether it's Raheem Sterling hankering for £150,000 a week for being marginally better than Liverpool team-mates Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini this season, or every teenager who's eligible being fast-tracked into the England senior squad and dubbed the nation's next great hope, patience is something we're running out of time for these days. Managers are often the first to suffer when boardroom agitation sets in. In the Premier League this season - where, as of May 2015, the average managerial tenure is a mere 2.2 years - 60 percent of teams in the bottom half of the table have implemented changes at the top, with West Ham all but certain to bump that figure up to 70 (assuming they fail to better Everton's result on Sunday). So how refreshing then, to see Leicester City survive having backed their boss earlier in the campaign. It must have been immensely tempting for the Foxes, newly-promoted this season of course, to guillotine Nigel Pearson at the end of March with the club seven points from safety and propping up the table, having failed to win a league game since mid-January. It was a close call, apparently, with reports in February claiming that Pearson had been sacked before being immediately restored to his post. He of course denies that this was ever the case, though it's not hard to imagine him putting up such a fight having once defeated a pack wild dogs on a solo walking trip to Eastern Europe. But even for a manager who hadn't instructed one of his own supporters to "f*** off and die" before grappling with an opposition player on the touchline, that would have been a precarious position to be in. Southampton's decision to dispense of Nigel Adkins two years earlier, in which time they have established themselves as one of the division's top seven or eight clubs, must have played on the minds of those in the King Power Stadium boardroom. Clearly, Pearson has found the step up to Premier League management tough - certainly in terms of pressure-handling and coping with the increased media attention that comes with taking up residence in the world's most popular domestic league. Ostrich-gate is a prime example of that. It hasn't, however, affected his ability to manage and thankfully, the Leicester bigwigs were smart enough to visualise the bigger picture. At the time, before the run of six wins from eight matches that preserved their top-flight status with a game to spare, the Foxes' results painted a grim picture. But the performances were always there (Leicester are yet to lose by a greater margin than two this season) and the players certainly never looked like they'd given up the fight or lost faith in their manager. Surely, it was only a matter of time before the two intertwined and that proved to be the case. For someone like Newcastle, who practically forced Alan Pardew out of St. James' Park and into the clutches of Crystal Palace in December, you can't help but feel a glance at that bigger picture would helped the Magpies avoid their current predicament. They can still be relegated if Hull win and they lose on the season's final day. But patience isn't always a guaranteed formula for success. Burnley persevered with Sean Dyche and could finish bottom, while Hull kept faith in Steve Bruce and are likely to follow the Clarets into the Championship next season. It's also hard to envisage Palace and West Brom being 12th and 13th respectively, had they not dispensed of their under-performing bosses over the festive period. Though, with both Alan Irvine and Neil Warnock appointed only a few months prior to their sackings, perhaps they should have given a little more deliberation to who was given the role in the first place. With a ticket to the Premier League now worth £120million a season, thinking with a clear head is always going to be difficult for those pulling the strings at our clubs - but that's why Leicester deserve a pat on the back for their handling of Pearson. So make the most of it because managers like him might not get a chance in years to come - but then again, how many of those have battled killer dogs in the Carpathian mountains? 2
Popular Post ARM1968 Posted 22 May 2015 Popular Post Posted 22 May 2015 About time players like Vardy were chosen over the pampered greedy fecks who often can't be arsed to play for the national team. I remember watching Greece a few Euro's ago. No one gave them a chance because they had no 'players'. What they did have were a team willing to fight for the country and each other. Vardy will do that all day long. As a Leicester fan I e had to watch England fail to turn up year after year, tournament after tournament. If Roy picked a team full of players who wanted to play for their country we might get somewhere. The whole country should get behind the team and stop whinging like parochial village idiots. 6
deejdeej Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Ha that article about Pearson is class. The bit about him telling one of our fans to F off and die then grappling with an opposition player makes it sound like it was a one off day when he went on a mad one.
anotherwin Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 About time players like Vardy were chosen over the pampered greedy fecks who often can't be arsed to play for the national team. I remember watching Greece a few Euro's ago. No one gave them a chance because they had no 'players'. What they did have were a team willing to fight for the country and each other. Vardy will do that all day long. As a Leicester fan I e had to watch England fail to turn up year after year, tournament after tournament. If Roy picked a team full of players who wanted to play for their country we might get somewhere. The whole country should get behind the team and stop whinging like parochial village idiots. Well said Sir!
Sir Shep Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 About time players like Vardy were chosen over the pampered greedy fecks who often can't be arsed to play for the national team. I remember watching Greece a few Euro's ago. No one gave them a chance because they had no 'players'. What they did have were a team willing to fight for the country and each other. Vardy will do that all day long. As a Leicester fan I e had to watch England fail to turn up year after year, tournament after tournament. If Roy picked a team full of players who wanted to play for their country we might get somewhere. The whole country should get behind the team and stop whinging like parochial village idiots. Yup, this is exactly right.
Hollism Posted 22 May 2015 Posted 22 May 2015 Based on your cookies mate. Like mine was the Leicester T20 as I'd just been on the website. Oh right. I feel a pratt now then. That will be because I was looking at the Harry Potter studios tour site earlier then
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