The Fish

I'm not sure it is, we're decent at defending on the whole and certainly not what I'd consider weak at defending set pieces. I think the problem is that we don't concede many goals, so every goal conceded is scrutinised. I'd also say that set-pieces are the great leveller, Man City and Arsenal can come unstuck because West Brom have fielded 6 centre backs who can all bully the elfin midfielders of those title chasing teams. I can't find stats on it, but I don't think we've conceded a large number of set-piece goals.

That win was, by all accounts very flattering to Sunderland. Mate was at the game and said, while Palace were shite, Sunderland seemed to score with every 2nd shot, while Palace's shots were meek or wayward. It wasn't that Sunderland dominated the game or that they played particularly well, they just took the few chances they had. That's certainly backed up by the stats. He's not a Palace fan, so he had no dog in that fight.

/nerd

I suppose it's got a craft ale shop/bar in here, but it's not a proper pub-sized pub.

Well, we're not playing well, we're not getting results and the others are catching up. Even though we're the division's top goal scorers, with the most wins, we're the form side and the chasing pack are 6pts and a shit ton of goal difference behind us.

We make do.

It is, and it is, but there isn't a craft ale pub in Altrincham yet, so CAMRA will do.

Holmfirth is catching our eye, if they don't have one, I'll set one up.

Definitely, but make it soon, apparently we might be on the move again within a year or so.

Yeah, Altrincham now. It's right nice, they've got all the things a growing pretentious arsehole could need; a foodie market, a proper CAMRA pub, independent coffeeshops, delis, bakeries and whatnot. But it also has a Greggs and a Wetherspoons

I miss that job. Decent money, piece of piss, good lads... only downsides were having a fucked up body clock, having to work weekends and having a shit boss. But then most people have a shit boss and if you don't, you're the shit boss.

Congrats I've also got a new job (shocker, I know) but this time I have an office, so I'll be able to spend more time dicking around on here

Aye everyone knows the best rocks to use are Hawaiian rocks.

They do, but surely they's run out of miracles?

Without knowing the reasons for that termination and seeing he's now playing regularly in a better league, I'm not so sure.

I don't mind rugby fans trying to tell me that their game is better because the play is more about teamwork and there aren't primadonnas. If they're actually rugby fans who attend games, who understand the rules and who aren't just girls who like the big burly men. I mean, the rugby fans are wrong, it's not a better sport, it's an inferior sport in many many ways, but at least they know what they're talking about.

I hope he makes something of his career as he seemed to have the ability, and seemed a nice kid off the pitch. No idea what want on, but I don't begrudge him success like I do Ranger. Abeid is another that looked ok and I don't fully understand what he did wrong, he's at Dijon at the minute.

There's a thread about which 3 clubs they think will go down, only 5 from the 32 who answered the OP's question think they'll go down. They're bottom of the league with 19pts, 2 wins in their last twelve games.

Raphael Honigstein just asked on twitter if there was anything worse in football than a cross that doesn't beat the first man? For me it's foul throws and a throw-in taker demanding the ball back when in an offside position. How can you get either of those wrong? You're a goddamn professional son, act like it.

He's back at Coventry.

Aye, but most of the kids these days have no idea about that stuff. So Twitter, journalists and fanzines try to fabricate a rivalry to get RTs, clicks and attention. No real problem with that to be honest, football is always more interesting if there's confrontation. It's just when it's handled so clumsily, like Villa's desperate grab for our attention. They've a local rival in this league, one who next season they should really be in a position to embarrass, why not stoke the fires of the Wolves rivalry?

Hope someone corrects me if I get this wrong, but essentially when the miners were striking it was the Nottinghamshire pits that broke ranks and weakened the position of the unions. There was also a pitch incursion by us which forced a replay that we won (can't remember but I think we were losing at the time, or were missing a couple key players?)

The young lads going now have no earthly idea why. They'll join in shouting "Scabs" at the Forest fans, but they don't really know why.