DJ_NUFC

The only net I'd like to see him in is the one he fills when his cold, briny, bloated corpse is pulled by a trawler from the sea; whose icy stormed, pulverising depths have smashed that shit-eating grin off his face. I'll settle for behind Darlow though...

Aye, Elliot attempted to kick it/throw to Mitro or one of the wide lads (who are pretty tall for their positions). Much less of this Colback to Colo, Colo to Mbemba, Mbemba to Colback, Colback to Colo shit of the first few games. I don't know. I think we're kind of overestimating these cunts. I think if we actually play the ball on the ground we'll rape them. It's how we've always won against them. It's when we try and 'shore up' that we lose our bottle against them. I say do all the tiki-taka, gegenpressing, total football business we want as that's the way we'll have them chasing the ball.

Just the sort of game for Anita to do one of his famous disappearing acts in or for Tiote to get sent off in. Tough choice for McClaren. Riiiiight.

Yep, can't start with Tiote. We need to start with Colback and Anita, especially after they were finally starting to work together vs Chelsea and then Anita was unceremoniously dropped for the unrefined Tiote. McClaren needs to trust the two enough to take the mackems on. Ideally we'd have a proper DM alongside Anita but for now we can hope ginger jack will be up for this one.

Fucking fat fuck.

I truly apologize to everyone in this thread.

Aye, thank fuck for that. I was really worried about us lording it around the park like arrogant wankers of Arsene's Undefeated team.

TCD has expanded our minds, of that there is no denying.

I've never seen this Google Trends business, pretty awesome tool. I'm pretty sure gegenpressing is more specialized and related to footie, whereas 'counter pressing' is far more general (and they're two words), so I have no idea if you can compare the two as if we're comparing apples to apples using this tool. But hey, as I said, nobody was disputing the existence of the word. I personally have just heard 'football experts' and commentators use 'pressing,' or 'tactical pressing' or 'counter-pressing' way more on telly and in print than gegenpressing, but that could just be anecdotal.

I don't think the argument here was that gegenpressing doesn't exist, it was that it's indistinguishable from what is widely known as 'counter-pressing' or, colloquially, just 'pressing.' Oh gosh, what have I done.

I thought Gouffran's laced up for that scenario?

Can you give us a self-assessment, in TCD style? Do you gegenpress or just buy non-iron shirts? Is your aerial duel % higher than your coworker whose farts clash mid-air with yours? We await earnestly.

Amazing.

We're discussing Championship center-backs. Keep up.

Let's not forget about Lascelles, lads.

Aren't there any big fuck-you defenders in the Championship anymore that we can pick up? Someone better than Willo, of course.

Not very good imo. Similar strengths and weaknesses. We could try a high defensive line though. But would be similar to how it is now in terms of dealing with aerial balls. I'd take those two over Colo or Willo in there, tbh.

This is getting beyond tedious now. Take it outside, or the refs have to stop these imaginary yellow cards being given everywhere.

A freak. I do wonder how he and Mbemba would've fared in a partnership. Oh well. We have Colo and Willo to help me sleep warmly at night.

He's injured. Fuck McClaren.

Was there for a wedding last year. Quiet, leafy place, tbh. Aye it's very nice in places, I can't afford to live in Bromley proper, I'm trapped in the hinterland of SE20. Oh the house prices there are getting f***ing ludicrous. I used to reside in Streatham for a couple of years, and have spent enough time around Whitgift Centre to never have the rudebwoi slang leave my mind. You get me? In Wandsworth it's often 'you feel me?' Blatant Omar rip. Use it myself incessantly. Especially with the kids (mine, that is...). Raising them to be eloquent It's unavoidable, though, as it works its way into your own vocabulary as you say it in a pisstaking kind of way, but then you realize you can't fucking shake it off.

Was there for a wedding last year. Quiet, leafy place, tbh. Aye it's very nice in places, I can't afford to live in Bromley proper, I'm trapped in the hinterland of SE20. Oh the house prices there are getting fucking ludicrous. I used to reside in Streatham for a couple of years, and have spent enough time around Whitgift Centre to never have the rudebwoi slang leave my mind. You get me?

Was there for a wedding last year. Quiet, leafy place, tbh.

Wigan have actually won a trophy in their f***ing history. Palace are as tinpot as is physically possible to be without being Reading Football Club. Also, Croydon does not have a larger population than Newcastle. The Borough of Croydon has a larger population that the city of Newcastle, but that is a nonsensical comparison. The Tyneside area is over twice as big as the Borough, and the city of Newcastle is twice as big as the town of Croydon. Aston Villa have won the European Cup, are they a bigger club than Arsenal? Are they a bigger club than us? Are all of the 20 something English teams that have won a trophy since we last one bigger, better and more successful than our own? The cup logic doesn't work. The club produces a good amount of talent relative to its success. I said Croydon has a larger population than NUT specifically for a reason. I didn't insinuate CP catchment area is bigger than ours. Merely, it's a club that has a good catchment area. The biggest club in 3 populous London boroughs. I spent (and spend) a lot of time in Croydon and surrounding boroughs, and I can tell you categorically that a) a lot of the people there support Arsenal or other top 4 clubs, and b) all Palace fans are right deluded cunts. When Palace were not in the top flight you could walk into Selhurst Park for free at half-time and the stadium still wasn't anywhere near full.