SteV Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 When people are saying “he wins the ball”, do you honestly think going completely over the top of it and landing on it with your knee, whilst smashing into the the opponent’s upper ankle, constitutes “winning the ball” in the modern game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 At no point does he win the ball, Watkins has done him. It’s a red for me, a proper leg breaker. Anderson was over stretched and out of control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 yea for me, he should have been sent off. id have no complaints if it was a villa player seeing red for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 He does have a thick challenge in his locker, maybe he is the ideal Joelinton replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tross Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Cracking challenge. Soft as shite you lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 On 25/04/2026 at 11:17, SUPERTOON said: Anderson wouldn’t be the player he is now, if he had stayed, imo. Just watching him - Forest play at a completely different tempo to us - it’s more measured and he has an extra few seconds on the ball whereas with us it’s more quicker, hence in possession we lose it quite often - I reckon Sandro and Miley would stand out too in the Forest team - that’s taking nothing away from Elliott, he’s some boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, SteV said: When people are saying “he wins the ball”, do you honestly think going completely over the top of it and landing on it with your knee, whilst smashing into the the opponent’s upper ankle, constitutes “winning the ball” in the modern game? Just to add, ‘he wins the ball’ is absolutely meaningless - it’s an out-of-control challenge, it doesn’t matter at all if he touches the ball first, it’s a red every day of the week. I’ll never understand people saying ‘he wins the ball first’ as if that has any bearing whatsoever on it. edit: an IFAB post on ‘playing the ball first’ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2068785456622930&id=100029411596122&http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc3NzYyOTA4MjAwMCwiciI6IiJ9 Edited May 1 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 That tackle was a red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 7 hours ago, Mikky said: Just watching him - Forest play at a completely different tempo to us - it’s more measured and he has an extra few seconds on the ball whereas with us it’s more quicker, hence in possession we lose it quite often - I reckon Sandro and Miley would stand out too in the Forest team - that’s taking nothing away from Elliott, he’s some boy That's backed up by what we saw in his final season here. He often ran into traffic when he was playing LCM and came in for criticism for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 16 minutes ago, TRon said: That's backed up by what we saw in his final season here. He often ran into traffic when he was playing LCM and came in for criticism for it. Also tells us that to get more out of the midfield that we have - play 3, that’s fine, but change the shape (ie to a single or double pivot) Yes we have had success in the past but it’s not a given to continue that way and you have to adapt your ways Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) "It really hurts to see him do that against us today. He’s a great lad, he’ll have a fantastic career wherever he goes. His was a sale we regretted when we were doing it. We knew the player’s quality,” Newcastle boss Howe said after the game. "It was a very painful transfer, one we had to do. We had no choice." Allways thought that Howe really liked him when he was here, and hated selling him, even at the time. Played him a bunch in the time that he was injury free in his last season, but he was injured for a large part of it. Edited May 12 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HayDen Traces Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 He always seemed to play in a wide position for us. Even then he looked decent, technically elite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Mum? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Should definitely be maaaaah! like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ppgdlll7o Surely the journo’s name is a joke?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 1 minute ago, Fenham Mag said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ppgdlll7o Surely the journo’s name is a joke?! Haha, toilet thief Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 8 minutes ago, Fenham Mag said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ppgdlll7o Surely the journo’s name is a joke?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAK Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 11 minutes ago, Fenham Mag said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj0ppgdlll7o Surely the journo’s name is a joke?! Must be pseudonym 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 A brilliant footballer. Torn between sad we couldn't keep him, but also believing he needed to leave to become this player. It's easy to say play the youth but when Tonali, Joelinton, and Bruno are ahead of you it's always going to be a tough sell. The parallels with Gascoigne are there, if not identical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCOCOL Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 On 23/05/2026 at 09:02, Dr Venkman said: Mum? He’s from Whitley isn’t he not Percy main .. seriously he probably didn’t write the post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 12 minutes ago, Viana said: The parallels with Gascoigne are there, if not identical. What parallels? They’re not remotely similar players, and the circumstances of their sales were different too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viana Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: What parallels? They’re not remotely similar players, and the circumstances of their sales were different too. That the timing just wasn't right. We needed to sell someone and it had to be him. Now we'll see him do his best stuff somewhere else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Viana said: That the timing just wasn't right. We needed to sell someone and it had to be him. Now we'll see him do his best stuff somewhere else. Gascoigne was a generational talent who wanted to leave to go to a bigger club for more money. Anderson was a utility player who hadn’t looked like a world beater in the half a century of matches he played for us, and today has been converted into a really good water-carrying midfielder who’s transfer valuation has been massively inflated by Tuchel’s baffling England selections. Edited May 26 by TheBrownBottle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 (edited) 42 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: What parallels? They’re not remotely similar players, and the circumstances of their sales were different too. Couldn’t agree more, someone said similar to me on Sunday at the match. There’s no comparison in any way. Edited May 26 by lovejoy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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