Lush Vlad Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Very promising first half, maybe even hour or so. Some of the moves we put together were the best football I’ve seen us play since probably the 5th placed season. Where we had a few games where we looked unplayable using the 4-3-3. I thought Athletic were a decent outfit and once they started making subs. We understandably looked a bit leggy and they really should have scored again. Botman looks really assured. Wilson looked fantastic at times. But then just totally disappeared out of the game. Willock was the same. I know it was a mixed lineup yesterday. But we really do need another attacking option or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Nice to see one-touch stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 14 hours ago, Rocker said: Took my little one (six) to her first game today. No word of a lie, and this sounds cheesy as fuck, but she said to me 'Daddy, am I dreaming?' Fucking wonderful stuff. class. Great seats too, think I sat there for my first game (big duncs debut). It’s an awesome view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Either of those sides against Atalanta or Bilbao would be bottom half PL sides IMO but not relegation sides, but a combination of the two sides is easily a top 8/10 side. What's encouraging is that with two weakened sides, we came out with two wins and two very credible performances. Which again tells me what an incredible manager we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Also, we have a first team that well and truly knows that Howe is not afraid of bringing in a squad player to do a job, no-one's spot on the team is guaranteed. This is great and something we've not had for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I think the pre match music, it’s about time Sam Fender got in on the act just before kick off. Aside from being great, he’s more relevant to what the players and probably most of those attending can relate to. That little drum fill they do with local hero just before kick off grinds my gears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 33 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: I think the pre match music, it’s about time Sam Fender got in on the act just before kick off. Aside from being great, he’s more relevant to what the players and probably most of those attending can relate to. That little drum fill they do with local hero just before kick off grinds my gears. Yeah I definitely wouldn't be against that. The sax solo in Seventeen Going Under would be great as the players are coming out, it isn't even a million miles away from the sound of Going Home. I'll always enjoy the Dire Straits music but fucking hell the timing of it has been a bit of a car crash the last two or three times I've been. They had to turn it off with 20 seconds of it left yesterday. Miles away. Feel like I'm just whinging for the sake of it but the music pre-game in general is a bit of a mess, really. The Enemy track is ear-splitting, then you've got Ramones which totally jars with that operatic piece (with unnecessary synthesized crowd noise), then you're crossing your fingers that they manage to squeeze Local Hero in before the players are stood there fed up waiting for it to finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I'd be happy to totally reformat the pre-match music/period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Never knew people cared so much about what music is played in a football stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 the music contributes to the pre-match atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: the music contributes to the pre-match atmosphere. It's also been a topic of conversation for about 15 years on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, 80 said: I'd be happy to totally reformat the pre-match music/period. I’d be gutted to lose Local Hero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 https://twitter.com/athletic_eus/status/1553702040114716672?t=syOtG2_VCtyCdBYmSGsx-w&s=19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Love our squad atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: https://twitter.com/athletic_eus/status/1553702040114716672?t=syOtG2_VCtyCdBYmSGsx-w&s=19 Embedding this as its great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, Adam said: Embedding this as its great I much prefer playing York City away in front of some uni digs marra. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 He looked a tad off the pace but loved seeing Muniain again. Love a diminutive continental number 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 athletic seem such a genuine and class club - I hope we continue to do an annual friendly with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Also class that Raul Garcia scored. 36 years old and still going strong. Just looked at his Wiki page and he's only made less than 29 league appearances once since the 05/06 season. Incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Also class that Raul Garcia scored. 36 years old and still going strong. Just looked at his Wiki page and he's only made less than 29 league appearances once since the 05/06 season. Incredible. Bilbao are my favourite club other than the obvious. Just the fact you have to be Basque to play for them. One hell of an academy and they always do ok or well. I don't think a lot of people know they aren't just some mid level Spanish club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, relámpago blanco said: Bilbao are my favourite club other than the obvious. Just the fact you have to be Basque to play for them. One hell of an academy and they always do ok or well. I don't think a lot of people know they aren't just some mid level Spanish club. Yep, they are part of the true big 3 in La Liga. Never been relegated, always top flight, and some true success in their past. The fact they're still competitive with their selection policy in today's economic football landscape is incredible. And even more so when you consider that the best Basque players often don't play for them, Azpilicueta, Arrizabalaga, (Chelsea love a Basque eh?), Laporte, Monreal and further back Xabi Alonso, Fernando Llorente etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Has there ever been bother for them to change the policy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Real Sociedad had a similar policy until signing John Aldridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said: Bilbao are my favourite club other than the obvious. Just the fact you have to be Basque to play for them. One hell of an academy and they always do ok or well. I don't think a lot of people know they aren't just some mid level Spanish club. Don’t have to be Basque - just come through a Basque youth team. Aymeric Laporte became the first Frenchman to graduate from Athletic’s youth system in 2012, was not born in the French Basque region and his only connection is a blood link from his great-grandparents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, Kanji said: Has there ever been bother for them to change the policy? They had to change it under franco dictatorship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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