Bad beat/Moan/Venting Thread - BBV Archive 2

[Wombatman]

[Kayroo]

I love it when people come on and talk about football tactics online like experts. DITPoker and Breifne can probably back me up here but the level of thought that actually goes into designing a tactical system for a team is so far beyond what the average punter is even capable of imagining that it's staggering.

Since I started coaching my own team and reading books, manuals etc as well as attending courses on coaching with the FAI and using the truly excellent website Inside Soccer I have been astonished at how little I knew about football and, in particular, the ins and outs of setting up a system.

Picking Cox over Long made total sense last night from Trap's perspective as they both fulfill the same role, one which Long doesn't. Long is a natural replacement for Doyle. There was no point in bringing on Long as the game was effectively over at that point so Trap gave Walters a competitive run to see how he got on and took off Cox who is basically nailed on to start the next game if Keane isn't fit, probably with Long beside him.

[The Situation]

reading comprehension fail.

I said, over the last 3 matches, not he was best in each game.

McGeady is running double duties in both defence and attack seing has he has either John O'Shea or Stephen Kelly behind him.

BTW I wouldn't say he was world class either, but he's a far better than he's being made out to be on here.

Well I don't agree with the best over the 3 games part either.

FWIW i'd definitely have him in the team for the playoffs. For 1 he's so used to Traps style, particularly defensively(where he doesn't get enough credit I agree) and it would be a liability getting someone in at this stage particularly Coleman whose quite naive from a defending pov. From an attacking sense I don't think he'll ever not be a hit and miss type player, where he's overhyped on a good day and over criticised on a bad day.

[CHDad]

I love it when people come on and talk about football tactics online like experts. DITPoker and Breifne can probably back me up here but the level of thought that actually goes into designing a tactical system for a team is so far beyond what the average punter is even capable of imagining that it's staggering.

Since I started coaching my own team and reading books, manuals etc as well as attending courses on coaching with the FAI and using the truly excellent website Inside Soccer I have been astonished at how little I knew about football and, in particular, the ins and outs of setting up a system.

Picking Cox over Long made total sense last night from Trap's perspective as they both fulfill the same role, one which Long doesn't. Long is a natural replacement for Doyle. There was no point in bringing on Long as the game was effectively over at that point so Trap gave Walters a competitive run to see how he got on and took off Cox who is basically nailed on to start the next game if Keane isn't fit, probably with Long beside him.

+1

This is AVB's scout report in 2005.

It will teach you how to beat Newcastle in 2005 but will open your eyes too. It is an education.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01927/art18-1_1927022a.pdf

[tylerdurden94]

Can you not fly Dublin to Cork anymore?

Isn't there some new road opened that makes driving it faster than flying something to that effect and cheaper.

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[ionapaul]

Oh god, football debates are so boring - can we not have a lively political / economic / scientific debate instead? Any thoughts on punctuated equilibrium versus phyletic gradualism; this might be interesting for you Hitchhiker, get you into evolution, it is truly one of the most interesting things to learn about, once you understand natural selection everything suddenly 'makes sense', it is a moment of clarity that must be akin to a sudden religious breakthrough or awakening.

[AndyFatBastard]

+1

This is AVB's scout report in 2005.

It will teach you how to beat Newcastle in 2005 but will open your eyes too. It is an education.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...1_1927022a.pdf

That's actually really impressive. The attention to detail is phenomenal.

[Dice75]

Personally I'd have Lawrence ahead of both McGeady & Hunt.
However, I can see Trap's reasons for McGeady as he does have him working back & in counter-attack/tight situations he does offer something even if he doesn't get it right the majority of the time.

[DeadParrot]

McGeady is decent.

Simple as that. I'd have Hunt ahead of him.

Hunt is the very definition of an impact sub.
Playing him from the start would be a waste

[Bubbleking]

Robbie Keane wasn't playing last night and we won - De facto he's shite

/involvement in football debate

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[CHDad]

Hunt is the very definition of an impact sub.
Playing him from the start would be a waste

I used to think that but I think it is time to start him. He will defend as well as McGeady and can cross the ball better.

[Icarus152]

Ha,that's the one I was trying to find.Have you found a way of searching for The Far Side stuff?anytime I try to google a particular cartoon I get a load of random stuff.

I've been trying to find the doughnut shop one for ages,the one where the owner is wondering why the shop is not making a profit.

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[TomD]

De facto he's shite

I've never used De Facto like this as I usually stick to Ergo instead.

[TomD]

Just because ye reminded me. Remember reading some fiction book where the guy is studying three-toed sloths. Can't remember the book. There was some story about them that was fascinating, but can't remember it. hmm, anyone any ideas what that story might be?! Remember googling it at the time and it wasn't 100% true, so would really only be a story known by someone who has also read that unknown book...

Life of Pi?

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[FeetMagic]

Anyone ever motorbiked S America? Or travelled through parts of it? Just looking for some recommendations of places to visit. Planning on going either summer 13 or 14. 2014 has the added incentive of Brazil WC. Reading Alberto Grenado's Travelling with Che atm. Think I'm getting too excited about something so far away!

[DeadParrot]

Just because ye reminded me. Remember reading some fiction book where the guy is studying three-toed sloths. Can't remember the book. There was some story about them that was fascinating, but can't remember it. hmm, anyone any ideas what that story might be?! Remember googling it at the time and it wasn't 100% true, so would really only be a story known by someone who has also read that unknown book...

something about them starving to death with full stomachs?

[Guest]

Anyone ever motorbiked S America? Or travelled through parts of it? Just looking for some recommendations of places to visit. Planning on going either summer 13 or 14. 2014 has the added incentive of Brazil WC. Reading Alberto Grenado's Travelling with Che atm. Think I'm getting too excited about something so far away!

I know its a movie but the motor cycle diaries looked class.
Dont get stuck on some mountain pass froze too death

[TheImprover]

You said you were after reading 2 pages of stuff Keith when everyone else was still on page one.

Change your setting to more posts per page, makes it easier to follow

lol ok, didnt know wtf you were on about

100 post per page, happy

[Caf]

Just home, woke up face down on a beach on the other side of the island, all I managed to lose was my t-shirt...

Think I'll stay in next Tuesday.

[Angry-Ball]

Just home, woke up face down on a beach on the other side of the island, all I managed to lose was my t-shirt...

Think I'll stay in next Tuesday.

was your pants pulled down around the back of your knees, with a suspiciously empty jar of vaseline thrown beside you in the sand?...............
then again you'd probably keep that to yourself

[Emmet]

Across the road from work tomorrow, £36.50 a bit much though...

http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10310~2453663,00.html

[AndyFatBastard]

Just home, woke up face down on a beach on the other side of the island, all I managed to lose was my t-shirt...

Think I'll stay in next Tuesday.

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[Strewelpeter]

Across the road from work tomorrow, £36.50 a bit much though...

http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/News...453663,00.html

wtf is a lounge suit and why would you need one to listen to Johnny giles? Wtf would anyone want to pay money to listen to him anyway?

[Denny Crane]

That couldn't be true could it no way could that be going on for years, maybe for a few weeks but surely no one is dumb enough to let that slip by.

You used to be able to do it on ipoker too. They didn't update that regularly though.

[Midnitekowby]

While it was indeed full moon two nights ago, there's actually zero connection between full moon and behaviour/mood!

i heard it was due to the moons ability to control tides, so when its a full moon and since we are made up mainly of water, it drives us daft. An auld saying used be to put "Salt in yer Boots" to cure this full moon madness, prob to draw the water back down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRwZ...eature=related

[Guest]

I know its a rag reading it online but the sindos aying the irish heroes come back from rugby world cup.
8th we came were ranked 5th in the world how the fuck are they heroes?
then Kidney saying the reason we did so well was because of the support from the fans
usual underacheivement and still get called legends no wodner we never perform internationally

[pgodkin]

Just home, woke up face down on a beach on the other side of the island, all I managed to lose was my t-shirt...

Think I'll stay in next Tuesday.

so much win in this post, was the girl from last week involved? is there a scare on your back! Kindey robbing on the beach FTW

[careca]

Good man Rog. Prob posted already.



/retarded. Someone change this so pic comes up automatically

[Emmet]

wtf is a lounge suit and why would you need one to listen to Johnny giles? Wtf would anyone want to pay money to listen to him anyway?

was thinking of heckling

[ghostface]

wtf is a lounge suit and why would you need one to listen to Johnny giles? Wtf would anyone want to pay money to listen to him anyway?

He is quite entertaining in this kind of environment. Have heard him a couple of times on Off The Ball roadshows telling stories about his career and stuff that happened and was very good. Wouldn't be paying 36 stering for it tho

[ionapaul]

hmm what book would I read about all that type of stuff in? Any chance that perennial shelf-dwelling: Bill Bryson Short History of Nearly Everything would be any use in that regard?

Nah, that wouldn't help too much I think - great book though, fun read! I'd go for a Richard Dawkins book to be fair (his books on evolution are great IMHO), I enjoyed the Blind Watchmaker so much the first time I read it, think this is the perfect starting point. I also really liked his more recent An Ancestor's Tale, but that doesn't really go into how the process of natural selection started IIRC, moreso deals with the products of said process (the magnificence of the natural world, no less!)

Oh man I love good popular science books, best reads out there, followed closely by popular history of course.

[premierstone]

Across the road from work tomorrow, £36.50 a bit much though...

http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/News...453663,00.html

Who to hell voted Giles the best Irish player of the last 50 years in 2004?? Laim Brady, Paul Mcgrath, Packie Bonner, Frank Stapelton .............

[Keane]

@HH: You can get an audiobook version of Short History where Bryson reads it himself - it's a book particularly well suited to listening to IMO.

[Strewelpeter]

Nah, that wouldn't help too much I think - great book though, fun read! I'd go for a Richard Dawkins book to be fair (his books on evolution are great IMHO), I enjoyed the Blind Watchmaker so much the first time I read it, think this is the perfect starting point. I also really liked his more recent An Ancestor's Tale, but that doesn't really go into how the process of natural selection started IIRC, moreso deals with the products of said process (the magnificence of the natural world, no less!)

Oh man I love good popular science books, best reads out there, followed closely by popular history of course.

Steve Jones's updating of On the Origin of Species , Almost like a Whale is very good.

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[Megatron]

Its just a mixture of letters and numbers it doesn't make any sense.

[Icarus152]

If you copy and paste this to 12 friend's profiles your life will be filled with happiness and you will meet the person of your dreams.

80% of people will not pass this on.They will all die within 24 hours.

[Semibluff]

I love it when people come on and talk about football tactics online like experts. DITPoker and Breifne can probably back me up here but the level of thought that actually goes into designing a tactical system for a team is so far beyond what the average punter is even capable of imagining that it's staggering.

Since I started coaching my own team and reading books, manuals etc as well as attending courses on coaching with the FAI and using the truly excellent website Inside Soccer I have been astonished at how little I knew about football and, in particular, the ins and outs of setting up a system.

Picking Cox over Long made total sense last night from Trap's perspective as they both fulfill the same role, one which Long doesn't. Long is a natural replacement for Doyle. There was no point in bringing on Long as the game was effectively over at that point so Trap gave Walters a competitive run to see how he got on and took off Cox who is basically nailed on to start the next game if Keane isn't fit, probably with Long beside him.

Give us an example of what you go through for training sessions. And then the tactics you decide upon for games and the parameters that help decide this? If you dont mind. Thanks

ESTONIA 1 time please!!!!!

Best Cheese and Onion crisps around


Anyone got any unique ideas for Fancy dress outfits? Looking for something good, that isnt your run of the mill $hite.

[Guest]

Sitting in the auditorium at Intel listening to some German blabber on about anti-ferromagnets. Sometimes I wonder how I got to this point. Thank God for the internet.

[tipp86]

How do some people get into college . Im shit at maths but some here are having basic mean median mode & sampling issues.

[Megatron]

Give us an example of what you go through for training sessions. And then the tactics you decide upon for games and the parameters that help decide this? If you dont mind. Thanks

ESTONIA 1 time please!!!!!

Best Cheese and Onion crisps around


Anyone got any unique ideas for Fancy dress outfits? Looking for something good, that isnt your run of the mill $hite.

Good choice with the crisps they were only bettered by



Go as a youtube video or Facebook profile.

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Or a Gay pirate

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[careca]

Anyone got any unique ideas for Fancy dress outfits? Looking for something good, that isnt your run of the mill $hite.

Uncle Albert from Only fools and horses would be easy enough to do (saw some fellow dressed as him no GOLD and it was quite good).

[pgodkin]

Best Cheese and Onion crisps around

eating a pack of these atm the fatty in me is happy

[SatNav]

Anyone got any unique ideas for Fancy dress outfits? Looking for something good, that isnt your run of the mill $hite.

How about this

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[pgodkin]

Anyone got any unique ideas for Fancy dress outfits? Looking for something good, that isnt your run of the mill $hite.

Sorry on this, the last time i dressed up i went out with a box of cornflake's tied around my neck with a plasitc knife sticking into the side of it

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Cereal Killer obv

[Strewelpeter]

This is genius of the highest order and Worksafe too

http://blackboardsinporn.blogspot.com/

[Semibluff]

Ha love the serial killer!

everyone has done the over grown baby Michelle!

Corbett, Im glad i wasnt eating when i looked at your second pic.

Theres a competition at the house party im going to - so seeing im NOT in anyway competitive, keep the ideas coming!!!!!

[Flushdraw]

Ha love the serial killer!

everyone has done the over grown baby Michelle!

Corbett, Im glad i wasnt eating when i looked at your second pic.

Theres a competition at the house party im going to - so seeing im NOT in anyway competitive, keep the ideas coming!!!!!

Ask zuroph can you borrow something from his zombie closet

[DeadParrot]

Ha love the serial killer!

everyone has done the over grown baby Michelle!

Corbett, Im glad i wasnt eating when i looked at your second pic.

Theres a competition at the house party im going to - so seeing im NOT in anyway competitive, keep the ideas coming!!!!!

Easy to do but depends on the crowd

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[DeadParrot]

Ask zuroph can you borrow something from his zombie closet

I was a zombie last year.
Piss easy to do and looks great

[DeadParrot]

If you are really lazy
use a bit of string as a belt, tie a potato to said thread and hang in front---hey presto---Dictator

[TheJiggaman]

How do some people get into college . Im shit at maths but some here are having basic mean median mode & sampling issues.

is that mostly mature students though? it's understandable if so no?

if its people just out of school or a couple of years out, its a fairly bad standard alright. Especially doing that course.

[reilly110]

Ha love the serial killer!

everyone has done the over grown baby Michelle!

Corbett, Im glad i wasnt eating when i looked at your second pic.

Theres a competition at the house party im going to - so seeing im NOT in anyway competitive, keep the ideas coming!!!!!

im thinking the gay pirate would suit you down to the ground...

[tylerdurden94]

WSOPE Omaha Final Table is kicking off in a few minutes Eoghan O Dea on it.

Veetle