^^^ that is given as part of the reason Why England Lose

not enough 'middle class' boys are turning professional

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on October 14th 2010 at 11:35:00

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Have to say that Liverpool's efforts in the courtroom are far more entertaining than (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 09:32:38
- "I don't know much about legal documents, but I looked at the PDF of the restraining order (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 10:42:28
  - That's a little bit roflmongous. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 10:46:25
    - i love the Guardian's rolling newsy coverage things (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 11:17:23
- I heard a Texan lawyer on Today at the crack of dawn (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 09:41:29
  - Yes, he's quite right (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 09:48:09
    - I WANT LIVERPOOL TO GO INTO ADMIN (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 14, 10:11:19
      - I don't. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Oct 14, 10:21:54
        
        Fat Sam will happen (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 10:27:27
        
        So you want Liverpool to do well then (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Oct 14, 10:23:36
        
        Be interesting to see what a purely analytical approach did to the game though. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 10:26:28
        
        There's a great chapter on Charles Hughes's 'performance match analysis' (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 10:36:22
        
        Taylor still hasn't accepted your final point though (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 10:43:12
        
        Why England Lose (prev. Soccernomics) goes on a lot about Moneyball and its impact (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 10:31:50
        
        ^^^ Pens Boy wetting his knick-knocks with excitement ^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 10:30:19
        
        Naah, I'm not really into statistical penmanship. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 10:37:44
        
        In my opinion, football is too free-flowing for it to make (Other Football) - duke of york, Oct 14, 10:29:14
        
        Sort of been done n'all... (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 10:31:29
        
        altho given the success of SPain and Barcelona (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 10:33:19
        
        Barca & Spain are a joy to watch when in full flow. Lovely stuff. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 10:37:44
        
        you're trying to provoke a row, jaffers (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 10:47:05
        
        I'm not trying to provoke. I'd just like to see teams pass it on the ground. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 10:59:10
        
        Spain's football is technically brilliant, and when they take risks to break down defences (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 11:07:27
        
        "footballing equivalent of a Joe Satriani solo" (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 11:19:04
        
        Technically brilliant yet utterly joyless: the perfect analogy. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 11:25:38
        
        Otto (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 11:15:46
        
        A lot of words there and I saw the word 'palpable' so I didn't read it all. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 11:14:25
        
        That wasn't their fault imo. It was other teams trying to counteract their style. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 10:55:16
        
        And i do think that british terams are better when playing at (Other Football) - duke of york, Oct 14, 10:53:18
        
        There's higher tempo and there's hoof. Don't have to be the same thing. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 10:56:32
        
        Yes, but Englabnd often do neither (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Oct 14, 10:59:39
        
        Yes. We are caught between two philosiphies, we know the old way is wrong yet can't find (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 11:03:50
        
        Last Sunday (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 11:09:42
        
        Don't worry, they'll soon coach that out of them when they get to the seniors. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 11:17:05
        
        Under 16s (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 11:26:07
        
        ^^^ that is given as part of the reason Why England Lose (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 11:35:00
        
        Can't be true (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 11:41:35
        
        Not just "posh", but middle class (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Oct 14, 11:42:38
        
        'Posh boy football' (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 14, 11:31:24
        
        Yes, met a few of them (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 11:36:14
        
        Oi, my Dad went there! (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 14, 11:39:19
        
        quod erat demonstrandum (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 11:42:15
        
        Pfft. (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 14, 11:43:12
        
        That's good but a higher level. The general standard of youth coaching is poor. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 11:15:19
        
        Exactly - Germany this summer were very high-tempo, but never hoofy. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 10:58:12
        
        Yes. We all agree, Hurrah. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 10:59:08
        
        THey are one extreme, but personally I'd prefer to watch that than endless hopeful long (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 11:00:58
        
        ^^^ This ^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 10:52:40
        
        the one against the swiss was good tho (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 14, 10:50:30
        
        loliga (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 10:48:33
        
        No. See? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 11:16:11
        
        No, *I* was blatently stirring by posting "loliga" (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 11:20:35
        
        ^^^ i'm with dampy (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 11:36:18
        
        Lol (liga) (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 11:26:11
        
        ha ha (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 11:21:42
        
        The Lol Liga gay-off gang must all be indisposed ... (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 11:18:33
    - Not sure I really see why a 9-point penalty would be good news for H&G (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 09:53:13
      - 9 points would follow admin and surely admin means they don't get any money? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 09:58:27
        
        I suspect it's a Mexican stand off (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 10:02:41
    - YOu can almost hear the money being made by the lwayers can't you? (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:49:35
      - they ain't being paid in coins though sonny (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 14, 09:52:28
        
        lol (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:55:49
      - Hey, don't blame us matey (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 09:50:32
        
        I wasn't blaming you, just marvelling at the whole sorry spectacle. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:54:16
  - Is 'repecting' a legal term? (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:45:50
    - Yes. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 09:49:30
      - Thought so. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:50:00
- I thoght it summed up what football has become at that level. Hordes of drunken fans cheer (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:34:49
  - Because they think their club will change hands from one set of American tycoons (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 14, 09:44:44
    - Indeed it is, it's all part of the general grubby, grabby, me first society. (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:48:02
  - THey'll start heckling the lawyers from the public gallery next... (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:36:01
    - Nice silks crap case, nice silks crap case. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 09:44:26
      - Follow, follow, follow. Follow the Wig that's yellow. Ish. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 14, 09:46:16
        
        "11-1 and you fucked it up." (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:48:38
        
        Your barister (your barister), is full of shit (is full of shit) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 14, 09:51:14
        
        "You're not suing any more" (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 09:49:40
    - Ha ha, that would be good (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 14, 09:38:28
      - Marvellous. (n/m) (Other Football) - jafski, Oct 14, 09:46:34
- it's not (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 14, 09:33:47

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