Son of Sam 10:01 Wed Jan 31
Are current footballers pansies
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I was reading up on great cup epics and the Stoke West Ham league cup semi final was mentioned back in 71-72
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1365422/Stoke-City-v-West-Ham-Why-1972-semi-final-claim-best-cup-tie-ever.html
On the Palace match thread someone said and I dont think it was tongue in cheek that it was good we rested players against 3rd division wigan to collect that point last night WTF? Whats wrong with players nowadays I knwo the game is faster etc etc but look at say tennis players and their exertions during a tournment. But in the space of 30 days we played 9 games in 71-72, one substitution was made in the entire 9!!! David LLewellyn on for Brooking. I cant for the life of me remember that bloke but however.
Nine tough games against quality opposition I was actually at the Spurs game and it was fantastic. But whats wrong with these guys ? for these 9 games its almost the same 11 everytime and that ManU team wasnt shabby Kidd, Law Charlton Best (G). Best (C) was busy giving Spurs an Xmas shocker. So high class athletes that are high maintainance or a bunch of overpaid prima donnas and diving poofs nowadays?
Westham arsenal league 0-0
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
Stoke 1 west ham 2 league cup
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
Southampton 3 west ham 3 league
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
David Llewellyn on for Brooking
West ham 0 stoke 1 league cup
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
West ham 0 newcastle 1 league
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerJohn Ayris
Tottenham 0 west ham 1 league
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
West ham 3 man u 0 league
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
Starting lineup:
GoalkeeperAlex Stepney
Central defenderPaul Edwards
Defender/ForwardDavid Sadler
Defender/MidfielderFrancis Burns
Defender/Left backTony Dunne
MidfielderWillie Morgan
Midfielder/ForwardGeorge Best
Midfielder/ForwardBobby Charlton
Midfielder/ForwardAlan Gowling
ForwardBrian Kidd
ForwardDenis Law
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Stoke 0 west ham 0 league cup
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
Everton 2 west ham 1 league
Bobby Ferguson
Defender/Right backJohn McDowell
DefenderBobby Moore
Defender/Centre backTommy Taylor
Defender/MidfielderBilly Bonds
Defender/Left backFrank Lampard (Snr)
MidfielderTrevor Brooking
Centre forwardClyde Best
ForwardGeoff Hurst
ForwardBryan Robson
WingerHarry Redknapp
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BubblesCyprus
8:57 Fri Feb 2
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David Llewellyn big fella with blonde hair played up front IIRC ?
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Son of Sam
9:15 Thu Feb 1
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Anyone remember anything about David Llewellyn? Seems unusual for a division 1 player of the seventies not to have his own wiki page.
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ornchurch ammer
3:56 Wed Jan 31
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No appearance from Trev on this thread yet?
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The Joker
3:53 Wed Jan 31
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icwhs 1:38 Wed Jan 31
Too much sense on that post for this place mate.
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ornchurch ammer
3:51 Wed Jan 31
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I don't know about pansies but definitely chests.
Watch the cup games between championship and lower teams against the premier teams. When there is a tackle the premier players are screaming and rolling around while the non Prem players get up if they can and get on with it, if they go down in the first place.
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Northern Sold
2:55 Wed Jan 31
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No shin pads... No protection from refs... 'kin awful pitches to play on... crap transport up and down the motorways for away games... catching the tube to home games... meat pud and spuds pre match meal... half time fag... and a 3 hour session after in the Black Lion... proper blokes
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The Stoat
2:51 Wed Jan 31
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A bunch of fucking WIMPS !!
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Northern Sold
2:51 Wed Jan 31
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Back in 72 every team had 11 players and 1 or 2 substitutes..
Same as...
Yeah because they never got injured and we took the cups seriously back then....
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Cheezey Bell-End
2:05 Wed Jan 31
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I've been hearing it since I started watching in the 70s. The game is constantly changing and players certainly have it better. But I think it's more down to the amount of money involved that clubs seek to protect their investments and have competitive teams for each game.
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icwhs
1:38 Wed Jan 31
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I don’t necessarily think today’s players are “weaker”
Just think you have to keep up with the Jones?
If we’d have played with the same team we’d lose games due to fatigue, as others would rest players.
Back in 72 every team had 11 players and 1 or 2 substitutes..
Same as...
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BubblesCyprus
1:11 Wed Jan 31
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Remember the Stoke matches like they were yesterday.Brooking glided over the mud heap pitches.Cannot think of 1 player in our current first team SQUAD let alone Team who would have survived so many games over a short period. MONEY is the answer sadly. Brooking Bonds Moore did what they did for the Club/Badge/Shirt not just for thier pockets IMO
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Mad Dog
1:08 Wed Jan 31
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Are they pansies?
Yes. Obviously.
Next question
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Mad Dog
1:08 Wed Jan 31
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Are they pansies?
Yes. Obviously.
Next question
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13 Brentford Rd
1:02 Wed Jan 31
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They may be more athletic but are less skillful and bigger pansies.
Also completely different mindset, no passion or commitment, happy to cheat and a horrible sense of entitlement.
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bruuuno
12:38 Wed Jan 31
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Whilst I agree that modern people are softer (in the same way that people from the 1970s would be pansies compared to people from the 1870s), I don't think that's why footballers struggle to play as many games these days.
The modern game is incredibly athletic and (West Ham excepted) the players are athletes playing at full pelt whenever they're on the pitch. Whilst their predecessors were fit a lot of them would struggle to last 90 minutes in the current game.
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Woodford Green
12:26 Wed Jan 31
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Without a question although the I do think the majority of current players would prefer to play every game and dislike squad rotation.
What gets my goat is the injury feigning. I hate it when a player goes down like he's been gunned down, receives five minutes of treatment, gets carried off and then sprints back on the field as if nothing happened.
In the same way bans are being handed out for diving this needs to be seriously looked at. I'd even prefer a rule that a physio has say one minute to treat and get an injured player off the pitch or get forced to sub him off.
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Mrkxxx
12:08 Wed Jan 31
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Kayoute is a girl, didn't want to head the ball last night after his knock and wanted to come off in the second half...
Massive Tart!
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El Scorchio
11:31 Wed Jan 31
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Yes they are- because the game has evolved to allow them to be.
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Northern Sold
11:29 Wed Jan 31
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Just because modern day footballers can run around more means fuck all... never seen so many soft muscle injuries in all my life... look at the Liverpool team from the 70-80's ... they used to regularly play between 60-70 games a season... and they used to win a fair bit... that was with primitive travel and eating meat pud and spuds before the match... Modern day football is fucking shit ... oh and the players are pansies
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Takashi Miike
11:22 Wed Jan 31
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yes, they are brittle and soft as shite these days. most in the game now wouldn't have lasted five minutes on the shocking pictures and horrific tackling that was allowed in the past, and you don't have to go too far back as players like martin allen were a different breed to the cunts now
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Grumpster
11:19 Wed Jan 31
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Due to the weather in 85-86 we had a serious amount of games in a short period as well including several replays against Ipswich in the FA Cup.
My argument to anyone who claims it's harder nowadays, is that it may be quicker etc, but they don't have to play on muscle draining bogs like they used too and are fitter than players used to be anyway.
The entire world has become a bit of a cunt really and full of poofs who want to find offence in literally everything.
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