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I can't help but feel a bit perplexed by this signing (not the first time for me either recently). I like JBL but he's not moving the needle much, and I'm just not sure why we needed him at this time, with our bloated squad. I would much rather that the money/wages were put towards that strong midfi...

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Glad there was a happy result in the end Rooster and sorry you and your kid had to go through all that. Unfortunately you probably won't hear from the FA as generally they are under resourced and have to prioritise what they deal with, and some County FA's (i.e. Sussex down where I am) are pretty sh...

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Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:36 pm
Someone posted a few weeks ago they’d met him at a service station either Keele or Warwick and he’d divulged his next move over the urinal.

He was clearly taking the p*ss....

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Speak to the club Head of Youth, Chairman or Safeguarding Officer, and ask them if they find if what has happened is acceptable (it isn't). If you do decide to move your son elsewhere, at least the club will look at what this Coach has done, review their policies, and hopefully stop this happening t...

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A lack of available pitches is the biggest issue in many areas, and is clearly stopping the game from growing as it could. My club has it's own 11v11 and 9v9 pitch and 2 teams at most age groups, so next year, to protect the pitches, we have no choice other than to up the fees to hire elsewhere for ...

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Unfortunately some kids matches turn into a gladiatorial contest, with parents baying for blood on the sidelines. Sadly it can start at the earlier age groups as well, and clubs and the FA should do far more to educate about the dangers of this to the children's mental health and football developmen...

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It's poor coaching in my opinion, or a poor club culture driving this. Kids develop at different speeds and they can't handle that rejection at that age, and they shouldn't have to. Tbh, I think some kids at 14 or 15 would struggle to handle this, especially when they have friendships in the group. ...

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Think their game plan was to kick us off the park today, but they should have realised this Ref was giving everything right from the start of the match, and then should have reigned it in when the yellows started flying.

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Grandad, Dad, Uncle all Clarets so I didn't have much of a choice. Dad told me I was born al the exact time Burnley scored - not sure I ever fully believed him. First game was a 5-0 win over Millwall, in 1980 when as a 6 year old I fell asleep on the Bee Hole End and missed most of the goals. Have l...

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Just to add, if the Ref thought that Edwards went down looking for the penalty, then he should have been booked for diving. Didn't look that way to me though tbh honest.

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One of the reasons I want the VAR commentary to be heard when decisions are being made, is so that it will hopefully educate everyone about why decisions are made and the process referees are trained to follow. If a referee/VAR referee said out loud it's not a foul as the ball was touched first, the...

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I probably wrote too much in my post, so people skip it

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chekhov wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 15, 2025 3:43 pm
Agree. It’s plainly obvious if you’re in any way observant.

Wrong. What's plainly obvious is most people don't know the laws of football - please read my post above.

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It's a clear penalty, due to the challenge being careless, the attacker was clearly taken out by the sliding defender. The fact that the ball was touched first is completely irrelevant and not stated anywhere in the laws of the game - every pundit should be sent on a course to educate them what is a...

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"Want more fog, want more fog" to the tune of Um ba ba went on for what seemed an age that game until the ref finally called it off. The fog just rolled in until the point where you couldn't see beyond about 30-40 yards. Derby were winning, and gutted, we celebrated like a win. I didn't go to many a...

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Every kid is different, and Coaches might have to handle situations differently, but all players need sufficient opportunity to develop. Coaches forget that they develop at different speeds and times. Often I find the reasons kids have a torrid time is because of the culture that exists around their...

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It's fun, rewarding but also painful at times, particularly dealing with some parents and opposition coaches. As a Coach you are also constantly learning. What I didn't realise until this season (I coach U13's) is how much puberty impacts development. A couple have my kids have had growth spurts and...

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On my level 1 course, the guy from the FA told me the best way to develop your team is to improve your weakest players. Football is a squad game and as they go through the age groups you need more players, and some will move on - it's not difficult to understand how important developing all your pla...

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I'm the Head of Youth at my local club and I've seen both good and bad examples (thankfully more of the former). I encourage all our coaches to rotate players fairly or at least give every player 50% of the match time and most do that. One of the coaches at my club unfortunately only cares about win...

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I don't like making such a fundamental change, that gives more advantage to attackers. Defenders will have to play deeper as they are generally at a big disadvantage already as attackers are running in the direction they are facing so quicker. It also doesn't take away the time it takes to check VAR...

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Never understood why they don't simplify it by using the players heads when drawing the offside line, it's much clearer to see, would probably speed up the process, and would prevent the big toe arguments. I do like the fact they work out the point the ball is kicked or headed independently of the o...

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Really glad it’s going well. Another thing I’ve learnt over the last couple of years, confidence plays a huge part. My team are really streaky in terms of results as they are either confident and winning regularly, or the complete opposite. Just be patient, stick with them and don’t get too down and...

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Would it be better for them to go for it and lose wickets quickly, their net run rate could take a pounding this match?

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I think the Russians lost some of their elite forces early on when aiming for Kiev, but I think the reports of their troops being useless is based on the fact they seem to put their non regular army in the first line or two when defending, or put them in areas where they are just expected to hold gr...

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I'm Head of Youth at my local club which has 17 youth teams, plus I have coached for 4 years (currently U12), so spend time a lot of time dealing with this. The primary issue for me is the Coaches, but thankfully it's only a minority of them. In my opinion are the key person at every game who are re...

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Sorry, that was in reply to Kate's post!

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Agree, but I don't think NATO, or the Ukrainians, will care one bit about what Putin tells his people. NATO won't recognise these areas as Russia, and will continue to back Ukraine until they force them out of all areas, hopefully even the areas held before all this started. The US announcing they w...

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It's ok saying that, but what about the poor buggers trapped in the town. I know who is going to starve first, and it won't be the Russians that have remained there, plus I guess theres a risk of them using the locals as hostages/human shields. Hopefully it won't come to that, but Putin seems to hav...

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Absolutely love that. Wish I’d done that when I coached. I started of with one trophy, called it the Golden Boot but added a second (Golden Shield) and split them to praise both attacking and the defensive side which most of the young ones care far less about. I found that once I got to 9 a side, o...

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Some great advice on here, I'm Head of Youth at our local club and have coached for about 5 years now. My advice : - Plan your session - I recommend arrival drill (skills), match type drill, match (do not forgo the match, it's their favourite part). - Equal playing time or at least 50% of game time ...

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Another Commander fan here, and another one hoping for Snyder's outing, fingers crossed (it won't happen, we aren't that lucky!). I'm quietly optimistic about my team this season, I think they might surprise a few, and I hope at least make the playoffs - the Cowboys and Eagles aren't as strong as th...

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Forest have signed two players for £17m + another up to £14m & Henderson on loan. They are making some moves, will be interesting to see how that works out. If they’ve bothered offering below the release clause it makes me wonder if there even is one? I can’t see why they’d do that, knowing we’d ne...

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Boden’s ‘sources’ or ‘information’ are usually from other outlets/pages on Twitter rather than from someone inside the club. So I would be extremely surprised if he knew anything more than the next man at this stage. Being local, he's also the sort of reporter the club might use to put out stories ...

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Thought VK was a young manager who would play modern style attacking football similar to Pep. Clearly I am wrong and it will be SD 4-4-2 as usual Reading the tactical articles about VK at Anderlecht, it's a 4-4-2 in defence but a 3-5-2 going forward. In that sense Taylor and Roberts are well suited...

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He’s saying he believes the deal is completely off now With conflicting reports out there (and nobody fully believing Boden is in the loop), hopefully it's a ploy to force the deal through, panicking the agent/player to realise they might lose out on the deal on the table, and stopping them trying ...

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Just reading the Millwall forum and their fans loved him on loan there last season. Generally was a class act every game, gave his all despite being on loan, said he’s destined for bigger things. Sounds like the type of player we should be targeting with the aim of developing and profiting off, hope...

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I think we need a 2nd VAR, for clear and obvious errors, like ones made by the two numpties who sent off Lowton last night. The only way to help prevent bias or subconscious bias is to increase the number of people making VAR decisions. It's not going to cost that much money, and certainly not compa...

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Interesting topic. I coach at grassroots level (U11) and imo coaches themselves are generally the issue, or a lack of training of them by the FA possibly. The coaches need to understand that they are responsible for what goes on around their teams, dealing with problem parents and players, and they ...

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I can see why there are conflicting views on the first - in my opinion Gordon deliberately extends his leg backwards clearly conning the ref, no way was that natural, so no penalty. The second one Lennon definitely catches his standing leg, it isn’t enough to merit him throwing himself like he did, ...

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Hi Tony, My questions would be : - 1. Why is the Premier League VAR so controversial/inconsistent versus the VAR at the Euro’s, when it was widely commended for its accuracy by the same sets of fans. 2. Why, when there is so much money in football, and these decisions can make huge differences to cl...

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Whilst I didn't think it was a pen, I can see where Rowls is coming from, and I'd like another look on MOTD. If the Ref had given it, chances are it wouldn't have been overturned, as any time a decision is debatable, it stays with the referees original decision, due to not being a clear and obvious ...

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VAR if used correctly shouldn't impact the Referee at all, he should just make calls as he sees them, rightly or wrongly and VAR overturns the calls that are clearly wrong i.e. not debateable. The issue is that it's not made clear to people that if there is any doubt, it stays with the referees orig...

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I think the issue is that most people including pundits just ignore the 'clear and obvious' element of VAR. If there is any debate at all you stay with the Referees decision (think of it like the 'umpires call' decisions from Cricket). In other words, if the referee had given the pen it wouldn't hav...

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Sorry, I think that came across wrong. I meant marking in terms of determining the yard lines and markers (those big orange things) at downs, not tactical plays or marking in the sense we use in English football. It seems like a quite sophisticated officiating operation and that the essence of the ...

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What are the actual rules? To try to catch the ball in the end zone? Or kick it between the posts? I always think it looks quite impressive on TV - just cannot for the life of me fathom what I’m watching or what they’re trying to do? Is the NFL one league like the PL? I’ll give it a go! :D 32 Teams...

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I've tried to watch this, but what actually makes people want to watch this? What is there to actually 'get', as there doesn't appear to be a sport. Watched it since the early 80’s and played it at Uni after fancying a change from Rugby, and it’s my favourite sport personally. It’s way simpler to u...

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Washington Football Team fan here, didn’t see that win coming! I think the Dline will keep us in games this year but our Oline is going to struggle unfortunately. Chase Young looks like the real deal - stuck a fiver on the WFT having the most sacks this season at 18-1, 8 today was a good start. I’m ...

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I’d be more concerned about losing our manager to Leeds than any of our players, as Bielsa won’t be there forever and they are the type of club I think he would leave us for, based on their potential.

Hope I’m wrong obviously!

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I'm in Surrey (obviously), and just down the road from the 6 Bells pub, which is in Horley, just north of Gatwick.

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