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Would you rather?

Post by BigChaCha » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:53 pm

Would you rather ...... be .....

8th in the Premier League watching dullard football that Sam Allardyce would be embarrassed to be associated with?

or

Near the top of League 1 or near the Championship playoffs playing exciting all action Owen Coyle/Jimmy Mullen style football?

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by KevWebstersBomber » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:54 pm

Would you rather bee or a wasp?

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Post by Lord Beamish » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:55 pm

I'd rather be a forest than a street.

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by UpTheBeehole » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:56 pm

8th in the Premier League and having scored more than one goal (which was a gift) at home please.

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:57 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:I'd rather be a forest than a street.
Yeah, but could you sing like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOCNY9pJ850" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by Spijed » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:00 pm

BigChaCha wrote:Would you rather ...... be .....

8th in the Premier League watching dullard football that Sam Allardyce would be embarrassed to be associated with?

or

Near the top of League 1 or near the Championship playoffs playing exciting all action Owen Coyle/Jimmy Mullen style football?
Name a time when Big Sam didn't play direct football?

Far more direct than SD has ever been.

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by BigChaCha » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:02 pm

Name a time when Big Sam didn't play direct football?
Who mentioned direct football?

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by boatshed bill » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:05 pm

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail!

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Rowls » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:11 pm

Sam Allardyce embarrassed?

Really?

The man is immune to embarrassment.

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by NRC » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:13 pm

buy air conditioning, or do a DIY job....... how did yours hold up over the summer, Rowls?

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Post by Rowls » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:13 pm

Image

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Rowls » Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:18 pm

NRC wrote:buy air conditioning, or do a DIY job....... how did yours hold up over the summer, Rowls?
It was OK.

Nothing more.

It provided cool air enough to keep the bed cold but it didn't cool the room. I could have put a bigger fan on it which would have increased the power but lessened the time it was effective for. It gave me good nights sleep. I was the only one capable of a good night's sleep in the height of summer.

My mates were jealous and thought it was fantastic but I was secretly a little disappointed in it.

Most disappointingly it was very, very heavy when loaded up with it which meant the yoghurt pots I stuck to it to make it look like a dalek got crushed everytime I picked it up. So aesthetically it wasn't as fun as I'd hoped.

I'd give it the following rating:

Aesthetics: 2/10
Cooling ability: 6/10
Overall rating: 5/10

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:13 pm

Rowls wrote:Image
Tom Selleck

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Post by tim_noone » Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:21 pm

John Cleese

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Sidney1st » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:13 pm

In the PL everytime.

I doubt Sam would be embarrassed by any style of football that gets his teams points.

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by evensteadiereddie » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:05 pm

BigChaCha wrote:Would you rather ...... be .....

8th in the Premier League watching dullard football that Sam Allardyce would be embarrassed to be associated with?

or

Near the top of League 1 or near the Championship playoffs playing exciting all action Owen Coyle/Jimmy Mullen style football?

It's a good job we're neither....
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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Selby Claret » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:12 pm

I think you're missing a bigger picture ChaCha.

The current situation - whatever you perceive the 'brand' of football to be - is somewhat a means to an end. The teams that have survived and maintained their long term PL status have largely done so by becoming hard to beat first and foremost. They've then built year on year to become more 'pleasing on the eye' as they've made more money and could attract a better quality and price of footballer. We need money to attract the better players and we need to not look like a perennial relegation battler in order to be more appealing.

If we finish 8th this year I won't give a toss how we've achieved it - it will be the next (huge) step on the path to being a permanent PL fixture.

Baby steps...
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Re: Would you rather?

Post by holdyourfire » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:19 pm

What would you rather sea(e) or the ocean?

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by SalisburyClaret » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:39 pm

PL for me - just wish it was a Saturday/ Tuesday - all this messing about with kick off times etc is a right pain

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Braindead » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:42 pm

Would you rather fight 1000 x mouse-sized crocodiles, or one crocodile sized mouse?

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Post by gawthorpe_view » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:44 pm

As bad as Saturday's match was, I've seen much worse following Burnley in the third and fourth divisions, especially when we were sliding down the pyramid, and then in the doldrums bumping along the bottom.

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Post by COYC73 » Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:56 pm

BigChaCha wrote:Would you rather ...... be .....

8th in the Premier League watching dullard football that Sam Allardyce would be embarrassed to be associated with?

or

Near the top of League 1 or near the Championship playoffs playing exciting all action Owen Coyle/Jimmy Mullen style football?

If I had a hobby/past time that I really thought was dull, unexciting and a real bore......I would just go do something else!
Sounds to me that you are not enjoying it....if so why would you waste money on something you don't enjoy?

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by bedswerver » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:13 pm

would you rather be...

beautiful or smart?

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by BleedingClaret » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:16 pm

8th in the EPL and a work in progress

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Tall Paul » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:18 pm

We're 9th

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Ric_C » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:27 pm

Horses for courses depending on the type of player we can attract.

Look at Palace, bags of flair and speed - nil points

I'm sure their fans would swap places with us in a heartbeat

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by Quicknick » Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:28 pm

Another pointless thread.

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Re: Would you rather?

Post by box_of_frogs » Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:35 pm

Braindead wrote:Would you rather fight 1000 x mouse-sized crocodiles, or one crocodile sized mouse?
Saltwater or freshwater crocs?

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Post by Hazzyclaret1955 » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:59 pm

BigChaCha wrote:Would you rather ...... be .....

8th in the Premier League watching dullard football that Sam Allardyce would be embarrassed to be associated with?

or

Near the top of League 1 or near the Championship playoffs playing exciting all action Owen Coyle/Jimmy Mullen style football?
Yes lets ask for a double relegation and appoint Owen Coyle, it's a no brainer.

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