STAR TRANSFER WINDOW BET ..With Bet Victor...

[mr-ska]

Darren Bent to Fulham  @ 5/4  Highlighted as their  Nap of the Transfer Window.. looks like its gonna happen?

[BishopsParkFantastic]

Darren Bent to Fulham  @ 5/4  Highlighted as their  Nap of the Transfer Window.. looks like its gonna happen?

I thought a nap is what we had after our Christmas dinners!

[Fletchino]

Darren Bent to Fulham  @ 5/4  Highlighted as their  Nap of the Transfer Window.. looks like its gonna happen?

I thought a nap is what we had after our Christmas dinners!

No a NAP is what the team have been taking during matches snice the Newcastle game.

[mr-ska]

Ha ha    booom booom !

[Fletchino]

Would welcome him coming. You can not leave him unmarked whilst you double up on Berba

[Fletchino]

What is a nap then?

[zzamora]

To be honest, betting agents mean nothing in the world of football. It's all about people placing bets.

Bets got regularly closed on us and Jordan Rhodes last season.

[Lighthouse]

 NAP IN BETTING TERMS just means the best bet of the day or whenever. Comes from a French Card Game meaning a good hand.

Or is the word pan reversed. As in Bent will be panned when he comes here. 064.gif

[ffc73]

Would welcome him coming. You can not leave him unmarked whilst you double up on Berba

You could leave all our forwards unmarked as until Schwarzer stops lumping high balls forward and/or we get some centre halves and midfield players that can pass the ball forward then our forwards, with or without Bent, are redundant

[CurryForMario]

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You could leave all our forwards unmarked as until Schwarzer stops lumping high balls forward and/or we get some centre halves and midfield players that can pass the ball forward then our forwards, with or without Bent, are redundant.

I agree, however if we sign a quality midfielder I feel our problems can very easily be redundant, and we can start playing some positive football once again.

[TonyGilroy]

Schwarzer is lumping the high balls because he's constantly being given it by players who don't know what to do with it.

Mark's choices are to give it back or lump it.

We need a midfield who want the ball and know what to do with it. That's where it all goes wrong. That mixed with lack of confidence and leadership.

The real question to be asked is why Schwarzer is constantly being given the ball and the answer is that he's unmarked and it relieves the passer of responsibility.

[westcliff white]

we need a centre back and a couple opf midfielders, one of whcich needs to have quality passing abilities. no point in having ap layer like berbatov (or ruiz for that matter) and not be able to pass the ball to them. A striker is not apriority as I firmly believe with good passing service, berba, ruiz and petric will score the goals

[mr-ska]

To be honest, betting agents mean nothing in the world of football. It's all about people placing bets.

Bets got regularly closed on us and Jordan Rhodes last season.

I know..  i was just saying what id seen in The Sun this very morning.   not the ?  in my original post..


I just want Petric fit and given a run... hes done more in the last 4 games than Rodders  and he's on played 20 mins..

[leonffc]

Schwarzer is lumping the high balls because he's constantly being given it by players who don't know what to do with it.

Mark's choices are to give it back or lump it.

We need a midfield who want the ball and know what to do with it. That's where it all goes wrong. That mixed with lack of confidence and leadership.

The real question to be asked is why Schwarzer is constantly being given the ball and the answer is that he's unmarked and it relieves the passer of responsibility.

+1

People really need to look deeper than what the eye first sees.
Schwartzer seems to be the latest scapegoat. Players just aren't confident enough to take the ball under pressure at the moment.

[DukeTyrion]

NAP IN BETTING TERMS just means the best bet of the day or whenever. Comes from a French Card Game meaning a good hand.

Or is the word pan reversed. As in Bent will be panned when he comes here. 064.gif

NAP is short for Napoleon (from the card game as mentioned)

[Max Headroom]

Bent is a £20m striker we could possibly get for £5 to £10m.  Good business

[Logicalman]

Schwarzer is lumping the high balls because he's constantly being given it by players who don't know what to do with it.

Mark's choices are to give it back or lump it.

We need a midfield who want the ball and know what to do with it. That's where it all goes wrong. That mixed with lack of confidence and leadership.

The real question to be asked is why Schwarzer is constantly being given the ball and the answer is that he's unmarked and it relieves the passer of responsibility.

Perfectly correct.

In Wednesdays game Helga had 100% pass rate to Mark, and about a 50% pass rate to all others, and he constantly points to Mark when others in the back line get the ball.

Is this Helga's fault? He IS the captain after all, and unless he is following MJ's orders, and doesn't have there wherewithal to tell MJ it's not working, then it's down the MJ, but unless one of the back four (at least) starts to speak up, then come next season we will be in the Championship and MJ will be off on his toes to warmer climes.

In Wednesdays match all I saw were players that wanted to get rid of the ball asap, and the number of balls played to players who had no chance of controlling it and losing their marker was awful. Baird was as guilty as anyone of that. The only other type of pass seemed to be a lump it upfield kind, that - invariably - just gave the ball away. Checkout Helgas forays forward, he would take the ball 30 yards, just to pass it square, or even backwards again!

Blame Mark if you wish, blame him for letting in 'easy' goals, but unless a keeper has a confident and competent defence in front of him, doesn't matter how good he is, he will ship goals until the cows come him.

[SaltfordWhite]

Schwarzer is lumping the high balls because he's constantly being given it by players who don't know what to do with it.

Mark's choices are to give it back or lump it.

We need a midfield who want the ball and know what to do with it. That's where it all goes wrong. That mixed with lack of confidence and leadership.

The real question to be asked is why Schwarzer is constantly being given the ball and the answer is that he's unmarked and it relieves the passer of responsibility.

Perfectly correct.

In Wednesdays game Helga had 100% pass rate to Mark, and about a 50% pass rate to all others, and he constantly points to Mark when others in the back line get the ball.

Is this Helga's fault? He IS the captain after all, and unless he is following MJ's orders, and doesn't have there wherewithal to tell MJ it's not working, then it's down the MJ, but unless one of the back four (at least) starts to speak up, then come next season we will be in the Championship and MJ will be off on his toes to warmer climes.

In Wednesdays match all I saw were players that wanted to get rid of the ball asap, and the number of balls played to players who had no chance of controlling it and losing their marker was awful. Baird was as guilty as anyone of that. The only other type of pass seemed to be a lump it upfield kind, that - invariably - just gave the ball away. Checkout Helgas forays forward, he would take the ball 30 yards, just to pass it square, or even backwards again!

Blame Mark if you wish, blame him for letting in 'easy' goals, but unless a keeper has a confident and competent defence in front of him, doesn't matter how good he is, he will ship goals until the cows come him.

HOORAY for folk showing some sense at last.

Although it seems that the mob are moving on to last weeks hero already...

[SouthfieldWhite]

Schwarzer is lumping the high balls because he's constantly being given it by players who don't know what to do with it.

Mark's choices are to give it back or lump it.

We need a midfield who want the ball and know what to do with it. That's where it all goes wrong. That mixed with lack of confidence and leadership.

The real question to be asked is why Schwarzer is constantly being given the ball and the answer is that he's unmarked and it relieves the passer of responsibility.

+1

People really need to look deeper than what the eye first sees.
Schwartzer seems to be the latest scapegoat. Players just aren't confident enough to take the ball under pressure at the moment.

Totally agree, and there I was thinking it was just me seeing the game different to everyone else

[aussierod]

Schwarzer is lumping the high balls because he's constantly being given it by players who don't know what to do with it.

Mark's choices are to give it back or lump it.

We need a midfield who want the ball and know what to do with it. That's where it all goes wrong. That mixed with lack of confidence and leadership.

The real question to be asked is why Schwarzer is constantly being given the ball and the answer is that he's unmarked and it relieves the passer of responsibility.

+1

People really need to look deeper than what the eye first sees.
Schwartzer seems to be the latest scapegoat. Players just aren't confident enough to take the ball under pressure at the moment.

Tony Gilroy hits the nail on the head again

Schwarzer's distribution is poor but its being compounded by the CB and fullback's being constantly pressured as our midfield don't look to get the ball off them. Diarra will make a huge difference in this respect, as just like Bullard and then Murphy, he looks to get the ball played to his feet and then can link up with the wide men or into Berbatov's feet where he can then show his class. Berba's not the play we can ask to run into channels by our defenders and 'keeper as it's not using his skills/talent at all

So Mark isn't the major problem, its our inability to play through the middle of the park and offering us little alternative than to clear the ball out of our danger area