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| 1. Author: PAR57 Date: Tue 11th Feb 2025. 07:45 Standing at Pittodrie on Sunday, I noticed there was a significant height and weight difference between the teams..... Surely if you have a few "big guns" in the team at free kicks, there is a chance of pinching a late goal. Imagine the scenario....one nil down.....last 10 mins......5 or 6 of our big guys in the penalty box......Toby boots the ball into the opposing penalty box......bang.....equalising goal.......worth a try We lose the first goal and spend the rest of the game tippy tapping around Trying to equalise.....imagine the effect of a "high press" with a few giants in the penalty box.........games are not about subtle football. Reply |
| 2. Author: Berkey Date: Tue 11th Feb 2025. 10:25 Agree with this, we’re generally not big enough throughout the team and have tended to be bullied at this level, especially in the middle of the park. The bigger players we do have who are not centre backs are actually quite poor in the air, chalmers doesn’t really compete despite being over 6 foot and McCann mistimes a lot of his jumps and only has any success against small full backs. Hamilton one of our better players in the air which tells you everything. Sometimes it’s not just about height, Kane very good at standing his ground against bigger centre halves but he’s the only one I can think of who does this. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |
| 3. Author: Never10yairds Date: Wed 12th Feb 2025. 18:01 I’ve been thinking this for a while too. It was pretty apparent against Livingston midweek too. You can see how many goals we concede from set pieces as well…. I’d love it if we would sign a striker who is good in the air, a proper plan B. Need a goal with 20 mins to go? Get him on and start launching the ball up to him. We had this with Todorov, he scored some important goals for us in the seaside league late on in games. We have never really replaced him either. Reply |
| 4. Author: da_no_1 Date: Wed 12th Feb 2025. 19:23 But i thought all our goals come from set pieces? There's a thread elsewhere that states we hardly score any goals from open play. Not for the first time on .net, I'm confused "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Post Edited (Wed 12 Feb 19:37) Reply |
| 5. Author: Berkey Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 11:45 The bigger your team is the more likely you are to win headers and as such pick up the second balls and flick ons etc to retain possession higher up the park. Not to mention not being eased out of challenges by bigger more physical players which happens a lot in this league. It’s not all about goals… Post Edited (Thu 13 Feb 11:45) Reply |
| 6. Author: da_no_1 Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 11:54 The OP mentions goals and equalise more than once. Happy to help. "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply |
| 7. Author: shellypar Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 14:04 Berkey, Thu 13 Feb 11:45 bollox COYP Reply |
| 8. Author: kozmasrightfoot Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 14:10 I`ve been watching since the mid 80s and it seems to quite a consistent thing with us. The amount of times I`ve thought to myself that we look very small compared to other teams I simply can`t count. Pars fan. Magpies fan. Mens tennis fan. Alternative rock fan. Not a fan of much else. Reply |
| 9. Author: Bazzler1981 Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 19:05 So if you’re small you’re crap then?? Reply |
| 10. Author: buffy Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 19:11 Josh Falkingham would like a word. Smashing wee player. Doing a great job at Harrogate Town, too. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 11. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 19:15 We`ve just signed a six-footer! Recruitment team obviously reads .net! Reply |
| 12. Author: da_no_1 Date: Thu 13th Feb 2025. 19:17 "It`s not just about goals" I`ll just leave that there. Quote of the decade. "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply |
| 13. Author: bobopar Date: Fri 14th Feb 2025. 05:59 This is true, last years play off final between Ross County and the wee team, Ross County players were visibly much bigger and stronger than the wee team players. Leishman’s successful era from 2nd division to SPL I don’t think we had many players under 6 foot, never got pushed off the ball. Reply |
| 14. Author: Berkey Date: Fri 14th Feb 2025. 07:13 Quote of the decade? In this league having bigger players helps in most aspects of the game and you think that’s outrageous? Clutching much? You even came back to post twice! Look at McCann, his stature has certainly helped him, if he was 5 ft 10 he’d have been released ages ago. The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity! Reply |