Thatslife
"Decisions are made by those who turn up"
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Post by Thatslife on Dec 3, 2015 10:03:28 GMT
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 3, 2015 11:04:30 GMT
Have to be honest....apart from addressing the salient points accurately, the writing is brilliant.
Full of wit, sarcasm and satire, even though it's Wycombe, a true fan of any club will identify at some point what is being conveyed.
It's obvious the sense of humour hasn't been lost in some parts of Bucks!
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crater
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Post by crater on Dec 3, 2015 11:09:16 GMT
And still no apology
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2015 11:12:11 GMT
Don't worry, I'm sure Nick is going to release an apology any day now for trying to get them relegated instead of us. |
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 3, 2015 12:16:46 GMT
Pure brilliance, is the writer available on a transfer?
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crater
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Post by crater on Dec 3, 2015 12:19:28 GMT
Don't worry, I'm sure Nick is going to release an apology any day now for trying to get them relegated instead of us. anyone with half a brain cell knows it was desparation stuff but the fact remains they were found guilty of a rule breach so he was proven right (at least on that subject) in the end. WWFC still owe us an apology for not evacuating or even attempting to evacuate those of us who were deemed to be in danger in an unsafe area of their ground |
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Post by mrbluesky on Dec 3, 2015 12:25:53 GMT
great read,,i wish we had such an elegant and observant writer
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2015 12:46:58 GMT
Don't worry, I'm sure Nick is going to release an apology any day now for trying to get them relegated instead of us. anyone with half a brain cell knows it was desparation stuff but the fact remains they were found guilty of a rule breach so he was proven right (at least on that subject) in the end. WWFC still owe us an apology for not evacuating or even attempting to evacuate those of us who were deemed to be in danger in an unsafe area of their ground ''In the end''? Obviously I'm missing something, they had already been judged to have breached rules, nothing that Higgs did changed anything, other than made us look daft, spiteful and as you say, desperate. Yes they cheated us that day in the rain, every bit as bad was the way they cheated us by feigning injury to get Clarkeson sent off, but we should be above that sort of thing, shouldn't we? |
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faggotygas
Byron Anthony
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Post by faggotygas on Dec 3, 2015 13:11:22 GMT
Good article, pretty much exactly how I saw the game
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crater
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Post by crater on Dec 3, 2015 13:31:47 GMT
anyone with half a brain cell knows it was desparation stuff but the fact remains they were found guilty of a rule breach so he was proven right (at least on that subject) in the end. WWFC still owe us an apology for not evacuating or even attempting to evacuate those of us who were deemed to be in danger in an unsafe area of their ground ''In the end''? Obviously I'm missing something, they had already been judged to have breached rules, nothing that Higgs did changed anything, other than made us look daft, spiteful and as you say, desperate. Yes they cheated us that day in the rain, every bit as bad was the way they cheated us by feigning injury to get Clarkeson sent off, but we should be above that sort of thing, shouldn't we? They were issued with a warning over future conduct etc in October 2014 by the Football League, following a hearing. That wouldnt have happened had our board not raised the matter. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2015 13:47:57 GMT
''In the end''? Obviously I'm missing something, they had already been judged to have breached rules, nothing that Higgs did changed anything, other than made us look daft, spiteful and as you say, desperate. Yes they cheated us that day in the rain, every bit as bad was the way they cheated us by feigning injury to get Clarkeson sent off, but we should be above that sort of thing, shouldn't we? They were issued with a warning over future conduct etc in October 2014 by the Football League, following a hearing. That wouldnt have happened had our board not raised the matter. If memory serves, Higgs complained about a breach of rules regarding 3rd party ownership. It was to do with the selling of a player in 2010. But wasn't it the case that the new owners of WW brought the problem to the attention of the FA themselves, they took over in 2012, found out about the problem when the player moved clubs again in 2013 and took the information straight to the authorities. Higgs then got it into his head that this had given them a 'competitive advantage'. Embarrasing doesn't begin to cover it. |
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brizzle
Lindsay Parsons
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Post by brizzle on Dec 3, 2015 14:15:27 GMT
. . . or lightning for that matter.  The article's a good read though. Very well written I thought, accurate and humorous, and an object lesson to our friends on the Bristol Post as to what journalism should be all about. Hopefully the tone of the article should prove that all things pass in time, unless you come from deepest south Bristol that is . . . where they seem to carry a grudge forever and a day. |
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Post by bangkokgas on Dec 3, 2015 14:25:56 GMT
. . . or lightning for that matter. The article's a good read though. Very well written I thought, accurate and humorous, and an object lesson to our friends on the Bristol Post as to what journalism should be all about. Hopefully the tone of the article should prove that all things pass in time, unless you come from deepest south Bristol that is . . . where they seem to carry a grudge forever and a day. Well written indeed, A shame that it would seem only our fans will get to read it as Wycombe fans would appear to have abandoned their own forum many moons ago. He'd make news editor at The Bristol Post for sure... as for the South Bristol mob, too articulate by far to register on their reading comprehension levels. |
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Igitur
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Post by Igitur on Dec 3, 2015 14:29:55 GMT
I trust you all voted for your Wycombe Man of the Match on the site.
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csssmooth
Devon White
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Post by csssmooth on Dec 4, 2015 11:36:16 GMT
It was indeed a well written article, but absolutely ruined by the amount of rollover and pop up articles, almost as bad as the Post website, so congrats to whoever is responsible for putting this together in the first place for avoiding all that
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Post by Henbury Gas on Dec 4, 2015 12:15:27 GMT
They were issued with a warning over future conduct etc in October 2014 by the Football League, following a hearing. That wouldnt have happened had our board not raised the matter. If memory serves, Higgs complained about a breach of rules regarding 3rd party ownership. It was to do with the selling of a player in 2010. But wasn't it the case that the new owners of WW brought the problem to the attention of the FA themselves, they took over in 2012, found out about the problem when the player moved clubs again in 2013 and took the information straight to the authorities. Higgs then got it into his head that this had given them a 'competitive advantage'. Embarrasing doesn't begin to cover it. i'm going to get you a drum !  |
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Post by The Concept on Dec 6, 2015 11:59:37 GMT
Interesting that the author thought that Wycombe went with a 4-2-3-1.
Watching from the East Stand I thought it was a clear 4-3-3 line up.
We went on to win the match, but there wasn't a huge amount in it until we scored and there should be some credit to Ainsworth for his initial tactics. Most teams combat wing-backs with a similar set up, or stick to what already works for them and concentrate on their own performance.
Wycombe going 4-3-3 (but having to be fluid when need be) meant that our 3 centre-backs were occupied, the 3 mid-fielders were matched, and our strikers marked. This freed up our wing-backs to an extent - until they got to the full-backs.
It didn't make for a pretty first half, but they snuffed us out, and their 3 up front meant we had to be on our toes at the back to that potential threat. Apart from them hitting the post, the stats show (our 16 shots against 5, with none of theirs on target) that we did a good job in that respect.
Things changed when we went 4-4-2 in the 2nd half. WWFC couldn't match it when they tried to change.
So does this end the 5-3-2 formation?
No - it worked at Exeter, it didn't work against Wycombe (the S&M Swans), it could work again; so this only goes to back up DC's mantra that each game is its own separate project.
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