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Post by welshrover on Mar 21, 2024 22:35:48 GMT
My Welsh isn't up to it. Why was his goal disallowed? Rodon offside? Impeding the keeper I think. I wasn’t wholly convinced it had crossed the line either! Rodon offside was the explanation. And to be fair I think a born and bred Welsh speaker would struggle with some of the words Nic Parry uses 😊 |
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Post by maelor on Mar 23, 2024 22:55:33 GMT
My Welsh isn't up to it. Why was his goal disallowed? Rodon offside? Rodon offside and allegedly impeding the goalkeeper. I think that was an incorrect call - Rodon's position made no difference whatsoever to the keeper's attempt to save the header - but, thankfully, it didn't matter. (There's one angle that clearly shows he wasn't in the keeper's way.) |
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Post by welshrover on Mar 24, 2024 0:19:44 GMT
My Welsh isn't up to it. Why was his goal disallowed? Rodon offside? Rodon offside and allegedly impeding the goalkeeper. I think that was an incorrect call - Rodon's position made no difference whatsoever to the keeper's attempt to save the header - but, thankfully, it didn't matter. (There's one angle that clearly shows he wasn't in the keeper's way.) The offside that baffled me was in the first half, a Harry Wilson shot that the keeper saved and it went out for a corner. Brennan was flagged offside, which he was under the old rules, but he was well to the right hand side of the penalty area, not in the keepers line of sight of the ball nor interfering with play. |
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Post by jimexotic on Mar 24, 2024 2:53:17 GMT
After the Turkey game I was hoping that we'd get some luck with a ref, as usual it looks like we're constantly having to make out own luck. I'm not looking forward to the Polish gamesmanship on Tuesday, we need a strong referee to deal with that.
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Post by cogancoronation31 on Mar 24, 2024 13:35:10 GMT
Daniele Orsini of Italy appointed to ref on Tues night. Always considered him to be quite solid.
He's ref'd a Champions League Final, and games at the World Cup Finals.
Still, wouldn't bet against him booking Kieffer if he thinks his arms are flaying around in the air. We don't really need another yellow card for Kieffer (or anyone else for that matter).
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Post by cogancoronation31 on Mar 24, 2024 13:38:57 GMT
Daniele ORSATO - sorry, ref!
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P.S. Ben to be skipper again on Tuesday - presumably no starting return for Rambo?
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Post by pclaude on Mar 24, 2024 20:55:21 GMT
Rodon offside and allegedly impeding the goalkeeper. I think that was an incorrect call - Rodon's position made no difference whatsoever to the keeper's attempt to save the header - but, thankfully, it didn't matter. (There's one angle that clearly shows he wasn't in the keeper's way.) The offside that baffled me was in the first half, a Harry Wilson shot that the keeper saved and it went out for a corner. Brennan was flagged offside, which he was under the old rules, but he was well to the right hand side of the penalty area, not in the keepers line of sight of the ball nor interfering with play. He made himself active as he chased after the ball |
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Post by surge on Mar 24, 2024 21:40:23 GMT
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Post by allezlesrouges on Mar 24, 2024 23:14:22 GMT
Hahaha Cookie taking Church aside before the first Euros game to let him know Bale was starting ahead of him just to get a laugh out of him, that's brilliant |
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Post by morg on Mar 26, 2024 23:36:52 GMT
Makes me proud that he's Welsh. Excellent game personally, led by example and volunteered for first penalty.
That huddle at the end also.
Consummate professional.
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Post by quetzal on Mar 27, 2024 1:07:29 GMT
Makes me proud that he's Welsh. Excellent game personally, led by example and volunteered for first penalty. That huddle at the end also. Consummate professional. Yeah a great guy and captain. |
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Post by surge on Mar 27, 2024 8:36:48 GMT
Ben Davies awarded UEFA A Licence: faw.cymru/news/ben-davies-awarded-uefa-a-licence/I found the link via the Coys (Spurs themed) Reddit page. Interestingly there was also the following comment about a spurs podcast he recently was on: "He was just talking about working on this on the gab and jules podcast released this week, very casual about the whole thing wouldn’t have thought he was nearly done. Interestingly he said in that interview that he isn’t fully set on being a manager yet - he’s also apparently quite interested in the business side of the game too and might go into that post retirement but said he wants to get all his badges done while he’s still a player so if he does choose to manage he won’t have to take a break from the game to do his licenses for a couple years after playing. Seemed a very smart guy in general and very interestingly talked about knowing from a young age he wasn’t the best player even at academy level and saw better players not make it because he had a better mentality towards it. I was kinda surprised he wasn’t made a captain this summer, based purely on seniority and evident leadership and communication skills I would have thought he’d be considered." |
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Post by iantov on May 2, 2024 4:33:22 GMT
Out for the rest of the season with a calf injury.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 7, 2024 9:05:57 GMT
Great to see him fulfill that promise of play as a LCB in a back 4 finally. Think him and Rodon can be a very effective pairing and I don't really see Mepham starting ahead of either. Neco is a good option at LB, Beck hopefully fulfills his promise this season, and Jay Dasilva is always there as well - thought he did a good job in the summer. RND is also on the comeback trail, so plenty of options
Mepham & Cabango is then plenty to cover for Rodon & Davies
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Post by melynwy on Sept 7, 2024 9:35:25 GMT
Great to see him fulfill that promise of play as a LCB in a back 4 finally. Think him and Rodon can be a very effective pairing and I don't really see Mepham starting ahead of either. Neco is a good option at LB, Beck hopefully fulfills his promise this season, and Jay Dasilva is always there as well - thought he did a good job in the summer. RND is also on the comeback trail, so plenty of options Mepham & Cabango is then plenty to cover for Rodon & Davies Sorry if I’m coming across as needlessly picky, but he was playing CB, not LCB! LCB is specifically the left player in a back three. But yes, he did well there- I haven’t seem him play much as a CB, and it was good to see. |
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Post by morg on Sept 7, 2024 11:19:42 GMT
Great to see him fulfill that promise of play as a LCB in a back 4 finally. Think him and Rodon can be a very effective pairing and I don't really see Mepham starting ahead of either. Neco is a good option at LB, Beck hopefully fulfills his promise this season, and Jay Dasilva is always there as well - thought he did a good job in the summer. RND is also on the comeback trail, so plenty of options Mepham & Cabango is then plenty to cover for Rodon & Davies Thought we missed Neco going forward a bit. Would he be an option further forward with someone else Beck,N-D, Da Silva being the LB? |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 7, 2024 16:10:45 GMT
Great to see him fulfill that promise of play as a LCB in a back 4 finally. Think him and Rodon can be a very effective pairing and I don't really see Mepham starting ahead of either. Neco is a good option at LB, Beck hopefully fulfills his promise this season, and Jay Dasilva is always there as well - thought he did a good job in the summer. RND is also on the comeback trail, so plenty of options Mepham & Cabango is then plenty to cover for Rodon & Davies Sorry if I’m coming across as needlessly picky, but he was playing CB, not LCB! LCB is specifically the left player in a back three. But yes, he did well there- I haven’t seem him play much as a CB, and it was good to see. As a manager I would always specify which CB was LCB and RCB in a back 4, partially because I always wanted the better footballer on the left side as it's easier to pressurise them. So yeah I call it LCB and RCB whether it's a back four or a back 5 |
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Post by melynwy on Sept 7, 2024 16:22:16 GMT
Sorry if I’m coming across as needlessly picky, but he was playing CB, not LCB! LCB is specifically the left player in a back three. But yes, he did well there- I haven’t seem him play much as a CB, and it was good to see. As a manager I would always specify which CB was LCB and RCB in a back 4, partially because I always wanted the better footballer on the left side as it's easier to pressurise them. So yeah I call it LCB and RCB whether it's a back four or a back 5 Yeah, I get that even in a back four the CBs have a designated side. But I'm pretty sure 'RCB' and 'LCB' is specifically used to describe the outer two in a back three, as it's a different position/role to a CB in a back 4. What I mean is, 'LCB' is a different position to 'left sided CB', much in the same way 'DM', 'CM' and 'CAM' are specifically different positions. I may well be wrong, but that's what I've always thought! |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 7, 2024 17:09:24 GMT
As a manager I would always specify which CB was LCB and RCB in a back 4, partially because I always wanted the better footballer on the left side as it's easier to pressurise them. So yeah I call it LCB and RCB whether it's a back four or a back 5 Yeah, I get that even in a back four the CBs have a designated side. But I'm pretty sure 'RCB' and 'LCB' is specifically used to describe the outer two in a back three, as it's a different position/role to a CB in a back 4. What I mean is, 'LCB' is a different position to 'left sided CB', much in the same way 'DM', 'CM' and 'CAM' are specifically different positions. I may well be wrong, but that's what I've always thought! I mean I guess some people draw that distinction. Although, CM, DM & CAM describe very different things, LCB is just the LCB in either a 3 or 4 - not much distinction in my opinion so I personally just call it LCB |
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Post by morg on Sept 8, 2024 9:44:37 GMT
Great to see him fulfill that promise of play as a LCB in a back 4 finally. Think him and Rodon can be a very effective pairing and I don't really see Mepham starting ahead of either. Neco is a good option at LB, Beck hopefully fulfills his promise this season, and Jay Dasilva is always there as well - thought he did a good job in the summer. RND is also on the comeback trail, so plenty of options Mepham & Cabango is then plenty to cover for Rodon & Davies Ben could make 100 caps by the end of the WC qualifiers hopefully. Deserves to, he's been a rock for us. www.sofascore.com/football/match/wales-turkiye/aUbscUb#tab:lineups107 passes against Turkey with 93% accuracy. (Rodon equally impressive). Given Spurs' current defensive inconsistencies, wouldn't rule out an Ange re-think on Ben either but if not, he'll still get plenty of European games for them. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 8, 2024 11:42:00 GMT
He's such a legend, just one one those players who flies under the radar despite being consistently great. He's never normally a 9/10 or 10/10, but he's usually an 8/10 and at the very least 7/10
Will probably have the most or joint most number of tournaments, and possibly the most tournament appearances when he retires. Can go on for several more years if he moves to CB in a back 4 imo
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 8, 2024 11:43:27 GMT
Needs his own song
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Post by morg on Sept 8, 2024 13:33:21 GMT
youtu.be/g40WCBaUXR4?feature=shared😂 Some poignant lyrics Vis a Vis various Spurs' managers failure to see him as first choice mind! Or the Danny Ward chant changing it to 'Daddy Ben' !
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Post by rushy on Sept 8, 2024 13:44:48 GMT
Ben is one of the most underrated players I have ever seen, especially at club level, this year he celebrates 10 years at Tottenham , every manager at the club during that time has seen the value of him not only as a player, but also his undoubted professionalism and being a thoroughly decent man, which is why he's still there.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 8, 2024 14:11:44 GMT
Ben is one of the most underrated players I have ever seen, especially at club level, this year he celebrates 10 years at Tottenham , every manager at the club during that time has seen the value of him not only as a player, but also his undoubted professionalism and being a thoroughly decent man, which is why he's still there. Doesn't kick up a fuss if benched, performs well when he starts. The manager's dream |
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Post by jbt95 on Sept 8, 2024 15:59:32 GMT
Will be interesting to see where he goes after his spell at Spurs ends next June.
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Post by morg on Sept 8, 2024 17:00:59 GMT
Wouldn't be surprised if Spurs extend his contract but if not could see maybe Brighton? Not afraid of the over thirties and Crofts having seen him at 4 or 5 Wales camps by then.
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Post by jbt95 on Sept 8, 2024 18:04:36 GMT
Wouldn't be surprised if Spurs extend his contract I read Spurs are not offering him a new deal but didn’t want to sell this summer as he’s a good cover player, well respected there and they have European matches again. |
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Post by rushy on Sept 9, 2024 12:38:09 GMT
Ben is already looking to the future by taking his badges, very intelligent lad who could take any route in the game, whether it's club management or being involved in the business side.
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Post by fiveattheback on Sept 9, 2024 15:23:59 GMT
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