General Football thread

Could do with a 7 point week coming up so we can bridge this gap between us, and the cluster of teams on 17-19 points
 
i think dyche probably already over achieved, theres only so far "getting it in the mixer" can take a club lol
 
Lewis mcgugan recommends kids to be using a size 5 ball as soon as possible. Build up the power and get used to it. Thats how he got his power for free kicks he says.
 
the jock said:
Lewis mcgugan recommends kids to be using a size 5 ball as soon as possible. Build up the power and get used to it. Thats how he got his power for free kicks he says.
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How many free kicks did he actually score?

I remember one banger. Can't recall any or many others
 
chandos9 said:
My memory is that he scored a lot. Not checked it though. He was certainly better at free kicks than the current crop of Forest players.
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According to AI it was 8.

That seriously surprises me. I can't remember ever getting excited about him taking a free kick like we did with Robbie Earnshaw. I remember the banger against Ipswich but I honestly can't recall any others. Some must have been in League One
 
Pope John XXIII said:
According to AI it was 8.

That seriously surprises me. I can't remember ever getting excited about him taking a free kick like we did with Robbie Earnshaw. I remember the banger against Ipswich but I honestly can't recall any others. Some must have been in League One
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I remember him scoring a good one against Yeovil Town, which, as you rightly say, was in League One, and I remember it because it was the game where Forest finally got out of League One by beating Yeovil Town in the last game (as opposed to the play- off collapse against them previously).

I don't go to that many games, so I suppose I extrapolate his scoring a free kick to being a regular thing.

Eight is quite a lot though.
 
chandos9 said:
I remember him scoring a good one against Yeovil Town, which, as you rightly say, was in League One, and I remember it because it was the game where Forest finally got out of League One by beating Yeovil Town in the last game (as opposed to the play- off collapse against them previously).

I don't go to that many games, so I suppose I extrapolate his scoring a free kick to being a regular thing.

Eight is quite a lot though.
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I remember him scoring the Yeovil one, but not it being a free kick.

He probably got quite a few in that great run. To be fair, in those days a goal wasn't that big a deal, it was just FFS get out of this division

Earnshaw would have taken most of them after that season, and I DO remember him scoring a lot. Largely because he was miles better at scoring them than he was penalties
 
He scored the free kick against Yeovil in league 1 to get us promoted.

He scored free kicks against Middlesbrough at home a week before his one against Ipswich in 2010/11.

He got one against Notts county in the cup under Steve McClaren.

He scored one against Charlton 2012-13 under O’Driscoll at home.

He scored against us for Watford from a free kick in 2013-14.

There’s 5 for us, not sure I can remember anymore tbh. He was a great free kick taker but an even better penalty taker. Never missed one for us and they were always top class
 
Will.NFFC said:
He scored the free kick against Yeovil in league 1 to get us promoted.

He scored free kicks against Middlesbrough at home a week before his one against Ipswich in 2010/11.

He got one against Notts county in the cup under Steve McClaren.

He scored one against Charlton 2012-13 under O’Driscoll at home.

He scored against us for Watford from a free kick in 2013-14.

There’s 5 for us, not sure I can remember anymore tbh. He was a great free kick taker but an even better penalty taker. Never missed one for us and they were always top class
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So it's 8 in about 6 years

Doesn't sound like many, but the Premier League career record is 18 I think- so a lot more impressive than I remember, just spread out a bit
 
Pope John XXIII said:
So it's 8 in about 6 years

Doesn't sound like many, but the Premier League career record is 18 I think- so a lot more impressive than I remember, just spread out a bit
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Not just free kicks but he did score some outstanding goals one season in the Championship , every goal he scored seemed to be a Worldie ,i think only Taarabt at QPR outshone him that season for magical goals.
 
Meanwhile these 2 pretender teams meet this weekend

Derby County and Leicester City are proof that a decade is an eternity in the game.

It has been almost 12 years since these two sides last met in the league.

Shame they cant both lose
 
Thewolf/jimmygordon said:
Meanwhile these 2 pretender teams meet this weekend

Derby County and Leicester City are proof that a decade is an eternity in the game.

It has been almost 12 years since these two sides last met in the league.

Shame they cant both lose
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Leicester now the third best team in the East midlands, having been undisputed top for nearly a decade

With a points deduction to come it isn't inceivable they could be competing in a league with the 4th and 5th best EM teams next season
 
Thewolf/jimmygordon said:
Meanwhile these 2 pretender teams meet this weekend

Derby County and Leicester City are proof that a decade is an eternity in the game.

It has been almost 12 years since these two sides last met in the league.

Shame they cant both lose
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I really don't know who I'd prefer to lose here so I suppose a really wank nil nil will do.
 
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