Machado 1,708 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I'm not sure what this is supposed to show? The especially tall teams seem to be midtable or lower. Football continues to be one of the only sports in which size is not important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 17,859 Posted March 13, 2017 Administrator Share Posted March 13, 2017 what the fuck is going on at Watford . Tall and fat is their motto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado 1,708 Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 26 minutes ago, The Artful Dodger said: I'm not sure what this is supposed to show? The especially tall teams seem to be midtable or lower. Football continues to be one of the only sports in which size is not important. It think it shows exactly that. Chelsea seem to have the worst of both worlds, yet sit at first place quite comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,749 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 How much is Peter Crouch distorting Stoke's average height? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 We dream of a team of lightweight midgets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,300 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 3 hours ago, The Artful Dodger said: I'm not sure what this is supposed to show? The especially tall teams seem to be midtable or lower. Football continues to be one of the only sports in which size is not important. Not necessarily. Dougie Freedman had a policy with us where he openly said he would avoid signing players smaller than six feet and the squad he predominantly built took us from a Championship relegation battle to a top half Premiership finish and an FA Cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 So basically this is saying that Watford's team looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 17,859 Posted March 13, 2017 Administrator Share Posted March 13, 2017 7 minutes ago, ATL said: So basically this is saying that Watford's team looks like and this is their new goal-keeper coach. 6ft 2. 23 stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just now, StanLCFC said: and this is their new goal-keeper coach. 6ft 2. 23 stone Is that the meat pie bloke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 17,859 Posted March 13, 2017 Administrator Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just now, ATL said: Is that the meat pie bloke? yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 1 minute ago, StanLCFC said: yeah What a sexy beast.. Heard he either got fired or resigned after all those pictures surfaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 6 hours ago, Aaroncpfc said: Not necessarily. Dougie Freedman had a policy with us where he openly said he would avoid signing players smaller than six feet and the squad he predominantly built took us from a Championship relegation battle to a top half Premiership finish and an FA Cup final. Oh, the famous Dougie Freedman, the bestowed great Dougie Freedman? What a shit philosophy, England is more neanderthal than most I suppose. Much rather watch small players play football myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 240 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Imagine if we had N'Zonzi and Huth still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,856 Posted March 14, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted March 14, 2017 We are generally quite a small side actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,749 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Watford warming up before kick off at Vicarage Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,300 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 17 hours ago, The Artful Dodger said: Oh, the famous Dougie Freedman, the bestowed great Dougie Freedman? What a shit philosophy, England is more neanderthal than most I suppose. Much rather watch small players play football myself. Regardless of what you think of him he built a team that were destined to go down that went on to finish tenth in The Premier League and played in an FA Cup because of the high recruitment standards he has. Something that if history's anything to go by will not happen again at our club for decades. He's evidence that you can be successful without fielding a team of midgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robosys 6 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Watford is just wrong, plain wrong... they don't look like they are tall though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig on the Wing 289 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 3/13/2017 at 2:23 PM, Aaroncpfc said: Not necessarily. Dougie Freedman had a policy with us where he openly said he would avoid signing players smaller than six feet and the squad he predominantly built took us from a Championship relegation battle to a top half Premiership finish and an FA Cup final. Interesting. At Bolton, he had a policy of spunking huge contracts on Sunday League lumps like Liam fucking Trotter, and that somehow didn't work...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,300 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 6 minutes ago, StefBWFC said: Interesting. At Bolton, he had a policy of spunking huge contracts on Sunday League lumps like Liam fucking Trotter, and that somehow didn't work...? He had to put food on the table for his family remember. Show him some respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig on the Wing 289 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 3/13/2017 at 8:58 PM, The Artful Dodger said: Oh, the famous Dougie Freedman, the bestowed great Dougie Freedman? What a shit philosophy, England is more neanderthal than most I suppose. Much rather watch small players play football myself. Huge non sequitur. Ronaldo, Bale, Lewandowski, Reus, Pogba, Muller, Gerrard - all 6 foot plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 10 hours ago, StefBWFC said: Huge non sequitur. Ronaldo, Bale, Lewandowski, Reus, Pogba, Muller, Gerrard - all 6 foot plus. It's not a non-sequitur, it's a personal preference. All those players are great, not debatable, but very powerful, fast athletes. They have plenty of skill but aesthetically I find players like Modric, Iniesta, Messi, Mata, Silva and Leon Osman far more elegant on the eye, I suppose it comes from the low centre of gravity, the ball stuck to the feet. I am small myself so I guess I'm just rooting for my guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artful Dodger 1,831 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 14/03/2017 at 2:09 PM, Aaroncpfc said: Regardless of what you think of him he built a team that were destined to go down that went on to finish tenth in The Premier League and played in an FA Cup because of the high recruitment standards he has. Something that if history's anything to go by will not happen again at our club for decades. He's evidence that you can be successful without fielding a team of midgets. Well of course, but the fact is that it's more the other way round in English football. The bias has always been towards those who are big at a young age, strong blah blah. Less about technical skill, players are discared based on size rather than ability, we encourage a culture of brute force over technical ability and this is why England is hopeless at football, even with all the money and passion for the game. Freedman is hardly some maverick for insisting on having big players, he's very much par for England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig on the Wing 289 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 1 hour ago, The Artful Dodger said: It's not a non-sequitur, it's a personal preference. All those players are great, not debatable, but very powerful, fast athletes. They have plenty of skill but aesthetically I find players like Modric, Iniesta, Messi, Mata, Silva and Leon Osman far more elegant on the eye, I suppose it comes from the low centre of gravity, the ball stuck to the feet. I am small myself so I guess I'm just rooting for my guys. I hear you - I'm a gigantor and love seeing a fellow freak perform magic with a football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 1 hour ago, The Artful Dodger said: It's not a non-sequitur, it's a personal preference. All those players are great, not debatable, but very powerful, fast athletes. They have plenty of skill but aesthetically I find players like Modric, Iniesta, Messi, Mata, Silva and Leon Osman far more elegant on the eye, I suppose it comes from the low centre of gravity, the ball stuck to the feet. I am small myself so I guess I'm just rooting for my guys. Leon Osman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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