The "gerritinbox" brigade.

[northsomersetblade]

Lots of people on this forum have played football, am I right? Well it is just not that simple is it?

To the point for me of not taking any notice of people who say otherwise (who usually look like they have never played any decent level of football anyway). So it's just like the other noise around you as you eat your prawn sandwiches, for me anyway.

 

[s4-blade]

Gerritintbox is fine - from the correct positions. That's how we got our goal.

As said above, shit happens in the box! I actually said during the game that firing a cross into a crowded box and relying on deflections off the defenders could be our best bet, and that's exactly what happened. In this league defenders panic, often don't react quickly and fail to deal with the ball. If you play the percentage game with crosses from the right areas, you will nearly always get a goal, as long as you get enough crosses in something will drop for you.

The essential element right there. No point in smashing it in from the half way line, nothing will happen. Equally no point in hesitating when you've got to the byline, you've just passed up the opportunity. Football is a game as much about percentages and decision making as it is about skill.

 

[curly]

On many occasions in the second half we counted 7 Town players strung across the 18 yard line with 3 more chasing side to side in front of the 7. They came to park the bus and almost succeeded but like many before they failed because of our never say die attitude.Lot's more of these type of games to come at home.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

The build up play is too slow at times. We can all see that. But we don't have anyone with pace who can change it. Not yet anyhow. Maybe we will do soon?

I used to love watching Jamie Murphy when he would pick the ball up in his own half (often following a corner to the opposition) and run with it like the wind for 70 yards and no one could catch him, then just stick it in the net.

That's the kind of player we are missing. And it would make all the difference because other teams can only get two banks of four defenders in place if you give them time to do that. And we give them loads of time to do that.

 

[Tezza1889]

And yet when the box is crammed full of (in this instance) fluorescent clad defenders, it really isn't that simple.

However when we did... (box full of defenders btw) they shit their pants... leading to freemans goal..

Continuously stopping the ball, checking and then crossing made clarke look shit yesterday, he wasn't great and lavery did more in his first five minutes, but the amount of runs clarke made expecting the ball which never came first time was obviously very frustrating for clarke and us who had noticed it...

I paid attention to clarke yesterday, he wants first time balls into the box where he can make his size count, stalling and allowing the defence to set up while clarke tried to get back onside just kills his game.... I'd choose lavery over both of them but clarke needs needs a ball whipping in at pace to meet his runs if he's going to be second striker to sharp....simple as

 

[mattbianco1]

Better to be there and putting some money in the coffers than at home shouting at the radio

Everyone in the ground is equally entitled to shout whatever they want.

(Except racist,sexist,homophobic etc..!)

Not if they know sod all about football.

"Stop fannying about with it" was a good one yesterday when there were 10 luminous shirts in 18yard box.. I'd love to know what tactic he would've used to break down the defensive wall

 

[CaptainHotdog]

Not if they know sod all about football.

"Stop fannying about with it" was a good one yesterday when there were 10 luminous shirts in 18yard box.. I'd love to know what tactic he would've used to break down the defensive wall

I sit on the kop and hear many ludicrous comments.. I don't agree with a lot of them. But each of us is entitled to say what we want, within reason. My point is I'd rather have these folk in the ground than sat at home.

Yesterday was a frustrating game - 24,000 people aren't going to sit and wait patiently for the goal to come. It's fire in the belly and passion that makes us scream out sometimes daft comments! These people contributed to a loud and proud GCB

 

[blade67]

Noticeably out in full force again today.

Mostly when our 2 strikers were alone upfront against the 5 across the back Northampton defence !!!

I feckin despair.

UTB

doing my nut in. Had 2 blokes in front of me, not been there all season but came on Boxing day and yesterday. Then we do lump it in and one of their giant heads it away . Cue "that was shit"

nearly told them to fuck off. Argh

 

[TJB.]

SHOOT! from 40 yards away, at a ridiculous angle, on the wrong foot... With 10 opposition players in front of you.

I always shout that because I'm being ironic and I find it quite funny.

I can never tell whether anyone else is sharing the irony or if they're being serious.

 

[Pinchy]

You have to be patient, but you can understand why people get frustrated when the opposition get 10 men behind the ball and waste time at every opportunity.
Thankfully this season we are actually going for the wins for 90 minutes and changing the team to get the right players on in response to the opponents lack of attacking ambition.
Playing the right way will get results more often than not, but as some one has already said, everyone is a paying customer, entitled to their own opinion and ultimately all hoping for the same outcome. Live and let live eh

Okay. My opinion, to which I am entitled, is that the gerritintbox brigade haven't a fucking clue and that the avashotevenifitsopelessandwilllosetheball Intelligentsia talk bollocks. I'm a "paying customer" as well. I'll tell them what I think. Loudly and hysterically, like them. Fucking numpties (just my opinion - I've paid for it).

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Noticeably out in full force again today.

Mostly when our 2 strikers were alone upfront against the 5 across the back Northampton defence !!!

I feckin despair.

UTB

You make a good point, but what we are not solving is teams that park the bus. Leaving it late again puts undue pressure on the team and the fans.

As listed on another thread, we have a problem with a partner for Billy and it needs a solution.

Solving this problem and breaking teams down earlier will guarantee us promotion as against perming 2 teams from 3 at present.

UTB

 

[Pinchy]

I find that chant the most cringeworthy in football. It's not hockey.

It's also nonsense at a time when we were doing nothing but attack....

 

[boo radley]

Didn't we score the winner today by gerrinitinbox

Just saying like.

We all want the same. Nowt to moan about on the pitch so let's have a go at the fans time. Long may it last if that's our only gripe... It'll be the temperature of the half time bovrils come may hopefully

We did but you have to remember that the crosser of the ball is that good that his delivery was meant to rebound of one of their defenders to Freeman.

 

[Pinchy]

I'm a fan of gerritintbox.....

Things happen when we whip the ball into the box instead of stopping and giving time for the defence to set itself then finally crossing after the strikers have got back onside after making a run for a cross that didn't come, every top side whip the cross in first time....

And also, run into the box with pace and if the ball arrives have a whack at it, if it doesn't go in then fair enough, it's my opinion that having a go is better than spilling the ball on the edge of the box while trying to thread a needle (so to speak ).... and also they can leg you over and give you a pen...

Yeah, I'm all for gerrinitintbox, as soon as possible... shit happens in the box, and we have sharp, who is a penalty area player by his own admission...

Modern defenders, unlike your favoured "style" of football are quite sophisticated. They actually set up to prevent you from getting in the box. If you had bothered to observe rather than hollering "launch it" which is what gerritintbox really means, you would have noticed their formation and organisation second half was to concede possession to us but to set up an eleven man base camp forward of the penalty area.

Patient football from quality players has solved the problem every time so far. I'm glad they stick to their principles and ignore gerritiintbox and other such euphemistic garbage from the Hoofers. Tufty agrees, Pele bless him. If he didn't he would tell them to oofitintbox.

 

[Pinchy]

We did but you have to remember that the crosser of the ball is that good that his delivery was meant to rebound of one of their defenders to Freeman.

Someone's got an obsession, haven't they Boo? Let's go back to scruffy talentless ragamuffins who try hard, eh? Quality in midfield. Who needs it?

 

[Large Mendonca]

I was wanting the ball in the box yesterday, but not hopeful chips into it - more like driving into the box by running at defenders or getting wide as coutts did for the winner.

 

[Pinchy]

I'm very much "takethefuckinballintothefuckinbox" brigade. Defenders hate players who can run with the ball into the box. Duffy is our man who can do that. Unfortunately the imaginary "force field" around the penalty box was switched on today.

If only it were imaginary. In fact it's an organised, determined 11 athletic professionals force field, with its sensors tuned to "dontletthefuckersintbox". Our patient, probing, passing football actually weakens the force field, pass by pass by pass. It works. It doesn't matter when it works. You get all 90+ of the available minutes.

 

[Pinchy]

I was wanting the ball in the box yesterday, but not hopeful chips into it - more like driving into the box by running at defenders or getting wide as coutts did for the winner.

Coutts was drifting right, left and centre most of the second half. He's a very intelligent player who was doing his best to find uncongested areas of their defensive blanket. Quality Counts.

 

[Roygbiv]

Funniest thing is when they shout "Get it in' box" then when we do the same person shouts "fucking rubbish" after a perfectly good cross that just happens to be cleared by the oppositions 10 defenders

 

[Harry's Game]

The way through was the way the goal finally came about get behind them to bye line and pull the ball back across, chipping hopefull ball across early was a waste of time, we did that too often yesterday rather than not enough.

 

[Pinchy]

Funniest thing is when they shout "Get it in' box" then when we do the same person shouts "fucking rubbish" after a perfectly good cross that just happens to be cleared by the oppositions 10 defenders

I'm afraid we have quite a high numpty ratio amongst the "best fans in the land". 20,000+ had taken a vow of silence (again) at the Lane Library, save to moan and shout abuse at players who have taken us to the top of the league and were doing all they could to break down a human wall.

Happily, Tufty's boys have a lot more bottle than the numpties and stuck to playing the right way.

 

[boo radley]

Someone's got an obsession, haven't they Boo? Let's go back to scruffy talentless ragamuffins who try hard, eh? Quality in midfield. Who needs it?

What you don't like quality in midfield? Shame on you. We have Duffy and Fleck and Coutts. What more could anyone want.

 

[Pinchy]

What you don't like quality in midfield? Shame on you. We have Duffy and Fleck and Coutts. What more could anyone want.

Agreed. They are very very good at this level. Proper footballers, the three of them.

 

[Fanny magnet]

I'm afraid we have quite a high numpty ratio amongst the "best fans in the land". 20,000+ had taken a vow of silence (again) at the Lane Library, save to moan and shout abuse at players who have taken us to the top of the league and were doing all they could to break down a human wall.

Happily, Tufty's boys have a lot more bottle than the numpties and stuck to playing the right way.

Trying to read a thread you have participated in is like attempting to paint a beautiful sunset whilst sitting in a bonfire in a fireworks factory

 

[super_pig]

If only it were imaginary. In fact it's an organised, determined 11 athletic professionals force field, with its sensors tuned to "dontletthefuckersintbox". Our patient, probing, passing football actually weakens the force field, pass by pass by pass. It works. It doesn't matter when it works. You get all 90+ of the available minutes.

'kin 'ell agree with the Pinchmeister.. wtf

 

[boo radley]

Agreed. They are very very good at this level. Proper footballers, the three of them.

You must've been gutted yesterday to see a hopeful ball played in the box from your hero like that?
So we only have three proper footballers do we?

 

[blade too long]

I think its safe to assume that between now and April 30th teams will be parking the bus when they visit
some will crumble , but some will frustrate , some will succumb but one or two may hang on like limpets
We will need patience some days, like yesterday, but we the team does try for the full 95 minutes
Id take 10 more 1-0 home wins
added to 5 1-0 away wins

 

[Pinchy]

Trying to read a thread you have participated in is like attempting to paint a beautiful sunset whilst sitting in a bonfire in a fireworks factory

Yes, entertainment all the way...

You'll learn to love me in time. We just need to work at it...

 

[Pinchy]

You must've been gutted yesterday to see a hopeful ball played in the box from your hero like that?
So we only have three proper footballers do we?

Plenty of them, thank Pele. Tuftyball is proper football. It won't have escaped you that he keeps them playing the right way when other managers would resort to kickinitlongkickinitardkickiniti thus playing into the opposition's hands. That's why and how we score the vital late goals.

I bet you're right going off Tufty, aren't you?

 

[1889]

Okay. My opinion, to which I am entitled, is that the gerritintbox brigade haven't a fucking clue and that the avashotevenifitsopelessandwilllosetheball Intelligentsia talk bollocks. I'm a "paying customer" as well. I'll tell them what I think. Loudly and hysterically, like them. Fucking numpties (just my opinion - I've paid for it).

I'd have thought you'd be keen to keep your footballing opinion to yourself Pinchy after your embarrassing support for Leon Clarkes inclusion in the starting eleven