This seasons scapegoat.

[Bert]

Bert is getting confused here, he thought it was George Long but Brayford is now coming up on the rails.

 

[Barney]

Or maybe scapegoats don't come into it, and people are giving warranted criticism for poor performances?

 

[I should coco]

Bert is getting confused here

Probably because he is talking about himself in the first person.

 

[Bert]

Or maybe scapegoats don't come into it, and people are giving warranted criticism for poor performances?

Right, looks like it could be Billy Sharp then.

 

[Grecian2000]

Ahh, the annual miss-use of the term "scapegoat". The season starts here.

 

[I should coco]

Right, looks like it could be Billy Sharp then.

Yeah, just a 50% strike rate in league games, what a tosser!

 

[wizadry]

Or maybe scapegoats don't come into it, and people are giving warranted criticism for poor performances?

Way too sensible. Scapegoat is used by people to defend players not playing very well, no other term for it.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

1. 1.
   a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency.
   synonyms: whipping boy, victim, Aunt Sally;More
   goat;
   informalfall guy;
   informalpatsy
2. 2.
   (in the Bible) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16).

Mmm. Given George was the fucker upper on Saturday 1 above dosen`t apply.
Therefore,who has taken him to Barnsley?

 

[I should coco]

Ahh, the annual miss-use of the term "scapegoat". The season starts here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat

Once a year, on Yom Kippur, the Cohen Gadol sacrificed a bull as a sin offering to atone for sins he may have committed unintentionally throughout the year. Subsequently he took two goats and presented them at the door of the tabernacle. Two goats were chosen by lot: one to be "for YHWH", which was offered as a blood sacrifice, and the other to be the scapegoat to be sent away into the wilderness. The blood of the slain goat was taken into the Holy of Holies behind the sacred veil and sprinkled on the mercy seat, the lid of the ark of the covenant. Later in the ceremonies of the day, the High Priest confessed the intentional sins of the Israelites to God placing them figuratively on the head of the other goat, the Azazel scapegoat, who would symbolically "take them away".

So the 'non-scape goat' gets slain whilst the 'scapegoat' gets to wander around eating juicy cacti.

This begs the question, that of Long, Brayford and Sharp, who would survive best on a diet of desert plants? An interesting biological debate no doubt, but perhaps not 100% germane to the discussion above.

HTH

 

[Revolution]

Players being criticised for not playing well. Oh, the humanity!

 

[PokerBlade]

I wonder if there's a correlation between the number of "scapegoats" in the side and our inability to get promoted.

One might, if one were particularly pessimistic, wonder if we've had one or two players that weren't good enough to win the league.

 

[Bladesince59]

Bert is getting confused here, he thought it was George Long but Brayford is now coming up on the rails.

Not scapegoats. They are both taking the piss when they wear the shirt.

 

[INTERUNITED]

It's the fans fault, we shouldn't keep turning up in large numbers and frightening the poor little lambs.

 

[blade too long]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat

Once a year, on Yom Kippur, the Cohen Gadol sacrificed a bull as a sin offering to atone for sins he may have committed unintentionally throughout the year. Subsequently he took two goats and presented them at the door of the tabernacle. Two goats were chosen by lot: one to be "for YHWH", which was offered as a blood sacrifice, and the other to be the scapegoat to be sent away into the wilderness. The blood of the slain goat was taken into the Holy of Holies behind the sacred veil and sprinkled on the mercy seat, the lid of the ark of the covenant. Later in the ceremonies of the day, the High Priest confessed the intentional sins of the Israelites to God placing them figuratively on the head of the other goat, the Azazel scapegoat, who would symbolically "take them away".

So the 'non-scape goat' gets slain whilst the 'scapegoat' gets to wander around eating juicy cacti.

This begs the question, that of Long, Brayford and Sharp, who would survive best on a diet of desert plants? An interesting biological debate no doubt, but perhaps not 100% germane to the discussion above.

HTH

You missed
c scapegoat
a goat in a landscape

 

[Tyler Durden]

It's become fashionable to stab Billy Sharp in the back I know that much, doesn't matter that he was the top scorer and only one who could come out of last season with his head held high. The cretins have been sharpening the knives for him since Grimsby (yes, that game where he scored twice).

Unfortunately, the Unitedites with the loudest voices are the ones who are scum.

 

[Bladepicker]

Billy and Brayford would be genuine scapegoats.

Long and Basham are shite and therefore not scapegoats.

 

[Bladey McBladeface]

I still blame McEveley and Connor Sammon

 

[spongebobblade]

Right, looks like it could be Billy Sharp then.

There have been some ridiculous hissy fits on here in the last week but if we are being realistic the critisism of Long and Brayford is getting hard to defend. Long is a talented shot stopper but the command of his box and all round consistency is poor and we have seen no improvement. I like the Beard, he has shown us he's a class act but for some reason his form has dipped badly and we haven't seen him at his best for sometime now. He has it in him and because of that he is probably being afforded more time but he has to improve and fast. As for Long as much as we would love him to be successful with us, he just doesn't appear good enough.

 

[Sean Thornton]

It's become fashionable to stab Billy Sharp in the back I know that much, doesn't matter that he was the top scorer and only one who could come out of last season with his head held high. The cretins have been sharpening the knives for him since Grimsby (yes, that game where he scored twice).

Unfortunately, the Unitedites with the loudest voices are the ones who are scum.

One is not enough these days.

 

[Kevincarterversion2.0]

Baxter

 

[corkysbeard]

It's got to be wilder because clough & adkins before him went...wile all along the like likes of Bradford,long,basham etc etc are still here so I suggest wilder needs to be afraid.....very afraid!!

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Why dont we wait while we have beaten Southend and look for a Hero , instead of a scape goat for a change

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's between Long, Done, Clarke, Brayford, Basham.............. oh sod this I will be here all night.

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Basham -

 

[Blade56]

@subway Cyrel

 

[Bert]

Right, looks like it could be Billy Sharp then.

Billy races ahead of the pack.

 

[DronnieBlade]

Billy races ahead of the pack.

http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-fall-guy.48630/

UTB

 

[Blade56]

Subway Cyril

 

[northsomersetblade]

One is not enough these days.

Agreed, Wilder needs to sign three or four new scapegoats to get his squad up to full strength

 

[Bladesince59]

The Prince