We're all experts

[Norwood's 6 iron]

Let's change this website to "Tips on how to bake beautiful scones" or something then, if opinions about football can't be discussed without having all the proper coaching badges.

And I'll get my two penneth in first by the way, I'm a qualified baker in a previous life so you are all wrong

Can you give me a tip on how to make a good sourdough loaf.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

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Wow and I didn’t know the scouts even had a wumming badge.

 

[Flippity Gibbert]

The problem for me comes when football Forum contributers think their opinion, not knowing the inner workings of the club and what's happening behind the scenes, is fact or is something that the club are doing wrong. There will obviously be mistakes and errors of judgement, but I would never assume I know enough for my opinion to be more valid than the coaching staff in the club. And so I will only ever express opinions and I won't profess to know what the right call is over and above what the coaching staff know. I don't think that always happens with some posters.

Add to that the “I played to fairly high level, therefore I know more than you” argument.
Perhaps we should hire a manager who has played at a fairly high level, maybe even at professional level.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Do you also own a Jim’ll fix it badge?

Would explain a lot…..

I don’t know what you are suggesting

 

[Tezza1889]

We all seem to be experts when it comes to football.
Just wondered how many on here have applied to become a scout for United?

A mate of mine is a scout, dont think he's got one qualification, think he gets some travel expenses, he will go to watch a player that the chief scout identifies, just to give him another opinion, but spends most of his time scouting the under 10 teams in this area.

If you are interested in becoming a scout, a good tip would be to go see the under 23 / development team games, there's usually about 8+ scouts from other clubs, and I'm sure one of them would spare you a few minutes to give you advice on how to get started.

When Brooks was in the under 23s he played at stocksbridge, more than 20 scouts were in attendance that day, a good few are volunteers and older retired gentlemen, so there won't be a lot of money in it, it's probably why very few on the forum have become scouts.

 

[Ned the Donkey]

My pet hate is how most fans are like spoilt brats....we make demands and want it now.

This internet thing has its plus points but fuck me giving screeching toddlers a platform, a megaphone, and an audience is not one of them.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I'm far from an expert but I do have the FA level 2 in talent identification. I was doing some coaching qualifications and the course tutor suggested it was a good idea so I signed up. Very interesting, I'll never put it into use though, I spent years doing qualifications in business and finance so I now like doing football related ones as they're actually interesting.

Not at Fallowfield 'A licence' levels of knowledge yet though, I aspire to be like him one day though!

I think Fallowfield is more likely under licence……

 

[Tom Bott]

Scouting these days is done by numbers, not by eyes.

or numbers of eyes.

 

[BushBlade]

I would say the majority of us are not experts, if we were then we'd probably we working within the game in some capacity.

I played the game so I think I know a bit about how the game is played (not at a high level I might add), but I know very little about tactics and the other nuances of the game. I certainly wouldn't to pretend to know more than the manager and coaching staff. There's a lot of discussion about Berge's form at the moment, but despite our view as fans, he must be doing something right in terms of his contribution to the team, otherwise you'd assume he wouldn't be starting every game. Perhaps you could argue there may be political reasons for his inclusion, however I, perhaps naively, presume he's in the team on merit.

If a manager does something I don’t understand, my first thoughts are to try to work out why he’s done it. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can’t but I always start from the position that he’s done it for a reason. The fact I don’t know the reason, or can’t work it out, doesn’t mean there isn’t one. I’ve always like pundits who try to explain tactics etc during a game. It seems these days the women ex-players are more willing to do so. (One was talking about colour coding passes the other day, so that a “safe” pass was called a “green pass”). I’ll never know as much as a decent coach though, they’ll always be several steps ahead, doing things I get to hear about a couple of years later.

 

[themaninblack]

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John Hartson? Where’s his ‘kicking teammates in the head’ badge?

 

[Guesty]

We're not experts, we're all fucking wankers at the Lane.

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

The self-appointed experts are so well entrenched in black & white they ought to be watching Newcastle rather than the Blades, especially if never go down to the Lane anyhow!

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

I'm far from an expert but I do have the FA level 2 in talent identification.

Oooo Oooo I like eyeing up talent too!

 

[Grecian2000]

One was talking about colour coding passes the other day, so that a “safe” pass was called a “green pass”

Has a colour been found in the known visible spectrum for an "Egan from his own penalty area" pass?

 

[wadblade]

I would say the majority of us are not experts, if we were then we'd probably we working within the game in some capacity.

I played the game so I think I know a bit about how the game is played (not at a high level I might add), but I know very little about tactics and the other nuances of the game. I certainly wouldn't to pretend to know more than the manager and coaching staff. There's a lot of discussion about Berge's form at the moment, but despite our view as fans, he must be doing something right in terms of his contribution to the team, otherwise you'd assume he wouldn't be starting every game. Perhaps you could argue there may be political reasons for his inclusion, however I, perhaps naively, presume he's in the team on merit.

I was thinking along the same lines

Practically everyone on Saturday could see we were playing with nine men, Billy was struggling and Sander was in cruise mode. Yet PH who I rate, again left it far too long to make changes and put us under the cosh

At these times I often wonder what to they know that we don’t because surely 29k cant all be wrong

 

[Montymagic]

Thanks! Always considered myself as someone who knows the square root of fuck all so that's cheered me up no end!

Woohoo I'm an expert!!! Going to run home and tell our lass the good news.

 

[bertieblade]

Make sure you tell her it is football related
Don’t want her to come over all unnecessary

 

[coaxingstar71]

If a manager does something I don’t understand, my first thoughts are to try to work out why he’s done it. Sometimes I can, sometimes I can’t but I always start from the position that he’s done it for a reason. The fact I don’t know the reason, or can’t work it out, doesn’t mean there isn’t one. I’ve always like pundits who try to explain tactics etc during a game. It seems these days the women ex-players are more willing to do so. (One was talking about colour coding passes the other day, so that a “safe” pass was called a “green pass”). I’ll never know as much as a decent coach though, they’ll always be several steps ahead, doing things I get to hear about a couple of years later.

I'm the same and, like you, sometimes I can see the logic but other times it's baffling.
I'm glad I didn't hear that 'colour coding' comment, that would have got my back up! Sounds like commercial manager speak. It used to be playing percentages didn't it? Now I can just imagine the pitch being split into traffic light colour coded 'risk zones' on a whiteboard. It's a cunts way of basically saying, "Don't try a Cruyff turn or a Hollywood pass in your own box". As Colin would say, "Just fucking head it or fucking kick it!".

Just to digress for a moment, it astounds me how many teams are hell bent on this ridiculous playing out from the back. Fine if you're Man City or Arsenal and you've got the technical players to pull it off but perhaps not a great idea when you're in League One. I watched all the goals from the FA Cup 3rd round ties and there were plenty of goals scored from playing out from the back fuck ups, yet they all seem to persist with it. I'm glad we don't do it to the extremes that I've seen other teams do it.... and fail miserably.

I'm not one of those gerritfoward advocates by any means, however there's a time and a place.

 

[Sheff de party]

My mate says this all the time. “I think I’ll trust the experts and the experts say this” before quoting Alex Ferguson all the time. He’s a typical armchair Man U fan.

The experts don’t always agree, so how can they always be right? The manager of your club isn’t always right. The fans aren’t always wrong.

It’s a game of opinions init

 

[SwissBlade]

We all seem to be experts when it comes to football.
Just wondered how many on here have applied to become a scout for United?

Not saying that I’m an expert or anything, but Football clubs fill out applications for me to give them my expertise

 

[Katzenjammer]

Good luck everyone

Casual Scout Vacancies

 

[Brewster Cost £70 million]

 

[BushBlade]

Has a colour been found in the known visible spectrum for an "Egan from his own penalty area" pass?

Red. Very red.

 

[Keen Blade]

Has a colour been found in the known visible spectrum for an "Egan from his own penalty area" pass?

Last game , Egan kept standing 3 yards from Wes at goalkicks , as if expecting to receive the ball.
Wily Wes never gave it to him though.
Thank goodness.
Does anyone know what advantage accrues from a GK passing 3 yards to a CB ?
Surely , whatever the CB could do , the GK could have done anyway ?
Unless the GK has injured his kicking leg/foot.

 

[El Volví]

I am an expert


Blue Peter gave me a badge that says i am an expert on my 7th birthday therefore my opinion is more imprtant

Jimmy Saville gave me this pin badge in 1989 for guessing the weight of a couple of snooker balls in a leather pouch whilst blindfolded!

 

[Frank the tank]

Last game , Egan kept standing 3 yards from Wes at goalkicks , as if expecting to receive the ball.
Wily Wes never gave it to him though.
Thank goodness.
Does anyone know what advantage accrues from a GK passing 3 yards to a CB ?
Surely , whatever the CB could do , the GK could have done anyway ?
Unless the GK has injured his kicking leg/foot.

Its to invite teams on to you then if you beat the press you have less numbers to play through than if you just hoof it up to a squeeze of 21 players in a congested area

 

[JJBlade]

Can you give me a tip on how to make a good sourdough loaf.

Use a very strong starchy flour and always add a dash of olive oil

Sourdough bread can be a bit solid and heavy, the olive oil makes the crust a little crisper and the bread a little softer

I remembered that even without Google ing it

 

[Keen Blade]

Its to invite teams on to you then if you beat the press you have less numbers to play through than if you just hoof it up to a squeeze of 21 players in a congested area

I'm not asking Wes to boot it long , isn't he just as capable as Egan at passing to a free player in our own half ?

 

[Mike325]

Fallowfield is too overqualified.

Fallowfield would be a great candidate going by his pre match team selection and general knowledge of the game

Paul hecky could add him to his back room staff. If we lose steam in to Fallowfield

 

[Foxy]

Ignoring current club staff, I know multiple forum members who have been.

One, I don’t always agree with, but whose opinion on football can certainly be trusted, the others, the less said the better