mansfield vs Liverpool
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Great gestures, but why are there unused seats at an fa cup third round tie against liverpool?
The only time they play Liverpool, and sometimes the cause is just that important.
I disagree. With an extention we will have plenty of places. Those 96 empty seats would send out a real statement and support. The club is for all fans, and leaving 96 symbolic places doesn't preventiv the club for doping something for the low Nicole group as well.
Those 96 fans died whilst going to watch their club play football.
Keeping 96 seats empty seems misguided as it prevents fans from doing just what they wanted to do.
Keeping 96 seats empty seems misguided as it prevents fans from doing just what they wanted to do.
Yeah, I agree with both Woland and Jon, I think a memorial is much more apt. Of course we should never ever forget and the fight should and will continue, but we need to move on in some sense too, and I think having that constant reminder there on match day in the ground won't help in that respect.
It's a very nice idea and gesture though.
It's a very nice idea and gesture though.
I thought they were seats that had to be kept empty to seperate the home and away fans anyway?
Let's hope Sturridge starts wtih a bang ... a hat trick would be nice.
Important to let Jones know he's still wanted though, and that Reina has to keep up his good form.
Its Mansfield. .. not even Hodgson can talk that into a working day for the goalie? ?
Fine, put an arm round him and tell him he's wanted. Every single player should earn his place.
Tbf, Jones had, and then was ousted by Reina returning to fitness. I thought he did pretty well overall, so he at least deserves a go in these sort of games. There's no point having a back up keeper if he never plays, when he does he'll have had zero match practice, so what's the point?
These matches can be horribly chaotic affairs when you need teammates who are confident, in form and know each other well. An incredible number of cock-ups that lead to giant killings these days involve a defender misunderstanding the decisions of a rusty reserve keeper. I just don't know why managers seem so eager to risk being embarrassed in such games (particularly when the managers have done nothing and ought to be desperate to win something). I want to win the games calmly and professionally. It's not a friendly organised for second string players. A reserve keeper should play regularly in the reserves, end of.
Exactly. And it's amazing how fans end up getting used to something so irrational as taking the second choice keeper out of regular reserve action in order to sit on the bench for most of each season. It's crazy, but the irrationality breeds more irrationality with the 'need' to play him the odd time - playing the odd time helps no player - to keep him involved. It's like football version of a Kafka fable.
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The pitch doesn't look THAT bad, in fact if this were 1984 that would be considered about the perfect surface 😉
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