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FellTop said:
I have two perfectly shaped stud mark scars half way up my left shin, left forever there by the metal studs of a player who couldnt play <laugh> Dangerous weapons on the wrong feet they were. Mind you I bounced up from the challenge and went straight through him 5 mins later and we ended up having a a "small coming together'...

Some of what went on in a game 30 years ago I dont miss. At times it was a bit too much. I have probably said this before but I have done my coaching badges and there is very very little in any of it about the tackle. It is all about the interception now. I agree tackling should be part of the game, but I am afraid at the higher levels of the game it is being coached out. It is one of a few things for me that has eroded the overall game quality.
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Both my shins are a mess from my many years of playing on the wing or up front against defenders who couldn’t play for toffee but done their best to stop those who could.
 
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flandersmackem said:
Also...those who actually score a goal seem hell bent on on sliding on their knees in the corner ......don't they know, is been done, think of something original...or ...just shake hands, say well done and make there way back for for the re start
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Every time I see that I always think, Oooh! I hope nobody’s put any broken glass out there.
 
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Nacho said:
I like playing and watching tennis and as far as I can tell it's still the same game it always was just with better racquets and fitter players. Anything extra like Hawkeye is unobtrusive and well executed.

It's a shame football didn't follow the same path.
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It seems as you say Tennis, Cricket (IPL great atm) and Rugby all have their version of VAR by and large working well. Its only football authorities that mess it up.

Although I reckon its not just VAR that's at fault. I.e. this giving a foul if there is a slight touch and pretending to be hurt..VAR should assist in penalising such antics instead of supporting them. That's the authorities not VAR. The micro millimetre offsides are ridiculous. Also not showing the replays on screens (is this really because manure and the bindippers do not have screens). If the clock were stopped for var and other halts that would also help imho and everyone could see it.
 
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MrRAWhite said:
I agree with you on most of this apart from wanting Liverpool to win. I wasn’t bothered who won until Liverpool fans booed abide with me and the national anthem. After that I wanted Chelsea to win.
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Me too - booing sent me straight to Chelsea’s side. The F A should make LFC apologise and explain for their fans. Doubt if they have the balls to question Liverpool though
 
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The Norton Cat said:
The FA Cup used to be the showpiece event of the season. The coverage would start from early in the day and would build to a crescendo at 3pm, the proper kick off time. It felt like the whole country stopped. I can't help but feel that interest in it has waned because the media no longer gives it the respect it is due.
It will all start again at the beginning of August. It started for me last August by watching a league game between Cockfosters and Woodford Town. There are 1000s of other people who will have been involved in some way in the FA Cup, hoping that their club can somehow make a mark in it, who won't be given a second thought by the two teams who make next year's final or by the TV companies who broadcast it. But what the FA Cup is really about is the dreams of people up and down the football pyramid and the excitement of possibly playing a team higher up in a 'glamour' tie. The media need to remember that because the magic is still there. It just needs bringing out.
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Local team to me had a good cup run a couple of years. Paid for a new 3g pitch in the town. Matchdays open it up for all the kids to play on.
 
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Chunksafc said:
You may be right, they were still the best for grip, none of this blade ****e that came out
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The blades are absolutely awful in my opinion. Particularly for kids. I am convinced they cause injury problems because they create unnatural grip. I still wear my ancient puma kings for coaching and dont think I have ever seen a better modern boot.
 
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FellTop said:
The blades are absolutely awful in my opinion. Particularly for kids. I am convinced they cause injury problems because they create unnatural grip. I still wear my ancient puma kings for coaching and dont think I have ever seen a better modern boot.
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This is all to much. Puma kings with metal screw in studs.

It doesn't get any better than that
 
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Faint scar from the seventies metsl studs still there. I was out for the rest of the season. Got the barsteward the following season.
 
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FellTop said:
Local team to me had a good cup run a couple of years. Paid for a new 3g pitch in the town. Matchdays open it up for all the kids to play on.
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Two good runs in the FA Cup and FA Trophy a couple of seasons ago generated enough to cover the entire playing budget for the season for my current lot.
 
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Smug in Boots said:
The commentator just said,
"This game has had everything."

No mate, it's had virtually nothing.
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apart from a goal in 120 minutes.

Magic of the cup my arse. Its all well and good the little team knocking out the bigger team, just as long as they can sell the final with 2 massive clubs. It's a load of ****e. I much prefer the leauge cup because it's under the lights.
 
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Faint scar from the seventies metsl studs still there. I was out for the rest of the season. Got the barsteward the following season.
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I'll drink to your let, shall we drink to our legs?
 
Puma Kings, the choice of real men, Adidas had their equivalent but I always went for Puma. Two pairs, studs and mouldies.
 
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Jack Ford said:
Football is not the same nowadays

I hate VAR. To me its swings and roundabouts, you win some, you lose some. Bollocks to this over analysis.

And as for jumping through hoops to try and get to an away match instead of just jumping on a train or whatever and paying on turnstile

And play acting fannies who fall over if you fart

I could go on................

But I get Im a dinosaur

HTFL!!
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Everybody within breathing distance falls over when my mate farts!
 
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