Iwans Big Toe 312 Posted September 4, 2014 Discussing Nathan Redmond''s end product against Bournemouth in today''s article on the website Adams is quoted as thus:"The goal was what he is all about at his best, attacking full-backs and whipping balls in and then it is up to the Grabbans and Laffertys and Cameron Jeromes to get on the end of them,”This would lead me to believe that we have more than one Lewis Grabban, Kyle Lafferty and Cameron Jerome in our current squad. This leads me to ask several questions.1. How many Grabbans, Laffery''s and Jeromes do we have at the club?2. Where have they all come from? Are we cloning them or have we discovered a dimensional rift and have started pulling them through from alternate realities?3. Do we have to pay each of the Grabbans, Laffertys and Jeromes a wage or do they all count as the same person and legally fall under the one conract?4. How do we go about registering clones and doppelgangers under FA rules? Do we have to register them individually or are they all considered to be the same person, thus we only have to fill out one registration form for all of our Grabbans, Lafertys and Jeromes? This I feel is a key factor to consider. What would happen if we gain automatic promotion and the FA discover we have fielded an ineligible player from an alternate reality. I would hate for us to be docked points and miss out on automatic promotion because of a situation like that.5. Would we be able to play clones in the same team, for instance have a front 3 just of our Lewis Grabbans? It would make any opposition plans for man marking nigh on impossible, but how would three of the same person gel into an effective strike force?I want answers!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 0 Posted September 4, 2014 Calm down dear, it''s merely a turn of phrase.I suggest you go fetch your Panini album and here, have enough pennies to go get yourself a new pack of stickers and a curly-wurly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted September 4, 2014 The only and most important question by far, is why if Adams is well aware of what Redmond is best at, does Redmond very very rarely attempt it?He tried to beat his man and get a cross in on only two other occasions against Bournemouth. Winning a corner with one of them. He played more like Snoddy for the majority of the game, cutting back and passing to Whittaker. Slowing down play etc.Surely its quite simple, Redmond has the pace to beat most FBs, so just tell him to do that. Occasionally mix it up and cut back inside, but his main aim should be to get crosses in the box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 4, 2014 Agree to an extent Gingerpele, but as a defender, would you rather be facing someone who you know is going to try and beat you on the outside/whip in a cross, or someone who is unpredictable?Surely if a defender is never entirely sure what a winger is going to do, then it''s far more difficult to defend against them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,533 Posted September 4, 2014 In the beginning there was only Josh Murphy.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted September 4, 2014 But they do know what he''s going to do. They know he''s going to cut back in.He has started extending his passing range which is good. But going back to your point last season in the cup against Watford Reds must have managed to get well over a dozen crosses in from the byline after beating the FB. When you''ve got his pace it doesn''t really matter how predictable you are. Hucks only ever went two ways really, but it worked. Redmond can mix it up, but he needs to whip crosses in a lot more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuff Said 5,135 Posted September 4, 2014 [quote user="Gingerpele"]But they do know what he''s going to do. They know he''s going to cut back in.He has started extending his passing range which is good. But going back to your point last season in the cup against Watford Reds must have managed to get well over a dozen crosses in from the byline after beating the FB. When you''ve got his pace it doesn''t really matter how predictable you are. Hucks only ever went two ways really, but it worked. Redmond can mix it up, but he needs to whip crosses in a lot more.[/quote]What - left or right? What were the other options? Up? Down? [8-)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iwans Big Toe 312 Posted September 4, 2014 Well this thread got off topic rather quickly. We are supposed to be discussing where these Grabbans, Lafertys and Jeromes have come from and how we could effectively intergrate more than one of these doppelgangers into the first team starting line up at the same time. Instead Gingerpele has highjacked the discussion with his own agenda, and is completely ignoring the original topic of this thread and has started discussing Nathan Redmond''s final ball.Can we please get back on topic?To help assist in this let me pose another question. Why have we got multiple Laffertys, Grabbans and Jeromes, yet there is no mention of having any more than one Gary Hooper? Is it because he is the best striker at the club and therefore we only require one of him? Or is it that now we have numerous versions of Cameron Jerome, Hooper is surpluss to requirements and he will be loaned out to Rotherham at the soonest available opportunity to form a potent strike force with Becchio? May be he is the only striker that refused to supply the club with a sample of his DNA as he likes the fans in the snakepit singing "There''s only one Gary Hooper"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of Percy Varco 0 Posted September 4, 2014 Good point Big Iwan''s Toe!The phrase irritates me immensely. You wouldn''t hear that at the Arsenal''s or the Chelsea''s of the world...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iwans Big Toe 312 Posted September 4, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=entup0bSYjwIt''s been posted before, but just in case you missed it.[:D] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 0 Posted September 4, 2014 I have no idea how we are cloning our players. But it makes sense as they would only need to be registered as one player! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Hockey's Beard 527 Posted September 4, 2014 Playing an ineligible player has never led to a team being punished has it? #Sunderlandgotawaywithitsowhycantwe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star_manic 0 Posted September 5, 2014 I think if we are cloning them, it would more likely be in a Petri dish rather than a vat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Proper Charlie 0 Posted September 5, 2014 I think it''s more likely in a Pyrex dish, straight from Delias kitchen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iwans Big Toe 312 Posted September 5, 2014 [quote user="star_manic"]I think if we are cloning them, it would more likely be in a Petri dish rather than a vat.[/quote]I suspect any cloning procedures that take place at Colney are likely to begin in a petri dish. However I think a 2 inch in circumferance dish is going to be inadequate when you are looking to replecate a life size version of Cameron Jerome, who stands at over six foot tall. Add to this that Neil Adams suggested that we have multiple versions of each striker (except for no apparent reason Gary Hooper as pointed I out in a previous post), it stands to reason that a vat, or indeed vats, would be the most obvious way to complete the cloning process. Have you never seen Star Wars Episode II???!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star_manic 0 Posted September 6, 2014 Remember "giant oaks from little acorns grow". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gainer the Gopher 0 Posted September 6, 2014 Due to the lack of appreciation for colloqialisms on this thread, the above statement should have read as "a mighty oak grows from a little acorn." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iwans Big Toe 312 Posted September 6, 2014 [quote user="Ice Cold Pineapple Soda"]Due to the lack of appreciation for colloqialisms on this thread, the above statement should have read as "a mighty oak grows from a little acorn."[/quote]I believe it was Chaucer which first coined a similar phrase "as an ook cometh of a litel spyr" in modern English it would be along the lines of "an oak comes from a little sapling".However we are not supposed to be discussing the finer points of syntax and grammar in the English language on this thread. [:@] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gainer the Gopher 0 Posted September 6, 2014 But that seems to have been the original intent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites