Street Preacher

After a quick Google there's quite a few articles about this. It definitely looks like having a go from 30 yards is dying out. Like has already been said, there's such a small chance of a shot over 30/35 yards going in that it's generally not worth it when the likelihood is you're just going to lose possession.

Now this might just be my memory playing tricks with me, but is there a lack of long distance shots in the modern game? I seem to remember that in the 90s and early part of this millennium there used to be a veritable cornucopia of shots either flying into the back of the net or smacking against the bar. If this is the case, is it something to do with players have less time on the ball to pick a shot, players being trained differently or is it something else? Or am talking bollocks?

Quoted the wrong post if anyone was wondering what the fuck I was going on about. I'm sure nobody was like.

We're drawing ourselves into mediocrity. Or something like that.

Can my tactics be changed in order to make my team better please? Cheers.

Woooooo!

Did not know that Bjornebye had that many assists.

It's a pass from me when it's my time too. Don't think there's any one player out there that can save my lot.

Yes! A couple of fresh defeats! Love the shear grinding consistency of shite my team serves up. Can not wait until next season.

The champagne is definitely still on ice.

My team went and won a match!

I never seem to get battered but consistently lose by either two or one goal. Onwards and upwards(I hope).

God my team is awful. I'll be battling for 18th place at this rate.

I think Haaland wanted a big-ish club where he would be guaranteed to start every game. Then after scoring a shit-load he and his agent could have a nice big pay day when moving to a top tier club. He's probably planned every step of his career already.

Might be my memory playing tricks on me but compared to the late 90s/early noughties the strikers around now seem a bit shite. Just in the pram you had Fowler, Owen, Shearer, Ferdinand, Sheringham, Cole, Wright, Vialli, Ravanelli, Yorke, Phillips, Henry etc. That's before you start thinking about Ronaldo, Batistuta, Baggio, Totti, Shevchenko, Crespo, Montella, Salas, Vieri. You could go on and on. Anyway I'm saying invent a time machine and sign Ronaldo from PSV and Shevchenko from Kiev.

I'm a real pessimist so a top 18 finish will do me. Having Lewandowski has obviously made a big difference as we were terrible last season. Saying that, this league is just so close.

Can't see FSG selling any time soon, especially since they've brought the new investors in and got the Nike deal they want. They will want to squeeze every penny out of us.

I know it's early days but 3rd! What an unbelievable turnaround from last zeason. I fully expect us to lose the next three or four matches and be back where we belong.

Go for it.

Cheers.

I didn't see Dayot Upamecano in my squad list(I'd forgotten all about him tbh). Is he in the reserves/Youth?

Aah the heady heights of 10th. I shall take this feeling in and remember it. Seems like Lewandowski has kicked into gear anyway.

Looks my side are bringing poor Lewandowski down to their level and not the other way round.

I for one have no issue with replaying these fixtures again. I'm only thinking of the integrity of the season of course.

A 2-1 defeat. Same old, same old. Lewandowski was probably playing the anchor man role, knowing my manager.