Sorry Filmoss but Barnsley has you over a barrel on this one.

Rosler himself has stated he copied the blueprint of Martinez’s tactics from the final.

This allowed us to force them to play through the middle against our 3 CB’s and still be able to keep people forward to play them on the break.

If you dont think Martinez deserves a bit of credit on the back of that then that is up to you but it doesnt take anything away from Rosler for making the decision to use those tactics + all the good work he has done since joining the club + the players for putting out another world class performance against world class opposition.

The funny thing is I think we could play those tactics against Man City again and they would still struggle to break it down.

Maybe other teams who dont think they have the ability to get a result against them may deem it worth a punt at the same tactics.

Hendry Thomas is not included as he retired from international football last season at the age of 52.

I dont agree with the opinion that Gomez has found his level.

Maybe its more about us finding our level which allows us to have more control in games which in turn allows Gomez to flourish and do what he does best.

Certinaly gives Hendry Thomas a run for his money.

Get Acestream downloaded then get on Wiziwig.

Quality is superb.

Well, as you’ve gone into retirement again you obviously won’t see this, but…

That was probably the case for me and LMB falling out, but all that has been put to bed. At least he can spot a wind-up when he sees one.

My aggression on this forum usually came from some other people’s inability to form a decent argument on many issues, not just the Martinez issue. On that particular subject though, many people could never manage anything more coherent than “Martinez is a useless Spanish prick” and that was the sort of post that would get my back up and end up with me launching from both barrels.

Anyway, those on this forum that do know me will tell you my real persona bears little resemblance to the one displayed on here. I met a bloke I used to play football with over ten years ago at a funeral last week and he said something along the lines of “you’re a piss-taking bastard on that Cockney Latic, they don’t know you very well, do they?”

Still, as I said yesterday, it’s probably time for a new leaf to be turned. I probably have gone too far with some of the stuff I have said. However, I still seriously doubt that anyone has left this site because of me, but if they have, then more fool them and it really says more about them than it does me, as someone else has already said.[/quote]

Wasn’t expecting the last paragraph but fair play to you for typing it. Griff i have been hanging around CL since it’s infancy and you were always a character. Think your username then was V455Griff or summat. Correctly you pull people up when they are blatantly wrong and i would consider you to have a considered approach, However, as i stated in the last post, When someone says something that you are strongly siding for you turn into ‘one of us’ and the academical hierarchy you take kind of goes out of the window. I will be honest with you, One of the main reasons i still view this forum as a guest is because of you and a couple more who, When are approached on certain subjects, have a really good view on things and it makes for an interesting read. If i didn’t find it interesting i wouldn’t read the forum or even follow you on facebook. It’s the petty bickering that pisses me off on here. It isn’t a case of having a different point of view on here any more, It’s like everyone is waiting to jump onto someone for something they have said. The rugby posts are just desperately diabolical, They are the ones that get under my skin because there is just no need.

The last bit wasn’t aimed at you btw.[/quote]

Are you going yet?

I’ll hold the door open.