Much improved 2nd half. It's amazing what more work rate and determination can bring to a team. We were more aggressive and positive in and out of possession. Gives me a little hope that we can stay up.
and what's the point of a pack of pyro dogs that cannot sniff out pyro?
I thought they were "drugs dogs" as well. It would be a pretty stupid waste of funding to go to the extremes of training and implementing dogs on matchdays just to sniff out a glorified smoke bomb.Personally, I think the drug dogs are a little bit OTT as well. People can arrive after a 3 or 4 hour boozing session but a bit of personal weed/coke whatever is strictly forbidden. Yes, I accept drugs are illegal but in the grand scheme of things, why pick on travelling away fans to conduct these searches? How many people are caught by these dogs? It just doesn't weigh up to me. Yesterday, we had to go past 2 different sets of dogs to get to the turnstiles - That's at least 4 dogs (and handlers) that I saw. How much did this cost? What is their ultimate aim?I suppose that if you get stopped by a dog, it would be pointless doing anything but a thorough search which would include a wallet where powder could be kept.
I mean it was a decent stop but I would expect most keepers to save it. I was expecting high-end reflexes the way people were describing it.
Quote from: lovejoy on January 18, 2020, 07:35:49 PMI though Drinkwater grew in to the game. With fitness there is a player there.Agreed.
I though Drinkwater grew in to the game. With fitness there is a player there.
Quote from: Brassneck on January 19, 2020, 10:55:48 AMI thought they were "drugs dogs" as well. It would be a pretty stupid waste of funding to go to the extremes of training and implementing dogs on matchdays just to sniff out a glorified smoke bomb.Personally, I think the drug dogs are a little bit OTT as well. People can arrive after a 3 or 4 hour boozing session but a bit of personal weed/coke whatever is strictly forbidden. Yes, I accept drugs are illegal but in the grand scheme of things, why pick on travelling away fans to conduct these searches? How many people are caught by these dogs? It just doesn't weigh up to me. Yesterday, we had to go past 2 different sets of dogs to get to the turnstiles - That's at least 4 dogs (and handlers) that I saw. How much did this cost? What is their ultimate aim?I suppose that if you get stopped by a dog, it would be pointless doing anything but a thorough search which would include a wallet where powder could be kept.I was with Chico and a few of the London Lions and it seemed like a strange use of police resources to me. A Villa mate from Brighton joined us so I will ask him if this is normal.
Quote from: Ads on January 18, 2020, 05:42:52 PM and what's the point of a pack of pyro dogs that cannot sniff out pyro?They were sniffing for drugs I was told - shortly after one of them started jumping up and sniffing me and I was taken aside to a special area for a thorough searching by 2 security blokes. Nothing found, of course, but not the sort of thing you expect to happen to you in front of your 13 year old son. They weren't coppers, I asked if they were authorised to be so thorough ( they were leafing through my wallet, opening up receipts etc) but the angrier I got, the more they seemed to enjoy doing it.Anyway, I said before the game that I'd take a point
An absolute must not lose on Tuesday, and considering we've played a disproportionate amount of games against the teams we generally pick up points from, it's a must win. I thought 7 was needed from these 3. I fear this is going to be the most difficult of the three though.