What is the Number 1 contributing factor in your opinion as to why United struggle to keep a clean sheet and how would you solve it?

Foo Kin Twat wrote:

What is the Number 1 contributing factor in your opinion as to why United struggle to keep a clean sheet and how would you solve it?

They don't defend as a unit. Our defensive problems come from three areas.  1.  Long balls:  Our ch's don't clean enough of them out.  and we loose out on too many second balls.  Why? full backs don't tuck in to cover the ch's,  central midfielders don't get in front of opposition strikers to help out the ch's and don't pick up enough second balls.

2.  Corners: Under Jackie we started off as man to man (ditching zonal)  this year we seem to have switched to a mixed system whihc is part zonal and part man to man (my old boy does the same actually).  Our players don't have a scooby what they are supposed to be doing.  It takes hours of work on the training ground.  Work that if rumours are true, are not being put in.

3.  The goalie was a total brainfart.  Nerves have seeped through the defence as a result.

Better goalie, better orgainsation, more training. Success.

 

Last edited by lifesanocean (12/6/2015 7:33 pm)

Foo Kin Twat wrote:

lifesanocean wrote:

Mickeys.  Made an absolute cunt of myself right enough.  Was trolleyed watching the Scoptland v Italy decider and lost the rag when Italy got that well dodgy free-kick that led to their goal.  Gobbed on the telly. Absolute clown.  Suffice to say, I'll never live it down.  If the missus hadn't been about 7 months preggers at the time she would've murdered me that night. Especially when HBAF and the like bring it up when they are in the mood to give me a slagging.

Gave myself a Hysel style ban from watching Scotland in Dundee whihc only ended about 3 years ago. 

Mrs LAO relents and allows her hubbie to go watch Eire v Scotland after all.....


 

Thats fucking quality.

If you had the chance to do something to tannadice and had an open cheque book to do so what would you do

Sieb22 wrote:

lifesanocean wrote:

Mrs LAO is the boss most definitely.  All worth it though.

 
A happy wife is a happy life mate.

My question is, what is your favourite United strip and were you a Sega Mega Drive or Super Nintendo man?

I went from a Sega Master System (cannot beat Afterburner, Alex Kidd in Maracle World, Sonic 1 and Mickeys Castle of Illusion on the 8 bit system) to an Amiga 600.  Sensible World of Soccer pretty much took over my life for about 3 years.  Got a Mega Drive 2nd hand when my Amiga packed up.  Fucking hopeless at computer games now.
 

Have you ever shagged a Dundee fan?

bowers wrote:

If you had the chance to do something to tannadice and had an open cheque book to do so what would you do

Rebuild the Shed into a 2 tier stand as was originally conceived but with a safe standing section in the lower tier for home fans.  It would be the biz.  The acoustics would blow teams away.
 

Last edited by lifesanocean (12/6/2015 7:46 pm)

lifesanocean wrote:

Sieb22 wrote:

lifesanocean wrote:

Mrs LAO is the boss most definitely.  All worth it though.

 
A happy wife is a happy life mate.

My question is, what is your favourite United strip and were you a Sega Mega Drive or Super Nintendo man?

I went from a Sega Master System (cannot beat Afterburner, Alex Kidd in Maracle World, Sonic 1 and Mickeys Castle of Illusion on the 8 bit system) to an Amiga 600.  Sensible World of Soccer pretty much took over my life for about 3 years.  Got a Mega Drive 2nd hand when my Amiga packed up.  Fucking hopeless at computer games now.
 

Castle of Illusion is a brilliant game mate. Also Sensible World of Soccer = best football game ever!!!

What did you do the night United won the Scottish Cup? 1994 & 2010

Doomcaster has been assassinated on the steps of Hampden and you've been tasked with filling his boots and revolutionising the Scottish Professional game.  What 6 changes/improvements would you make?

St Obswell wrote:

What did you do the night United won the Scottish Cup? 1994 & 2010

1994 was only 15.  A pal who lived in Germany but whose granparents lived in my street came over for the game and we couldn't get a carry out anywhere and ended up hanging about withe the Lochee Fleet at the ABC park in Lochee in the hope that we could cadge a can or two off of someone.

2010 was a great day but I was absolutely fucked with the cold.  Ended up in Mickeys singing but by about 11 o' clock I felt like death warmed up and had to call it a day.  I went to Tannadice at about 10 am the next morning though to the J-League final and had a blether with a very hung-over Derek Robertson outside.  He was carrying a box which I'm pretty sure had the cup in it put I bottled out of asking him if thats what it was.  Never had my hands on it too.
 

Last edited by lifesanocean (12/6/2015 10:19 pm)

Tek wrote:

So far what's been the happiest day of your life AND the saddest?

 
Happiest: getting married, the wife and I eloped with 2 friends and got married in Pitlochry. Amazing day.

Kids being born, I have twins.

Stone Roses at Heaton Park. Never though it would happen. Mind blowing.

2010, 1994, lc semis in 2008 and 2015.

Worst: deaths of my grandfather and uncle.

Football: St Johnstone cup final. It came when I was having a really tough time at work and I felt like shit and basically went home and never spoke to anyone. The wife was having a party downstairs and I never went near it.

The league cup semi this year I burst into tears at the end. It was like all the pain was released. Got some new pain on deadline day not long after mind you....