England v Scotland

terenceanne wrote:Another issue is the "good 'ol shift" ......  the typical British supporter and manager for that matter can't get around that one.  Players that hump up and down the pitch to are just grand if they put in that shift. But a skilled player is deemed lazy or only playing for the money etc etc...
Using one of our own for example ..... Klasnic barely broke a sweat in a normal game but had finishing skills not seen since at BWFC.  I recall supporters calling him lazy at the time. 
I think we can agree that the Europeans have always fancied skill over pure work rate. Seems that way to me anyhow.

Boggersbelief wrote:

terenceanne wrote:Another issue is the "good 'ol shift" ......  the typical British supporter and manager for that matter can't get around that one.  Players that hump up and down the pitch to are just grand if they put in that shift. But a skilled player is deemed lazy or only playing for the money etc etc...
Using one of our own for example ..... Klasnic barely broke a sweat in a normal game but had finishing skills not seen since at BWFC.  I recall supporters calling him lazy at the time. 
I think we can agree that the Europeans have always fancied skill over pure work rate. Seems that way to me anyhow.

Klasnic was a lazy bastard, and in a side like ours who were always going to be fighting relegation you need 11 committed players. A mixture of skill and graft makes you a top player

Boggersbelief wrote:Klasnic was a lazy bastard, and in a side like ours who were always going to be fighting relegation you need 11 committed players. A mixture of skill and graft makes you a top player

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Boggersbelief wrote:Klasnic was a lazy bastard, and in a side like ours who were always going to be fighting relegation you need 11 committed players. A mixture of skill and graft makes you a top player

Laughable post.

Klasnic scored at nearly a goal a game when he started.

I'd rather have a player who scored at that rate than someone who ran around a bit with no end product.

If we'd had a "passenger" who scored a goal nearly every game we'd still be in the Championship.

Boggersbelief wrote:
Teams like us can't afford luxury players, to match the top teams we need 100% effort. Players like klasnic are the reason we are league one now a days