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Philadelphia Eagles, the Millwall of the NFL.

1 minute ago, Tegis said:

Nope! Brady takes a pretty small salary all things considered and cares more about winning at this moment in his career. It does help that his supermodel wife is worth more than he is and he still has pocketed about 200 million $$$$ over the years.

He lives a good life

I take it back then.

So my only annoyance is how easy they make it look. 

4 minutes ago, Tegis said:

Bonuses count towards the cap, it's how you space the money out over the years and how much is guaranteed that's important. Players prefer a bonus as it is a guaranteed sum rather than a contract that can be terminated.

So nothing shady going on?

I don't mind them either tbh. It is annoying how effortlessly easy they make it look though.

Oh, I also read the other day about how Brady's last contract took him from a base salary of $10m a year to $1m but with a massive signing bonus. That pissed me off.

Although surely the Pats can't be the only team that manipulate the salary cap.

34 minutes ago, dn1982 said:

This was covered earlier. Bruce waiting 6 months for him was a gamble as he couldve been sacked in that time. It looks to have paid off. 

Possibly, but without wishing to further the 'Bruce is shit, nah he's decent' debate, we weren't doing terribly before Agnew came in, the football was just rather dull for the most part.

6 minutes ago, dn1982 said:

You are misquoting again. I said our attacking play was awful and that’s why most fans wanted Bruce out. It’s a brilliant thing we are now looking like a team it’s  just a shame he didn’t rectify it earlier as we’d couldve been challenging Wolves. 

If Bruce wanted Agnew to help rectify the problem then you can see why it didn't happen sooner.

Yes, I'm sure there are plenty of other attacking coaches out there but managers tend to go with what they know. It's coming together nicely and at the right time.

12 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

I said during the poor December run that even if we were to go on another run of 3/4 wins I wouldn't be getting carried away, I'd always be wondering when we're about to hit the wall again. 

However NOW I see what people were asking for when they said they wanted to see something more sustainable in terms of the style. Even though there were some comfortable, controlled performances such as QPR and Preston compared to now they seem like the low bar. We finally look way too good for the league. 

We're setting our stall out to blow teams away. We're a composed, skillful, dominant team and rather than feel nervous about our next game, or the one after that, I'm more excited to see whether this likeable and exciting bunch of players can rack up a cricket score. 

Steve Bruce, as the manager and the man who takes the flack when things aren't going well, deserves as much credit as anyone for that. He has gone from doing an ok job in my eyes to doing a very good one in short order and I'm utterly gripped by it.  

Decent post. Just decent, not worthy of my 'likes' though. 

These adverts are making me want to cry.

Fournette is a sledgehammer.

YAY!

Great run from Grant.

14 minutes ago, JB said:

Nice one on the PR. 200kg by the end of the year?

Sumo stance is a bit easier on the back, whereas conventional is a bit easier on the quads. Which a person prefers largely depends on the individual biomechanics, particularly hip structure. For example, sumo always felt more comfortable for me and conventional would ruin my lower back after a few weeks. Some people are stronger with straight-ahead hip flexion (conventional), whilst others are stronger with hip flexion with hip abduction (sumo). 

As you say, there’s a difference in the distance the bar travels between the two variations. It’s minimal but obviously can add up if deadlifting for reps. However, it generally isn’t significant when maxing out. Also, it’s often negated by taller lifters (who commonly do better with sumo) having to lift the bar further off the floor. Neither is really easier or harder. All the heaviest dead lifts of all time have been conventional. 

Cheers mate. That's what i'm hoping for, If I can hit 180kg by the summer i'll be happy.

I'm going to try some Sumo deadlifts. I feel fine lifting conventional and I always feel slightly off balance lifting sumo but it's good to mix it up!

Hit a PR deadlift today of 160kg. Pretty happy with that considering I only started to deadlift consistently about 4-5 months ago.

Can anyone shed some light on the differences between conventional and sumo? I've seen people lifting sumo and it appears to me that because they start with what looks like a wider stance they don't need to lift the bar as high compared to conventional?

9 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Did you even see that second half? 2 shocking mistakes from both our centre defenders. They could have easily scored 2 goals if clinical.

The pitch probably didn't help the situation. It's not like its a common thing for Terry and Chester is it.

Actually have the Villa sweats for the first time in a long time, Love it!

Come on lads!

Not interested in a London team at all.

Wanted a solid performance but expected one like Derby.

Well done Steve, keep it going!

Thought he was excellent. He made a big difference in that second half. 

Far more energy than Whelan and tidied up very well.

1 minute ago, rjw63 said:

Good run by Brie

Better run by Camembert though.

6 minutes ago, Grasshopper said:

Promotion because of Agnew & the players despite Bruce maybe?

No.

Blummin' love the Potato headed doughnut tonight. Mass Hysteria? Maybe he's right....

1 hour ago, rjw63 said:

Hmmm, I wouldn't go that far!

Fun I should say.  

Another good season lads. Well done to all.

Anyone else think we need to have the championship game a week earlier? The amount of big name players sitting this week is daft. 

Great, Now Boro have appointed Brucey's superior.

That's another side primed for the Playoffs.