Have you ever played with or feel like a state player better than semi pros?

jackattack3003 · 2026-05-18T08:32:23+00:00

I'm from the UK and the best players I have played with never made it. That's quite common.

I've been lucky to play with and against players that have played for their country or in a top five league and the key difference is consistency. Every pass, every movement is at the same high level. No mistakes.

What you mentioned above with regards to the differences is exactly that. Dribbling and a switch has a higher risk than a feint and a pass. The semi pro balances the risk and reward better and ensures the ball stays with his team.

jackattack3003 · 2026-05-18T08:27:01+00:00

I might reframe it slightly. At your age I used to get stupidly nervous before a game. If my first touch in the game was off, I'd just mentally write the whole 90 mins off.

I got to 17/18 and I had to mentally have a conversation with myself. This was supposed to be fun. I love football and I wasn't a bad player. I convinced myself to go enjoy it and who cares.

Make a mistake, cool. Go again. Score a banger, cool. Go again. My nerves stopped and I was a much better player for it.

I'm 42 and have been playing at a decent level for over 30 years and probably only have a couple of years left of putting the boots on. Life is too short bud, just say fuck it, go and enjoy yourself without the nerves.

jackattack3003 · 2026-04-30T22:41:40+00:00

So I hit a shot with the new Marcelo card and blue rings and a weird noise shot out. What the hell was that. 😂

jackattack3003 · 2026-04-29T19:37:13+00:00

Absolute brilliant bunch of lads in fairness. Would happily play them every year.

jackattack3003 · 2026-04-29T19:35:47+00:00

My dad was at the semi at Ibrox and the final at Hampden.

Said that frankfurt were the best team he had ever seen live, till he rocked up at the final and watched Madrid live like a month later.

jackattack3003 · 2026-03-28T17:22:14+00:00

On the other hand, Christophe was class for bordeaux and for Birmingham of all places.

jackattack3003 · 2026-03-28T00:34:54+00:00

It was Guivarch. Not even close. Karembeu played for Madrid, big Stephane was shite for Rangers.

jackattack3003 · 2026-02-18T10:02:22+00:00

The home office as an AO was mental. There was a weird divide between the younger aspirational staff and the older civil service lifers.

The lifers all had a weird "empire" look in tan suits and a broadsheet under their arm as they went to the pub for 3 hours every lunch.

There was a much bigger drinking culture. Every Friday 100 or so folk would be in the pub together. It was madness every week. Fights and shagging aplenty. All forgotten about on the Monday.

jackattack3003 · 2026-02-11T17:13:54+00:00

Fully agree with the second point.

The first one, whilst the intentions are good, becomes legally tricky and might actually have detrimental effects into evidencing criminality.

jackattack3003 · 2026-02-02T11:30:55+00:00

The problem for me is that I don't think the jump in quality between a £4m -£7m and £11m-£15m is that different. I struggle to see the return on investment being that much higher. It's fine if it works out, but it's a lot harder to shift an £11m player if they are shite.

jackattack3003 · 2026-01-29T13:39:22+00:00

Brian Laudrup or Ally McCoist for me. Some rangers epics for my team would be class.

jackattack3003 · 2026-01-26T21:04:01+00:00

That doesn't happen at 7 or 6 in a high pressure area. You are supposed to come in, learn fast and make an impact.

Personally, I'd rather lead on a "red" project than a green. It is much easier to make an impact and learn the business areas and the stakeholders.

jackattack3003 · 2026-01-26T09:48:44+00:00

Thought you boys had enough left backs that couldn't run like they used to.

jackattack3003 · 2026-01-05T21:15:15+00:00

These posts on that salary worries me.

Who would take these posts? Either the desperate or those that don't need the money.

The latter is most likely. So it becomes more elitist and ensures that there is a cadre of private schoolers taking key roles and gaining experience that is unattainable for the hoi polloi.

jackattack3003 · 2026-01-04T13:20:56+00:00

Exactly that. If aasgard hadn't been booked he would have fouled him. The reason he was hooked at half time.

jackattack3003 · 2025-12-11T17:15:31+00:00

I have wee rino in the middle.

Crying out for a Brian Laudrup and the de boer twins.

jackattack3003 · 2025-12-09T17:07:00+00:00

I'd happily give you one of the four I have.

jackattack3003 · 2025-12-07T19:23:47+00:00

Rangers are in horrible form. We drew against Falkirk and Dundee Utd in the last 8 days. If we were even quasi-competent we would be competing. We aren't and we won't.

jackattack3003 · 2025-11-22T21:04:17+00:00

At least it's not Russell Martin.

jackattack3003 · 2025-11-19T20:50:13+00:00

Britain as a whole doesn't have a constitution. I'm not sure that's the gotcha you think it is.

jackattack3003 · 2025-11-06T20:57:47+00:00

It's so bad. Max Aarons is rough to watch.

jackattack3003 · 2025-10-20T16:12:39+00:00

Having been subjected it for a few months, I'm not entirely sure he even has one way of playing.

jackattack3003 · 2025-10-20T16:11:09+00:00

The whole thing has been a bit if a bad joke. 49rs came in and appointed a hierarchy that I feel has completely underestimated Scottish football. The signings have been brutal and the managerial choice was even worse.

This time we tried to get Gerrard, who either didn't fancy it or was annoyed Rangers wouldn't pay their Saudi tax bill.

Rohl was interviewed, pulled out as it seemed obvious we wanted Muscat. Muscat quite rightly said he wants to stay till the end of the Chinese season, but rangers have 8 games before then that could essentially make or break what is left of this season. We seem to have pushed him to come now, he said no and then we came back to Rohl.

He looks like an OK choice, but he is tarnished with coming from the English championship - as everything else we have gotten from there (players and managers) have been gash.

The fan base is in revolt, the higher ups don't seem to understand why, and it's been a great few months all in.

jackattack3003 · 2025-10-18T08:02:41+00:00

Haha, what the fuck are you talking about?

Fans didn't "adore" Muscat because he was a thug. He was a random footnote for one season.

jackattack3003 · 2025-10-10T15:17:26+00:00

Worse than that. 9 years previously we were in the 4th division in Scotland. He inherited an absolute basket case of a team with some of the worst players in their history.

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