Tim Brown

I think Brown does a great job for both club and country! He works his bollocks of defensivly. One stat that might be interesting would be the amount of running he does in a match. I think you should do stats on Lochhead, i would say he gives the ball away more regularly, and aslo gets caught ball watching. He is lucky no one else has a left foot (club and country)

I'm not sure why you lot see m to like bagging brown so much? seriously he's been one of the nix's best players this season. He's scoring goals - admittedly if he'd been a bit more sure he'd have scored more. but as a defensive midfielder he provides the mongrel we need plus he contributes on attack, what more can you ask.

I think people are asking that Tim Brown be Steven Gerrard.  And they are rightly offended that he does not fulfill their very reasonable request while still playing for an A-League squad player's salary.  Frankly, it's a disgrace.  Who does Brown think he is?

Or perhaps, it could be said that a lot of people defend him simply because they seem to feel that a defensive midfielder is automatically immune from any constructive criticism.

how could you be so wrong, I'm happy to critique, criticise any player that makes a mistake on the day - I personally think your attacks on Brown are misguided by some silly notion that he should be lighting the park up every game! Simple fact - Brown is a solid midfielder who works his arse off all game - occasionally he is caught out like all players are, but 90% of the time he is easily in our top 5 players on the night.
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Excuse me, but I don't really think "my attacks"(?!?)  on Brown are anything of the sort. Simply trying to critique his contribution to the team.

Once again, I think the most fascinating aspect of this whole thread is how opinions can differ so much on a single player, it truly is one of the greatest things about football (as opposed to American sports, or Cricket, or Golf, etc, which are so heavily stats-based; there still aren't really any particularly accurate and informative football stats-trackers).

I used to have massive arguments with a couple of Chelsea fans a couple of years back, because I thought that Claude Makelele, in his last two seasons with the club, was atrocious. And that you could have put any chap with two legs there to do exactly the same job. Of course, these fans didn't quite agree.

[quote=Stripes]No.  They defend him because they are not as brilliant as you are, and thus gravitate to a fellow mediocrity.

Look at sawu's signature. You cannot take anything he says seriously.

how could you be so wrong, I'm happy to critique, criticise any player that makes a mistake on the day - I personally think your attacks on Brown are misguided by some silly notion that he should be lighting the park up every game! Simple fact - Brown is a solid midfielder who works his arse off all game - occasionally he is caught out like all players are, but 90% of the time he is easily in our top 5 players on the night.

Or perhaps, it could be said that a lot of people defend him simply because they seem to feel that a defensive midfielder is automatically immune from any constructive criticism.

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So YOU don't think that passing efficacy & accuracy, and work off the ball on offence in providing an option to teammates, are valid criticisms of a defensive midfielders role?

My comment was a rather tongue in cheek comment on the line of defence that is taken in defending TB.

P.S. anyone that is accusing me of being a "Brown Hater" hasn't been reading my posts very carefully.  I have plenty of Brown friends.


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How dare you suggest that I'm not taking sawu seriously?!  What do you think I'm doing, being sarcastic?

I can see that you are an expert?

I know enough to see that some people in this thread know less than me.

I wish my posts were as profound and filled with insight as his.

Really.

I do.

Honest.

There's no chance I'm being sarcastic this time.

Or in any of my other posts in this thread.

OK?

Yes, Tim Brown's a nice guy. So was Jeremy Christie.

Oh, the irony. Lolz. I love you stripes. Freekick, by any chance?

Yes, Tim Brown's a nice guy. So was Jeremy Christie.

For blatant sarcasm?  Considering the prior infringements, I should probably be booked.

I know enough to see that some people in this thread know less than me.

wow this has turned into (even more) stupid. Least it was a decent discussion before.