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Timmy's 100th match

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Bet he wishes he was still on 99 n.o.

Fuck this stupid game

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I've got a mate who reckons that to reward Tim Brown for reaching 100 games   the YF should shout him a months holiday..... in Fiji.....leaving next Monday!!!!!  kind of cruel, but funny as well
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as I thought would happen, he missed his 100th game...
I like tautologies because I like them.
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paullt wrote:
would have been nice if he had turned up to play football on his 100th game


I suspect this has been Ricki's dream this season too...hence we see his 100th today...
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He's played 100 games now, so he's surely due.
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If Tim Brown doesn't score in a game, he does absolutely NOTHING. If my calculations are right, he's had 79 ineffective games out of those 100 games.
 
BENCH HIM RICKI YOU BLIND FOOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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Colvinator wrote:
He's played 100 games now, so he's surely due.
 
started 100........played well in.......?

A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen

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I was p#ssed off with TB before the start of the game, didnt even come out of the tunnel to acknowledge the crowd after his presentation, then to top off a crap game, he just walked off the pitch as soon as the final whistle went, once again no acknowledement of the fans that had turned up, in such sh*tty conditions. Kiwi Hatter2012-01-08 21:12:32

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Kiwi Hatter wrote:
I was p#ssed off�with TB before the start of the game, didnt even come out of the tunnel to acknowledge the crowd after his presentation, then to top off a crap game, he just walked off the pitch as soon as the final whistle went, once again no acknowledement of the fans that had turned up, in such sh*tty conditions.

So my eyes watching a very poor quality stream were not deceiving me then when I saw a number 6 in yellow already inside the tunnel almost before the final whistle had gone?

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Did he come out of the tunnel?
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Mossy wrote:
Did he come out of the tunnel?
 
He must have at some stage, not sure when though!

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I'm going to defend Tim here. I had some guys around watching the game and to be fair to him, he didn't get a mention in the broadcast but him and Lia shut down the middle. Perth came at us via the flanks and while Brown is usually a whipping boy with some merit, not today.Him and Lia did their jobs as they were supposed to.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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Cosimo wrote:
as I thought would happen, he missed his 100th game...


Just like he missed his first 99.
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I think its time we had a Tim Brown effigy burning.

Fuck this stupid game

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jeez Jeff, I'm not sure anyone heard you.


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Jeff Vader wrote:
I'm going to defend Tim here. I had some guys around watching the game and to be fair to him, he didn't get a mention in the broadcast but him and Lia shut down the middle. Perth came at us via the flanks and while Brown is usually a whipping boy with some merit, not today.Him and Lia did their jobs as they were supposed to.


 Burns and Miller played them off the park.
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The yellow flashing "100th game!" for Tim Brown on the stadium screen as the team was being announced was gold.

You'll never beat The Salmon!

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Jeff Vader wrote:
I'm going to defend Tim here. I had some guys around watching the game and to be fair to him, he didn't get a mention in the broadcast but him and Lia shut down the middle. Perth came at us via the flanks and while Brown is usually a whipping boy with some merit, not today.Him and Lia did their jobs as they were supposed to.
 
+1
 
Brown never has been nor never will be a creative midfielder. He is a ball winner in the centre of the park, and he simply can not be every where. I often wonder if people bagging him all the time actually watch the game.
 
I would be interested to know jhow much ground he actually covers in a game and how often he ends up covering for Leo or Daniel. If i recall correctly he is close to the top tackler in the A league.
 
So anyway Tim, Congrats on the 100th game, a great effort
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I personally think having them in the midfield leaves far too many gaps.

If either of them makes a run into the box, we effectively have one man in the middle of the park defending against 4 breaking midfielders.

Too often when we are hovering around the box and whipping crosses in, when the ball bounces out of the 18 yard box, we have no one hovering around the edge of it to get the ball back, and the other team breaks and generally gets chances at the other end.


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sthn.jeff wrote:

Brown never has been nor never will be a creative midfielder. He is a ball winner in the centre of the park, and he simply can not be every where. I often wonder if people bagging him all the time actually watch the�game.


Interesting. I don't recall him winning a single ball in the middle of the park yesterday (but remember a comical attempt when he clattered into a Perth player when chasing a loose ball that actually favoured Brown), but do recall Lia, Daniel and Sanchez all winning possession in the middle of the park.

I do recall Brown giving the ball away like it was going out of style, and hanging about in the attacking third doing nothing in particular.
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el grapadura wrote:
sthn.jeff wrote:

Brown never has been nor never will be a creative midfielder. He is a ball winner in the centre of the park, and he simply can not be every where. I often wonder if people bagging him all the time actually watch the game.


Interesting. I don't recall him winning a single ball in the middle of the park yesterday (but remember a comical attempt when he clattered into a Perth player when chasing a loose ball that actually favoured Brown), but do recall Lia, Daniel and Sanchez all winning possession in the middle of the park.

I do recall Brown giving the ball away like it was going out of style, and hanging about in the attacking third doing nothing in particular.
Ditto.  This is meant to be a thread celebrating Tim's achievement, but it is hard to feel happy for the man when he put in such a poor performance last night.  People keep saying he is a ball-winner, but I would love to see the stats on that.  It seems pretty hard to win the ball when you constantly stand at least 10 meters from the man you are supposed to be marking and never move at much above a jog. Binkley2012-01-09 09:35:41
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sthn.jeff wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
I'm going to defend Tim here. I had some guys around watching the game and to be fair to him, he didn't get a mention in the broadcast but him and Lia shut down the middle. Perth came at us via the flanks and while Brown is usually a whipping boy with some merit, not today.Him and Lia did their jobs as they were supposed to.
 
+1
 
Brown never has been nor never will be a creative midfielder. He is a ball winner in the centre of the park, and he simply can not be every where. I often wonder if people bagging him all the time actually watch the game.
 
I would be interested to know jhow much ground he actually covers in a game and how often he ends up covering for Leo or Daniel. If i recall correctly he is close to the top tackler in the A league.
 
So anyway Tim, Congrats on the 100th game, a great effort
 
He has the second most fouls conceded in the league which would indicate he's not very good at tackling.
 
I would also be interested to know how much ground he covers, and how much this relates to where the ball is, because he and the ball rarely seem to be in the same place at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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Kiwi Hatter wrote:
I was p#ssed off with TB before the start of the game, didnt even come out of the tunnel to acknowledge the crowd after his presentation, then to top off a crap game, he just walked off the pitch as soon as the final whistle went, once again no acknowledement of the fans that had turned up, in such sh*tty conditions.
THIS!!!
 
Prick.
 
I am profoundly unhappy.

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


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bwtcf wrote:
Kiwi Hatter wrote:
I was p#ssed off with TB before the start of the game, didnt even come out of the tunnel to acknowledge the crowd after his presentation, then to top off a crap game, he just walked off the pitch as soon as the final whistle went, once again no acknowledement of the fans that had turned up, in such sh*tty conditions.
THIS!!!
 
Prick.
 
I am profoundly unhappy.
 
 
On the other hand, what a sh*t house idea having a presentation 5 minutes before teams due out on to the park??
 
I would have thought that it was the last thing either he or Ricki would have wanted to be doing at that time.
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That's a fair point Jeff.

He obviously didn't want to be on the field very long after the final whistle either. ahmad2012-01-09 09:57:15

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
He seems to tend to track players in midfield rather than ever get near the ball.
He doesnt actually seem to make that many tackles, rather those sliding dives for the 50/50 balls that often end in fouls, or the situations where he has the ball then loses it and fouls the guy,


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sthn.jeff wrote:
On the other hand, what a sh*t house idea having a presentation 5 minutes before teams due out on to the park??
 
I would have thought that it was the last thing either he or Ricki would have wanted to be doing at that time.
That's complete BS.
 
He/they knew it was going to happen.
 
The club were making the presentation, to one of their own.
 
They were in complete control. They could have done it whenever they liked, wherever they liked.
 
If they didn't want it to interfere with pre-game preparation they could have done it 45 minutes before kick off.
 
If Tim didn't want to get wet early they could have had 5 people with umbrellas for him.
 
If he said "If I am going to get wet, let's do it as late as possible.", they could have done it one minute before the team announcements, and he could have ducked back into the tunnel.
 
They didn't think about, or if they did think about it they didn't care about Tim acknowledging the fans, many of whom had gone out and purchased head banages to honour him. It was amateur. It was insulting. It was BS.
bwtcf2012-01-09 10:48:17

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


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I thought it made sense to do it after the game, once he had played his 100th game.

We had a joke that after he received his award, he'd slip over going to the training ground and injure himself so he wouldnt even play his 100th.

I just thought it was odd doing it before hand, shoulda been afterwards


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agreed should have been afterwards, even iwhen we lost, then he could have thanked the fans for supporting him..
 
interesting numbners for browney care of Piney of course...
 
"Brown will be joined shortly in the hundred-club by Daniel (currently on 97 matches) - next home game on the 29th I think - and Tony Lochhead (95). But as we reach the occasion of the very first Phoenix centurion, I can think of no-one who deserves the honour more than Tim Brown. He epitomises what the football club is all about � a tight-knit group of players who are acutely aware of the Wellington Phoenix�s place in the capital�s sporting landscape and who pull on the shirt each week on behalf of their city to give everything in search of success.

THE NUMBERS

2007/08: 11 appearances (8 starts), 0 goals
2008/09: 17 appearances (15 starts), 3 goals
2009/10: 27 appearances (27 starts), 8 goals
2010/11: 30 appearances (30 starts), 6 goals
2011/12: 14 appearances (14 starts), 3 goals
TOTAL: 99 appearances (94 starts), 20 goals"

Queenslander 3x a year.

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Congrats Tim on the result but too often this season he has seemed invisible on the pitch. I want the "Old Tim" back - one that got involved and made things happen. I like you Tim but even you must know that your appearances of late are not up to your old high standards.
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el grapadura wrote:
sthn.jeff wrote:

Brown never has been nor never will be a creative midfielder. He is a ball winner in the centre of the park, and he simply can not be every where. I often wonder if people bagging him all the time actually watch the game.


Interesting. I don't recall him winning a single ball in the middle of the park yesterday (but remember a comical attempt when he clattered into a Perth player when chasing a loose ball that actually favoured Brown), but do recall Lia, Daniel and Sanchez all winning possession in the middle of the park.

I do recall Brown giving the ball away like it was going out of style, and hanging about in the attacking third doing nothing in particular.
 
yeah but did you watch the game El G?
I like tautologies because I like them.
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Cosimo wrote:
el grapadura wrote:
sthn.jeff wrote:
Brown never has been nor never will be a creative midfielder. He is a ball winner in the centre of the park, and he simply can not be every where. I often wonder if people bagging him all the time actually watch the�game.
Interesting. I don't recall him winning a single ball in the middle of the park yesterday (but remember a comical attempt when he clattered into a Perth player when chasing a loose ball that actually favoured Brown), but do recall Lia, Daniel and Sanchez all winning possession in the middle of the park. I do recall Brown giving the ball away like it was going out of style, and hanging about in the attacking third doing nothing in particular.

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yeah but did you watch the game El G?

I like Tim Brown but I watched the first half on replay this morning and kept my eye on Brown the whole time (as the camera allowed) and really couldn't help but feel he was completely ineffectual.

Sorry but that's how I saw it as a Brown sympathiser.

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Lonegunmen wrote:
Congrats Tim on the result but too often this season he has seemed invisible on the pitch. I want the "Old Tim" back - one that got involved and made things happen. I like you Tim but even you must know that your appearances of late are not up to your old high standards.
 
+1

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Yeah it does seem those who are saying his performances aren't up to scratch are (generally) those who are attending home games and are able to actively watch him off the ball. I've been doing it for a long while now, and it seems a lot of people are doing it too.
 
Those who back him etc (again, generally) seem to be out of towners watching on tv.
 
Not saying out of towners are less of a fan etc etc,so don't even go there.

Allegedly

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Thing about generalisations is that they are generally wrong
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sthn.jeff wrote:
Thing about generalisations is that they are generally wrong
 
I like tautologies because I like them.
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He's played some great games for us. I'm more annoyed at Ricki's insurmountable loyalty to him than Brown himself. Cosimo2012-01-09 16:07:43
I like tautologies because I like them.
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I'm just saying, a lot of the criticism toward him is his off the ball play. Its harder to see that on TV than it is at the ground.

Allegedly

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I liked him but I don't think he's been the same player since he bust his shoulder

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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