| Chaplin 25mins 10:50 - May 22 with 1237 views | blueoxford |
Can’t believe that Conor allowed our worst secret to be put in print in the EADT ie. That he went down after 25 mins if things needed a tactical re-shuffle!
As he said it was always amusing when Sky commentators were concerned as to whether he would be able to carry on, whilst we all knew he would be fine after a quick drink….
Having said that, I haven’t noticed the ‘break’ in recent months, so wondered whether the authorities picked up on it and ‘had a word’ with the club |  | | |  |
| Chaplin 25mins on 11:24 - May 22 with 935 views | CopfordBlue |
We all knew it was happening, CC hasn’t told us anything that wasn’t obvious but he’s now admitted trying to gain an advantage in a less than fair way.
A lot of football fans have been very vocal about cheating recently. It’s our own team so we can justify and rationalise this. Many teams do far worse and gain a bigger advantage than we did from Conor faking injury on a regular basis. Referees need to be stronger on this stuff, the holding at corners, time wasting etc. There are fine lines between gamesmanship, taking the laws of the game to their limits and cheating. Where does this example sit and would you feel the same if we’d finished third, Millwall were second and one of their players admitted doing this regularly and that it got results? | |
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| Chaplin 25mins on 11:28 - May 22 with 883 views | Deano69 |
| Chaplin 25mins on 11:24 - May 22 by CopfordBlue |
We all knew it was happening, CC hasn’t told us anything that wasn’t obvious but he’s now admitted trying to gain an advantage in a less than fair way.
A lot of football fans have been very vocal about cheating recently. It’s our own team so we can justify and rationalise this. Many teams do far worse and gain a bigger advantage than we did from Conor faking injury on a regular basis. Referees need to be stronger on this stuff, the holding at corners, time wasting etc. There are fine lines between gamesmanship, taking the laws of the game to their limits and cheating. Where does this example sit and would you feel the same if we’d finished third, Millwall were second and one of their players admitted doing this regularly and that it got results? |
Works for both teams too, normally the opposition would regroup, head over to the dugout for instruction and take a water break. we also then lose a player for 30 seconds etc, so not exactly one of the 'black arts' I would say. |  |
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| Chaplin 25mins on 11:41 - May 22 with 761 views | CopfordBlue |
| Chaplin 25mins on 11:28 - May 22 by Deano69 |
Works for both teams too, normally the opposition would regroup, head over to the dugout for instruction and take a water break. we also then lose a player for 30 seconds etc, so not exactly one of the 'black arts' I would say. |
You’ve proved my point - we’re all the same. When it’s our team gaining an advantage we can justify it. It’s not a “dark art” to us as it’s Conor, a special player in a team we love . His tactical injuries were one of the many things that as fans we enjoyed because we knew Super Kieran McKenna would know exactly what we needed to fix tactical challenges mid-game. If an opponent does it, we lose momentum, they gain the upper hand, we don’t view it the same way. | |
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| Chaplin 25mins on 11:51 - May 22 with 645 views | norfsufblue |
Im shocked🤷😉😂 |  | | |
| Chaplin 25mins on 11:58 - May 22 with 575 views | tiptreeblue |
Most clubs get their goalkeeper to do it, as they don't have to leave the pitch after getting treatment | | | |
| Chaplin 25mins on 12:15 - May 22 with 460 views | LandOfMickyStockwell |
We have amazing physios at the club. They can work wonders with a sponge.
Let that not be forgotten. |  | | |
| Chaplin 25mins on 12:46 - May 22 with 230 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Hardly a secret - we, in our part of section A, called it the "20-minute tactical sit-down". Seems to me it happened pretty much every game CC played in 2024/2025.
Have seen it a few times this season, too - can't recall who enacted it each time, though. |  |
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| Chaplin 25mins on 12:47 - May 22 with 217 views | mellowblue |
| Chaplin 25mins on 11:28 - May 22 by Deano69 |
Works for both teams too, normally the opposition would regroup, head over to the dugout for instruction and take a water break. we also then lose a player for 30 seconds etc, so not exactly one of the 'black arts' I would say. |
yeah, but we were the ones instigating it because we would have been struggling to impact our game on the opposition who were no doubt fairly comfortable at that stage. So the 2 or 3 minute break would give us the chance implement change as McKenna would have had a few minutes previously to plan it out in his mind. Whereas the opposition manager would be coming in cold and just wants his team to carry on what they are doing. So definite advantage to us. I wonder how they passed the word to Chaplin to go down. Some secret codeword bellowed from the touchline ? Deffo a black art or at least a dark grey one. | | | |
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