the big society 11/12

this is very much a transition season for bigs, with big eck taking over o'neill's extravagant collection of bigs for one last hurrah before dunne, heskey et al are used for glue

some promising new bigs such as JET and conor wickham, though there are doubts about their technique and whether they can carry off blustering yet graceful ineptitude

there also needs to be some investigation of the 'little big' subgroup exemplified by tim cahill

finally some belated recognition for big ian evatt's own goal which finallly did for blackpool, possibly one of the biggest moments in the history of football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4z_raGR6U8

Can you play big Kenwyne Jones and Peter Crouch together? It might mean that Jones has to work a bit harder to keep his place. And there is a benefit in that too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2035258/Jamie-Redknapp-Bring-new-boys.html

think that kenwyne has too much pace too really commit to full bigness just yet- it's an easy out, is pace. you try to go round instead of through defenders.

yeah

few more years and a tendon rupture and he will be a contender

yeah

feel the same about adebayor, though he's apt to turn out more like a kanu than a true big big once the pace goes

idk, indolence, excessive food/alcohol consumption and lack of self respect can have a deleterious effect on even the basic technique of a top level centre forward

patrick kluivert started off with balletic grace and ended up almost appearing big

however, like vieri and viduka he was a fake big to the end, never able to fully inhabit the honest failure of the true harewoodian big

honesty of effort is key

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vC458oT9epY/SwVmP0_Y5iI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/rOlVtq7x6P8/s1600/gilesy.jpg

wilkins said 'big dzeko' yesterday but more as an identifier (contra the other lil dudes) than as a true honorific, i think

shame cuz he was heading for bigness on last season's form

big centre halves are a thing, right?

and now Van Buyten is hurt and being subbed for Rafinha, so Bayern won't be as slow at the back.

― boxall, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 20:07 (12 seconds ago)

rip king of bigs

johnny evans honorary bg imo

idk he needs to fill out a bit and secure that coveted move to gary neville's sunderland

also he is a bit too cunning in his violence for a big

http://soccerlens.com/files/2009/11/evans-on-drogba.gif

http://soccerlens.com/files/2009/11/drogbafit.gif

walter gargano: little big

I know this is a fucking poll but I can love both! I live in Miami! "Pump Up the Volume" was inescapable: I heard it around Noel's "Silent Morning," Expose's "Let Me Be The One," Company B's "Fascinated" and half a dozen Stevie B songs. It's awesome. But there's a BIGNESS to Technotronic that sounded ineffable in 1990.

― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 September 2011 01:14 (3 minutes ago)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2042628/Andre-Villas-Boas-backs-big-Frank-Lampard.html

BIG ROMELU.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=lukaku&um=1&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=y5D6c98h-qsVaM:&imgrefurl=http://connect.in.com/romelu-lukaku/photos-romelu-lukaku-en-mbark-boussoufa-anderlecht-foto-proshots-1032271955167.html&docid=Hum37BPdLV6WhM&w=800&h=533&ei=WSODTvnCDJGq8APoroUK&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=972&vpy=157&dur=493&hovh=181&hovw=271&tx=165&ty=78&page=3&tbnh=141&tbnw=184&start=36&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:36

And again

http://u.goal.com/89600/89666.jpg

i think we covered that elsewhere iirc? from what i saw of him prior to joining chelsea, he looked too skilful to be a big

then again he looked quite lumsy and inept vs manchester united so who knows

nb his younger broher jordan is a winger and somewhat smaller

*clumsy*

http://www.terracechants.me.uk/chant/4151

Needs a bit of work, that one.

btw Matt, you asked what I had seen about Chelsea that made me think they would finish above MU. Half the answer was at Old Trafford last night. (the other half is blind faith.)

big sandro

don't think so tbh, parker more of a big. Kaboul has bigness.

that was a ray wilkins quote

kaboul a bit too tricksy to big

he is such a curate's egg! powerful, quick, good technique but still a load of shit

ya!

Strong and good running from the back, he's really an extremely deep-lying heskey

Decent option at full back or even in midfield imo, but hey he's enormous throw him in at cb

zat knight shoved over by welbeck

caulker is fucking big, but not big

Who among the new boys counts as big? They look the part, some of them, but even grant holt bytimes shows the feet of a frustrated small man, as if there was a swansea midfielder in him somewhere kicking and screaming to get out, a twisted & cruel freaky friday footballing fallacy

leon barnett

i am unaware i must say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX6bYbJdS-0&feature=related

Player Name:Gael Bigirimana

Birth Date:1993/10/22

Height:177cm

Weight:74kg

;(

http://www.soccerbythenumbers.com/2012/07/height-discrimination-in-football-are.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_oIPxxFQMM

mad tekkers

http://i.imgur.com/M0CmU.jpg

Stephen Michael McNulty (born 26 September 1983 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Fleetwood Town in the Football League Two.

http://i.imgur.com/slLB8N2.jpg

zat knight / david wheater partnership is one to behold

true fact: "cheater cheater david wheater" is a popular playground taunt in yorkshire

Weird how David Wheater has looked like a grizzled dipsomaniac ex-pro since he was like 20.

http://instagram.com/p/rNIBZ2iR6p

I did not know they recorded my initiation I've got to dish out a few punches on Monday @harrypelle12 I'm coming for u @barryfuller1984 I know u had something to do with this to lmao but your right even the BEAST has a soft side #AWholeNewWorld #Aladdin #BMO #ITriedMyBest #IWouldDoItAgainDamIt #VoiceOfAAngel @delemusic wat u think how

plays mcnulty on saturday btw

feel it's only right we should mark this occasion

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/emile-heskey-scores-a-goal-very-nearly-breaks-the-internet--lycEVRuAFx