Ray Putteril

[Neil Young]

I was just making a point.I agreed with him.You have to have that little bit extra these days to make it

Sure but you need less talent if you've got more physical attributes to compensate.

[redstaralex]

I saw the youth cup final like everyone else on TV and I went to the Crewe game yesterday, this is only my opinion and only based on one game "live" but I don't think that Spearing will make it at LFC due to the height issue and Putterill has the best chance of the 2, he's quick, skillful and not scared to put a boot in. Accepted that short players can make it at the top but if he was that good he'd be playing already like Owen, Carra, SG, Robbie etc..

On a similar thread I thought that Peltier would have made an impression by now and for that reason I think he's on borrowed time, similarly, I think Lindfield is too

All my own opinion of course

[SB]

[Morph]

I understand RS4's concerns over the lack of height but does Putteril have other attributes to give reason why he could make it in the big time?

Something about Putterill reminds me of Mcmanaman, thought it during the youth cup matches I saw, wouldn't be gutted if that how he turned out, well apart from leaving us on a free like.

[lfcruleus]

I saw the youth cup final like everyone else on TV and I went to the Crewe game yesterday, this is only my opinion and only based on one game "live" but I don't think that Spearing will make it at LFC due to the height issue and Putterill has the best chance of the 2, he's quick, skillful and not scared to put a boot in. Accepted that short players can make it at the top but if he was that good he'd be playing already like Owen, Carra, SG, Robbie etc..

On a similar thread I thought that Peltier would have made an impression by now and for that reason I think he's on borrowed time, similarly, I think Lindfield is too

All my own opinion of course

Crewe themselves have been trying to sign Lindfield for a while, I think tbh its a different age now then from when MO and SG came through, Carra took years to come through and i mean years. Robbie was in a time when we were short of goals so he got his chance and took it. Nowadays at a club like LFC a kid will have to be a Rooney or a Messi to get a game, except in the Carling maybe, they will need to be training with the first team and literally taking the piss out of them on a day to day basis, I think it speaks volumes on the quality of the local talent that Rafa is scouring Europe for quality youth.

[rushscored4]

Obviously he played in the second half at Crewe and scored a good goal but he did very little else. To be fair, the whole second half was flat but one thing that goes against Ray Putterill - and Jay Spearing - is that he is very short.

These days, footballers have to be athletes and *generally* (in midfield especially) players are over 6' tall like Ryan Babel whereas Putterill is about 5'8" I reckon. I'm sure it's one of the reasons John Welch and Davie Thompson never made the grade yet Stevie G did. Clearly, some short players will still make it like Mickey Owen but you have to be an exceptional footballer to make an exception and I don't think Putterill has enough to offer.

No, the only reason Welch and Thompson never made it cos they weren't good enough. SWP and Aaron Lennon are both midgets yet most Premiership clubs would love to have either one, especially Lennon. If you're good enough, then you'll play. All it means is that you have to be a very skillful or quick player when you are the size of an Oompa Loompa because you clearly can't match up physically.

Claude Makelele has been the best holding midfielder in world football for years and he is a midget.If you are good enough you will make it.

JAVIER MASCHERANO Position: Midfielder Date of Birth: 08/06/1984 Height: 5'9

Did I not say all of those ****ing things?

[rushscored4]

I understand RS4's concerns over the lack of height but does Putteril have other attributes to give reason why he could make it in the big time?

I said his lack of height was only one of the reasons why I don't think he'll make it. I know he gives 100% every match but so did Welsh and Thompson. I know he's got an eye for goal but so did Mellor. I know he's quite skilful but so are Anderson and Hammill both of whom have been sent out on loan to develop their game.

Sadly, with limited opportunities and Rafa's ruthless nature, I can see Putterill and Spearing both ending up playing in the future for clubs in the Championship or even further down the ladder...

[NICKZS]

I said his lack of height was only one of the reasons why I don't think he'll make it. I know he gives 100% every match but so did Welch and Thompson. I know he's got an eye for goal but so did Mellor. I know he's quite skilful but so are Anderson and Hammill both of whom have been sent out on loan to develop their game.

Sadly, with limited opportunities and Rafa's ruthless nature, I can see Putterill and Spearing both ending up playing in the future for clubs in the Championship or even further down the ladder...

Is he some kind of relation to Racquel?

[rushscored4]

Is he some kind of relation to Racquel?

No, as it's spelt 'Raquel' and that's not her real name...

[NICKZS]

No as it's spelt 'Raquel' and that's not her real name...

It's not John Welsh's either :whatever:

[Kaip]

Did I not say all of those ****ing things?

Hahahahahaha

[rushscored4]

It's not John Welsh's either :whatever:

Oh dear, I used a 'c' instead of an 's' - what a sunt...

[Bob]

Did I not say all of those ****ing things?

Nothing funnier than a radgey manc.

[NICKZS]

Oh dear, I used a 'c' instead of an 's' - what a sunt...

Yeah, but we can't attribute that to spelling mistakes exclusively

[Neil Young]

Grumpy old people 'can't help it'


People aged over 65 may find it harder to understand jokes

Grumpy old men may not be able to help it, as age could affect their sense of humour, scientists have found.

A study by Washington University in St Louis found older people find it harder to understand jokes than students.

The authors say the finding should be taken seriously as laughing has been linked to health benefits such as boosting circulation.

The findings were published in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

The researchers tested 40 people aged over 65, and 40 undergraduates.

The participants had to complete jokes and cartoon strips, choosing the correct punchline or final picture from a selection of options.

Choosing the punchline for jokes, undergraduates performed 6% better than older people, and completing cartoon strips they were 14% better.

Cognitive declines

One such joke in the test was: "A businessman is riding the subway after a hard day at the office. A young man sits down next to him and says, 'Call me a doctor, call me a doctor'. The businessman asks, 'What's the matter, are you sick?'.

The participants were expected to correctly identify the punch line as: "The young man says, 'I just graduated from medical school'."

The report's authors said the results suggested that age-related declines in short-term memory, abstract reasoning and moving between different thought trains may affect humour comprehension in older people.

Author Professor Brian Carpenter said: "This wasn't a study about what people find funny. It was a study about whether they get what's supposed to be funny.

"There are basic cognitive mechanisms to understanding what's going on in a joke.

"Older adults, because they may have deficits in some of those cognitive areas, may have a harder time understanding what a joke is about."

Health benefits

Dr Chris Moulin, a cognitive neuropsychologist at the University of Leeds said it was "entirely feasible" that people's understanding of jokes could change with age.

He said: "Many jokes require us to simultaneously have two ideas in mind, such as two meanings of the word 'call' in the example joke, and older people may find it difficult to do this."

And he said having a sense of humour was important to health because laughter can maintain wellbeing by boosting levels of so-called "happy hormones."

But he warned that if the jokes used in the study used modern humour, then the younger people might find them funnier and understand them better anyway which would affect the results.

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