Parked Two Buses - Brendan Rodgers

[Titfield]

Brendan Rodgers the Liverpool Manager accused Chelsea of "parking two buses" in front of the goal.

Self evidently he regards this style of football as a negative tactic.

My questions are: "Is this comment derogatory of bus drivers" and "does it give the public a negative perception of bus drivers and bus driving"?

 

[455driver]

Not really, everyone knows that a bus is a big thing so its probably more derogatory to the players involved.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If two buses were parked end to end directly in front of the goalposts where they would be effectively flush with the goalposts, would this make it very difficult for a football to pass over the goal-line ?

 

[455driver]

If two buses were parked end to end directly in front of the goalposts where they would be effectively flush with the goalposts, would this make it very difficult for a football to pass over the goal-line ?

It would depend how much clearance there was between the grass and the bottom of the bus. You certainly couldnt get around or over the bus.

 

[gswindale]

Well,

I believe your average goal mouth is 8 yards wide by 8 feet high (sourced via Wikipedia).

I have looked up the dimensions of some buses, which give lengths as between 27 to 31 feet.

Now. 1 ft = 1/3 yard, so I believe that a single bus is, in itself, likely to shut out the goal mouth in it's entireity ( especially if a double decker).

Thus if you park up 2 buses, there is pretty much no chance of getting through!

 

[ECML180]

I suspect a coach in full ferry lift mode(i.e. suspesion raised) would have just about enough clearance to send a small football under...I've access to a pitch and goalposts if anyone has a bus and a football?

 

[deltic1989]

.I've access to a pitch and goalposts if anyone has a bus and a football?

I have a football laying around in the shed somewhere, and a friend of Mrs D's family is a bus driver. I'm sure we could arrange a little experiment

 

[455driver]

I have a football laying around in the shed somewhere, and a friend of Mrs D's family is a bus driver. I'm sure we could arrange a little experiment

hopefully when the bus is empty!

 

[Deerfold]

hopefully when the bus is empty!

Spoilsport.

 

[Mr Manager]

Before and after. Tonight

 

[Clip]

Before and after. Tonight

2 of the worst photoshops ever.

Mind you, before the weekend there was a couple of pics going round of people off to the Liverpool v Chelsea game with 'Liverpool premier league champions' written on them...

Bet they covered them up going home.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Did Chelsea have difficulties in bringing both of the buses back from Liverpool to their home ground so as to use them in the semi-final against Atletico Madrid...:roll: