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Taylor back, McNeil starts, Brady wide right - you can see why he'd stick with Wood and Barnes as we ought to be set up to give them the kind of service that's been lacking - Klopp's pre-match suggests he's expecting it to be a physical battle for his centre backs so assume we're going to see a lot ...

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When was the last time we had everybody fit? Opinions will differ on who should/shouldn't start but we have good options from the bench - Taylor's return is a massive plus - especially paired with McNeil on the left

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Kevin Long when he first signed for us

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I know I'm in the minority but I still think we really miss Hendrick. I agree, I don't think any of our current players have all of the attributes to play narrow on the right hand side of midfield, without the ball Brownhill is OK, with the ball Brady and JBG are OK but we haven't covered the posit...

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Three London teams, three from the Midlands, sixteen from the North

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My abiding memory of Peter Mumby is his goal at the City Ground which I think was a leveler at 1:1 v Forest in the LC when they were the cup holders

It all went down hill after that for various reasons but fantastic away support for a team in D4 (L2) at the time

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I get this game confused with a 2-1 at the same time of year around that era - John Deary scored - maybe a cup match? Midweek evening - main thing I remember Blackpool had to reduce the height of the floodlights because they were a safety hazard with the wind blowing in off the Irish Sea and they we...

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Roger Eli - started as a CB before converting to a striker

Also seem to remember Gerry Harrison playing at CB as well as midfield

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Definitely need to know your stuff for that one - I scored 10 but in all honesty was only confident on 5/6

Good quiz - thanks for posting

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One of the reasons Vydra finds space when he comes on is that the central defenders are tiring from the physical battle with Wood and Barnes and then have something different to deal with I don't think Vydra looks the same threat when starting - defenders at this level can contain him if he doesn't ...

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Vydra always looks more impressive as a sub than a starter - Jay on the way back from injury - hardly surprising that Wood and Barnes start Nice to have options from what is the strongest looking bench we've named in a long time Was there any substance to the covid rumours around Brownhill and Westw...

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Fulham will need the PL points just as much as us so they are likely to make changes too

Think we have a decent chance and hope Glennon, Benson and Mumbongo are involved again

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Definitely agree regards game time for the likes of Benson, Glennon, Mumbongo and either Norris or BPF - I'd like to see them feature whoever we are drawn against - even if it is the annual trip to the Etihad

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The Berlin Trilogy are all standout albums - Low just edges it so I'll go for Sound and Vision

Thought his cover of Amsterdam was a superb track too - although Jacques Brel wasn't impressed apparently

Almost impossible to choose only one song

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Wellsy's team - Brady right/Dwight left

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Didn't he save two added time penalties playing for Cambridge against Stanley?

I remember reading when he signed he knew Nick Pope as they played for Royston Town at the same time - not sure who was first choice 'keeper!

Well done today

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Restore the relationship with SD in the hope that he wants to remain the manager for at least the medium term Start succession planning for when he does leave Enable us to be competitive in the transfer market with clubs of a similar PL stature Make us a more attractive proposition for incoming play...

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Having witnessed what Leeds did to them last night he won't want to take on an improving Arsenal this weekend with the same set of players Their next league game after that is against Wolves on the 16th - that would buy him the time to bring in the players he has obviously targeted and get them set-...

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It was Jermaine Defoe at Sunderland but struggling to think which rabbit he can pull out of the hat this time - coupled with that they don't seem to be able to stop goas going in at the other end - it's a always a mistake to write-off an Allardyce team but this is going to need something remarkable ...

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Good man - good manager- remarkable over-achievement past two seasons all catching up with them now - seems bereft of ideas in terms of how to get the required results from this squad - hope they stick with him. If they do what we did and use the PL windfall to buy a 20-goal striker they have a very...

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Sheffield United - 0 wins from 19 need 11/12(?) wins from their next 22 to survive - based on tonight's showing not going to happen West Brom - performing at their true level - this isn't Everton, West Ham or Sunderland under-achieving. Allardyce has been out of top-flight football for a while and d...

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Someone commented on here recently that 80% of fans don't understand football - I sense people scoring players at 4/5 - 48 hours after a 'leave everything on the pitch' performance at Elland Road - combined with yet more injuries in a season defining game - which we won as relatively comfortably as ...

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She was very good - Lucy Ward - understood exactly what we were doing 2nd half - offered some proper insight - which many summarisers fail to do

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The kind of result and performance that keeps you in the PL - it's games like this where the experience of our manager and players pays massive dividends - tremendous achievement on such limited resources

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If Benson is playing that suggests Brady will be missing as Pieters is the obvious McNeil replacement

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That was Boxing Day 1994. We were 1-0 up and then 2-1 down. Not sure how it ever started. The pitch was waterlogged but frozen just under the surface. Lethal and I think it was called off when a player suffered a bad injury. I think it might have Wayne Dowell. You're right it was Wayne Dowell - mom...

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80s - Tottenham 1 Burnley 4
90s - York 1 Burnley 2
00s - Chelsea 1 Burnley 1
10s - Burnley 1 Middlesbrough 1
20s - Liverpool 1 Burnley 1

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Jeremy Charles - he was a good player from a famous footballing family

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Did Duff get one at Huddersfield - 2 yellows?

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After waiting nearly 50 years to get back into the league Barrow look like they are in danger of dropping out at the first attmpt so something had to be done They seem to lose a lot of points from either leading in games or being level and conceding late goals - hopefully something a new - ad may be...

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I think it's a different situation to our first promotion. We surprised everyone by going up, didn't spend big, were obviously not quite good enough but went down with an excellent looking Championship squad - all things consider sticking with SD seemed like the right thing to do - and so it proved ...

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Or we could try and sign a centre back who isn’t extremely injury prone and on huge wages. Absolutely - but they would need to be of PL quality (and probably experience), better than Dunne/Long and able to help us keep out of the relegation places - if they can play RB too that would be a bonus, ha...

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It's only the fact that Jones has had injury problems that makes him a potential target for a club like us - that's where we are in the PL food-chain If he's not fit or there's no prospect of him being fit then it won't happen On the assumption that he is/will be then we should definitely be interes...

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The player next to Bob Latchford looks like Bruce Rioch

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Was it Gremio where their players were taking selfies on the pitch during the warm-up - remember there was something strange about that game not sure if that was it

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Mrs EC very kindly got me a turntable and amp for my birthday last month so after many years in mothballs Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side of the Moon, the Doors debut album, the Madcap Laughs and Joe Strummer's Earthquake Weather have all made a welcome return to vinyl action

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The rumoured training ground incident I heard about involved Bardsley so not sure if there's some confusion as to whether it was him or Lowton - maybe it was both/separate incidents - if there's any truth in either story difficult to see how he could continue to be part of the group regardless of an...

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The difference JBG makes is that we have no cover for that position so if he's not available Brownhill plays there which means Stephens plays Hendrick was much more effective in that role and we had a fit Cork to play CM alongside Westwood so we are weaker in two positions as a result As far as Mee ...

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60 - somehow missed Stoke (where I used to live) and Lincoln - Westminster was a bit of a curve ball - other than that hadn't heard of some of the places never mind knowing they were cities

Good quiz - thank you for sharing

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Heard a similar story about Treacy- deal agreed at director level and we were able to negotiate a reduced fee on the basis that we paid in full and up-front which helped Preston resolve a short-term cash-flow problem

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Mick Herron - the Slough House/Jackson Lamb series - there's about 10 of them - you can read them in any order still equally enjoyable as going first to last

Kind of M15 meets The Sweeney - very well and intelligently written

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Amazing how some people constantly think Dyche would jump ship from a very well paid PL job for dysfunctional Championship clubs If the Derby job came up would people immediately start linking Moyes or Wilder? Of course he's not happy as things stand but he's a career professional who has twice prov...

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There's probably scope for a full 11 names regularly misspelt on here - ably managed by Shaun of course:

Off the top of my head

Dale Stevens
Jeff Hendricks
Chris Woods
Dwight O'Neill
Eric Peters

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I think what some maybe fail to appreciate is that if you secure the services of proven quality players at this level, like Westwood and Cork, then it provides the breathing space to nurture and develop the emerging talent that we've had a glimpse of this week It's a far more considered way of bring...

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Brownhill was Hendricks replacement, as for Lennon, why would we need to replace a player who did nowt. Dunne replaces Gibson as 4th choice CB. I'd have said Brownhill was Defour's replacement as a CM Hendrick only played wide-right because JBG was injured and he offered more defensively that Lenno...

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Thought he did very well considering the calibre of opposition strikers he was up against on his debut If I understood SD's post-match correctly he said we said we didn't defend goals 1 and 3 properly from wide areas and allowed their players into the space in front of the central defenders - nothin...

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If it means he goes below the radar of teams like Leicester until the transfer window closes then I think we need to live with a low-key start Again given a more balanced squad he wouldn't have to play every minute of every game and be the only creative outlet in the team - huge burden to place on a...

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I know it's only one example but Hakim Ziyech - fee and terms agreed with FC Twente - then the player/his representatives waited for a more attractive offer to come along and he signed for Ajax We can identify endless players but in reality unless they are going nowhere in the Championship with litt...

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McNeil is the one creative spark in the whole team - not sure what people expect him to achieve on his own with zero service - it all started OK with Taylor in support but as Leicester took control we were forced onto the back foot to try and protect an inexperienced back line - he was completely is...

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Chasing back - put in a challenge and got a whack in the ribs Anyone who has taken a blow to the ribs will know it hurts every time you breathe - whatever people's overall opinion that just looked plain unlucky as a result of him doing his defensive duties - could just have easily have happened to a...

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