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Ric_C

How many of those games did we not have a fully capable left back? Feels like we've had loads of games this season playing people in the wrong positions due to lack of options

Ric_C

As a slight positive, puts our result against Luton the other week into bit more perspective

Ric_C

Just my two pence, but why don't we take a screenshot of a transfer rumour (If you can or able), then as you scroll through the noise, it will be easier to pick out the actual rumours from just general discussion. I know some people do this already, but if we can make this more of a standard it coul...

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Can anyone explain why the Australia v Windies game seemed to be played in an empty stadium?

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Not sure why we would include an option to buy, unless Benson has fallen out with VK

He will be vital for us next season if (in most probability) we go down

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1 actual transfer rumour in 35 posts on this page....

just saying

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Their average gate is surprisingly high tbh, although artificially bumped up from the games with Leeds and PNE

Ric_C

If, and it is a big if, we go down and keep most of our best players, which of these teams would you class as stronger?

Muric
Roberts
THB
Beyer
Maatsen

Cullen
Cork

Benson
Brownhill
Zaroury

Barnes

or

Trafford
Vitinho
O'Shea
Beyer
Taylor

Berge
Brownhill

Koleosho
Amdouni
Odobert

Foster

Ric_C

As Eric Morecambe would say

"We are playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order"

Ric_C

What does make it a strong investment? Has there been a better performing asset over the last 14 years? The answer is no. If you had just invested £100 per month in bitcoin 10 years ago you'd now have around £180k off a £12k investment And that is just blindly doing it, not watching the market etc

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Not going to lie, that baby in a coffin thing is a bit weird, even for them

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The thing with Benson though was, that he was a much improved player in the last third of the season compared to the first 2 thirds. It's a shame he is so injury prone, still think he has much to offer us

Ric_C

A few questions - What is passive income? What is a crypt card? How do you withdraw/spend your 'cash'? What is staking and compounding? What is 'circular economy'? So for some crypto you can stake it on an exchange and earn a percentage back (bit like a savings account) The only issue is you can't ...

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I've not got any sympathy for any club that has lived way above their means for ages and derided those around them who, at the time had little money

I have little sympathy for Reading FC either, a manufactured club who should have spent the main bulk of their time around league 2

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Westleigh post_ Unfortunately in 3 yrs we could possibly be in a worse state only the Americans will have long gone,I reckon we should keep a low profile ,remember “He who laughs . . . . . . . honestly its classic UTC, we can't wait to dive in have a dig at ourselves. Its a post to highlight the fi...

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Rumours of Benson going to Leeds now

https://x.com/sachatavolieri/status/174 ... 73940?s=20

Think I'd be physically sick if that happened

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Just watching the effect of freedom of speach by people and how Enaluko has felt unable to leave her house and that certain people are saying things under this cowards way. I think I want to rip his ******* head off the cowardly ****. Surely you don't believe anything she says. She's the epitome of...

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Chelsea reportedly bidding £73 million for Gyokeres

Here's what you could have won

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Kind of thinking that Trafford's constant flopping to the floor and timewasting may have influenced the refs decision at the time.

I do think it was a blatant foul btw

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I think the main issue, which has been talked to death about has been our poor recruitment in the summer. No amount of miracles on the training pitch can address that monumental clusterfuck All we can do now is learn and adapt both for next season in the championship and hopefully the season after i...

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he can't help being ill mate

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The baffling decision to not go for the keeper that our defence and midfield are most comfortable with, and who was a major factor in our style of play last season, has been one of the major factors that will eventually send us down.

No one is going to convince me otherwise

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Team 1 Muric Vitinho O'Shea Beyer Taylor Cullen Berge JBG Amdouni JBL Foster Team 2 Trafford Roberts Ekdal Al Dakhil NEW Massango NEW Benson? Brownhill Zaroury NEW That's 2 decent championship teams with the potential of bringing in a much needed left back, centre mid and Striker We can also offloa...

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I remarked about a month ago that it seemed like an age since the opposition made us switch ends. It has always boggled my mind that more don't do it. Especially last season when our home formwas so good

Think it has happened in 3 out of the last 4 games now

Strange

Ric_C

Not having a proven replacement for left back is just suicidal. Beyer or another centre back could play there in emergencies but they don’t have the engine, the speed or the recovery powers needed to play the role for half a season. Right back is a very low priority as we have two players who are b...

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Or good news, if certain players are fit, but we don't want to alert Luton

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Might be my memory playing tricks, but wasn't the gripe with a fan because he called him "Cotterill" rather than "Steve"?

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Luke Ayling going to Boro

Will Leeds now come in for Roberts?

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Amdouni is basically our Tella replacement. Doesn't fit into a set position and floats around the front line. I've not seen anything yet that going with him over Tella was a sound decision. At least with Tella, when he was having an off day, he wound up the opposition a bit and was pretty lethal in ...

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Feel mildly sick when Rovers fans even set foot in our ground so God know what the Sunderland fans are feeling right now

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If you've got a spare hour, this is well worth a watch, comedy gold

Burnley get a few mentions too

https://youtu.be/xtKtZYhfkDI?si=LxDlsDHRRJsCaths

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I had a gut instinct that we were keen, but after the O'Hare stuff, it was hard to do anymore business with them in Jan

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looking at that, forests win on boxing day was a massive blow for us

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I've mentioned this before, but i think the best we can hope for (especially from the home games) is signs of improvement, signs of fight and to not embarrass ourselves Then we keep the nucleus of the squad together, with a few decent additions in key areas and blitz the championship next season It'...

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"underwhelming campaign" is being very kind

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Worth mentioning that his shot that his the bar would have been ruled out as he controlled the pass with his arm

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James Trafford is not costing us anything at the moment. In net terms, he's most certainly in the black. Don't really agree on that. Sure he's improving and his general shot stopping had been good, but the other aspects of his game including marshalling his defence, talking, claiming crosses, takin...

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If we were to start the season again, surely VK should have drawn a plan to play a certain way against the bigger teams and our more natural way against the bottom ten. too late now, the horse has bolted. Good second half, we really need to take our chances when on top. Trafford 7 - some good saves,...

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Just watch the highlights, no way should he be being beaten from that angle for the second goal. Long barrier required, as per Nick Pope. I'm sure he'll learn, but it's costing us at the moment

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Bin it, massive cringe

Also don't play it full blast right up to kick off, tin pot

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These ratings can obviously change, and mine are just rating the player, rather than rating for how much of a good / bad signing they have been. Trafford 5 - Look clearly he will be a good goalkeeper in time, but just not yet. Vigouroux - Haven't seen him play O'Shea - 5 - Give him his dues, he has ...

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Boxing became a joke along time ago

Now if wilder fought AJ...then that's a fight, but that'll never happen

Boring

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd8gnTw ... mierLeague

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Anyone forgetting we beat these 5-0 or is that not fitting the narrative??

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:42 pm
I think he's proving very costly for us - he doesn't have the discipline to play in that position right now at the level we're at.

He's the least of our worries at the moment

Ric_C

Not wanting to de-rail the thread, but watching us this season is like watching us when we played in the cups last season. We were just not the same team without Muric. Apart from the odd mistake (Blackpool) he was imperious with his feet and this confidence spread across the defence and the team. T...

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:09 am
It was the line about Trafford being on zero mistakes leading to goals

He made two last week!

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Question of Sport Soccer Saturday Football Focus Match of the Day Hardly watched any of them this year. Probably a contributing factor of us being crap, but they are just a pale imitation of what they used to be in terms of entertainment. Satitised & dull Even the football at the top level is becomi...

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They must be getting fed up with him persevering with Trafford.

You can practice all the details in the world, but if all it takes is to just hang a cross up to the back post for us to concede, then it must be very deflating.

Ric_C

The thing is, we do have the experience. Maybe we should go with this for a bit to take the younger lads out of the firing line

Muric

Roberts Ekdal Beyer Taylor

Berge Cork

JBG Brownhill Redmond

Foster

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