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taio wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:09 pm
Really strong line-up although Benson can consider himself unfortunate

He's been taped up and looking like he was carrying an injury for a few games now IMO, surprised he was starting every game given how many wingers we have. Glad he's getting something of a breather.

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The quote from VK isn’t saying he’s only a number 9 ‘He is a player who can do both, he can be in the pockets and the half spaces but he can also play centrally and drop in," "He's got good feeling for timing of runs in behind so I think naturally his instinct is to be a number nine, but I think be...

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A striker is our main requirement for Jan window Whilst they have scored goals, Jay and Ash just don't seem to have the speed and quickness of thought to make the absolute best of the rest of current squad Ideal time to bring a new guy in (someone capable of starting) so that they can get used to t...

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Original post (with typo) will be up for all to see, react to, quote etc. whilst you're editing.

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Who actually owned the stadium to sell it to Mike Ashley? Strange they didn't sell it to Coventry (who bid more than Ashley) Arena Coventry Limited who were in administration, Ashley/Fraser Group put in £1.2m to keep them running (allowing Coventry to have somewhere to play whilst this was ongoing)...

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AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 02, 2022 11:01 am
He's off to Belgium

Serious managers don't do national jobs.

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I think they'd be better putting the standing in the North Stand Lower. with a cost involved in it surely they're better spending money on the stand that will be around longer. Probably could charge more for it there too.

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He's looked a better player than Jimmy Dunne for us and out on loan so he's certainly got a future at Championship level at least. Not confident he'll have a spot with us if we're in the Premier League under Kompany though, not sure his ability on the ball is quite up there with what VK wants - hope...

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Maatsen and THB for me for same reasons as KRBFC. Their skillsets are much rarer/harder to replace than Tella's IMO. I think they're both realistic permanent signings too as neither Chelsea nor City will have serious game time to offer them so they're likely to sell with buyback options. We'd also b...

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Completely agree. We were also missing two key set piece defenders at Sheffield. Other teams have tried and failed, others have had moderate success (I can only think of Birmingham off the top of my head). Time will tell but the notion that every team can just copy Sheffield is a bizarre one. It wa...

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Dodgson getting a little carried away there given he was apparently playing centre back in a back 3

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2-0
Dodgson

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I saw it before it exploded. From where I was in the JHL it looked to come from somewhere in the corner between the Bob Lord and Cricket Field Stands, couldn't tell whether that was from the concourse outside either stand or from further afield though.

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1-0 Burnley
Mellon header from a Lewis cross

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Don't know the formation. Helm/Bauress maybe dropping into centre back? Or one of the wingers dropping into right back and Hugill moving into centre back? Or 3 at the back? A lot of attackers out there. Thomas Hugill - Turner - Helm(?) - Dodgson Tucker - Bauress - Lewis- Thompson Mellon - Costelloe ...

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I know we had a torrid time last weekend but I'm not overly concerned. We've so few things we're not the best at in the league that things we aren't the best at really stand out but are exaggerated. We actually are average for the division in terms of aerial success. We have contested and won more a...

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Seeing a few suggestions of Twine, Churlinov and Westwood. Not sure any of these players would be chucked straight into a start in a competitive fixture off the back of injuries if they even have recovered.

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FT: 4-1

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3-1. Mellon rounds keeper and lobs it in.

4-1. Another Peterborough first teamer.

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Callum West comes off the bench to make his U21 debut, replacing Helm.

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3-0. Another first teamer.

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Joe Westley comes on for Gromek

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2-0 to Peterborough. Another one of their first team players scores.

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HT: Peterborough 1-0 Burnley

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Mellon had a shot cleared off the line after rounding the keeper

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Denis Franchi, Owen Dodgson, Joe Bauress, Frankie Deane, Seb Thompson, Marcel Lewis and Dara Costelloe the regular U21s not involved. Could see some of those on the bench- Deane probably not and Bauress/Thompson would both be surprises to a lesser extent.

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Thomas, Hugill, Armstrong, Turner, Grant, Helm (C), Gromek, Torraj, Ratchford, Tucker, Mellon Subs: Moss, James, West, Bryan, Westley Very young Clarets side, 2 U18s starting and the whole bench is U18 players. Facing a Peterborough side which features multiple first team players you would expect a ...

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U21s that may have been involved with the Crawley game but are in Peterborough today so will definitely not be taking part: Ne-Jai Tucker, Mark Helm, Michael Mellon U21s that you would expect to be involved at Peterborough but aren't so could possibly be part of tonight's squad*: Denis Franchi, Owen...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 08, 2022 11:04 am
Think the 21s play shortly don't they, guess we'll find out who's involved tonight from that...

Yeah should give us an indication. With them hinting the U21s may include players out on loan at non-league teams I'm hoping that's a sign quite a few will be involved tonight.

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BPF Lowton - Long - McNally - Taylor Egan-Riley - Bastien Costelloe - Dodgson or Tucker Barnes - Dervisoglu Plus a smattering of U21s on the bench such as Tucker or Dodgson, Lewis and Helm since it's 9 subs on the bench. Don't risk any key players or injury prone ones (such as JBG). Opportunity to s...

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We are going to have to disagree on this. Even on the video above Roberts kicks him on the right knee whilst his right foot is grounded. Nothing raised at all. Here's a still of the highest point Bramall's left knee reaches in the step prior to reaching Roberts versus how high his left knee is rais...

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Not sure from a still. That could just be his running action. To me he didn’t put the brake on and just carried on forward. I’m not complaining we might not have won without it. It's not his running action, his prior few steps his knees don't even nearly reach that height just raises it to catch Ro...

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Mick got a mention on the red button coverage. Worked under Moyes at Everton. BTW. After just watching the short sky highlights the red card was very unfortunate. He never made any attempt to play Roberts. Roberts caught him in his follow through and possibly hurt himself but not a card. Bramall ac...

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I never fully understand these charts - is this saying that Ruddy is the best performing keeper using those specific metrics? Yes. Purely on those two metrics he's performing best, averaging 0.3 goals prevented per 90 over what would be expected and stopping 10% of crosses faced. The dotted lines a...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:47 pm
Last night's keeper (Gunn) not on there?

Not played enough minutes, they've mostly started Krul

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Sorry you are wrong. Probably for the first time VK has brought on defensive subs with 5 minutes to go and guess what, we won and not drew. Norwich were committed to attack once we scored and for a change we dealt with it. Sorry, you are wrong. In the 5 minutes after we scored and before VK made th...

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Well, we did win. Going to a back five with no obvious out ball was not necessarily what I would've done either but given the problems we've had seeing games out this season it seems extremely churlish to complain about us beating one of the league's better sides 1-0. Characterising what I said as ...

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Had a rather quiet game, but was dangerous twice. Exactly the kind of forward who would suit us should we go up and Norwich don't I don't think he's the right fit personally, he's a striker that pretty much exclusively operates in the final 3rd which isn't what Kompany wants. Here's a comparison be...

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Personally I felt bringing on Taylor and Bastien for Zaroury and Rodriguez was a mistake which ended up causing us more problems. It made it harder for us to play out from the back and relieve pressure by clearing long because losing two attacking players meant their whole team could move 20/30 yard...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 26, 2022 1:43 pm
Another system change last night, very much a 4-4-2 (albeit very fluid) with Tella and Jay central, JBG and Zaroury wide.

Good to see VK with yet more tweaks up his sleeve and this time to manage a game without a key tactical player in Cullen.

Did you create this?

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For those who criticise his reluctance to deal with crosses, I think they've probably just been spoiled by Pope who was one of (if not) the best at that in the Premier League. Muric is above average at stopping crosses by Championship GK standards.

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FBRef have swapped their data source so they can now offer free data for more leagues - which includes the Championship. Burnley's below for anyone interested.

https://fbref.com/en/squads/943e8050/Burnley-Stats

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At the start of the season we were playing Dara on the right wind but he's now playing as an out and out striker. Not sure if that's out of necessity now that Richardson is out on loan or that it's felt that it's his best position? Richardson wasn't being played as an out and out striker in the U21...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:09 pm
Vincent Kompany is still working towards getting his coaching badges. He currently cannot manage in the Premier League.

How does that tally with him having agreed to take over if we'd stayed up - which he has confirmed himself when talking about selling Pope?

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It's not outside the realms of possibility, looks like Beale at QPR is on his way to Wolves just 5 months into his first ever managerial post.

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Finishes 3-1

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Trialist on the pitch for the last 5 minutes

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Marcel Lewis won both penalties

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Mattster wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 18, 2022 2:20 pm
Another penalty to Burnley

Costelloe scores for his hattrick

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