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The main issue with JBG seems to be it's fairly regular low-level injuries and then when he comes back he needs several games to get back up to full speed. So whilst it doesn't look like he's missed that many games it's how effective he is in all of those games when he's actually available. Particul...

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Back-to-back league wins with the same team so if JBG is injured then we have to deal with it by causing as little disruption as possible - Hendrick to play there and don't change anything else. Assuming at least one of Lowton or Bardsley will be OK - put someone athletic and hard-working who unders...

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Remember the Liverpool v Fulham game - they were in the Second Division (Championship). I was living in London and knew some Fulham fans. One of them drove up for that game got back to where he'd parked his car and found out it had been stolen - not the best of away days. The abiding memory from wat...

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To echo comments already made really don't feel we can bear any ill-will towards West Brom. They set a value on a player, 'buying' club don't meet it - no sale. They had a disasterous season last time out but unlike Stoke and Swansea realised the game was up and started planning ahead which gave the...

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Always feel the Pulis 'imprint' is all over Stoke - probably because it's associated with by far their most successful period of recent times. Allardyce would be a perfect fit for them. In addition to the money they've banked from the PL they are cash-rich from the backing of the Coates family. If h...

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Apologies if someone's posted this already and I've missed it. Berlin Trilogy for me, three fantastic albums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRc2_-BCljQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Sound and Vision - from Low In addition to his own talent he single-handedly revived the careers of...

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Would definitely recommend 'The Dark Stuff' the Nick Kent book referenced in the link above. The Barrett piece in there is very well written and insightful.

There are at least a couple of biographies - 'A Very Irregular Head' by Rob Chapman is the best IMO

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They certainly took a different musical direction post-Barrett but to Dave Gilmour's credit he always looked out for him, made sure he got his share of the royalties and also that the lucrative Echoes compilation contained a significant number of his compositions. Personally I's say Piper At The Gat...

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Without wishing to appear recklessly over-optimistic all logical thought points towards a win. Three wins in a week, a settled-side (possible RB question mark) playing a system the players are comfortable with. So many of the positive traits we've come to recognise in the Dyche-era back in evidence....

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Not sure the hyper-inflated January market is the right environment for investing in future players who we will not see until next season at the absolute earliest especially as we don't know which league we will be in as yet. Focus on the PL-ready players we need who can come straight into team/squa...

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Sorry, bit late to the party - has anyone mentioned Peter Withe? I know it's something of a bygone era but I think the story goes that he was a fitter or welder in the Liverpool shipyards and playing for someone like Barrow or Southport - went on to win the First Division title (top division as it w...

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His willingness to run at people changes the whole dynamic of the team and as has been said it's got us playing on the front foot in the last two games which has created problems for the opposition - as opposed to the primary tactic earlier in the season of inviting teams onto us - which we were not...

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Never going to be the spectacle Sunday was - West Ham let us play, Huddersfield didn't. Thought we stuck to the task well and showed good patience in the second half. Eventually worked the opening that mattered after a sustained period of control. There never looked like being more than a goal betwe...

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Critical stage of the match and with that challenge he gives the ref a decision to make - the ref is Mike Dean so no surprise to see the red card. As others have said, grab his arm or run across in - either would have done. Just back to fitness and now banned absolutely no point appealing that. Run ...

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Am I missing something? Lennon injured. Brady not been reliably fit at any point this season. Nothing more than speculative rumours linking us with possible incoming wide players and people think it would be a good idea for McNeil to go Cheltenham on loan in this window? He proved on Sunday he has t...

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So important to win with a convincing performance today ahead of Huddersfield. Same team - same approach. Win and we are 8 points ahead of them - they are 8 points from safety and given that they are losing to other teams in and around the relegation places it's difficult to see a way out of it from...

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Different types of 'keeper with very different career histories prior to coming here. Little doubt that Heaton's style is better suited to the way we play. But as a team we had to do better at adapting to the change of style without Heaton/Pope at the start of this season. Surely that's something th...

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That's the same guy who did the classic interview after we won 3-0 there last season. Then as now, he's got a pretty good take on the game and was very fair to us - especially given it's a long way back to London after they were so disappointing and he was pretty level headed about West Ham's season...

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Ironic really - left at the end of last season because he couldn't get enough game time - would have been a regular starter this season. He would definitely have considerably softened the blow of missing Brady and especially Ward - in terms of the level of protection he would have given Taylor.

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today feels like last season

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Southampton - if we had capitalized on our early dominance we should have had a lead to defend - which we looked capable of holding onto. Having got past 90 minutes level with Spurs we conceded a very preventable goal. That's it really. The rest might fall into the 'fine margins' category but we did...

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As a team players, manager and coaching staff we reached the limit of our collective ability about 12 months ago. I don't think confidence is as big a factor as some might suggest. It would perhaps help with decision making in some situations but at this level confidence only really comes into play ...

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Whilst he's got his limitations, if everyone had applied themselves to their respective jobs to the same level as Barnes has this season, you sense things would be considerably better.

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For those old enough to remember this feels very much like 1975-1976. On the back of winning the 2nd Division Title (1972-1973) there were two good years, 6th and 10th and an FA Cup semi-final - but in the third of those seasons back, an ageing team were found-out and spent the whole of the campaign...

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I think we'd all agree that we'd like to see more quality on the ball. However without SD's pragmatic approach there would have been no PL football in the first place and no survival when we were really up against it. We should be able to introduce more quality but however cash-rich we get there are...

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"Fair comments. But most of that's negated when you have a dreadful official like Friend in charge." But don't you think officials like Friend are part of the bigger problem? That was a TV performance if ever there was one. Compared to Stuart Atwell in the Liverpool game for example. No sour grapes ...

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With respect - I think your post typifies a view of football which Sky and others are desperate to convince everyone is the educated supporters' view of the modern game. Maybe they're right. What they are craving as an athleticised version of Masters Football where the top teams in this country hoov...

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I thought Wood's card was the worst of the questionable cautions. How Barnes was the only player booked following that ruckus was also mysterious. The worst tackle of the game, in terms of intent/lack of attempt to play the ball was their sub on Hendrick, which as far as I recall went unpunished. Ho...

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As things stand you'd think the 3 relegated teams will come from the 4 mentioned in this thread. We have to make sure we finish top of that 4 team mini-league. The current squad are not equipped to do that and needs strengthening in January. On the positive side we have greater PL experience and hav...

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The problem is it counts for nothing if, like Long, in general play you have a decent game but at the critical moments you're found wanting. That's the difference between us this season and (most of) last season. It's the difference between staying up and going down. Not singling Kevin Long out beca...

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I've probably missed this somewhere else as I haven't read everything post-match but in defence of Wood - his one moment of quality was a perfect set-up for Cork which should have been buried. It came to Cork on his stronger foot under no challenge he had more than half the goal to aim at and the 'k...

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"He needs to concentrate on his own team on the pitch, their efforts, their performance, not moaning about other teams, managers of which mostly have far more experience than him. No points at the end of the season for attempting to take the moral high ground. It's a waste of time.... speaking of wh...

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Everything I hate about the PL encapsulated in 90 minutes. A cosseted top 6 team who feel entitled to every marginal decision and compliant ref pre-destined to ensuring the natural order of events - depressingly predictable. Thought we did well in a game that never had a chance of winning right from...

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Exactly the same as Vino Blanco - I was struggling with no.2 - the one with Diego Forlan warming-up for Man U - until I saw the flag at the back of the stand. Same with White Hart Lane - recognised the name on the pub. As said above if you can remember the players/kits that helps - I only knew the d...

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In terms of our own survival target taking points off/not losing to the other teams in and around the relegation places goes without saying. However, our start has been so poor that I'd say already we're going to need other factors to go in our favour to give us a realistic chance. The biggest of th...

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Financially a move to Chelsea probably secured him for life or at least created the opportunity for him to do so. From a footballing perspective it's put his career in reverse. The nearest equivalent I can think of is Amir Begovic who was a stand-out PL 'keeper but chose to warm Chelsea's bench inst...

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Both amongst the best centre backs we've had in the modern era. As things stand Keane edges it based on his reading of the game and positional sense.Fine margins though as SD might say and Tarkowski has been an excellent replacement. With Kevin Long and Ben Gibson currently available to cover JT and...

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Apologies if I've missed this and for starting a new thread but Sarri has spoken specifically about him and his future at Chelsea today - which is timed with the window little over a week away: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46650810" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'm sure this ...

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Similarly to Mike Conroy - Roger Eli was immense in the championship winning season but primarily as a result of injury barely featured after that.

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Mick Jones and John McGeogh - great shouts - definitely worthy of mention. The difference IMO with Stuart Adamson was that he defined the sound of both the Skids and Big Country, Can't post links but this thread has got me checking out Big Country's regular appearances on The Tube - early 80s which ...

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HertsClaret and TheWellerNut bring back some terrible memories with those lists of names and Mondsley beat me to it with the Nick Pickering/lino incident which I remember only too shockingly well. Most of the obvious candidates mentioned already but to be fair to most of them they were lower league ...

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Congratulations and best wishes - they're great pictures. From memory the second of the Earby Claret Juniors was born on or around the same day we lost to Darlington in the FA Cup. I seem to recall the game was played at Middlesbrough probably because of the state of Darlington's pitch.I also think ...

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Pretty much agree with Sackville's post. Loved the Skids for their energy and innovation. Found Big Country a little more mainstream but as has been said by many excellent live - saw them supporting David Bowie at Wembley in 1987 (I think) and they were perfect for the occasion - superb stadium band...

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Is it still the case that we counter the salary issue by building a sizeable one-off payment, effectively a signing-on fee, into the deal? I'm pretty sure this was the case with Brady and probably others. I'm assuming - and I know nothing about football finance - this makes good business sense in th...

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If true my main concern would be his PL relegation record with Norwich, QPR and Swansea already on his CV

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As has been pointed out the return of 'maximum effort, minimum requirement' from the Liverpool game onwards has made us competitive again. In order to survive we have to maintain that but at the same time add an attacking threat to our game. Based on the quality of squads as they stand we probably r...

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"Considering we've never had imposing/dominating displays I don't expect to see that anytime soon. Just winning some games would suit me." You're right - but get the first part of that right then the second should inevitably follow. The Huddersfield game being the classic example, We were the more e...

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Neither Maddison nor Robertson were anywhere near "through the door" - we'd agreed a fee a personal terms with Robertson, didn't know about Maddison but at best the same scenario. Any number of clubs can agree a fee and personal terms it means next to nothing. Exactly the same situation with Hakim Z...

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Heroic backs-to-the-wall performances against the best in the land are all well and good - suspect we'll see a similar damage limitation exercise next weekend, but we have to find a way of turning that into imposing/dominant displays to enable us take point off the rest, especially the group of six ...

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Performances from the Liverpool game onwards suggest we're in with a fighting chance. A physical/combative/tall(?) CM is a must in the January window. We also need a 10-goal striker - but it's a big ask.

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