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I can't help feeling we really have missed a trick this season so, so badly. With points deductions for 2 potential rivals and Everton in disarray and being so crap, yet still beat us twice and a small time newbie like Luton being in the division, it really shouldn't have been too difficult to finis...

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Absolutely jam packed terraces were an accident waiting to happen for years and it was ridiculous and tragic that it took 97 people to die crushed in one before that was truly realised. I stood on numerous terraces, including the old Longside where the sway of the crowd and the unbelievable force of...

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I think unfortunately as fans we could see almost straight away that we really weren't going to be good enough and obviously that's not really counting the opening night. I found I'd given up on us avoiding relegation after a very small number of games, because we've had so many seasons in the Prem ...

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I'd still stick with him. His command of his 6 yard area, his catching of crosses, his positioning during general play where he can get out quickly to snuff out dangerous through balls and above all his distribution are all light years ahead of Trafford as things stand. Plus the game moves at a much...

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Dyche was given far more meagre funds, but ironically I think that helped him because he had to seriously think about every single purchase, were they genuine value for money and where they were going to fit into his plans. Too much cash floating around allows a more scatter gun approach and a cultu...

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Muric 4 (not just because of the comedic error, but because I thought his kicking and distribution radar was dysfunctional today and that's his real strength!) Assignon 8 (All rather helter skelter, but absolutely 100% commitment and I thought he was good today) Ekdal 8 (Great defending) Esteve 8 (M...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:03 pm
Weird selections that have had us in with a very good chance of winning the last 6 games?

And we ultimately won.....?

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Please add weird team selection and tactics including substitutions which have all been a huge contributing factor.

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Weird selection yet again. Taylor would be the obvious and experienced left back and Foster would only play wide right if we were absolutely stuck and no recognised winger was available!! Anyway, if we win 3-0 I'll eat my words happily!!

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Got to say I don't know who Wolves chairman Mr Shi is, but he's quoted as talking a fair bit of common sense regarding VAR.

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I really hope Plymouth stay up. It's a great weekend away trip and although it can be quite hostile to away fans there, that's because they are proper fans who support their club in numbers and it really matters to them. Having said that it's very much the same at Ipswich who are definitely the surp...

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Wasn't he also a Homophobic, Psychopathic, Climate change denier and a Pagan to boot. Poor chap. Entitled to his opinions. I honestly thought when you read between the lines some (an awful lot actually) of that was deliberately provocative and almost tongue in cheek to get a reaction, although if i...

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I honestly think there was and is only one Pstotto, mainly because despite some of the randomly bizarre stuff which turns up on here on a daily basis, nothing comes close to his! I really liked him (her/they!! can't be too careful.....arrestable offence in Scotland these days!!) And I certainly hope...

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Dark Cloud have you ever wondered how people sat within earshot of you must feel ? They must have everything crossed hoping you don’t return every August to be deflated again after 5 minutes of the new season when you turn up late to miss yet another kick off. Sir, I resent that slur! My seat being...

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ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:27 pm
If you're P8 in Bob Lord, i have good news for you

I'm not, I'm completely the opposite!! But if P8 in the BL is free I'll personally pay for the clown behind me to go there!!!

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I'd like to encourage the guy who sits behind me to swap. (Not with me, but with someone in a completely different stand!!!)

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Was just wondering about Massengo. I'm sure someone on here said they'd seen him wearing a concrete boot, implying either a mysterious injury sustained doing the garden or a falling foul of Muric's security entourage. Either way it's a shame as he looks pretty decent. PS. Melon has also done well a...

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He seems to have been totally plagued by injuries for around two years ish. I don't think that's unusual for young lads who are still physically developing whilst also playing high performance sport and training hard, but clearly it's worrying because he really does appear to be way more unlucky tha...

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It would mean overruling the referee and that definitely ain't going to happen, especially when it's somewhat a "judgemental" decision which some would see one way and others would see differently.

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Brownhill is a very good championship player and definitely worth keeping even for just one season if he'll stay. JBG could also still do a job at the lower level and Brun Larson would certainly be a cut above the norm for that division, but I can't see him opting to stay as he'll get better offers ...

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The decision at Leeds was actually the worst of the lot and an absolutely awful piece of refereeing all round. You tend to forget about it over time, but it was a complete fiasco. He could have waited all of 2 seconds as Barnes put the ball in the net and then let VAR take over which is exactly what...

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Ekdal for O'Shea is the obvious one and put Benson wide right instead of Foster. Leave out Fofana and play Foster as a central striker, because that's what he is. If you choose to keep Fofana, then Foster misses out. It all seems pretty straightforward to me, but I'm sure VK will choose to blindside...

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helmclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:31 pm
The guy on the right in the white polo shirt has a look of Bruce Springsteen.

Well there's a coincidence because "the magic rat" is (I believe) front and centre!!!

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It gets me out the house!

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City are only the 6th highest net spenders over the last 5 years, behind Newcastle (5th), Spurs (4th), Arsenal (3rd), Man Utd (2nd) and topping the list is Chelsea. (Football 365/Transfermkt). So the buy, buy, buy strategy doesn't really seem to be cutting the mustard at either Stamford Bridge or O...

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I honestly wonder if a big part of the issue is that as a player at somewhere like City you really don't see much actual "management". You buy the best players in the world and basically you let them play. I'm not in the camp that believes Pep is an amazing manager. He gets the most amazing players ...

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He looked every bit a genius this time last season, especially when it came to blending experienced Dyche signings with new unheralded players from lower leagues abroad. Unfortunately he's taken that "model" too far and got the balance all wrong and the much greater rigours of the PL have come to bi...

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I'm as much a Muric guy as anyone and I was tearing my hair out (well bald scalp actually) because VK had some weird and miss placed loyalty to Trafford for so long. I've been absolutely delighted to see Muric getting the gig at long last and he's been excellent, but let's be honest here, he cost us...

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Absolutely no point whatsoever in parting company now as we're down and mistakes have been made and (maybe?) lessons learned and we go again next season. If we sacked Kompany we'd immediately start looking for someone with an extremely good Championship pedigree and maybe even a promotion on his CV ...

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Foster AND Fofana was a commendable experiment which nobody really thought worked on Tuesday. I've no problem with the rest of the team bearing in mind availability, but Benson (or Vitihno in a genuine winger role) for Foster would have made more sense (Maybe?)

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The town centre had been locked down due to large groups of teenagers gathering for a fight. Two large gangs had arranged it. Police had special powers in force. I'm not joking by the way. :D I know you're not. It's certainly true. I left The Bridge about 7.20 and there was an absolutely massive gr...

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The principle of VAR received so much support from fans who thought it was going to make the game truer but it's achieved the total opposite when put into practice. Its implementation has been nothing short of a failure Exactly. I'm fairly certain there's not a genuine football fan (as in paying at...

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This is another by product of VAR and causing a lot of unrest. Should we go back to the liner flagging straight away for offside and if a goal scoring opportunity is denied and the linesman is wrong we just shrug it off. For me there is too much pressure being put on the liner and they are not cons...

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Well pretty much every pundit, journalist and commentator working in the media questioned the integrity of the decision and by implication the official who made it. Therefore he should be actually given merit marks for spotting it first!

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Going through the back of somebody is a yellow card. But he didn't book the Wolves player for this in the first half!
Everyone in the ground saw the (very tricky!)!Wolves player spin himself into the ground and fall over and yet the person closest to the incident thinks it's a foul. Very poor!

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FCBurnley wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:49 pm
What a shambles our National game has become

Far too much (unnecessary) tinkering!

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It was utterly ridiculous last night and tbf I don't think I blame the liner because he's only following orders from above. As mentioned there was one occasion when play was allowed to go on when the guy had clearly been caught offside and Vitihno ended up prostrate on the touchline after challengin...

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I thought this thread was going to be about our attempt on an empty net and would a goal have been given. It would have been natural justice if it had. Imo, the goal would have been given. The VAR check had been completed, the ref signalled goal and pointed to the centre spot for Burnley to restart...

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We definitely tried at least one pre rehearsed corner routine last night and as has been mentioned, I think we actually tried to execute others, but they all failed miserably and occasionally embarrassingly. I have started to seriously wonder if when we practice them and work them out at Gawthorpe w...

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Muric 9 Vitihno 7 O'Shea 7 Esteve 7 Taylor 6 (crossing was awful tonight) Cullen 8 Berge 8 Oderbert 7 JBL 7 Fofana 6 Foster 6 Jay 6 A really good performance and ALMOST another deserved win. Wolves had a couple of really tricky players, but overall were no great shakes and we could and should so eas...

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We played well and I couldn't find a player who I wouldn't mark pretty well. However, I thought VK was slow to use his subs, especially as Foster faded early second half and became basically a passenger and (as someone said above) we had Jay come on alongside Fofana and Foster and 3 CFs is great in ...

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Yes thinking back I think he had to be restrained as they walked off - was it a day time match? The Ben Mee header was a night game I think. Yes, the 2-1 was an afternoon match and we randomly rode on the train to Sowerby after for a few pints and were able to "chat" to the many Spurs fans on the t...

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Ive never forgotten (or forgiven for that matter) when Poch took a hissy fit when his Spurs team lost at Burnley to that Ben Mee header. It is typical that he would support the referees decision mainly becuase he will have been coaching and encouraging his players to 'play the South American way' w...

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I was pleased to see Argyle promoted last season and fancied they'd do pretty well, but they've been in free fall since Christmas when they'd actually looked to be safely in mid table. Odds on they'll unfortunately go down it seems unless they find some form from somewhere. I've been to watch us the...

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As I understand it we can do nothing about Assignon's red card because only straight reds can be appealed. Yellow cards can't be appealed and he received a second yellow, so he's gonners (I think).

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I honestly felt that when Cullen lost his place, (following suspension?) it was warranted because he'd been struggling with the step up in leagues and although the whole team were tbf, he was looking a very weak link in an absolutely pivotal position. Having said that, it seemed daft to take so long...

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Completely agree with the above from Goliath. I like Vitinho as he always puts 100% in but he’s obviously not good enough is he. It’s the diving in that gets me. At least once a game he dives in when there’s absolutely no need to and it very rarely pays off for him. I honestly think the issue with ...

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Despite the tribulations of this season, I've always been in the "Kompany in" camp. If Muric is dropped today, I'll definitely switch because as others have said, it would be utterly criminal.

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25 years ago today since we beat Macclesfield at home 4-3. Little, Cowan (overhead), Payton and Davis (last minute). We'd been 2-0 down and this game was probably the start of Stan's team finally taking shape. I'm not sure we lost for the rest of the season? My perception is that this match was a m...

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Strange isn't it how the Greeks and Romans could literally chisel perfect replicas to high detail yet 2,000-3,000 years later with CNC machinery and all the technological advancements they keep coming out with crap like that? Yeah, but how do we know the statue of Julius Caesar is spot on!!? Maybe ...

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