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Bosscat wrote:Will Sarfgate give His Emininence The Pope a run out tomorrow or Henderson instead of Pitchfork ??????

Sections of the press think Pope might play tomorrow. He has to give him some game time before the summer in case Pickford gets injured.

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Longsider wrote:DOyou think it will go to general sale? Is there the option for the club to get more if they sell the allocation?

I'd say it's highly unlikely it will get as far as general sale.

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We've had some real hidings at Man City in the last 20 years or so. Even going back to the Shaun Goater era, he used to love scoring against us!

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Ben Gibson to Newcastle?

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As a young striker apart from the money why would he want to come? Barnes and Wood are basically set in stone as our front 2, don't think it would do his career any good at all.

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Barrowford Clarets always run a coach to home games. Makes sense really I suppose.

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I'd be amazed if all the plastic bottles and pint cups from half time got properly recycled. So much waste just there every home game.

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I'd say all top level sports players will have a built in hatred of losing. Can't imagine the likes of Tiger Woods or Cristiano Ronaldo being much fun to be around after they've lost. Has to be a factor in why they're so successful, compared to performers who might have similar levels of ability but...

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Did anyone see the tory PPB just before 7.00 this evening? Only caught a bit of it but it was the most excruciating couple of minutes of telly I've ever seen. If you missed it, it was Boris having an "impromptu" chat with someone as they walked down the corridor to make a brew. Boris's ch...

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IanMcL wrote:Not at all. But the other player is not up to national team quality, at this time.

Let me guess, Ben Mee or Tarks should be there instead?

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Respect to all Pompey fans travelling up there tonight, true diehards.

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Doesn't this thread tent to miss the possiblity that McNeil may actually think that Man U..the club, its fans, its manager and it's players are a bag of hyped up bellends, and that he prefers the turf? United fan isn't he? Even if he wasn't the chance to probably double your wage and potentially wi...

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ClaretTony wrote:Didn’t the club force his hand in wanting to keep him?

Not sure really. I can remember him talking about retiring and saying the Sala tragedy had taken a lot out of him but thought he'd had a change of heart at the end of the season. I may be wrong though.

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Was clearly time for him to go at the end of last season. If he was too stubborn to see it the club should have forced his hand.

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Tbf Haller has looked a decent player at times. He was so isolated on Saturday it was unbelievable.

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Quickenthetempo wrote:Cup games are always up against it as you have to pay again.

Season tickets make sure people go to league games.

Given our cup showings under Dyche can't really blame people for not bothering.

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Get the feeling this might just be it for Heaton with England, given the season Hendersons having.

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Spurs is a new ground though, which are always popular. I feel like theres definitely been a drop off in the interest for away games in the last year or so. I reckon the numbers would back that up. We probably won't even sell out at City or United this season I bet.

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I'd take being knocked out of the FA Cup at the 3rd round stage every season, provided we remain in the Premier League. Seems Sean Dyche shares that philosophy..... Sums up everything that's wrong with modern football. You don't think things will get a bit tedious if our only aim as a club is to ge...

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Think it's clear him and Vydra both need to move on for the sake of their own careers. Must be a pretty soul destroying experience for them.

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Reckon Barnes and Wood will be able to cause this City defence some problems in a few weeks on the Turf if we can get the ball off them for long enough.

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Vegas Claret wrote:the hilarious irony of Fernandinho complaining about a cynical tactical foul

Yeah I noticed that, made me chuckle

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Fancy Liverpool. With Ederson out and City's problems at centre back I can't see them containing Liverpools front 3.

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Didn't notice Lowton tbh but heard the announcer give out incorrect ticket information about Spurs away. Said tickets went on sale yesterday.

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West Ham were an absolute embarrassment yesterday. Pellegrini must be on very thin ice now.

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Has Peters been that bad or do you just not like him? You know that mind made up once he was signed. Noticed on a football stats website yesterday he is ranked as our 3rd best player behind mcneil and tarky. Anyway I've got my FFS Pieters what was Taylor got to do / play Taylor tweet ready for 2.01...

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Decent chance of an upset up there I'd say the way Oldham are struggling.

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After reading some of Dyche's comments I've got a bad feeling he's going to stick with Pieters and Wood coming in will be the only change, hope I'm wrong.

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Yeah not sure what's so out of order on there tbh? Unless some of our fans disagree that United are a bigger club than us?

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Paul Waine wrote:Isn't that how it works - c Ferggie. Manager keeps his squad together until the end of his contract. When he leaves his squad retires.

On the other hand, I'd take Sean Dyche to be a legacy builder.

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At some point we have to think about refreshing the squad.

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I know i'm going to get major flak But, our three main strikers are now signed up until they are into their early thirties (all over 31 at end of contract) Where is the plan for the future When will we see pace added to the front line attack When will we see an alternative to "hoof ball" ...

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I can't see Watford going down with the quality they have. Fancy them to end up comfortable in mid-table.

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Can get on at Skipton now. Skipton to Manchester at rush hour must be a nightmare, got to be a 2 hour journey at least.

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jdrobbo wrote:If Wood is good to go, I’d drop Jay for Wood and Pieters for Taylor. Nothing else need change....not until after Saturday.

Think it's fairly certain that's what Dyche will do. Lowton must be close to the axe as well though....

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jdrobbo wrote:Please be Wood and Barnes this Saturday. God we’re missing them

Barnes has been awful the last few weeks. I'd like to see Jay and Wood given a run together but pretty sure they won't.

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Stayingup wrote:Interesting. Wood has gone from being not good enough in some eyes to being our saviour. Hope he has a blinder on Saturday. We certainly need it.

Some of our fans are morons though. For me he's clearly our best striker and biggest goal threat. If we give him the service he'll score goals.

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Aren't all police supposed to wear body cams now when dealing with incidents like that?

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Didn't Jimmy Glass score in a play off game for Carlisle or somebody???? Or is that a false memory :? Edtit ::::: Just read Vintage Clarets post make that a game to keep them in the League :lol: Jimmy Glass scored a last minute winner for Carlisle that kept them in the football league I think. Real...

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Remember Paul Robinson scoring for Leeds in a cup game at Elland Road.

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I'd say it's pretty clear Ben Mee was stalling on signing. Why else would it have dragged on all summer? Most likely scenario is his agent spent all summer touting him round, there was no interest whatsoever so he decided to resign with us.

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Would be virtually impossible to keep something like that quiet these days.

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Its a while ago now so I'm not exactly sure about timings but was Gibson not signed when Ben Mee was refusing to sign a new contract ? If that was the case can you imagine the meltdown on this board if Mee would have left or run his contract down and we didn't have a quality replacement waiting in ...

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Sean has to keep many players happy. Even the ones not playing. You need to be able to justify yourself to the players for them to see that they are treated equally. This is how a manager will get the best out of his staff. I personally like this approach. As said above, Pieters will likely be drop...

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Yeah the City game is 8.15 ko and think United is 7.45. Its definitely an evening game anyway BT have moved it.

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If we were to sell McNeil we'd likely end up replacing him with yet another steady, do a job type of player. As our only shred of creativity I'd say he's priceless to us at the moment.

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Watching that makes you realise just how workmanlike we are under Dyche.

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Claims that United are interested in him in the tabloids today.

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You need to judge him by mistakes, as much as successes - thankfully, we don't have many. Sometimes not signing an expensive flop is a real win as well. How much did Fulham spend again last year? Or you could argue not strengthening our starting 11 for about 2 years could prove to be a huge mistake...

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Some exaggerations, some fair points.

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In the interests of accuracy, seems fair to point out that Hendrick kept his place when Cork returned, and Cork in fact effectively replaced Brady who had himself had a fairly low key return to the team at Leicester - and no doubt the change was driven by the fact Dyche wanted a tight midfield 4 li...

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