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warksclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:00 pm
Could have made the difference in us staying up this season sadly

His energy and pressing from the front, not to mention his goals, is everything we have missed.

If there was indeed any possibility of getting Tella, then the decision not to has proven to be catastrophic.

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The perm deal quoted to be around 15m, even if we paid a loan fee of say 2m or 3m based on his usage and performance, does he go back to genk and have clubs chucking 15m to sign him. It makes no sense for them to section any loan deal without the guarantee of the perm deal I was going to say someth...

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The first couple of months set the tone, destroyed the confidence of both players and fans and we’ve never recovered. Personally, I had given up hope of surviving after the defeats at home to Palace and especially West Ham. After the debacle away at Palace I was erring on Kompany out. I’m still on t...

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Which is all a bit of a nonsense considering how much money they’ve made from player sales over the past few years - and for some decidedly average players too! They’ve reinvested terribly, and the changes made to their academy since 2016 have seen PSV and Feyenoord start to bring better quality th...

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It's something I'm still dealing with but, as yet, I have no update. Still trying to get them placed but the club made it absolutely clear that they were not wanted on the club's footprint so we had to look elsewhere. Tony- you may have already thought of this, but have you approached the council, ...

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Excellent article in the Athletic about the internal politics and continued on field problems at Ajax. Hammered 6-0 by Feyenoord at the weekend. Feyenoord had 29 shots to Ajax’s 1. The club has been described as being ‘on fire’. Academy in disarray. Their new CEO, Alex Kroes, suspended after only 19...

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Glad to hear you are doing well Mick.

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it would be at Wembley and it would be borderline unmanageable for the police, I hope it never happens. There’s 4,500 public order events every year in London that have to be policed to some capacity. Would there be trouble between Burnley and Blackburn? Yeah, probably, but it’s just another footba...

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:00 pm
Danny Drinkwater kills your argument

Drinkwater wasn’t a Dyche signing.

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I can only echo the majority of sentiments. There doesn’t appear to be much learning going on, especially from VK. Today was just the story of our season. Not good enough in key games/moments and repeatedly shooting ourselves in the foot. Maybe does us a favour getting beat today, because we absolut...

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How Tomori doesn’t get a look in, even in friendlies, is beyond me. Obviously Southgate has his favourites.

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https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/17 ... Gkg4Pp-4vg

Fascinating insight into how Ukraine shoot down Shahed drones.

Basically, they’ve put 8,000 mobile phones on poles all around Ukraine to track them as they come in.

Extremely cost effective and highly successful.

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At least 4 gunman have opened fire on civilians at a mall and concert hall in Moscow, which is now completely ablaze. I won’t post links but it looks horrendous. The US Embassy has been advising of an imminent attack of some description and to avoid large gatherings. Not known yet who is responsibl...

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At least 4 gunman have opened fire on civilians at a mall and concert hall in Moscow, which is now completely ablaze. I won’t post links but it looks horrendous. The US Embassy has been advising of an imminent attack of some description and to avoid large gatherings. Not known yet who is responsible...

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Really pleased to see Cullen back in the team, and now Muric. Hopefully a consistent starting 11, and the building of familiarity and patterns in our play again will give us a head start going into next season. After the Palace debacle, I was erring on Kompany out, as I thought he had lost the dress...

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ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:30 pm
I think they might be bedding a new pitch in, and some stand works, so i wouldn't be surprised to see no home games this pre-season either tbh

Seen a few comments re ground works? Safe standing? Would perhaps galvanise the fan base a bit for next season?

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Or perhaps he emailed the wrong people..... I always get a reply when I've emailed, but then again iam just your average supporter, who emails the correct dept I’ve emailed 3 times in 18 months re the same problem, and received no response despite being told twice over the phone that the email addr...

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I don’t really get why we’ve brought in Esteve when we have Al-Dakhil. I’ve seen nothing of Esteve to make me think he is an upgrade. The ceiling for both is similar and let’s not forget Al-Dakhil was getting called up to the Belgian side. Al-Dakhil was a victim of our very open back line, and then ...

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How many minutes has he played and in what position ? I’ve only see some highlights. My god do we miss his pressing from the front. Transfermarkt has all the stats. 80% as a right winger, then left wing. None as a forward. Only played one 90 mins all season. Vast majority of his early games were un...

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I listened to Chris Wilder’s post match interview after the Arsenal game, and he was quite open in saying the players were battered, confidence wise. Kompany would never be so frank, but that’s exactly where our players are at too. The jury is still out with VK as far as I’m concerned, but I dont th...

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There’s so much to like and dislike in our performances. It’s frustrating because it’s the same recurring defensive mistakes that we can’t cut out, which is bizarre considering the pedigree of our manager. Really pleased to see Cullen back in, too. Should never have been dropped in the first place. ...

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I think there's definitely some delusion that has crept in - possibly to mask what has been as a disastrous season. I'm perhaps guilty of being overtly negative this year but I still find it a bit strange that those that seemed to think our approach to the season was the right one and things are go...

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All teams have their own cases of bad luck. It's part of football and can be pretty much discounted completely. We are where we are because as a club we've made a complete hash of things and the teams we put out every week are miles away from being good enough. The results have naturally followed. ...

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QPR been superb.

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I don’t even want to think about more incomings.

We need a massive clear out, and more importantly, we need to start instilling a culture back into the club, which has been lost in the last 18 months.

The bedrock of our promotion was the remnants of the ‘legs, hearts, minds’.

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Sheff Utd are dire, but what does that say about us when we’re level on points with them?

I’m embarrassed that we’re bracketed with this hopeless Sheff Utd team, and Kompany and the players should be too.

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https://x.com/clement_molin/status/1764 ... Gkg4Pp-4vg

In response to their struggles with manpower and ammunition, it would appear the Ukrainians are investing in huge defensive works to hold back the likely Russian spring offensives.

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What people forget about the beginning of the season when Cullen was starting was our completely naive tactics. You cannot have a midfield two of Cullen and Berge with four forward thinking players in front of them and expect to take on the likes of City, Villa, Spurs etc. Remember Brownhill was a ...

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I think bottom of 4th division, years in 3rd and 4th divisions were far worse, more points possibly, but this season comes nowhere near any of those seasons, we might get relegated, but won't be one game away from extinction Stats mean nowt in this case. Come on, Nori. This is just a really tired a...

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Time to drop those who aren’t going to be here next season. He will know deep down who will want out, and we all know that Assignon and Fofana won’t be here already. Reintegrate those binned off, and give others who we will be relying on a go. There is nothing whatsoever now gained from playing (sa...

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Didn’t get a chance to see any of the game today, what was the atmosphere like? Toxic towards the end?

There’ll always be a minority that are vocal in their displeasure, but I think it’s the usual silent majority that give the real indicator if the crowd have turned.

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Vino blanco wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:58 pm
Last year’s team, at full strength and playing well, would have beaten this average Bournemouth lot out of sight. It’s so sad to watch this current team being outclassed by average teams.

We did last season. Played them off the park.

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Do FAB canvass for questions prior to these meetings?

Because reading those minutes, the questions put forth by FAB are banal.

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Roberts has played well this half, got forward lots and been tidy in possession.

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:42 pm
it'll be interesting to see if it pays off in the long run

Hopefully, but there’s a difference between blooding young players sensibly, and throwing them in at the deep end and watching them sink..

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StayingDown4Ever wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:30 pm
Playing too many weak kids has been a major downfall this year (one especially).

Yes, clearly we have got the balance wrong this season.

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Archie Gray is a tidy little player at 18.

Would be great to see a couple of our youth players blooded into the first team squad (if good enough obviously).

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There was a huge disparity between the 2 forces in avdeeka (spelling). By all accounts Ukraine had 1 Brigade holding it whilst the Russians attacked with 7 Brigades. I don’t know the breakdown of Russian and Ukrainian Brigades but that would seem to be a huge difference. I know it was a strategic f...

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And just to add, the priority now is not attempting to stay in the league - that’s long gone, but damage limitation heading into next season.

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Write off 12 games? Gel the players and system for next season? Presumably you would expect people to travel a variety of distances and pay handsomely to witness these glorified training sessions. There has been no signs of any plan for the last 6 months. If I wasn't so desperately disillusioned I ...

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Agree, but the ship has sailed as far as Muric and Benson is concerned. VK may get lucky with Cullen and a few others. I wouldn’t play anybody that isn’t likely to be here, either. What’s the point in playing Assignon when he’s off soon? Or Fofana? Get the defence settled, and do it now. Give us a p...

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Top scorer in the Swiss team shows good touches and scores. He's not there to defend You never saw Barca in their prime, then? Messi, Suarez et al fighting like dogs to get the ball back when it was lost. The best teams in world football have 11 players that work their b*locks off, first and foremo...

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VK would never do this as it would be conceding the season is lost, but I’d be inclined to back him if he was to pick a team and system with one eye on next season. At least then, the fans could see there was a semblance of a plan in place. What is the point of playing Assignon knowing he won’t be h...

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Trafford shouldn’t be anywhere near the Premier League, but it’s not his fault.

He’s a young kid playing in the most brutal league in world football.

Should’ve been taken out the firing line 12+ games ago.

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I feel dirty saying this, but it’s getting near impossible to defend him. We have to endure another 12 games like this and we’re getting worse as each game goes by. I’m not really sure he can keep his job if this continues as he seems to have lost a number of the players and has probably lost half ...

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Who could do a better job?

Well, there’s a manager of a team directly above us in the league that has spent a quarter of what VK has and they are competitive.

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After today, go.

Genuinely think he’s lost the dressing room. The way we started that game was evidence enough.

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I’ve given up on VK, sorry to say.

I would’ve given him 10 games into next season, but today is the final straw.

Battered 5-0 last week, and how we stated today’s game told me everything.

I genuinely think he may have lost the dressing room.

Gutless.

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Really poor start.

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I said on another thread, at the presser VK seemed upbeat and happy until asked about Tresor. I don’t think Tresor will be here next season. The situation we had with Vossen springs to mind. I can see him going to somewhere like Club Brugge for an undisclosed fee quite soon after ‘signing’ with us.

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