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You’re making up crap as you go along, telling me who I like and don’t. I was a staunch defender of Muric last season, I said this season Id like to see him playing over Trafford. The fact is he’s made two awful mistakes at a critical time of the season and without those we might be outside the rel...

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Lies, I see why Al Dakhil, Zaroury and Ramsey have been on the fringes this season (when fit), I don’t believe they are ready for PL football YET. That doesn’t mean I don’t rate them, I think all 3 will go on to have great futures here, Anass is one of my favourite ever Clarets. Zaroury's barely pl...

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Board didn't deliver or VK pinned all his hopes on Maatsen which backfired? Don't know that the latter's the case. We were linked with Quillindschy Hartman last June-July and I was elated at that as a prospect, felt he'd be the better call than Maatsen, but for whatever reason nothing came of the r...

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It’s absolutely about time clubs started being more forthright and vocal about some of the staggering decisions that are being made. Agreed. I know it's Forest, they're our relegation rivals, they've played financial games, they've been hypocritical given the atrocious officiating in our game vs th...

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His what I would call traditional goalkeeping was outstanding but three times he put us in trouble playing out. One of the three came two mins after they’d scored when he passed it straight to that bloke born in Stoke who changed his name because someone told him he was from Chile. Thankfully he sa...

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It’s strange seeing such a varying view re: Assingnon to my own and makes me wonder if I’m missing something as I think he’s been very decent defensively. I think he likes a tackle (sometimes too much) but I think positionally he's very naive and shaky defensively, quite easily bypassed or exposed....

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Which part is daft? He’s been forced into playing dross like Taylor at fullback in the PL because the board didn’t sign the players he wanted. You're such a toxic poster, not because you pick your favourites but because you're so hypocritical about it. You have your favourites, wedded to your views...

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Esteve is our player regardless next season (thankfully) and has gone from strength to strength with each appearance. He will be a top player imo and seems like a really great lad. Assignon had an impressive game yesterday and has brought a new edge to our team. He's quite different from Maatsen as...

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Muric 8 - That's gone a long way to restoring faith in him. His passing wasn't as good as normal and he did gift away one chance which he then stopped but he kept is in it the first 30 mins and prevented a potential capitulation after we conceded. Assignon 7 - weird to rate him so low for a (deflect...

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Reminiscent of how people were talking in March last year about our own manager…. Alonso winning the Bundesliga has already outdone Kompany last season to be fair. I'm not sure there's an equivalent if he pulls off the unbeaten treble. It'd be proper football manager stuff. Closest I can think is C...

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He shouldn't be playing in the Championship. He has done that already, time for him to go to a team that plays in Europe before it passes him by. He's up there with Defour in terms of ability for me. Way behind Defour on technique and vision, but ahead on physicality and robustness. Berge, Defour, ...

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Pickles wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:47 pm
A brilliant performance. Best player on the pitch. Will be surprising if he isn't linked with mid-table Premier League sides in the summer. Don't know why but can see him at Fulham.

Brentford Fulham or Brighton I think. Maybe Wolves. He'd be exactly what Brentford or Wolves need.

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So is Amdouni going wide or Brownhill?

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JBG is such a classy player, even with his pace gone. Really think a De Bruyne style central role would get another year or two out of him

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Brownhill ought to score then had time.

Grbic is a bit of a Poundland Muric isn't he

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Was wondering why Vitinho rather than Odobert after how he'd helped our shape then Johann does that. He's done that before hasn't he, scored with his first touch off the bench. Love JBG

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Ref trying to gift them a goal there, ridiculous he was on top of the Taylor foul

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Don't get that sub, again. Assume Odobert goes to left wing his best position but worry we'll be exposed on the left now

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Great goal. Well done Lyle, been overdue

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Just much too easy for them. Muric almost got to that as well but we cannot defend. Got to steady up and settle for fifteen minutes now.

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morninbob wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:49 pm
Who ever had JBL as our top scorer at the beginning of the season

I liked the look of him early doors but wouldn't have predicted that, no. He's a very well rounded attacker.

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Jesus they are a poor side
Makes you realise it could always be worse

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Agreed with Amdouni but Tresor? He’s only played 2 full games all season! He got a run of subs where he persistently offered nothing and yet kept being the chosen man ahead of other options. Then got vanished. He's not played a ton nor should he have, I just found it very strange how he had a short...

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Hahahaha how the hell did we score that
What a terrible bit of goalkeeping. Odobert finally impacts the game too

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Commentator saying Odobert has started last 20 games!! Wow!! VK loyal to the wrong players for me. Story of the season. Tresor at first. Amdouni. Trafford. Now Odobert off the boil. Zaroury written off after 1 bad game and 1 dumb red, Benson written off after what, 80 mins match time? Really feel l...

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He has and I understand what VK is trying to do with a high line and defenders with recovery pace but I just think Ekdal's reading of the game and positioning is much better. I don't dislike O'Shea btw, just feel that Ekdal had done enough to keep his place. I'm about as big an Ekdal fan as there i...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:22 pm
Shouldn't have dropped Ekdal after Ekdal & Esteve looked like our best partnership of the season against Brighton. Made their forwards look toothless.

There's faster front lines than today in the league, definitely wouldn't have been the worst call. But I do think O'Shea's improved a lot.

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Muric has kept it from being 2-0 so far.
Not restored my nerves after his last two games but hopefully restored his

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We're looking pretty steady and tidy with flashes of invention when we get across the halfway line but vulnerable as hell in our own half

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I still like Benson and wish we’d have seen more off the bench, I just see why VK hasn’t started him more, we can’t afford to carry multiple passengers who only want to attack. This isn’t the Championship sadly, Anass is one of my favourite all time Clarets but I see why he hasn’t played much. Does...

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You mean the tiny winger who won’t work for the team defensively? His own fault really You loved Benson last year but as soon as he's out of favour you rubbish him. Just admit you've nailed your colours too tightly to VK's mast to have a critical opinion of him, literally never seen you question an...

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If you ignore the reverse fixture where Trafford won us a point on his own. You can’t continue to defend the indefensible Trafford's cost us plenty of goals by being weak on crosses, set pieces, easily off his line etc., and made a couple of similar on ball errors that thankfully cost nothing. He w...

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The reality is that Muric was dodgy last season, but then you had Tella, Benson, et al whose combined free scoring masked the goalkeeping issues. He grew massively in the second half of the season and on his first three games since returning to the team looked imperious,his concentration issues loo...

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Pretty much this. The team has played better (hence the unbeaten run) but he's had two stinkers. Shame. Im not sure I'd do it myself but I can understand the argument to rotate Trafford back in after today. Muric probably got us points we wouldn't have got otherwise the other 3 but that's two game ...

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Trafford didn’t do anything to get dropped for this clown Trafford made a good dozen errors before getting dropped and was a perpetual deer in headlights aside from one half. But Muric has gone from 3 arguably MOTM performances in a row to 2 in a row with absolutely unforgivable howlers that have l...

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Oh JESUS Muric.
That's 2 absolutely staggering errors in 2 games. ***** sake

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Muric really strikes me as a nervy/confidence player more than most. Thought it once or twice last season, wondered what was going on that game he got subbed at half time.
He's been fine today but isn't playing like he was before the mistake at Everton. Think he needs a confidence booster moment.

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Vitinho l/b Taylor on the bench,give me strength god damn I just don't understand this. Vitinho is fine on the right but not the left. He was starting to have a few good games RW as well not so long ago. Just hangs the left side out to dry. And there just isn't any point playing the likes of Fofana...

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Gobsmacked by that from Muric. Been a fan but that's worse than any mistake Trafford's had. In disbelief.

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Muric 7 - In real-time I thought he should have done better on the goal. Replays less so, but I'm trying to overcome any potential bias by downmarking him anyway. Even if I thought he made one fantastic save, two good emergency interceptions charging out like a madman, and that most of his passing w...

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1, 7, 8. 1- 6 pointer that happened at a time early enough that a result might have sent us down a better path, outrageous decision with blatant double standards. 7 & 8- cost us 4 points when we finally have a bit of momentum and our tails up, feels like the Prem telling us we're not allowed to rall...

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I don't like him centrally and didn't understand putting him central and Foster wide, think it mutes his attacking attributes and he should have been subbed probably to put Benson wide and Foster back central, but on the other hand in terms of workrate and doing the hard yards supporting defence and...

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Shocking defending for their equaliser we are really bad at defending set pieces. Consistently. Vitinho looked bright at times sloppy at others, Larsen loose in possession but great goal, Odobert and Fofana lively Odobert doing more support work today too which is good to see. We've been decent but ...

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Ohhhhhh Jacob Brun Larsen

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jojomk1 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:05 pm
Comms now saying a problem with the roof above them !

Surely that would require evacuating the entire stand not just one block?

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Happy enough with that lineup regardless of my preference for Benson. Feel a good vibe for maybe the first time this season tonight, but knowing us that means we'll get thumped.

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He’s 19 and putting up better stats than Dwight did for us at that age. He's not. I did a pretty comprehensive dig into their respective stats a few weeks ago the last time "Odobert is better than McNeil at the same age" was floated round, mostly going off FBref. Only measure he beats McNeil on whe...

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It's genuinely insane how much money is in this game and how many eyeballs are on it and you get a useless c*nt like Darren England paid handsomely to officiate the game. Hes not useless,he's doing exactly the job expected of him given that insane amount of money and eyeballs. There is too much tie...

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If people actually watched how many goals Taylor is responsible for they’d have a different opinion, he can do no wrong though because he’s been here for a while and was once a very good player for us. Question 1: do you think Vitinho is a better left back? Question 2: do you think Odobert providin...

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Absolutely bizarre couple of decisions in that team. Vitinho LB, with Odobert ahead of him and Amdouni, basically guarantees a couple goals conceded from the left. I get that Fofana can't play but why wouldn't you keep Taylor at LB with Vitinho playing well on the right, put Larsen alongside Foster....

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