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Ric_C

What do you want people to give him? You gave him 5 which is below average. I believe a goalkeeper who for a second successive week has potentially cost us points with a catastrophic error cannot be rated at below average. Ah I gotcha Tony, everytime a goalie makes a clanger, it's an automatic 3, d...

Ric_C

fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:47 pm
Yet the experts on here wanted him in.

Hope they're happy.

hate stuff like this tbh

We've lost 1 in 5 with him in the team btw, so "ya boo sucks" (blows raspberry)

Ric_C

Carry on camping (in our own box playing silly back passes)

Ric_C

How is this not a pen?

https://twitter.com/TheBurnleyWay/statu ... PJrEA&s=19

Ric_C

Hopefully a couple of decent strikers will be a priority in the summer. Oh how we've missed Tella's energy

Ric_C

With Muric in the team, I've actually enjoyed watching us play again (perhaps enjoy isn't the right word). As with Trafford when he made mistakes, Muric is young, and will learn (hopefully) from mistakes like yesterday. His commanding of the box, distribution, 1-1 saves have been top notch since ret...

Ric_C

Foster is an enigma. And unfortunately I'm getting to the point where I think we need to cut our losses with him. He was poor last season, but we treated this as a bedding in process. Started the season like a different player, then got sent off, then missed a huge chunk with his personal issues. Th...

Ric_C

Was expecting Trippier-esque crossing, but all he seems to do is undercook it or completely roast it

Ric_C

The OK, the Bad and the Very very Ugly

Ric_C

At what point in this downturn do you add to your current holding and/or take the plunge on something you have been watching? Put it this way, I wish I'd kept dome dry powder for this event. My guess is that we will go sideways for 1-2 months, then boom. But worth keeping an eye on external factors...

Ric_C

If you want to see some embarrassing player ratings, check out the ratings on this page LOL!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68747578

Ekdal 4.95 / 10

Ric_C

First of all, lots of people who seem to can't wait to give Muric a 3. Bit sad IMO. Of course it was a massive error, but it's like giving a striker who's had a good game missing an open goal a 3 just out of pure spite. Overall I thought we played ok, there were positives, Esteve and Ekdal very good...

Ric_C

Foster, and to a lesser extent Fofana were a disgrace today. If he's not fit to play don't play him

Ric_C

Reminds me of a right sided Maatsen from those clips. Let's hope he is half as good

Ric_C

The biggest concern for next season is impatience and apathy. If we hit the ground running we could see a record points haul. Still think we deserved around 10 more points in our championship season. If VK is showing he is learning, and the squad fight for the badge, then it is all we ask for really...

Ric_C

Lot of water to go under the bridge between now and then, lots of decisions to make. If we keep the core, then priorities are striker and left back Nice to haves would be a proper number 10 and a physical defensive mid. Main issues obviously are keeping our best players and somehow getting rid of so...

Ric_C

Thought we were the better side apart from a 20 min spell in the first half. We looked solid against a very good, well drilled side. We only didn't win due to refereeing incompetence AGAIN Muric 8- superb save, great passing, commands his box Vitinho 7- his energy was superb Esteve 8- Marked his man...

Ric_C

Can anyone else login this morning on the site? Getting the spinning wheel of death

Ric_C

If this was so cut and dried, why didn't we just move on early in the summer rather than apparently holding out for him with a crazy last minute bid?

Not getting in two decent fullbacks in the summer was unforgiveable

Ric_C

Absolutely staggering if true

Ric_C

Didn't watch the game, but the offside law really sucks doesn't it? In my mind, (and every sane football fan), once Endrick carries on running and contributing to the attack, he should be deemed interfering with play He's gained such an advantage by starting his run so early. But no let's concentrat...

Ric_C

Think the next set of Bonds should be set in the 50's and go back to the original aesthetic. Would be pretty cool to rely on old fashioned gadgets again

Also I think he is a very good choice

Ric_C

I thought we were very unconvincing - 80 mins at home to 10 men in rotten form and the fact our keeper was MoM says it all. Still have very low hope of staying up, even if it has risen slightly. We were playing pretty well for the first 80 mins, dominated the ball and created some decent chances wh...

Ric_C

You can't be serious. I can't think of anything more potentially dangerous. If I'm in the crowd with grandchildren, (who tend to be near the front), the last thing I would want is a player piling into us and the crowd surging forward. The crowd should stay in the stands, (and if the encroach on the...

Ric_C

Running into the crowd or taking your shirt off should never ever be a yellow card There are far more deserving incidents that I would insist on a yellow: Keeper flops to the floor for no reason other than to waste time (warning, then yellow) Player who shoves an opponent into advertising hoardings ...

Ric_C

not watched motd properly for years, it's gone downhill so rapidly it's almost criminal

Any team below the big six just gets there occasional comments:

they are well organised
they all know their jobs

Ric_C

If a single player did all these things in a match: Won us the match with key moments Influenced our overall play Made hardly any mistakes Got the crowd pumped Showed extreme bravery on occasions Then there is no reason to not give him a 10 if the poster so wishes. I personally didn't but it's all a...

Ric_C

Not sure what happened the last 15 mins, but other than that a very good display Muric 9 The Return of the King Assignon 8 very good today O’Shea 7 Esteve 7 Taylor 8 Vitinho 8 Berge 8 Cullen 8 BL 7 Odebert 6 Fofana 7 Amdouni 4 - time to give him a break. His confidence is shot Foster -5 Good to see ...

Ric_C

I'm in a weird spot after that, I'm expecting some people will say I'm never happy but, even as a pro Muric guy I dont think I wanted him to do THAT well. I wanted a good result and him to play well with no mistakes but I genuinely wasn't wanting (or expecting) a man of the match performance. I thi...

Ric_C

The world's a weird place at the moment, weirdos from the far left and far right controlling narratives and influencing mainstream media

Hopefully we get back to some kind of normality fairly soon and we look back at these times as "what were we thinking?"

Ric_C

Assignon - Not fussed about him tbh, don't think his crossing is particularly good either Esteve - Jury's out for me, but I guess he needs time to grow into things. Looks raw. Fofana - If we can snag him on a season long loan, he will score loads in the championship. He was god awful against Bournem...

Ric_C

Bournemouth 32 shots with 70% possession

Far cry from the stats last week

Funny old game

Ric_C

Rovers down to 10

Ric_C

Maybe not an unpopular opinion, but here goes: I thin VK needs to evolve the style next season in preparation for the premier league. This maybe perceived as an arrogant thing to do, but for me if the end goal of the 4 year plan is to become a decent premier league outfit, he needs to ditch the ultr...

Ric_C

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:35 am
After Sunday's performance against a very poor Bournemouth side.

I came to the conclusion it wasn't Amdouni that is at fault in this team.

However we fell to pieces when he came on, and our shape disintegrated

Ric_C

I think we've chopped and changed too much this season to get into any kind of rhythm. Last season we had a core base of players who played most weeks, and our patterns of play emanated from there. I do think we have been unlucky with various things, indeed everything that could've gone wrong this s...

Ric_C

Looking at the highlights, and there was a foul on Cullen in the build up to their second goal. Soft maybe but no real difference to our disallowed goal.

In fact it was the main reason they scored because Cullen was out of the game

Ric_C

dsr wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:05 am
Trafford played at least 3 long, accurate balls to the right wing yesterday.

Not disputing that, but he's not got the long ping in his locker. ie Muric v West Brom last season away as one of many examples.

Not Trafford's fault, but it is an effective plan B when teams press with intensity

Ric_C

kentonclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:06 am
Just laughable comparing the distribution from Onana (a keeper who cost around £50 million) with that of a young keeper like Trafford. Why don’t you compare the finishing of Fofana with Ollie Watkins?

I was comparing Onanas long ball attribute with Muric if you actually read my post

Ric_C

tbf, we have been unlucky with some players this season.

Potentially (and it is potentially) we could have Foster, Tresor, Koleosho and Ramsey all fully fit and firing next season where they have all been off it or injured for most of this campaign.

Ric_C

My reasoning is bothwho I think will do a job in the championship and also who we should keep for development purposes and who I think could cause dmage in the championship next season. GK: Muric STAY Trafford GO Peacock Farrell GO Vigeroux STAY Full Back: Assignon STAY Vitinho STAY Roberts STAY Tay...

Ric_C

This is the main selection that has me questioning Kompany's judgement as a manager. If he'd have brought Muric in sooner, and we'd be trying to play the same style as last season, there would be nowhere near as much dissent in the stands as there is now. It is nonsensical, bizarre and almost to the...

Ric_C

Muric gives us drive and purpose with the ball at his feet, Trafford doesn’t. He’s simply not up to it at the moment - who knows he may be in a few years. Your comments on Trafford and O’Shea baffle me - but it’s all opinions. Plus even the away fans know that he is the weak link with the constant ...

Ric_C

Undone by poor finishing, poor defending, and zero luck. We look doomed, but we all knew that already. Good first half, meh second half. They could have had a couple of reds, not our day yet again on that front. Trafford 5 - A good save in the second half, but looked shakey with his feet yet again A...

Ric_C

Need to see a few incidents back. But carding Oshea in the first 60 seconds when Bournemouth committed the same offence 5-6 times was unforgivable. Sememo should have been off. The foul on Cullen also looked a shocker. Goal softly ruled out?

Ric_C

Awful today, just as we really needed him to step up

Ric_C

Muric needs to start today for everyone's sanity, including James Trafford's

Ric_C

Southampton get a last gasp winner

Imagine us in the championship with Leeds, Leicester and Everton. Not against the realms of possibility

Ric_C

Terrible day for Rovers

Ric_C

No one will ever out-jog Amdouni

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