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I'm not surprised that Larsen's record for us shows 5 goals but 0 assists. Recently we've been using our wide players in a similar way to Brighton in that we attempt to circulate the ball around the middle of the pitch, with the centre forward dropping deep to help with this, and then we look to rel...

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If anyone knows about the pitfalls on letting your children play on X, it’s definitely Alan Pace.

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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.

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Everton absolutely stink. Even their set pieces are gash.

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I'm looking forward to welcoming back both Koleosho and Beyer next season, assuming they both stay. Both were 2 of the top 4 performers according to the average player ratings.

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We played a 3 man midfield all of last season and it worked perfectly and for some reason we decided to go more attacking to show horn our more expensive signing in amdouni into the side. Such a season of ifs and buts, but it’s no coincidence we have become a better side with muric and Cullen in th...

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:lol: :lol: I am highly chilled, my guy, beer in hand doing some fine cooking and just laughing at some stream fiend getting wound up about player ratings after a 4-1 away win. Always fun when people get arsey about player ratings. I reckon you probably pipped him to the arsey accolade, to be hones...

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Yeah sadly I'll be hoping for an Everton win tomorrow. If we've got even a slight chance of pulling this off, Forest will be the ones to hunt down.

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From TV unfortunately today. Not sure if these will count or not.

Muric 8
Assignon 8
O’Shea 7
Estève 6
Taylor 6
Vitinho 6
Berge 9
Cullen 7
Larsen 6
Odobert 6
Foster 6

Brownhill 7
Gudmundsson 8

The two subs were brilliant. Experience counts. Good win.

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quoonbeatz wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:17 pm
Lol @ escalated. Not sure I'd even call that a bicker.

Chill out a bit pal

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Well that little bicker escalated quickly.

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Yes he’s been very good since his return to the side. I thought he was very unfortunate to lose his place in the autumn because, although he had some poor games, he was a victim of the appalling system we were using where Cullen was basically a one-man midfield. He should have been reintroduced far ...

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Would be brilliant if we could keep him next season.

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With a spend of over £100m since VK has been here, so we should be challenging at the top end of the Championship. We certainly won’t be walking the league though unless the manager goes back to valuing experience and continuity. Another shambles of a summer overhaul and we won’t be near the top of ...

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AmbleClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:15 pm
Wish you could be kicked off this site,you're an absolute bell.

We can only pray. Nasty piece of work.

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Thankfully he's dropped Fofana today.

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I think Wo Didi will be the closest to being correct.

Possibly a bit too sensible for VK though.

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Wow. Hahaha.

Just appalling.

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Why was it wrong? I think it was wrong because the players who ‘benefitted’ from the extra fitness and team building efforts, which I presume was the point, have barely featured and lots have left. VK must have known by then of his plans to turn the squad over as much as he did. The team hasn’t loo...

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No. I think Milltown’s original point appears to be that VK brought them back too early. Otherwise I don’t see the relevance to a fitness thread. To be honest I don’t remember much critism of it at the time. Easy in hindsight to add it to the growing list of things VK has done wrong. Well my mistak...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:14 pm
I don't understand the fuss about non-events.

Just passing the time of day, Bill. Corrie isn’t much good at the moment.

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agreenwood wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:22 pm
If they aren’t here or aren’t playing, what impact has it had on this team’s fitness?

No impact, which I think is the point.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:03 pm
So did we sign him with fitness issues or not?
Did we sign him for a reported £12million or not?

Take a chill pill, Bill, as the kids might (no longer) say.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:59 pm
We were never going to pay that.
We loaned him, I believe, knowing he had fitness issues. Sounds like he's just about got himself fully match-fit now with Millwall.

He only had fitness issues because he barely featured for Swansea after being denied a move to us in the summer.

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nil_desperandum wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:36 pm
Fully agree. They were wanting about 12 million as I recall.

Crikey. I didn't realise it was that much. I had £9m in my head but it was a while ago so could be wrong.

I dread to think how much money we'd have lost on him had we paid around those figures.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:42 pm
But we didn't, so your dread is wasted.

Oh heck, Bill.

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I'm just glad we didn't sign him in August 2022 when I dread to think how much more money would have been chucked down the pan.

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:15 pm
I'm not one to pretend to be 'ITK' but I've heard that went down like a lead balloon. Hardly worked either has it?

Especially not given most of the players he called back have either been shipped out somewhere else now or have hardly featured.

What a braindead decision.

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Remember at the end of last season when VK had them back in for pre season about 2 weeks after the season finished and it was seen as revolutionary. This is what you get. Even at the time, I saw lots of people calling that out for exactly what it was. A publicity stunt to court attention from the m...

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It’s been an absolutely wretched season where it seems to me that the fans just feel exasperated by the decisions that have been made and are just a bit apathetic to it all. The fans know that we are so brittle and we’re turning up to every game expecting to lose. Those early hidings at home did for...

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There is clearly a fantastic player in Lyle Foster. At the beginning of the season he looked just about our only player capable of playing at PL level. I think he was also the player with the highest average rating the last time CT calculated it. I do think next season is make or break for him now t...

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given JJ's comments on stick to football about not being able to play the football we played in the Championship in the Premier League I suspect there has been a re-think - I've no idea what that will look like but I suspect we will be signing units rather than lightweights I really hope you’re cor...

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That Fofana jog reminds me of the kids in PE class who really couldn't be arsed to join in.

Can anyone imagine Sean Dyche putting up with some of the antics we've seen from our players this season?

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I dread to think of which expensive flops the MUD analytics software will come up with this time.

Hopefully we’ll sign players with the qualities we need as opposed to signing players who might, potentially, one day, if the wind is in the right direction, make us a profit.

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LOL at you geeks still doing the Muric vs Trafford thing as if you’re all not completely and utterly entrenched in your views already.

Never let a good error go to waste.

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Muric 3 - no words Assignon 6 Ekdal 8 Esteve 8 Vitinho 6 Berge 6 Cullen 7 Odobert 6 Fofana 4 - seriously shocking Foster 3 - seriously, seriously shocking Larsen 5 Taylor 5 Brownhill 6 Rodriguez 5 This was actually a good performance in which our man-for-man system worked really well in making Brigh...

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equinox wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:42 pm
Jack Butland at Rangers is better than both Trafford and Muric.

Sometimes it's not that difficult this management thing.

Far too sensible a suggestion for our managerial genius.

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Potential they are talking about. He has all the attributes to be a top defender. Getting better every game. Him and Beyer be an unreal championship partnership Yeah fair enough, I can see him doing well in the Championship. I’m with CT at the moment though in that I don’t yet see someone with the ...

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I'm shocked that anyone would be comparing Esteve to Keane or Tarkowski at this stage. He has had some decent games and some poor games so far.

As yet, he's a long way off comparisons to two of our top three centre halves in recent years, in my opinion.

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I thought I was good at spotting multiple accounts, but this one has got me. Who is Nori on this thread? Nothing reads like them, IMO. ISpeds00 Nori/Grumps/Longsidelenny etc etc have always approached trolling from different angles. It’s a full time job for them to manage so many different personal...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:36 pm
I think he may miss out on a fourth

Down, boy

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Good to see Nori all over this thread.

And when I say good to see…

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He’s got Vincent Kompany to thank for the fact he’s still got a job today. Aren’t we his only two wins in the last 15?

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Very interesting episode. Very concerning if we don't get back up next season.

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My understanding from what I’ve read is as follows: Esteve and Larsen are to sign permanently because their loans included the obligation to buy. Tresor has already signed permanently, but there does now appear to some doubt about this, although it seems to stem from the fact he’s been dropped from ...

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Can only echo the other comments regarding the standard of officiating tonight. I'd actually forgotten that referees can make consistently good decisions, keep up with play, and maintain control of both sides without it spilling over. Mike Riley and now Howard Webb really have destroyed the refereei...

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Muric Vitinho — Ekdal — Esteve — Taylor JBG — Cullen — Berge — Larsen Odobert — Foster Brighton carry a big threat down their left with their LB Estupinan who sees a lot of the ball and combines well with one of their wingers. For that reason I’d play JBG in front of Vitinho to help defend that flan...

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dsr wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:23 pm
I can honestly say I have never suspected anyone of being "passive aggressive" at me. Clearly I haven't had enough practice at taking offence where none is intended.

Nobody has ever been passive aggressive to you?

Are you single by any chance?

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dsr wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:16 pm
If you're in a grumpy mood, everything is "passive aggressive" - whether they talk to you or not. It's a modern way of deflecting all blame for everything onto someone else.

Speak for yourself.

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GetIntoEm wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:20 am
cheery bunch on here, probably same ones who predicted relegation to oblivion last year.

Absolutely we will be firm favourites to come back up, and certainly will have the best squad in that league potentially.

I certainly agree with you there, potentially.

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