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The strange thing is, given the job he had when he arrived I don't think he could've gotten the recruitment more right. It was a 10/10 job considering. The summer felt like a kid in a sweet shop who'd got his first paper round money. We saw in his first interviews he's obsessed with scoring goals, b...

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The difference in class is obviously huge between the PL and the Champ, but our approach in terms of signing players and the system we've employed was pretty naive. Buy attacking young players, and go at the opposition with one holding midfielder. It's not even as if the players we bought are bad; O...

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All fans are not the same. This messageboard for instance often divides opinion. For example there are some people on here who are signalling that Kompany should go if things don't quickly improve, whereas others believe he should stay if we are relegated. Very different positions. Of course there ...

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What's funny about this thread is how fickle all fans are. Now we're not winning Dwight is a hero in the making again. At the start of the thread there's lots of moaning about how entitled Everton fans are when they're losing too. You couldnt make it up. All fans are the same, full of praise when th...

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They're doing things right now, but it's taken them a heck of a long time to get to some level of quality in the premier league. A club Villa's size should be miles ahead of Burnley, but it's often not been the case over the past decade.

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AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:07 am
The first full team that is available, these players need more game time together

I couldn't tell you what that team is!

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Muric
Roberts
AD
O Shea
Taylor

Cork
Massengo
Berge

Larsen
Tresor

Foster

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We have a situation where we have far too many options for a few positions, and too few options in other areas. We need to find some stability in personnel and formation, amd stick with them for more than a game. For me the cup is a good game to try massengo and larsen. Tresor hasn't done much but a...

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Kompany made his life so much harder in the summer. I admire the ambition but it was very naive to think that many young attacking players with no pl experience would translate to success quickly enough.

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We've been awful. But giving a manager who got over 100 points in the championship 100 Mill to spend then firing him (thus setting his vision and journey in flames) after 10 games is daft.

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Decided to miss streaming it today and walk the dog in the lakes. Sounds like I made a good decision

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Poor Bruun, astounded he's not had a start. I hope to goodness I'm proved wrong but that line up looks horrible. That said, despite losing Foster will hopefully get more out of amdouni, and good to see zaroury have a start.

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We’re not getting the best Belgian players though are we? We’re getting substandard players who shouldn’t be starting ahead of some of our existing experienced players. Not sure who snubbed Fulham for us? Tresor? Wish he hadn’t. I wouldn't be so quick to write off tresor after a handful of games. T...

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I know nothing about Massengo and can’t be many Burnley fans who have seen him ever play. The general consensus I’ve read from Bristol City fans is he isn’t as good as Brownhill. I've seen him live 3 or 3 times with a Bristol pal. He's different to Brownhill, his strength when I've seen him anyway ...

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Defence looks awful, really hope we see beyer and ekdal soon. Desperately need a shake up in cm too. Massengo gets a go for me, can actually win you the ball back and compete for 2nd balls.

Trafford
O shea
Al Dakhil
Delcroix
Taylor
Cullen
Massengo
Berge
Larsen
Koleosho
Foster

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Exactly. Addicted to gambling , I can understand. Addicted to gambling on football , I cannot. I was addicted to slot machines. If there were rules against me betting in slot machines it would not have mattered to me once addicted. The only thing that mattered was feeding the addiction and doing wh...

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Is there a reason he didn't come out as an addict until he caught ? During his time at Milan he could have asked for help same as when in discussions with Newcastle prior to signing. He could have stated he was addicted to betting on horse racing rather than football in the hope of avoiding a ban. ...

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That's fine. But it seems like Henderson wants the best of both worlds. He wants to earn silly money by playing in a mickey mouse league yet still expects to be taken seriously as a top level footballer. He's not and his international career should be over. I agree it should be over, but that's not...

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I think the philosophy is the same, we just can't execute it against a far superior set of opposition. We're also missing maatsen in an attacking sense and tellas pace. Both of those players are huge assets in transition to attack. We're caught between the way we want to play, and how the opposition...

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Superjohnnyfrancis wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2023 5:00 pm
Change the manager please this is stupidity now

Seriously

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Ekdal and beyer as a pair is desperately needed. We do not have the personnel to play 4231, if Roy Keane in his prime was sat alongside Cullen then maybe. Otherwise, Amdouni or Foster needs to miss out for Brownhill, Cork or Massengo. Larsen has to be given a start.

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Another to forget. We look pretty rudderless. I get the appetite to attack, but you need a foundation to do it. He simply has to sacrifice an attacking player for some solidity in midfield.

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I'd have hoped massengo was in the squad by now. He can actually win you the ball back and can pick a pass

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Agree on ekdal. Desperately need a bit of calm back there. Tresor has done OK for me that half tbh. Would like to see larsen on the left second half

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Lord knows why we're focusing on the goalkeeper here, there's at least 7 others players who need to book their ideas up in the second half before he does

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Delighted at 0-1. Thr boys are about to get a good old fashioned rollicking here I'd imagine. Let's hope it does the trick. Brentford aren't that great, we can still get a result here

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Darthlaw wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:46 pm
So is Trafford the worst goal keeper or keeping us in it?

I'm struggling to see past the agendas

Neither really, but he's certainly not being helped by what's in front of him so far.

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Simple things this, not much to do with formation. Second balls, not sharp enough. Passing, too slow. Decision making, awful. They're still dreaming they have a second longer than they actually have. And in the absence of physicality, we should be at least sharper and quicker.

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10-9, we're gonna win 10-9, we're gonna win 10-9 etc etc might be a good chant for today

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A bore to watch!? Ronaldo in his United and first 5 or so years at Madrid was the most exciting to watch. He was rapid, constantly dribbled and scored screamers from distance. He became a goal scoring machine after about age 32 because he could no longer run at defenders. Maybe "a bore" is pushing ...

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Mentioned a few times on here, I expect maatsen to have CL winners medals. At his age, he's fantastic. The 30 million quoted might not be accurate, but it would still be a decent investment. He's massively underrated on here

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:30 am
Well that’s just batshit crazy isn’t it?

Ability wise I think Ronaldo mk I was better. Awful injuries and a much lower level of professionalism though. Ronaldo mk II is a machine and a pure athlete. But compared to messi, Zidane and others he's just an absolute bore to watch.

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Very hot and cold. On his day absolutely superb, but you could never rely on a performance

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If folk think that Harwood bells and tella equate to more points on the board this season, I think you're being a bit naive. If I have any criticism of VK it's the amount of rotation due to so many signings in forward positions. But would I rather have amdouni or tella? Probably amdouni. Would Harwo...

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I do find it funny though, under Dyche we literally used to take the **** out of teams and managers that played like us. We used to say won’t be long until they are sacked. But now it’s our manager we can’t possibly dream of it. VK has got to turn the performances around. Losing at home by 3-4 goal...

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“Take away last season” Why would you remove the most enjoyable and successful season we have seen in many a year from the decision ? Dyche would have been sacked in October nearly every season !! Give your head a massive wobble It's pretty embarrassing how quickly fans can go from praising kompany...

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We can't possibly know after this amount of time what money has or hasn't been wasted in the summer.

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God's sake. Football fans are hilariously reactionary, revisionist and fickle. Sense of time and progress goes out the window in a heartbeat. One of the reasons managers aren't given enough time to ever see a project through.

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The premier league just makes my weekend a bit less good. We've built a squad of talent but there's not a lot of reliance, smarts or experience. This project is a longer term one, I just hope it gets seen out. In the meantime, gonna be a long season I think unfortunately. Just got to stay patient

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God I hate the premier league.

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jojomk1 wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 07, 2023 3:47 pm
Larsen on for tresor

Injured?

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You know you're back in the Premier league when you're conceding leads just before half time.

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Trafford
Robert's
AAD
Beyer
Taylor
Cullen
Massengo
Berge
Larson
Zaroury
Foster

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No doubt we'll improve. And we have had some tough fixtures. The problem is if you aren't stealing the odd point from tough games, ones against teams like Luton become much bigger games with more pressure and expectation. Getting that first win is really important asap.

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I'd have him in a heartbeat. Absolute class player.

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bigdavethemaddog wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:56 pm
of Mr Kompany?

this isnt me calling for his head but pundits and fans will soon start asking questions of him for sure.

needs to drop the League One keeper for a start though

If we get relegated then have a poor start to the season in the championship

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The tresor criticism is just superb. A football message board wouldn't be the same without that level of absurdity

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He was excellent but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he was only selected because they went with two out and out wingers, CHO & Elanga. Against a side not playing two wingers we’ll go a different way, although I hope not. I love charlie and he played well tonight, but ian maatsen is on a complete...

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So impressed with Kompanys interview. He must have a view on the Berge handball but hes taken it all in good humor and focussing on things he can control

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I don't think theres any bias here, i just think the referees are awful at interpreting the actions of players who are literally responding to split second stimulae. But they're looking at it in slow motion. The ball wasn't nearly far enough away from Berge that hed attempt or risk a deliberate hand...

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