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Trafford 6 - very little to do but why didn’t he just pick the ball up instead of passing out to O’Shea for their goal? Huge inexperience. Vitinho 5 - poor defensively and also in ball retention. O’Shea 4 - shaky on the ball and dreadful pass for their goal. Ekdal 6 - calm and assured. Was up agains...

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No shock. Can’t say it’s not been coming…

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claretcarrot93 wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:31 pm
Got in them positions due to his work rate

…..and then produced nothing.

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Yep me- I thought that whilst he saw plenty of the ball, his end product going forwards was hit and miss and that in the first half he was the player against which any joy Sheffield United had came. But clearly a minority view which is of course fine! I gave him a 7 but 100% agree with your view. H...

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Trafford 8 - comfortable and composed. Excellent distribution today. Vitinho 7 - played his part by doing the basics well enough but he must have had 12-15 opportunities in good attacking positions and didn’t find a teammate ONCE. His final ball is as bad as we’ve had from any player. Taylor 8 - set...

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His deficiency against West Ham wasn't his defensive skills but his inability to create anything when in acres of space. Obviously the role of the right back is completely different when JBG is playing compared to Benson or Trevor. I agree, a right back is one of the serious priorities, alongside o...

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New episode out now in the usual places! *Grabs tin hat* - We've done a bit of a Debrief special (beginning to think we should call the Monday episodes 'The Post-Mortem'! :lol:) on whether the club should stick or twist with Kompany! Thoughts etc welcomed as always! https://pod.link/1688380656 Will...

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But but but but but he got "burnt for pace" once in the Championship so he's way too slow......

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Can we assume Benson is now back in contention with the first team in his absence in the u21 team today?

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Expect a few apologies after Vitinho pocketed Martinelli 👀 More to come from him…. Crazy what an extended run in the side can do for someone Apologies??? Haha, yeah, alright…… He put in an ‘ok’ performance in a team playing a low block that still got beat. Here’s another way of looking at it; all t...

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I don't recall handling crosses being one of Heaton's strong points. 100% accurate. It is a total myth that Heaton came back into the team at the expense of Hart due to his ‘coming for crosses’. Heaton was just as bad if not worse at staying on his line. Heaton’s mere presence in the team, his soli...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:51 pm
Pleased to see all the high marks for Berge. I thought he was immense today for us in midfield.

The best midfielder at the club by a distance.

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Trafford 4 - dreadful goalkeeping for the second goal….which was a crucial moment in the game. Looked suspect (again) with any crossed ball. Vitinho 6 - stuck to his task and defended well. Didn’t offer much going the other way but i don’t think that was his primary role today. O’Shea 3 - this lad i...

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Trafford

Roberts
O’Shea
Ekdal
Beyer
Taylor

Brownhill
Cullen
Berge
JBG

Koleosho

Block it up! Stay in the game as long as possible.

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1) Few marauding runs has set up a few of our chances 2) Getting the ball in space is usually the sign of a decent player that can read a game 3) That's what he's been instructed to do Yep he's made mistakes, not saying he's a world beater. No more mistakes than Roberts who loves passing to the opp...

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Oof wouldn't go that far. I just think that while he does have a mistake in him and can get dispossessed, it's not as drastic as people make out and for his age he's still got time to develop, plus just has that hard to quantify look of a player who's maybe not good enough now but not far off abrup...

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I think that’s harsh in all honesty. He didn’t play much then when he started growing into it (like a lot of our team did) he got injured. Yeah he had a bad game at reading away but I believe it was the first one back after a significant period out of the side. Was causing problems at Baggies away....

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I think Darko would perform better than some have right now. Looks a player that could be suited to the Prem, quite direct and physical for a winger. Hardly like our lot have been ripping it up. Churlinov was way off it whenever the got the chance in the Championship. I can't think why he would be ...

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I think it's pretty obvious to everyone that we need a striker, midfielder and two new full backs - a right sided one and a left sided one. As Stan would say, "A blind man on a galloping horse could see that"! Whether they are permanent or loans is up for debate - I don't actually care as long as th...

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Trafford 5 - didn’t have much to do. I expect a goalkeeper that cost £14m to be able to chip a pass to a full back without scuffing it and putting it out of play. Vitinho 4 - saw LOADS of the ball but doesn’t have the pace, strength or ability to do anything with it. He was our outlet today and crea...

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- VK has surely seen enough tonight in Redmond, JBL, Muric and Delcroix for them to be given a go at the weekend. - Berge was really good. - Tresor had his best game for us so far. Muric’s passing was so much better and a Redmond showed glimpses of being able to look after the ball but didn’t threa...

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I actually thought Vitinho was our best attacking outlet Vitinho was dreadful again. He saw plenty of the ball in good areas but the move generally broke down because of his lack of quality/pace/ability. Our ball retention was let down by his play - he often gave the ball away with poor passing. A ...

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It’s not his ability that is in question; it’s energy, urgency and desire that seems to be lacking.

Does the deal still ‘kick in’ if we’re not in the PL?

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Can't be done because it blocks the view of the people in the lounges, at least some of whom are there because they aren't fit enough to sit anywhere else in the ground, and of course even the ones that can stand for 90+ minutes wouldn't necessarily think it's the best use of their money. They aren...

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How much difference is safe standing going to make? It’ll probably be in the cricket field stand….where everyone already stands. Pointless. And generally they stand with their mates and not in their allocated seat which then makes that section of the ground look half full. Would be better having the...

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Trafford 4 - might have made some saves but also contributed to a poor defensive display with his hesitation and distribution. Roberts 4 - stupid 1st booking which came back to bite him on the arse. Can now see why we were linked with so many right backs this summer - he’s not up to it at this level...

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Garnerssoap wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:34 am
‘The other 14’ Twitter account is actually a useful and interesting thing for calming the nerves. We were top half after Luton just going to check now .

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Tall Paul wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:34 pm
Yes, Everton should be fine this season, comfortably midtable.

Everton have had a VERY favourable first few fixtures (Arsenal apart). You would hope their XG would be decent and it’s a good job they’ve picked up a couple of wins. Much tougher challenges lie in wait for them.

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New episode out now... There is SOME positivity in there (I promise!)... https://pod.link/1688380656 Not much!!! But justifiable… You could argue bringing Cork, JBG, Redmond etc into the team might bring some much needed experience but Cork was a little too slow for the C’Ship last season and showe...

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Trafford 4

Vitinho 4
Al Dakhil 6
Delcroix 5
Taylor 5

Cullen 6
Brownhill 4
Berge 6

Odobert 6
Tresor 3
Foster 7

O’Shea 4
Roberts 4
Ramsey 3
Koleosho 5
Larsen 5

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First half domination and should have been more than a goal up. We need to be more clinical. Second half they came at us with everything. It was all power play - corners, free kicks and long throws. We stood up to it reasonably well. Any win away from home in the PL is excellent and I think Luton wi...

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Whilst not everything came off for Amdouni and he missed a couple of very good chances, he also showed great determination and looked very dangerous in the first half - despite Luton’s best attempts to stop him by kicking him out of the game.

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As a footballer, Brunn Larsen is currently light years ahead of Koleosho. Didn’t he play in a front 4 at Dortmund with Haaland, Reuse and Sancho? Different pedigree. Koleosho is lightening quick and will improve but right now his final ball and decision making isn’t very good at all - in fact it’s p...

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:D That’s not the way to do it. After all, Jakubs Tash wrote off Foster after a similar amount of time - ‘hasn’t shown any signs of being a professional footballer’ is a comment that sticks in my mind. I’m not writing Tresor off…. Foster was way below the levels expected last year. If he had been p...

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I’d suggest that when he’s played the equivalent of a game and half across 3 substitute appearances, No. Fair enough. I’m obviously not stupid enough to be writing him off but interested to hear off people who rates him as such and their reasons why. 70 minutes against a League 2 team you are domin...

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Some 5’s and 6’s for Tresor when he played the best part of 70 minutes against a team near the bottom of League 2 - should we be concerned?

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Good listen. I’ve listened to all episodes since it came out and look forward to the new releases. Keep up the good work! Interesting that one of the guys name checked Tresor as one the better 3 or 4 players on Saturday. I’m sure there’s more to come from him and it was his first significant minutes...

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So, does anybody actually know if O'shea has been dropped from the squad or is injured? Played every minute of every game before being left out I think....

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Who would you replace on the bench? Delcroix was the defensive option. Maybe one of O'Shea or Vitinho could have been on the bench instead of one of the many wingers. As I've mentioned, it's more about balance and covering every eventuality. I appreciate it would be a freak but what if a couple of ...

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Any news on why O’Shea and Vitinho aren’t getting on the bench? Are they injured? Heard nothing at all about O’Shea. Has he just been dropped? If so, very strange not to have defensive cover on the bench when you can select 9 subs. Same with Vitinho. He’s been pictured back training for the last wee...

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Absolute classic Newcastleclaret93 on this thread.

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Trafford 7

Roberts 7
Taylor 7
Beyer 7
Al Dakhil 8

Cullen 7
Brownhill 6
Ramsey 7

JBG 6
Koleosho 6
Amdouni 7

Tresor 6

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NewClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:43 pm
Not a first three games kind of surprise.

Massengo or Ramsey then?

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Brighton also played an old striker who some would call past it up front. There is a significant difference in pace and mobility between Welbeck and Jay. VK likes his players to “be able to run” as he said himself last year when punditing at the WC. With that in mind, I think Tresor, Zaroury or Ber...

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You just said it yourself, so you think the referee was ridiculous to award the penalty against Barnes? So why do you think Digne should have given away a penalty for the same thing? You want two bad decisions? Here’s the problem, you want the ridiculous one not given against Barnes but want it giv...

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With respect; no. I’m not wasting 9 minutes of My life watching highlights of an FA Cup tie between Man Utd and Middlesbrough from 18 months ago. Maybe there is an incident in that match that disproves everything though. One incident. One example. Got anymore? I’d bet there are lots more examples to...

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Man United have had more goals ruled out from VAR this season than Burnley What does that prove? Nobody is questioning the ‘black and white’ did the ball go out of play or were they offside. We’re talking about handball or not handball. Foul or no foul. The ones that are open to interpretation….lik...

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There's too much politics in football and too much power and influence lying with a few clubs. VAR is used as an extra failsafe for ensuring the right result. Sounds conspiratorial but we can all see it happening regularly. They insert as many vague and ambiguous caveats as they can to create a leve...

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distortiondave wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:29 am
Look, I'm all for kicking folk in the nuts, but Manchester United had a goal ruled out this week, at Old Trafford, against Brighton.

Where the ball went miles out of play? They couldn’t not disallow it. Very different.

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Trafford 7 - composed and solid enough but worrying that he doesn’t command his 6 yard box on crosses. Roberts 7 - put in a great shift. Passing was crisp. Taylor 8 - finally a bit of balance. Defended superbly but also contributed going forward. Al Dakhil 7 - handles their forward reasonably well. ...

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