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jlup1980

O'Shea for me is a really poor signing, no more than a fairly average Championship player, nowhere near PL requirements. O'Shea is a basic defender. A Kevin Long type. I suspect he was brought in originally as 4th choice behind Beyer, Ekdal and AAD. We then had the injury to Beyer which forced us t...

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Given what we've already seen this season I'd say both goals yesterday were unforgivable. How many more times are we going to concede by giving the ball away cheaply in midfield before it's highlighted as a chronic issue. Berge vs Brentford, Ramsey vs Newcastle, Ramsey vs Villa, Taylor and Vitinho ...

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It's premature to start calling for Kompany to go. I think he's a good manager who has lots of potential, as do lots of the young players we've brought in, but the tough start has undermined our momentum leading to low confidence and our style not clicking alongside many mistakes (giving the ball a...

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We've lost 5 on the spin and not really been in any of those games. You can argue we had moments against Chelsea and Man Utd but in general there's been little to get behind. Put a competitive team on the pitch and the crowd will respond.

jlup1980

The back four is a complete mess. The sooner Beyer and Ekdal are fit the better. We all know Trafford will start so not much point thinking anything else. Muric will be gone in January - the rumour mill has already started where that's concerned. If we're forced into starting O'Shea and Delcroix the...

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Let’s be honest the best he achieved was not being relegated and erm yeah it was hoofball into the box anti football with slow old players This is beyond disrespectful. Whether you liked SD or not he took us into Europe and had two top half PL finishes. He did that on a shoestring budget as well. V...

jlup1980

We have a decent group of players. VK just needs to stick with an 11 (or at least a back 4!) and try to build an understanding between that group of players. Personally I think he needs to go back to the successful elements of last season. Those who understand the system. The difficulty I have at th...

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Saturday was the first game that really set alarm bells ringing. Every other game I've walked away thinking it's a learning curve and we'll improve. Saturday was unacceptable on every single level. We looked a beaten team as soon as Chelsea equalised and the second half was nothing short of abhorren...

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All the Chelsea goals were avoidable. Vitinho and Tresor for the first and the second. Ramsey for the third and O'Shea for the fourth. All silly errors that your can't make at this level. That said VK takes the blame for the overall performance. The line up was confusing and the subs even more so. I...

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First half was decent, second half a complete abomination and Kompany has some questions to answer. Taking AAD was madness as it left us with a back four made up of our back up right back, fourth and fifth choice CB's and a left back Kompany doesn't really want. Trafford - 4. Not at fault for the go...

jlup1980

Far too positive. 4-1!! Give over, we're Burnley not Barcelona.

Great podcast though guys, really enjoy listening every week. Fingers crossed the overly positive predictions come true tomorrow!!

jlup1980

No not JBG-we have too many talented wide men to start in front of him, ie Koleosho, Zarouury, Benson, Redmond,Odobert, Ramsey. We have seen JBG's best days. For me file under Jay Rod JBG offers a lot more than Jay IMO - certainly in a game like tomorrow night. Jay is a spent force unfortunately an...

jlup1980

Certainly some worrying comments after the weekend but you can take a lot of them with a pinch of salt. We were undoubtably better vs Forest and United. However, doesn't that just confirm that Newcastle are better than Forest and United? We need a win to kick start our season and tomorrow is the day...

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Time to get back to basics for VK. Zaroury to start, 100%. We need players with Championship experience and / or fighting qualities in midfield. Very few, if anyone, has nailed down a starting shirt so far this season so plenty of options. Trafford Roberts AAD Beyer Taylor Cullen Brownhill JBG (if f...

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I think we saw in the United game why Townsend would have been a shrewd signing. We ran out of ideas in the 2nd half and looked very much like a team without a plan B or the required PL experience to make something happen. Townsend has always been a direct player and someone capable of pulling somet...

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I despise what VAR is doing to the game, so whenever an incident crops up involving Forest, I always think its worthwhile giving a genuine opinion of the decision. Most like-minded Forest fans will think we were extremely lucky, I've seen it a few times and whist on some angles you can see that the...

jlup1980

Why would he need a warning? The rules on time wasting are known. It was a definite yellow and was bound to happen after the Heckingbottom comments at the weekend. What I will say though is Turner took just a long over restarting the game half way through the first half but no yellow card was given...

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And another thing - referees ought to be told, because so many of them are too stupid to work it out for themselves, that football is not played in slow motion. They genuinely think that if a player's arm is in one position on frame 1 and it has moved on frame 5, that the player has made a consciou...

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This season has been a complete shambles where VAR is concerned, I think we can all agree on that. Last night was just the latest in a number of dodgy decisions that leave us all scratching our heads. We're living in a world where you genuinely can't predict what the outcomes are going to be - there...

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I think we're in potentially very good shape, Jel. We're only in a good shape if we can keep the ball out of our own net. Tonight is the first real test of how good we actually are. The other three games have been free hits for one reason or another. We need to show signs of being genuinely competi...

jlup1980

I think that team is quite decent. However Il be amazed if Trafford is dropped for any league games. Totally agree he won't drop Trafford and I think we all know Taylor won't be anywhere near the squad, never mind the starting 11. In reality I think VK will go with the following: Trafford Roberts O...

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Muric Roberts O'Shea Beyer Taylor Brownhill Cullen Koleosho Amdouni Tresor Foster We have enough quality in the final third to hurt teams without being gung-ho about it. We need to be clever and utilise our experienced players. BHA are the template. They dominated Man Utd at OT with Dunk, Welbeck an...

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SD was given pelters from basically the entire football world outside Turf Moor, and eventually from a good number of people within Turf Moor, for making stopping the opposition from scoring the absolute number one priority, especially in this league. It's not very pretty and essentially it can be ...

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I keep thinking about a performance by Norwich at the Turf, just after they'd been promoted by winning the Championship under Farke. They persevered with playing out from the back and we just pressed them, using our power to beat them easily, and they were mocked by our fans (on here too) for tryin...

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It is getting to a ridiculous stage when these posters are deliberately undermining teams like Spurs and Villa. Conveniently ignoring that Spurs are a different animal under their new manager and Villa were second only to City in points obtained in the second half of last season . Really lazy and t...

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The biggest problem will be those who struggled for the last 12 months because there was next to nothing to whinge about, now after a defeat it's like releasing a pressure cooker and all sorts of nonsense comes out. Every fan has a right to voice their opinion. Some will be OTT and be more "doom an...

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Foshiznik wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 01, 2023 1:42 pm
Especially as he’s on the wrong side of 30 too. Should be snapping their hand off at £175m+

I’d be replacing him with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia if I was Liverpool. Perfect replacement.

Yes he'd be a superb signing. Might cost a few quid on deadline day though!!

jlup1980

I've only been in The Fountain once along with 5 biker mates, it was in the mid 70s when it was the haunt of the local coppers, it was like the scene in American Werewolf where the lads enter the Slaughtered Lamb and everyone stops what they are doing and stares at them. I'm talking mid 90's so I s...

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If Al-Ittihad return with an offer in the £175m region then surely Liverpool wouldn't turn it down? You really are getting into silly money territory. They have Jota, Luis Diaz, Gakpo and Nunez already, which isn't a bad start. I suspect there would be time to at least bring someone else in on loan ...

jlup1980

The Fountain in Todmorden. I would have been 16. I'm not saying I was hooked but by the time I was 17 I was playing in local pool and darts leagues and spending most evenings in the pubs around Todmorden.

jlup1980

Some people on here need to give their head a wobble. The fact we're even looking at the likes of Origi and Dier speaks volumes about what we are trying to achieve. These two are 28 and 29 and would offer a huge amount to our club. It's a far cry from signing the likes of Steven Reid and Dale Stephe...

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Muric
Vitinho Ekdal Delcroix Dodgson
Cork Brownhill
JGB Ramsey Redmond
Jay

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claretandy wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:39 am
Wilfred ndidi to forest is happening, we should have been all over that one.

I work with a couple of Leicester fans and they've never rated Ndidi highly. Far too hot and cold by all accounts. Brilliant one week and then you don't see him for two months.

jlup1980

Some crazy takes on this thread even by previous standards, I think the transfer window stress is getting to some of us. Some suggesting it won’t be good if we grab on loan someone who often still starts for England? Others turning their nose up at Origi who has nearly 200 games for Liverpool and i...

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gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:53 pm
4231 like Sunday leaves us far too open if that midfield is Cullen and Berge. We would need 3 in there and I’d sacrifice the amc for cork or brownhill.

I'd happily play a 4231 with our personnel. I thought it was more like 415 in the first half and 325 in the second half to be honest.

jlup1980

I just don't get why people think Charlie Taylor would ever be considered as a permanent LB in VKs system. He needs a player who is more than a traditional LB like Charlie is. If that was the way we play, completely agree that he should be there. I can't see us changing our system personally. I don...

jlup1980

I've no doubt he'll be a good GK in the future but right now he's not PL standard and you cannot blood a young GK in the PL, simple as that. He has time on his side and should have started as back-up to Muric, with an eye on him taking the number 1 jersey in 12 months time.

jlup1980

Trafford 3 - not even close to being a PL keeper Roberts 6 - ok O'Shea 6 - did well overall Al-Dakhil 4 - was dragged out of position and isn't currently good enough to play CB in the PL Delcroix 5 - dreadful first half, average second Cullen 5 - poor by his standards Berge 3 - do we have a 28 day r...

jlup1980

The concerns being raised by many are completely valid. Expectations have risen due to the amount of money we're spending and the fact we dominated so much last season. However, there has to be a level of pragmatism. Even the likes of Pep will approach games differently depending who City are playin...

jlup1980

It's difficult to single anyone out as being particularly unsuccessful. Not everyone will have been signed as a first team player. There's clearly been a number of signings made for the future (the likes of Franchi, McNally, Egan-Riley, Agyei etc) and we've had a few who haven't really had the chanc...

jlup1980

Vitinho shouldn't be in the starting 11. I thought he looked like a rabbit in the headlights vs City. We will need Brownhill's energy and work rate in CM.

Trafford
Roberts O'Shea Beyer Al Dakhil
Berge Cullen
Koleosho Brownhill Foster
Amdouni

jlup1980

kentonclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:54 am
You wouldn’t have thought so with some of the hype in the English media before this game.

“Everything stops at 11am on Sunday as nation hopes Lionesses can Bring It Home”

was the front page headline in Friday’s Evening Standard.

Its almost like the media never over hype the mens team!

jlup1980

Interesting observation. I thought THB was the best passer of the ball probably in the entire squad but lacked a yard and wasn’t the strongest in the air. Didn’t see him as holding on to the ball at all - thought he was very clinical when on the ball. I agree on his aerial ability. I actually don't...

jlup1980

Women vs girls so far. Spain are controlling the tempo of the game, pressing high and look comfortable on the ball. England haven't managed to dominate possession at all. The positive is it's only 1-0 so it's certainly not over. We do look very much second best at the moment though.

jlup1980

4th choice :lol: He'd only be competing for one spot!... He walks into this current defence without an ounce of doubt... He's far more mentally mature, a better organiser, a stronger leader and a slicker passer than any central defender on our books... It is no coincidence that he is valued on the ...

jlup1980

We've seen the true colours of the PGMOL already. City, United and Spurs have all benefitted. The issue is how VAR is used. If you're a top six side you get the on field decision in your favour. That's almost becoming a given - at least 90% of the time with these 50/50's. It then gets reviewed and i...

jlup1980

Free pass on racism, and there, in a nutshell, is the caveman mentality. And this is the problem. We are a small town and it means that many have a small town mentality. Those booing need to open their eyes and look at the bigger picture. Burnley is on the global stage. We have an unbelievable oppo...

jlup1980

The incidents on Friday do nothing but damage the reputation of the club but we can't be surprised. We have a minority of supporters who simply can't fathom that booing the "taking of the knee" isn't acceptable. It's racism masquerading as some sort of Daily Mail type political stance. To quote Stew...

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I'm amazed to see 4's in some ratings. We were up against the best in the world and gave them a game for periods. The first goal was a shocker defensively, the second well worked and a brilliant finish, the third simply the luck of the bounce. Lots of debuts and some good moments. City will embarras...

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Muric. He looked the better of the two in pre-season. Trafford has time on his side and needs to get to grips with how VK will want him to operate. He doesn't need to be rushed into the first team. Muric was shaky at the start of last season but was superb after the World Cup which shows it takes ti...

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