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For a club like ours that constantly pleads poverty to not want him around the place whilst paying 40k week means he must have done something terrible or have the worst attitude ever. Threadbare squad and we still don’t want him back. Need to get rid ASAP as his stock value is going down. May put m...

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Just need to get him off the wage bill this summer, accept we'll make a loss and move on.

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:46 pm
I would be playing 451 away from home and try and get McNeil on the ball like the first half at Palace.
Get JBG in then go 442 for the last half hour if we're still in the with a shout.

Have we got 5 fit midfielders?

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The team virtually picks itself, assuming Pieters is out. Only real decision is Wood or Vydra upfront.

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Last August I thought we would finish 11th and I will stick by that, especially now with our injuries and weak squad. Do the club actually benifit from a higher finish or do the benifts go to the players? I get the impression a good chunk of the extra prize money disappears on bonuses, so not sure ...

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But Gibson probably realised he was in a no win situation. Even if he came in and played really well there's no way Dyche would leave Ben Mee out once he was back.

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vinrogue wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:21 pm
What is the update on Gibson? Are we paying him? I accept I have not been keeping up to date since late February due to one thing or another!!

We'll still be paying him, he's just been banished up to Boro to train. Probably 40 grand a week that we may as well be flushing down the toilet.

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I don't think Boro could afford Gibson even if they stay up. I'd say the likes of Norwich, Watford, Leeds or Villa would be our best hope of getting shut.

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But Long keeps signing new contracts with us, so he's clearly happy. It's not that easy trying to find someone good enough to step in and play, but willing to accept unless someone gets injured they're only gonna get to play 2 or 3 cup games a season. The Gibson saga proves that.

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Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:11 pm
Longy played well but should have snuffed out Egan but where had Bardsley gone.There was no one marking Egan as he was unmarked as he scored.
A poor goal to give away after we looked likely to win

It was Tarkowski who was caught in no man's land for their goal.

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cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:01 am
Wow. No hadn’t heard that. But where to start with that.

Was doing the rounds on a well known social media site. You'd like to think it wasn't true!

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I went out for a few yesterday. It's just like any other time really, you know which pubs will be fine and which one's will be full of idiots and are easy to avoid.

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He ended up getting 2 today in a 4-2 Bayern win, 51 in 44 for the season now, and he's still got a few games in the CL to go, i wouldn't rule out Bayern going all the way in that, and completing the treble, they've got the squad and the mentality that's for sure. Tough for Bayern now though, they'r...

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cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:26 pm
It’s already interesting some of the stuff that happened this morning. Never mind tonight.

Are you referring to someone allegedly taking a **** on a table in the Angel by any chance?

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United have been shocking at the back today, all over the place.

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Had a feeling the first 10 minutes that Bournemouth might get something. Sloppy play from United, misplaced passes etc. Shows how important it is to start well.

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The Home office/ECB are already trying to do away with overseas pro's. If clubs choose not to employ them next season I fear they won't have an argument against them when they want to re-introduce them. Also I don't know how clubs will get out of contracts with pro's if they are here and available ...

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I'd love us to sign Buendia from Norwich for next season, but suspect he's well out of our reach.

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Brighton will be thinking a win today and they're safe. Think that would put them on 36 points.

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Wolves Arsenal should be interesting. Not too fussed about the rest.

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So own up who's sat in Spoons already?

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Why can't they do both? 20 / 20 is generally played in the evening isn't it? Start in a fortnight and include a couple of double-headers on a weekend and 11 games would take you to Sept 12th. Round-robin 20 /20 competition on some of the Fridays when it's not a double header. Scrap the Worsley Cup ...

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Lots of reasons: Spike could arrive a bit later than expected. The UK has no 'coherent containment plan yet'. If we had, 'attended football' and a lot of other things could return. Contact tracing would be difficult but not impossible. If someone at the match tested positive to the virus shortly af...

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Leisure wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:45 pm
A 20/20 comp for the Lancs League hopefully.

Yeah be interesting to see what the LL do. With two leagues of 12 they could probably squeeze 11 fixtures in if every team played each other once. But I'd agree a big 20/20 comp would be best.

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If all these protests don't cause a surge in cases then is there any reason fans can't start attending football again?

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Just had a look at the final day fixtures. Chelsea v Wolves and Leicester v Man U could be a couple of humdingers. Villa West Ham as well but I expect Villa to be gone by then.

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Players can bring a packed lunch, or the ladies in the tea room can make 20 odd packed lunches up instead of a buffet. That problems easily solved.

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Junior cricket especially should have got going by now. No changing rooms or tea breaks anyway. Just turn up for a few hours in the evening and run around in a big field.

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Next 4 games will be very tough, think some people are getting a bit carried away.

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Boris has just claimed they'll be publishing guidelines in the next few days to allow cricket to resume sooner rather than later.

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I'm baffled that from tomorrow bars and restaurants can open for business, and yet an outdoor sport can't commence, i thought this virus wasn't deemed to be as dangerous in the open air, i'd dearly love to know the thought process behind this decision. What precisely is the difference between say f...

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The Crown in colne are delaying till Monday as well. Seems a wise move. A few are choosing not to open yet, George and Dragon in Barrowford and I think the Talbot as well.

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Doesn't sound too promising. Going off those comments JBG and Jay have a chance the rest are out.

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I wouldn't read too much into tonight. Its job done for Liverpool, hard to motivate yourself in such situations.

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I don't think he's leaving in the short term, but his contract only has 2 years left and I'd be surprised if he signed another, unless something changes with our finances.

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I think Wilder will be pushing them for a strong finish, 1 all draw.

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Massive win. West Ham will be thinking if they can beat us on Wednesday they're just about there.

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West Ham at least appear to be showing a bit of fight, which should be enough given how poor their rivals are. Tough game for us down there on Wednesday.

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Pimlico_Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:27 am
Some brain dead Leicester fan booked a coach for a day trip to Nottingham pubs on Saturday. Imagine they'd all turn up in their football shirts too. Good luck with that.

If they all said they were going to test their eyesight I'm sure it would be fine.

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Yep, that’s the big worry for me too. Hope they do something to play the Europa in 2021 or something, if we do qualify! The group stages are due to start at the end of October. I'll be surprised if fans are allowed to travel around Europe freely by then, might be home fans only best case scenario.

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Wouldn't mind Brentford getting promoted. Look to play good football, and a far better away day than going to the Hawthorns again. New stadium as well, even though I liked Griffin park.

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Brentford really putting the pressure on West Brom.

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Worst case scenario for me would be qualifying for Europe and fans not being allowed to attend any away games.

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Our bench is getting weaker by the game. When Cork went off last night we were basically down to our last 11 senior pro's. Hopefully Cork and Jay Rod are back for the weekend because I'm not holding out much hope for any of the others.

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It all seems to have gone very quiet on the subject of our "world beating" track and trace system. Anyone else get the feeling it's going to be a complete shambles like the mobile phone app?

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No need whatsoever for us to have 9 good subs, it's the lack of trusted options on the bench that's the issue. By the end of the game we were down to our last 11 senior players.

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Never bet against this team, unless it's a cup game

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Amazing fitness record for us so far, in nearly 3 seasons I can't recall him being injured and he's played just about every minute of every league game.

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His lack of pace isn't as much of a problem if he's playing midfield.

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Commentator just said we travelled down by train today.

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