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I must be missing something here. If he is fit enough to sign for Antwerp, how come he couldn’t even get on our bench? Even twenty minutes from him as an impact sub would have helped last Saturday. I wish him well but will be a bit miffed if he now goes on and plays a lot of games for them. Fair po...

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Does any of this incoming goalkeeper activity mean Hart might be leaving - or is it totally unrelated?

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Thought Pieters had a really good game and did a decent job on Salah - as well as he could under the circumstances. Stuck to the plan throughout. Some of the comments/marks on the ratings thread were way off and showed either a lack of understanding about what it means to be an FB against a player o...

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I can see both sides of this and it's an interesting discussion. Took my 10 year-old on Saturday and he sat with his elder brothers. We had a great view and I was totally engrossed in the game knowing I didn't have to worry about him in the slightest - he really enjoyed it even though we lost. On th...

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For the Liverpool game would have preferred Hendrick over Gudmundsson in that role so guess that's how it will likely turn out. Personally I'd say starting with Lennon and McNeil would be too adventurous when primarily we have to think about containing them as an attacking threat. Jeff's defensive q...

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Depends how you fill out a team-sheet I suppose - 10 of the 11 pick themselves the only question mark is at LB

If it was me I'd be writing Nick Pope's name down first and working from back to front.

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Agree with all of the positive comments about Mee and Tarkowski - would add Pope's importance too. I'm sure some people were concerned (I was) whether he'd be as good as he was pre-injury but so far he's made a very positive comeback and the fact that he can be relied on to come and collect crosses ...

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One point from two tough games but a fit Danny Drinkwater away from four points. Two outstanding first half displays in both games but we invited so much pressure on, last week and yesterday, it was inevitable we'd concede eventually against two such good sides. Wolves in particular I thought by-pas...

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Drinkwater to start and assuming all goes well on the bench Saturday. Taylor also with a chance to stake a claim for a PL start. Good opportunity for Jay and Lennon too. They've been criticised by some for their contributions in the last two games but on both occasions have come on at a stage where ...

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Dyche probably would have subbed him earlier if it wasn't for Gudmundsson's injury. He seemed to lack the physicality to win or retain the ball in the later stages of the second half when we desperately needed to play the game in the final third a bit more.

Thought he had a decent first half though.

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Penalty - maybe, some get given some don't - not sure where 5 added minutes came from though

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What the hell is going on with Watford? Early days but a worrying start for them - conceding six in two home games against teams they would have expected to beat last season. They did very well last time but a lot of that seemed to be down to confidence and momentum - not much of evidence of either...

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Leeds of course winning (won). Every time Stoke lose I expect it to be Nathan Jones' last game. Is Sam injured - not even in the squad. No Ward either. Butland dropped and Allen on the bench. I know they are probably looking for stability after several managerial changes but surely there comes a po...

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It's a long time since I've seen a tackle that bad, and that cynical - in the PL at least. There needs to be something more than the standard three matches for that. To be fair even Brighton's players looked shocked. Wonder if Andone ever was a serious target. Today's incident coupled with a couple ...

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Wolves are better than us, in terms of squad depth and quality but there's not that much in it and their week v our week levels things up considerably - 2-2 Barnes and Rodriguez from the bench.

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KRBFC wrote:Didn’t we have Long and Gibson in central defence in the away leg?

yes - Gibson sent off and conceded a penalty for handball after the break - the fact that the Olympiakos owner had stormed into the officials' changing room at half-time purely incidental of course

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Not watching tonight but would wager Wolves passage to this stage has been easier than Aberdeen - Basakeshir - Olympiakos

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Stoppage time penalty for Qarabag a real game changer over two legs - 3-2 and two away goals - still a fantastic achievement from the part-timers against a team who have pitted their wits against Europe's elite in the CL over recent seasons.

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Just me then - this is a hooking game - Linfield 3-1 up now. Amazing scoreline for the NI semi-pros. No NI team has ever reached the group stages of the EL.

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MACCA wrote:Surprised Fleetwood, Blackpool or similar haven't taken a punt.

They are the two that really spring to mind - both made good starts to the season. Still time before the window closes at that level.

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Can easily think of half a dozen clubs where he would could do a good job without even needing to move house.

Excellent for some of our emerging young players to be able to benefit from his quality and vast experience in the meantime.

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2-1 Linfield at h/t

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Anyone watching?

Linfield have been battered all half but have just equalised. Would be a massive achievement for them if they could get through this tie against a team who are regulars in the CL.

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Vegas Claret wrote:I must have missed this, didn't know Loftus Road is now known as Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium !! wtf

As C&J says I think it went to a fans' ballot. They were given some renaming choices and chose that in memory of one of their youth team players who died as a result of a stabbing incident.

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ClaretTony wrote: They didn’t look as though they had re-adjusted at Huddersfield last Friday despite the win.

Can't argue with that but they won what on paper would appear to have been one of the trickier away games this season - not a bad trait to adopt at this level.

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Yorkshire scores high for me too, York, Doncaster and Ripon particular favourites. Had a great day at Haydock Park once - for some reason - can't remember why exactly. Huntingdon on Boxing Day is a good day out - lacks the the pretence of some of the bigger courses. Newmarket is very good, the place...

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Fulham seem to have re-adjusted to the Championship really well - can easily see them bouncing back. They must be kicking themselves for the hash they made of last season - a missed opportunity if ever there was one. Would welcome them back to the PL - they've always been very generous with the poin...

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Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, United. Spurs - the only teams who are PL ever-presents. Aside from City everyone else is at some point likely to be relegated - that's not an opinion, it's a fact based on everything that's happened since 1992.

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I see Sam is benched again and Ward not even in the squad (is he injured?) Anyone read the Glen Johnson piece on Berahino a few weeks back? Unbelievable. There's every chance that at some point we'll find ourselves back in the Championship but difficult to imagine either with SD in charge or indeed ...

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It takes some bottle to stay on a sinking ship, especially one that has been lying on the bottom of the ocean so long Bolton are effectively a footballing Titanic and Phil Parkinson has finally got fed-up of re-arranging the deck chairs. You sense his presence gave a semblance of order and professi...

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claretfern wrote:....how long has the Stoke Manager got left, I wonder ??......

was thinking exactly that - tonight could well be his last game.

If I was in charge at Stoke I'd be on the 'phone to Chris Hughton

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Went up Mt Teide by coach in January back in the 1990s - spectacular as the caps were covered in snow. Drove through the cloud and nothing but brilliant sunshine despite being properly cold. The guide told us Planet of the Apes and Clash of the Titans filmed there because of the lunar landscape alth...

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Sat near Ralph Coates in the away end at Palace when we won 1-0 - Graham Branch.

Andy Mariott at Derby for the FA Cup replayed replay when we lost 2-0

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SD obviously comes out of this with great credit and it's a perfect example of why he's an exceptional manager. However it's grossly unfair to criticise EH unless you're someone who happens to be ITK and has actually managed someone with mental health issues. It's an incredibly difficult and complex...

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ElectroClaret wrote: And a few niggling injuries....

Indeed

Will be interesting to see what they do if the Torino tie is in the balance when they play us. They've got more depth than we had at this point last season but it would still be a massive gamble to rest a few - although hopefully that's what they'll do!

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Not watching but hoping for a United win with Wolves spending a lot of time and energy chasing lost causes followed by more of the same, with the addition of a disruptive and debilitating Italian round-trip, on Thursday/Friday.

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The European transfer window is still open - maybe Vydra's non-appearances mean something is going to happen so there would be no point risking possible injury.

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You get the impression that the only reason this situation is being allowed to continue, both Bolton and Bury, is that the EFL are going to come under intense scrutiny if/when they are told they cannot compete in League One this season - bearing in mind both were in a terrible mess long before the s...

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Their goal-kick routine was high risk, I certainly wouldn't want to see us try it but to be fair I think they'd done their homework. Playing it out from the back like that made 'the press' less effective and there were a couple of times when they passed the ball through us and got into some good pos...

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If they don't get over the Zaha transfer episode then they are going to be in trouble. He doesn't look like he wants to be there and is ineffective as a result - what's more the whole thing could spread discontentment throughout an otherwise pretty average squad, They probably need to drop him but a...

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It's obviously something Sean wanted to put back on the agenda and a live TV game gave him the opportunity to do it. There were maybe a couple of examples yesterday, but nothing that was too bad. Certainly nothing that had an impact on the result. He's right to continue to highlight it as in issue b...

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Can kind of understand the lowish marks for JayRod but some of the comments are a bit harsh. Second half very different from the first. Little decent service into the front two and we were rarely able to relive the pressure at the back. He replaced Wood who just wasn't in the game at all - so an inc...

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Can't really complain about anything there - away to a nailed-on top six side, took the game to them in the first half and created more chances. You can point to individual errors but they were so marginal. Pieters gets too close because he'd been caught square-on from the previous ball in. For the ...

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It has to be Phillips. Camarasa and Billing went for less than that and Mooy on a season long loan. Can't think of anyone else we were seriously linked with who could command that kind of fee - and it has to be a CM as we got all the other bases covered. The deadline day deal for Drinkwater suggests...

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Granny WeatherWax wrote:Ah yeah, I’m on about under Dyche. We’ve taken at least a point off every side except arsenal.

Agreed - we beat United in the Coyle/Laws season too but not since - although we have drawn with them four times. We've beaten all of the other four under Dyche.

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Granny WeatherWax wrote:We’ve never taken a point never mind beaten.

1-1 at TM in our first season. Fletcher's 'winner' ruled out for offside on a night when the MOTD replay cameras mysteriously stopped working.

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Think I'm right in saying Arsenal are the only one of the big six we've never beaten in the PL

We need to have a good day - they need to have a bad day. The only glimmer of hope is that Mike Dean is the ref. A point would be fantastic. Good chance Barnes will be on the score-sheet.

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dandeclaret wrote:Liverpool 1 goal keeper away from starting Andy Lonergen................

A massive weak link there for a club who will be chasing both the PL and CL titles this season. Hoping Alisson's injury keeps him out of the game at TM and that it's an area we are able to exploit.

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