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BabylonClaret

It's hard to be optimistic after losses to both Newcastle and Leeds where we've handed a lot if the momentum to the opponents ourselves.

There's still plenty to play for but it's looking increasingly like our boys don't want to or just can't get there for another seaaon

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You’ve missed my point. Seasons gone by the amount of exposure and the ball the defence have seen was very little. The midfield screened the defence very well and has very little 1v1 senecios. Now that isn’t happening. Also the defence are asked to play out more often. This will bring about more mi...

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I’ve said this for years about our defence. They were very well protected by our midfield. Once the energy went from that midfield they are exposed and is showing the real talents. They’re not bad but not international quality Nothing to do with lack of cover today and everything to do with poor ef...

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Nah, we still have by far the lowest pass completion rate and possession stats in the league. Playing style is the exact same we are just a lot worse at it. Hmm. I've also wondered about us being more "open in style" under the new owners. I think whe we go behind and start to struggle the low confi...

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It's Pace who needs to show his colours now. Let's see if the guy is really going to back the boss. He talks the talk but but does he walk the walk and I don't mean up just up Pendle Hill? We can't spend too much. They don't actually have the money. So whatever we do it will be more of the same fro...

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Well if we do go down at least Garlick can say it wasn't on his watch

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He weirdly had Dwight on the right as well. Jedi is right though some of those players need a massive kick up the arse. If we can get anything for Tarkowski we should take it. Too often he's thrown one in this season. He can **** off right now for me.

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Hennesey 6 - a bit up and down today Lowton 6 - Di pretty well considering g Tarkowski 4 - dreadful. Looked yarfd off it all game and cost us 2 goals Mee 5 - not much better Taylor 7 - played well again Mcneil 5 - did more in the first 10mins in the 2nd half than the rest of the game (albeit being h...

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CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:53 pm
Still just 2 points off safety.

Too early for panic.

Nope. We are looking more and more like dead men walking. Wood can't buy a goal at the moment but sadly noone else other than Cornet looks like scoring either.

Really low confidence there now and you can see it. Once we concede we fall apart

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Harsh on Henessy there. Why is it we concede 3 goals every tine we play a 2nd keeper?? Both centre backs have been utter dogger today but sin e the last 2 changes we have looked terrible. Needed someone in the middle for Cork or Westy. But the first half selection made it really difficult for us - m...

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We've been awful since e going behind again

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If anyone offers anything for Tarkowski we should take it. He's been awful today - Collins is the future so let's bed him in

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Pretty awful last 20 mi s there. Centre Backs both look half asleep. And why is McNeil out right?

Gudmunsson off. Jay on and push lennon out right with Dwight back on the left

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Johma wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:41 pm
The A52s has a better spec than the S20

Does it though??

A quick Google suggests it doesn't. There's not much in it mind.

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He is on a decent wage but he is at United who have the largest wage bill in the Premier League, fact. It just isn’t helpful when people make up a weekly wage far higher than this to support their posts/counter argument on this thread. Because 150k per week is peanuts isn't ut? Honestly I am amazed...

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It's utter utter dogs hit. Just because other stuff has been doesn't at Christmas before doesn't make this deserving either.

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Yeah we watched it too. Thought it was a really good take on it - not quite the show but better than the simple anniversary concerts. Michael Ball was a really interesting emotional Javert. The film is shocking though. I mean dreadful. Apart from the couple of gorgeous soliloquy moments it really do...

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Wow. Some folks have sad lives

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Arsenal look a really decent side now - they really should have hammered West Ham more comprehensively

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Looked a stonewalling from JMU (block 3)

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That looked like a shove in his back from where we sit. Certainly wasn't shoulder to ahoulder

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Every track is superb. Its my favourite Bowie album

Bewley Brothers for me

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Thought Jack had a good game today.

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I don't see how anyone can't say it was anything other than a good point West Ham are a good side. They didn't play badly. They were streets ahead of Newcastle, Brentford, Norwich, Brighton, Arsenal, Leeds and Palace - even on an "off day" We were decent and compact and handled the well for the most...

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I've read the statement from the club it's pretty clear. It says you can download the pass and that "paper versions of the vaccination cards" are not accepted.

That's clear that they accept a downloaded nhs covid pass (which can be either digital or paper)

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In his defence, we’ve given him few opportunities to start, we certainly don’t play to his strengths with this long ball. He’s never really had another ball to feet player of quality along side of him. Dyche doesn’t appear to trust him. In regard to the miss at Newcastle it wasn’t straight forward,...

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Just saw it again on Monday and looks like he gets a nudge in the backk which exaggerates his forward momentum. Slight but could arguably be a foul.

Hi hum

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Even Sheffield won a few last season. Newcastle weren't going to go without a win forever. Sods law they got the lucky break against us and whilst still enjoying new manager bounce.

It's bitterly disappointing to lose today but we didn't deserve to lose

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Yep. They got a lucky break for the goal and it kind of knocked the stuffing out of us. It's been the way the season has been going (that's why I'm starting to worry)) although there's lots to parlay for yet)

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Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:50 pm
i would say that's fairly accurate. However, his inability to change our fortunes going forward over the last few seasons is pretty damning for him imho

Well seeing as the board haven't backed him to buy new forward players since 2019 I'm nit sure how much he can do there

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That's a fair summary. He's spot on

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There's some harsh scores there. Until they scored we were playing well

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Pope 5 - another poor decision cost us points Lowton 7 - didn't do much wrong really Collins 8 - strong display Tarks 8 - good form continues Taylor 8 (mom) - brilliant defensively hut a bit short going forward JBG 7 - good shift, used the ball well Westwood 6 - did really well 1st half but poor 3nd...

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The situation we are in has been coming for years. We have a midfield who are utterly devoid of pace, creativity, the ability to beat a man and the ability to retain the ball or move forwards. None of Cork, Brownhill, Westwood or JBG would even make the squad at any other side in our division, neve...

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I wish I hadn't had to sit through that. It was awful, made worse by sitting amongst the idiot Geordies. We looked so so bad today. Played football for the last 5 minutes No. We played pretty well first half. The response from 45 to 70 was the poor thing. I think after today we probably will see Vy...

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Trouble is we can't really afford to be relegated now. We desperately need to shift the momentum this season.

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It's worrying people think that we played ok. That tells its own tale about the football being served up. We played OK until they scored. We had had the best chances and they looked shaky if a bit of a concern in the break. Once they went in front it totally lifted them and our heads dropped - took...

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Cornet going off made an unbelievable difference. We were all over them. Then we gifted them a goal and proceeded to lump it up to wood to not win anything. I also used to think vyds was a very good player, but he needs games to get goals, and he’s not going to get games unless he gets goals, so he...

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Beut the goal was crucial Rowls. They were struggling until we gifted that. That lifted them and the crowd and gave them something to si.ply hold on to and counter. And it had the opposite effect on us. We became hurried and disjointed and we looked anxious. People say luck evens out but its not doi...

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Classic this season. Play well. Gift a goal away. Struggled to get it back. Relegation I'm afraid.

We are the "unlucky" side this season. There's one every season

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We won't attract anyone in January. That's the problem

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Our reaction this half has been poor no doubt. McNeil struggling. But I agree Almeironnis lucky to be on the oitch the number of fouls he has committed. There were 2 in 2 minutes first half in Taylor both cynical and both poss yellows - how he copped nothing for both is beyond me. We are equally str...

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We look poor this half but the problem is we have given them something to hold onto and none of our bench options have goals I them

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Yeah sadly there isn't a challenge although we have seen those given as free kicks plenty of times.

We had that goal disallowed at Everton because pickford came right out and Wood was judged to be interfering

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Still 45 mins to go. We can win this yet.

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Totally don't deserve to be behind here. But Vydra simply HAS to get that on target there. He had loads of space

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We are getting absoluty no luck at all this season

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Spawns bastardd

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Are people still ******* moaning about this? The frickimg power has been off for a whole bunch of areas since Sunday and you babies are still crying over your afternoon plans being changed. It's funny but most of the folks moaning seem to be mostly those who live in the area so aren't even put out t...

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Rowls wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:13 pm
No. I'm irate at the decision and at the lack of thought for other people

The irony if this has me rolling o the floor with laughter This from someone who's spent half this thread using words like "cowardly"

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