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They have to or we are royally screwed. I'm caught between being completely baffled how much of a pigs ear they made of it in the summer and having faith in them to bounce back next season. Logic says we should but last summer does make me concerned - I just can't figure out how 'smart' people in K...

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inexperience, can you imagine the difference if we would have had a Ben Mee at the back, team of young lads thrown together in the biggest league in the world - suicide Yep. We said it all summer/pre season as well... Just a tinge bit more pragmatism (can still play good football) but with more of ...

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The problem with people suggesting Kompany is learning is if you asked Kompany …he has nothing to learn,,, but it’s the players who need to learn .. He always says we are a young team of players and seems to exonerate himself from this learning curve giving himself almost God like status It is a bi...

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The goals conceded just before half time/full time, along with the discipline record are tell tale signs of poor management tbh.

Odd occurrences can be put down to being coincidental but when it's a repeated, frequent pattern? Suggests that this is a problem.

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It's more doing it every single time like forcing the team to play a certain way - I think a little bit more should freedom should be given to the players in terms of choosing when to play out and when not to... VK seems rigid in his approach to it. We have absolutely benefitted from playing out sev...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:54 pm
But 0-0 would have been better than 0-1.

Doesn't work like that though does it.

People really need to stop judging players / teams through one off moments in games and instead start looking the entire match and the combined performance of the team.

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Muric - 5
Assignon - 5
O’Shea - 5
Esteve - 7*
Taylor - 6
Bruun Larsen - 5
Cullen - 6
Berge - 7
Odobert - 5
Fofana - 4
Foster - 6

Vitinho - 5
Brownhill - 6

Masters of our own downfall. If we'd have managed to put one away before Muric made a cockup I reckon we'd have routed them.

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Surely, one of the key arguments put forward for Muric over Trafford was his superior distribution setting up the attacking play and creating chances for our strikers. Obviously didn’t work this afternoon and his moment of madness cost us the game. I mean, we were quite literally playing them off t...

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Yep - it's the small details like that, that separate the good and the great players.

He definitely has a good long range pass on him but absolutely not suited to playing out through the lines with the sort of short & intricate passing/receiving ball skills needed.

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What’s unforgivable for me is the two very winnable games Wolves and Everton today, he tinkers with a a winning system and players several players out of position. VK has to take responsibility for the last two games which could have saved our season. Bingo, Or if you're gonna do it At least play O...

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Seamus Coleman and Ashley Young with a combined age of 73 defending their right flank today - so what does VK do? Bring our fast, direct, talented winger inside and put out striker on the right.

WTF

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Barely turning up for the two biggest games of the season and playing our best striker outwide and our best winger through the middle is criminal tbh. Factor in money spent, regression shown in big signings, disciplinary records and this really has been one of the worst seasons we've ever had (pound...

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I think he needs to figure out if he want's to be a manager or a director of football - because in the modern game I really don 't think you can be both.

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That's the season.

Embarrassing from start to finish really. A royal **** up from VK and co.

Nowhere near good enough.

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Sorry, but VK has had a continual 'mare all season with his in game management.

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Seriously just get Benny on and have two wingers and our two strikers up top.

Please for the love of God.

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Some wet wipes on here. Not like we've just gone 4 games unbeaten and actually looked like a team again.

Maybe if he was playing from the start we'd have more points.

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Live and die by the sword.

We can still beat these.

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Aye that was shite.

Can still beat these though.

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Tarky should be off really.

We're all over them.

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God Muric is a joy to watch with the ball. What VK (and some on here) was thinking I'll never know.

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If that link isn't working for you then it's probably some issue with your system, I'd guess your media player maybe played a cached version. This is definitely the right file and isn't saved with any other episode https://1drv.ms/u/s!Atnj-YxkG3VkkZtid-uleYWeNrwImg That link works, the rest are sti...

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Let's have it!!

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Dean West was a good player!

Can I call the new lad Shandy Rambo?

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25 seconds for me as well on every link I've seen posted on here / X

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yTib wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:28 pm
we live in a free market economy

We really, really, really, really don't.

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It's a strange one because I do believe we are looking more threatening at attacking set pieces but for defending them? We are terrible.

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David Johnson.

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Not saying the current owners are any better than the previous owners. The club definitely appears to be in a much more precarious position with our debt commitments. But if we had been relegated under Garlick (and all the history of the EPL suggests we would have been) then with a wage bill of mor...

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Strong

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Superjohnnyfrancis wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:52 pm
We will really struggle if we don’t keep Muric even in the championship.

We certainly will

Won't be able to pass teams to death and score all them late goals after the opposition had been chasing shadows all game.

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getbennyon wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:54 pm
The big mystery will be when the next generation of double barrel meets double barrel.

Will we have quadruple barrelled names?

I always wonder this!

Just silly isn't it?

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Funnily enough I thought today that perhaps VK requires a stronger number 2. Someone that’s not afraid to tell him when they think he’s got it wrong and suggest how to change the system. Many years ago I recall senior Management of a corporate company were appraised as a one off by their juniors, i...

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helmclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:58 pm
Steve Thompson was a fantastic passer and a classy player - his assessment of Muric tells you all you need to know.

Saying it all year.

I can't believe people couldn't see it and still don't. He is absolutely mustard.

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It would be over if we didn't have two 6 pointers against Everton and Forest..

Beat them and a win or two somewhere else and you never know....

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Goobs wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:23 pm
Muric 8 kept us in the game although Trafford would have got slated for the goal we conceded.

He wouldn't at all, the header went flush inside the side netting.

What we would have though is been penned in and not played through them like we did tonight on numerous occasions.

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Muric 9* - just an insane talent.
Vitinho 8
O’Shea 6
Estève 6
Taylor 5
Foster 6
Berge 8
Cullen 7
Bruun Larsen 7
Odobert 7
Fofana 4 - looked miles off it.

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Another strange decision of VKs. Instead opting for Ramsey, Amdouni and even Trésor who have all been quite frankly, shite.

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It was a good performance by the lads - no doubt and I believe we deserved more from the game. The team is back and they're playing how we know that they can play and no doubt could've performed all season. Just two points for me tonight. Firstly - Kompany's in game decision making and tweaks left a...

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The published accounts sort of confirms two points for me: - That wages etc are obviously weighted with significant rises/reductions on promotion/relegation and are nowhere near as low as a few posters on here were suggesting that they'd be. - That the club absolutely pushed the boat to get back up ...

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Big Vinny K wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:09 am
If only we all literally had all your knowledge and wisdom we would all literally be in a much better place.
We literally bow to you.

Can't help yourself can you?

Though I do agree, think my observations early season were spot on tbh.

Wrong on Dara initially but he's come good...

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2012 or so would go down***

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What we'll be after depends on what we sell of course, but there are always some relative bargains to be found in the Championship and it'd seem to make sense to be looking for some solid Championship experience and leadership to compliment the callow players we'll have in the squad. There are a co...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:42 pm
Easy answer wasn't it?

Chaz
Koleosho
N/A
Odobert
N/A
Manuel Benson
N/A
N/A

Bloody forgot Jordan Beyer!

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Thank god we didn't sign that Ballard from Sunderland

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Easy answer wasn't it?

Chaz
Koleosho
N/A
Odobert
N/A
Manuel Benson
N/A
N/A

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Hey! (Darren!) You! (England!) Get off Turf Moor!

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We can beat Everton.

The spine of our team has been sorted. I back O'Shea and Esteve to deal with Beto and DCL.

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Goliath wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:39 pm
'A hater' Grow up 'man'

don't know what else to tell you. You lose all objectivity when discussing Vitinho.

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From Vitinho being fouled? It was dreadful defending from Reguilon, he'd have been letter giving Vitinho the shot, watching it on the replay I very much doubt he was scoring it. See, this is the opinion of a hater. Sorry man, just is. It was a clever bit of play with good movement and vision. He fo...

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