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JohnMcGreal

bobinho wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:44 pm
I play “how many Wetherspoons have you been in with the toilets on the same level as the bar?”

I've always been to the toilet on the same floor as the bar. Sometimes there's even a urinal there.

JohnMcGreal

Interestingly, I occasionally show some of the threads on this forum to my European Colleagues, and they are astonished about the lack of well constructed arguments and the inability to accept others' view points. They question the British Education system, which is based on exam preparation and ro...

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I'd have preferred to see Cullen in for Jay to give us that extra man in midfield and also Roberts for Vitinho whose defensive positioning is extremely questionable.

Let's hope we can compete and give them a bit of a game.

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It’s not the system its how its being used.The offsides - anything seeming level to the naked eye at a quick 10 second check should be on, IF the lino has left it. No need for lines. All those 4-5 disallowed goals would probably have been quickly ruled out anyway on that basis because they were all...

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I agree. Some people evidently believe that disallowing Son's goal makes the game better, because although he was level by normal standards he was offside by VAR standards. When you think back how many games must have been ruined since 1990 by allowing goals that we all thought were "level" but wit...

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Arsenal 3 Burnley 0
Martinelli 8 mins
NL2

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Wolves 0-2 Spurs
Arsenal 4-0 Burnley - Trossard 8 mins
Crystal Palace 2-2 Everton
Man Utd 2-0 Luton
Bournemouth 0-3 Newcastle
Aston Villa 3-0 Fulham
Brighton 2-1 Sheffield United
Liverpool 2-1 Brentford
West Ham 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Chelsea 1-3 Man City - NAP

Total goals - 30

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Thanks Crosspool. Looks like we are most like Arsenal and Man City with quality that is some notches below. You can see from all this exactly what we are trying to do and why it needs patience rather than the toxicity that is creeping in along with banging of drums for more senior players or agains...

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:13 am
He wasn't good enough the last time we played at this level two seasons' ago!

You could say the same about Taylor, Roberts, Brownhill and Rodriguez.

Maybe he has a knock and didn't make the squad on Saturday.

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I’ve got no love for those gamesmanship specialists from North London, however VAR currently is not fit for purpose. It’s not the infrastructure, it’s the inept people interpreting it. The Premier League is fast becoming a farce. You can almost flip a coin to guess the verdict. Nobody knows anymore...

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We don't look like we've got a goal in us and we can't keep a clean sheet for toffee.

A pretty dreadful combination by any measure.

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I actually thought we played alright today. We've just got no goal threat and made two bad defensive mistakes which we were ruthlessly punished for. Palace did nothing, but in the end they didn't have to. They were just organised and patient. We shot ourselves in the foot and they took all 3 points....

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We wanted younger players with more potential, higher resale and not over the hill over 30’s etc We got it and long term the club is going to better off for it This is the part I have a problem with... I was always under the impression that this type of intensive data analysis was supposed to unear...

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Burnley 2 Crystal Palace 2
Amdouni 8 mins
NL2

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Fulham 1-2 Man Utd
Brentford 2-2 West Ham
Burnley 0-3 Crystal Palace - Edouard 14 mins
Everton 2-2 Brighton
Man City 4-0 Bournemouth
Sheffield Utd 0-2 Wolves
Newcastle 2-2 Arsenal
Forest 1-3 Villa NAP
Luton 0-3 Liverpool
Spurs 2-0 Chelsea

33 goals

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:14 pm
Going to have to abort the half and half Israel/Palestine flag I’ve been working on.

You can always try your luck with a scarf instead.

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We will take a hit this season and come back up. And be better for it. As it is, well have to put up with more and more "fans" on here chucking their toys out of the pram for a few more months yet. I think that's a completely unrealistic expectation, and doesn't take into account just how bad and h...

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Trafford 5
Vitinho 4
O’Shea 5
Al-Dakhil 4
Taylor 5
Cullen 3
Brownhill 3
Gudmundsson 5
Koleosho 4
Zaroury 4
Amdouni 4

Rodriguez 4
Berge 6
Larsen 5

Calling all cars.

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:10 pm
Didn’t nearly every player say they came in because of VK?

To me that means he was heavily involved if not driving it

He's a pull factor, for sure. But do we know who at the club was largely responsible for this particular recruitment strategy?

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What I also wonder, is who we have at the club that has the footballing background, nouse and authority to rein Kompany in. Were no questions asked when wingers kept rolling through the door with no sign of bolstering midfield or full back positions. Who queried sending McNally out on loan to then ...

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Haven’t read all the thread so may have been stated: Henderson IS earning silly money and has been SELECTED to play for his country. The person taking him seriously as an international footballer is Gareth Southgate. Henderson sat down for an interview ahead of the Italy game and when asked about w...

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Crystal Palace 0-2 Spurs
Chelsea 2-0 Brentford
Arsenal 4-0 Sheffield United
Bournemouth 1-1 Burnley Foster 15 mins
Wolves 0-2 Newcastle
West Ham 2-1 Everton NAP
Aston Villa 4-0 Luton
Brighton 2-0 Fulham
Liverpool 4-0 Forest
Man Utd 1-3 Man City

27 goals

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Bournemouth 1 Burnley 1
Foster 15 mins
NL2

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I’m sure Henderson is gutted. I suppose the £700k a week might go some way in consoling him. If I got the chance to do an easier version of my job for 7 times the money I’d go and do it, as would you. That's fine. But it seems like Henderson wants the best of both worlds. He wants to earn silly mon...

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Henderson shouldn't be called up for England again.

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Trafford 7 Roberts 3 Al-Dakhil 4 O’Shea 4 Taylor 5 Cullen 4 Berge 4 Trésor 3 Amdouni 5 Odobert 3 Foster 6 Koleosho 4 Brownhill 5 What a horror show. It's alarming that we appear to be getting worse with each passing game. The players and the manager look lost. Something has to turn in the next coupl...

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I'm beginning to think that signing a random bunch of young lads with cool YouTube reels wasn't really the way to go in the summer.

The squad looks a mess and it's becoming a real concern whether Kompany can actually make a functioning team out of what he has.

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This has been really, really poor.

Changes needed at half time.

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The turnover of players certainly hasn’t helped. I don’t know about others but I find it hard to feel a connection with these players - there’s so many new faces and with all the chopping and changing we hardly get to build an understanding of them. I suppose we were in a similar situation at the b...

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Liverpool 3-0 Everton NAP
Bournemouth 1-1 Wolves
Brentford 1-2 Burnley Foster 12 mins
Man City 4-2 Brighton
Newcastle 3-0 Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Luton
Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal
Sheffield United 0-2 Man Utd
Aston Villa 2 -2 West Ham
Spurs 3-0 Fulham

31 Goals

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Brentford 1 Burnley 2
Foster 12 mins
NL2

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Agree with the OP. It's a bit early to be hitting the panic button, however we really do need to cut out the individual errors and stop letting games run away from us when we concede at home.

The international break has come at a good time. We've got a big month or two ahead.

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Burnley 2 Chelsea 2
Foster 9 mins
NL2

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Luton 0-3 Spurs
Fulham 1-1 Sheffield United
Burnley 2-2 Chelsea Foster 9 mins
Man Utd 1-1 Brentford
Everton 1-0 Bournemouth
Crystal Palace 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Brighton 1-3 Liverpool NAP
West Ham 1-2 Newcastle
Wolves 0-2 Aston Villa
Arsenal 1-2 Man City

26 goals

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Agree. Starmer is pretty much a tory stooge... I think that's generally accepted amongst those non-tories with a double-digit IQ.....ensuring that the electorate can now choose between the 3 tory partys on offer. If any Labour supporter can explain to me just what genuinely significant changes are ...

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Just the latest symptom of a zombie country that's in terminal decline. A country that can't even manage to build a railway between a few of its major cities. It's absolutely pathetic.

Sunak stands there proudly announcing to the world that the UK is absolutely finished. A spent force.

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Reported the VAR official, Darren England, believed the goal had been awarded by the on-field officials and not ruled out for offside, so when he confirmed "check complete" he thought he was confirming the goal should stand, unbelievably poor excuse. Cut him some slack, he was officiating in the mi...

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Luton 1 Burnley 3
Foster 12 mins
NL2

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But surely VK and Alan Pace must realise that unless we are constantly at the top table then everything depreciates and buying raw players to sell for profit only tends to work when they are playing in the Premier league. I'm sure they would like to stay in the PL, I'm not saying they're looking to...

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Pace and Co have come to this club to make money, relegation would be massive for them. Staying in the premier league is critical for them. They will do whatever they can to maintain that status. If people think they will keep VK out of loyalty I think they are being naive. I'm not so sure about th...

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Massive game against Luton on Tuesday and I have a feeling we'll batter them.

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It's good to see that nobody has overreacted to this.

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Newcastle 3 Burnley 0

Burn 10 minutes

NL2

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LDNBFC87 wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:17 am
Keep seeing the quote by Vinnie saying that he believes we have our first £100m player in our ranks.

Who do we think it is?

Muric.

JohnMcGreal

Andy Burnham came up with an interesting idea on one of the breakfast news shows. Suspend work north of Birmingham and sort out the northern railway network once and for all. If there's any money left, recommence the Brum to Manc section. But isn't the whole point of Phase 2 to increase capacity an...

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I just think the point was made that when teams like Man U. are as poor as they have been for some time then you have to take some of those opportunities to get a few points against them. Otherwise it starts to put enormous pressure on getting the maximum from those around us. 'twas ever thus. Unit...

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Aston Villa 2-2 Brighton Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal Everton 2-0 Luton Man Utd 2-0 Crystal Palace Newcastle 3-0 Burnley Burn 10 minutes West Ham 3-0 Sheffield United Wolves 0-2 Man City NAP Spurs 2-3 Liverpool Sunday 1st October Forest 1-2 Brentford Monday 2nd October Fulham 1-1 Chelsea Tuesday 3rd of O...

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Week 6

Crystal Palace v Fulham 1-1
Luton v Wolves 0-2
Man City v Forest 5-0
Brentford v Everton 1-0
Burnley v Man Utd 2-1 - Amdouni 12 mins
Arsenal v Spurs 2-1
Brighton v Bournemouth 3-0
Chelsea v Villa 1-1
Liverpool v West Ham 3-1 - NAP
Sheffield Utd v Newcastle 1-2

28 Goals

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