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jlup1980

It's a particularly poor set of defenders. Branthwaite is worth a look - he just looks like another steady eddie for me though. The next in the long line of English CB that Dyche has developed, but who will ultimately be found wanting when exposed to a more open formation. Gomez looks good when he p...

jlup1980

That has to the bottle job of the century?!! 3 up at half time and losing 4-3. Wowser! I've been impressed with Luton this season, as many have been. They're clearly a limited team pulled together on a shoestring budget, so they hark back to the first promotion under Dyche for many, but that's a sho...

jlup1980

Not quite following this, are you saying Premier League sides shouldn't sign players from the Belgium League as the Championship is rated tougher ? Not exactly, but kind of I suppose. I think you can afford to take a risk on one or two stand out performers from lower quality leagues, but most of ou...

jlup1980

The more you analyse our dealings from last summer, the more ridiculous they seem. The Championship is ranked as the 11th most difficult league in the world, higher than the top flight in Belgium (which was ranked 13th). League One is ranked as the 28th best league in the world. What made anyone bel...

jlup1980

If those are Dyche players... I wouldn't pay a cent to see them. Talk about not being PL quality. I even feel sick to my stomach seeing them in the starting 11. I'm not suggesting they're PL quality, more than they were the yin to Kompany's yang last season and he seems to have forgotten that entir...

jlup1980

Mate I've been pro-Muric since preseason but Trafford's not to blame for the goals today, if he saves either it's a mega save you'd back the first chance every time and second was a flash volley. Not sure about the equaliser. It's in the middle of the goal, not even close to the corner. He gets dow...

jlup1980

Fair play, don't think anyone saw that coming. Shows how important it is to take advantage of a good start. Usually we do ok for 10 minutes, concede a soft goal and the game plan falls apart. For a change we got the early goal, giving us something to hold onto. Let's hope we can keep it tight in the...

jlup1980

Why should he have walked? We all know it’s been a poor season, but the owners are affording him the responsibility to sort it out, so he’s going to do that. Whether you agree with their decision is another question. Your last line is sensationalist nonsense. Sensationalist nonsense? Really? Come b...

jlup1980

Absolutely, but even if results don't pick up I can't think of anyone better to manage this squad next season. I can't understand where your confidence is coming from. It's likely we won't have any of the older heads next season. I think we'll find out in the future that they had a bigger impact la...

jlup1980

Kompany should already have walked. His success last season was based around a combination of shrewd signings and Dyche players (Taylor, Roberts, Brownhill, Cork, JBG, Jay, Barnes) and this season has been an absolute car crash in every single way. He's managed to ostracise those players who got us ...

jlup1980

What does it matter? We'll start ok for 10 minutes, concede a soft goal and that will be that. The only things for certain are Trafford and O'Shea will start. Pick the rest around those.

jlup1980

If we didn't have to play each other I'd be quite confident that neither would pick up another point.

jlup1980

Hapag Lloyd wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:46 pm
Aye ok

Maybe Sheff U are just that bad after all

jlup1980

Hapag Lloyd wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:03 pm
You not counting it as a proper home win doesn’t alter the fact that it is a proper home win.

It was a win thanks to one team deciding not to play. A hollow victory at best, and hardly one to be proud of.

jlup1980

There are lots of empty seats in the Longside Upper. Everyone was going through the motions yesterday. I've not seen a season like it. It's depressing. How **** must Sheff Utd be if that's the only home game where we played well.? I think the fans have been brilliant and very patient this season. I...

jlup1980

100% agree with this. Personally, I think his career with BFC is already dead for this reason. Now we’ve reached the level of boos and chants for his replacement after one misplaced pass, so much so the opposition fans pick up on our ‘support’ for one of our own - where else do we have to go? Heari...

jlup1980

There's probably never been a season which divides opinions so markedly. Kompany (and co) was absolutely amazing last season and is utterly dreadful this season. Discuss!!!! Absolutely bound to garner polar opposite opinions. Do you allow him loads of credit for last season which was brilliant, ama...

jlup1980

I don’t remember many players getting boo’d when their name was announced in the starting lineup. The chanting for Muric (after one misplaced pass where no outfield player made space) was pretty unique. Regardless. If you wish to justify the abuse of your own player, crack on. I'm not justifying an...

jlup1980

The first objective is scoring a goal. We can take it from there if it happens.

jlup1980

Darthlaw wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:58 pm
Stop reading here

Do you think he's really getting that much abuse? I sit in the Jimmy Mac and I don't think he was getting pelters all day. There were moans and the odd boo when he messed up his distribution but not as much as some are suggesting.

jlup1980

I still think he's getting off lightly. Even players like Jeff Hendrick got more abuse than Trafford. As we've all said a hundred times, it's down to Kompany to protect his players. Trafford is totally gone. His confidence is shot and he's being targeted by opponents every week. Whether that's putti...

jlup1980

Trafford 4 - did the basics ok but his distribution was utterly appalling. It got to the point where they didn't even press him to release the ball quickly. They knew it was better for them for him to keep the ball as he'd likely give it back to them anyway. The lad is not a Premier League keeper, n...

jlup1980

I've said this before, he lacks very basic qualities in a goalkeeper, thing's you learn and progress with early on, to have played even at u21 and league one level and still not have these basic elements of a goalkeeper is just crazy, and imo if he's not got them now he's not going to get them, a c...

jlup1980

BPF is a better Keeper than Trafford. Murik and BPF Save £!9M. Keep THB and or Tella... (and Roberts) and play them A Totally Different Season I've said the same myself. Hindsight is a wonderful thing though. Had we started the season with Muric and BPF I suspect it would have been questioned. Howe...

jlup1980

If VK goes with the same team other than Cullen for Brownhill he will rightly get slated by the crowd. The only way he can stem the tide is by admitting that his team isn't working and trying something else. It almost doesn't matter what he changes... just something would be a start! Surely Muric co...

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jlup1980

Let's start with the group of players who'll have no intention of playing in the Championship then: fire away Amdouni and Tresor for starters. They'll be gone as soon as their agents can get them out. For different reasons I don't expect either Berge or Odobert to drop down with us as they've both ...

jlup1980

Last season was a very different situation to what we will walk into next season. Everyone was excited about the Kompany appointment. Players seemed to be queuing around the block to sign for him. Everything was positive. It won't be like that in the summer. The epic failure of this season will have...

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:27 pm
Especially when there are 12 games left!

You mean 12 defeats left!

jlup1980

I am going to be seriously disillusioned with VK if he allows Muric to be sold … If he hasn't already, Muric will be requesting a move in the summer. As will Roberts, Zaroury and Benson. The way that all of last season's players have been treated is beyond ridiculous. Our starting 11 in August will...

jlup1980

Just quoted this of what is an excellent post. I still maintain Muric never received the vitriol Muric did (which is my only point here), particularly because the results in the Championship turned appropriately. At the risk of the violin coming out, the issue of raise that JT needs the abuse (as I...

jlup1980

Cooper would be a good option. He basically did the same thing as Vincent when he turned Forest around so quickly in the Championship. The owner then brought in a huge number of players and it took half a season for him to knit a team together. They were brilliant the second half of last season and ...

jlup1980

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:28 pm
Pound for pound our worst ever signing?

*waits for Trafford comments

He's not even the worst signing of last summer... Super Mike Tresor!!

jlup1980

I know you struggle with ascertaining the point so I'll make this clear for you. I'm not defending Trafford, just pointing out how there is a distinct difference in the abuse he receives for similar errors others have made. Im certainly not going to start totting up the errors Muric made against Bl...

jlup1980

If he tries to spin it that we were unlucky or something, then I may just boycott Turf Moor until he's gone. How embarrassing is it now looking that he said the opening game against City would be the worst we'd play all season? :oops: I've been a season ticket holder for 35 years and I have never w...

jlup1980

Murger wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:16 pm
Laws was a disastrous appointment. But Jesus wept, VK looks hopeless.

If he has an ounce of decency he should admit he's out of his depth and walk away tonight.

jlup1980

Ha ha, which game you on about? Everything bar SheffU and Brighton has been rank. Even the Luton and Fulham games where we picked up points were sloppy. If we're being harsh you can discount the Sheff U performance as well. Their players had clearly given up on Heckingbottom and used the game to ge...

jlup1980

Go. The GK isn't the only League One standard player he's signed. Ruined us. Absolutely ruined the club.

jlup1980

Vastly worse than under Laws. There isn't another club in the country who would have stood by the manager as long as we have. Dyche took us to another level over a decade. We've regressed more than a decade in 8 months. It's that bad. If we keep VK in charge we'll be in another relegation scrap next...

jlup1980

spt_claret wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:26 pm
Amdouni is still our joint top scorer, as bad as we are.

Doesn't hide the fact he's been a poor signing. £15m for a return of 4 goals in 24 league appearances so far isn't good enough.

jlup1980

why do you think that their value is decreasing? Because they're not showing any qualities needed in the modern game. Who in their right mind would pay £15m plus for Amdouni? The best disappearing act since Houdini. I hope Ramsey isn't injured too seriously but it's the same question for him. Traff...

jlup1980

I take it you don’t buy into the project then? We're signing waves of young players based on stats, on the off-chance that one or two develop sufficiently to raise significant profit. That's where the project starts and ends. Ultimately it doesn't help us on the pitch now as all we're doing is bloo...

jlup1980

Relegation will be terminal this time. We seemingly don't have a single player or position adequately covered. We've become the Vincent Kompany "play thing". The team is made up of his players and they simply aren't good enough. Character plays a big part in the modern game and we can all see these ...

jlup1980

I can't understand for the life in me why anyone would want one of these dogs. You can argue that they "can" behave and that the owners are an important factor, but the fact remains that any dog can "flip" (for want of a better word) and the problem is when these dogs attack they can kill, as we've ...

jlup1980

I think it's a great listen. It's basically a group of fans having a chat. I enjoy the sarcasm and bluntness of some of the comments. It cuts through what has been a pretty horrific season - certainly the worst I can recall for a very long time. Sometimes you need to turn it on its head and laugh ab...

jlup1980

Rather than making more changes, what we need to do is settle on a formation and starting 11 and stick with it. Have we played the same 11 in consecutive league games this season? VK is tinkering every week and it isn't helping anyone, especially our goalkeeper. I'm sure I read on another thread tha...

jlup1980

VK is a lucky man tonight. A disgraceful first half but we got out of jail thanks to Trafford making a few saves. The new lads looked positive but there are more questions than answers. The set piece coach clearly needs to be sacked. Their goal was the set piece goal we've been trying to score all s...

jlup1980

Some of the comments on here are ridiculous. Benson was a match winner last season - mainly from the bench. The PL is a step up but I'd much rather throw him on when we're chasing the game than Tresor or JBL, and I'd much rather have him in the Championship next season full stop. For different reaso...

jlup1980

Like I said further up, I saw the vision. 5 at the back, see the game out, plenty of space in behind Luton for fresh legs to counter. The lack of effort from both Tresor and Larsen was totally unacceptable and I’d happily never see either of them wear the shirt again such was the importance of toni...

jlup1980

It’s not really a clear and obvious error by the ref to give the goal as the keeper isn’t getting near the cross? Also we were/are gash. I agree we were gash but it's definitely a clear error. Adebayo doesn't go for the ball, he goes for the man. Regardless of whether Trafford is going to get to th...

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