- Search

Il Duce

Amazing that after half of a pretty naff, typically lacklustre FA Cup performance where multiple players haven’t really been at their best it’s Taylor who is the one to get criticism. Hendrick next? What about Hart or Wood? Maybe as well throw them under the bus too.

Il Duce

Test User wrote:And as we all know that's the only thing that's important.

Well, according to most of the Hart-bashers it would seem that way.

Il Duce

Still the only keeper we have that collects crosses with confidence

Il Duce

Same issues with VAR, takes ages to make a call. There’s no way a player should be lined up about to take a penalty (a couple of minutes after the decision) only to be told VAR has intervened and changed the decision.

Looks like it could be the right call BUT shouldn’t take as long as that.

Il Duce

6 defenders (7 including Heaton) 3 attackers Not a great deal of danger. Ok Captain Hindsight, so we have never conceded a goal when we have had defensive numerical advantage? Never conceded a goal from distance? We won. Yes it was a rash tackle and he was probably foolish to make one in such manne...

Il Duce

Richardsbfc wrote:How?

There have been many occasions (for us and other teams) when a team breaks and scores then fans/pundits question why the opposition didn’t attempt a ‘professional foul’. This COULD have been one of those times. Of course, without hindsight you never know.

Il Duce

It was necessary to bring him down, just a shame he did it in that manner.

Il Duce

Hart - 5

Taylor - 6
Mee - 4
Tarks - 5
Gibson - 6
Lowton - 4

Cork - 3
Westwood - 5
Hendrick - 5

Vokes - 5
Barnes - 4

Change the line up, change the formation, style of football stays the same. Stale.

Il Duce

In recent times - Nathan Delfoneso I remember watching him play for us and realising that if I was fit, I'd be better than him. He is a striker, he's played professional for 16 years and in 240 league appearances he has scored 30 goals - that's like 1 goal every 18 apps. I could've done that. I don...

Il Duce

NottsClaret wrote:Brian Easton probably looked most out of his depth. He might have looked alright in the 86/87 side but I'm not convinced.

Turned like a barge in a canal. Painfully slow.

Il Duce

Nimani was pretty bad

Il Duce

Steven Defour had a great game at Wembley last season. I remember Defour keeping us in the game at 1-0 with great defensive play, clearing off our line. Later Chris Wood came on - and I think it was Steven Defour who played the perfect pass to put Wood in to score and bring back one point. (Happy t...

Il Duce

His offsides are a frustration and he is clearly lacking confidence but sometimes (not always) his offsides are caused by the delay in actually passing it. Quite often our midfielders don’t spot a forward pass until they are literally telegraphing what they are about to do.

Il Duce

I bought my front lights off EBay - not a major brand but very powerful (9000 lumens) and the battery has lasted over 3 years. They cost me between 15-20 GBP.

Il Duce

Truth is we will probably get ragged no matter what the line up is.

Hopefully if he does decide to change things up people/Dyche won’t just the effectiveness of the changes based on the result against one of the finest teams in the league.

Il Duce

I do rate Heaton and I can understand why people want him to start based around his leadership and organisational skills... what fails me is when people criticise Hart for ‘sticking to his line’ when this is also a problem that Heaton has too. Our only keeper that comes for crosses regularly and eff...

Il Duce

Wasn’t expecting Rigg to be the sole reason we brought men in, I was thinking our transfer activity would be largely dictated by our current plight and a search for a means to stop it.

Il Duce

ClaretTony wrote:Yes, but you have to remember that the OP starts threads on a regular basis which could all go under the title of 'How to get Hendrick out of the team."

Funny that, it’s clear to see that Hendrick is the reason for our troubles. Results have drastically improved without him in the team

Il Duce

If we are playing 3 in centre midfield one of them needs to be Hendrick. I’m not talking about attacking midfield. I’m talking centre. He’s one of the most athletic and forward thinking midfielders we have especially when played in his natural role. One of the best players on the pitch against Olymp...

Il Duce

Taylor definitely deserves praise today. Played well.

Il Duce

It’s not just the long balls that are inaccurate. Our short passing is woeful.

Il Duce

Hart - 5

Lowton - 4
Tarkowski - 4
Mee - 6
Taylor - 8

JBG - 6
Defour - 6
Westwood - 6
Lennon - 5

Vydra - 5
Vokes - 6

Wood - 7
Barnes - 5
Brady - 6

Il Duce

Sadly it’s becoming all too common that sections of our support turn on either an individual (Hendrick), the team, and/or Dyche. I think a mixture of the lofty heights of last season and the fact that it’s our third Premier League campaign has led a certain number of our supporters to have massively...

Il Duce

Thought Austin was as good as most at attacking the ball. Admittedly he was being supplied by Trippier!

Il Duce

We have managed to achieve 8 points without them having played pretty tosh for the most part. Having them back can’t make us any worse.

Il Duce

Hart - 6

Lowton - 5
Tarkowski - 7
Mee - 4
Taylor - 4

JBG - 7
Cork - 3
Westwood - 5
Lennon - 5

Barnes - 3
Vokes - 6

Not pretty.

Il Duce

Hart - 7

Lowton - 7
Mee - 7
Tarkowski - 7
Taylor - 6

JBG - 7
Cork - 6
Westwood - 7
Lennon - 8

Vokes - 7
Vydra - 7

Il Duce

Playing him alongside Deeney instead of on his own is making a big difference for them. Give him chances and play to his strengths and he is a decent player.

Il Duce

Me and Mrs 1fatclaret ( these days I am actually married) are off there on a delayed honeymoon in October and looking for recommendations on places to see, places to avoid, any ideas for trips out of the area as we’ll probably hire a car. We love good food and wine, music, local culture etc. Really...

Il Duce

Heaton - 6
Ward - 5
Gibson - 6
Long - 6
Bardsley - 6
JBG - 5
Cork - 6
Hendrick - 6
Taylor - 6
Barnes - 6
Wood - 6

Il Duce

Nixon has to find a way to stay relevant until the next transfer window is open.

Il Duce

Hart - 8
Ward - 7
Tarkowski - 8
Mee - 8
Lowton - 7
Lennon - 7
Cork - 7
Westwood - 7
Hendrick - 8
Gudmundsson - 7
Wood - 7

Thought Hendrick was involved in almost all of our good attacking play, he linked the ball well and played some smart passes.

Il Duce

Rileybobs wrote:Yeah but IanMcL said that he’s definitely going to China so he must be.

In which case, he’s definitely going to China!

Il Duce

Confident that the Chinese transfer window closed in July. You’ll need to look for an alternate destination for Defour. This week is likely to be a buttock clenching time for some of us. Apart from the players we are chasing it might be a case of who stays and who goes and some of the incoming deals...

Il Duce

Hope it is for transfer purposes although some WBA sources on Twitter claiming that Dawson and Robson-Kanu have been given leave due to being ‘new fathers’.

Il Duce

Mamas in Brierfield do a good kebab

Il Duce

Phil Jones provided the perfect demonstration as to why you need a left footed centre back in a pairing. Ben is certainly the best English left sided centre back, if not in the whole division. It will be almost impossible to replace him and as he is a smart lad, he probably knows it. Whole division...

Il Duce

martin_p wrote:Thought the match order was supposed to be based on matches involving teams with something to play for? How come we were on last?

4-1, 5-0 and you complain we are on last with our exhilarating 1-1 quagmire.

Il Duce

Quickenthetempo wrote:That might be the reason they sing it?

Yep, I’m sure the whole purpose of the song is to make away fans think ‘WTF?’. In fact, now that you mention it, I’m sure that’s the reason.

Il Duce

It’s quite embarrassing really. Away fans look absolutely bemused by it too.

Il Duce

I bet he’s on peanuts too...

Il Duce

Strange we haven't won without ward though, we went through a similar spell when marney was out a couple of years back You say it’s strange but in reality our 10 game ‘slump’ can be attributed to countless other factors BEFORE you start blaming a young lad that’s been relatively faultless since com...

Il Duce

Taylor has been great lately and is the least of our problems.

Il Duce

Sachenhausen concentration camp is within reach and well worth the visit.

Il Duce

I went to Cavtat after reading last year's thread. We're going again this year, loved it. Dubrovnik is fantastic but changes as the day goes on, night and day, worth a visit. We also did Mostar in Bosnia which is a great day out. Also went to Kotor in Montenegro, which I'd never heard of. It's just...

Il Duce

After receiving some advice on Croatia last year I spent the summer travelling the mainland and some of the islands. Some places I’d definitely recommend: Dubrovnik, Hvar (Jelsa is beautiful), Bol/Brac, Korcula, Split, Zadar. Get yourself to some of the national parks (Krka and Plitvice both awesome...

Il Duce

clive40golf wrote:Wouldn’t it be great if we tested the water with someone like Javier Hernandez. Now that would be a statement of intent and he would fit into our framework

When he signed for West Ham it was widely reported he was on a weekly sum of over £100K.

No chance.

Il Duce

He’s improving game by game. Fair play to the lad he’s taken the chance and done well so far.

Il Duce

Pope: 5
Bardsley: 4
Tarks: 5
Mee: 6
Taylor: 7
JBG: 6
Cork: 6
Defour: 7
Hendrick: 5
Barnes: 7
Vokes: 5

GK: 7

Il Duce

Wilf Mbanga wrote:Wow - you’d have loved him to score against us. Who do you support.

I thought he did well for us, although hugely frustrating. I gave him a little clap, as did those around us- and then ignored him.

Sarcasm detectors are on sale this Christmas.

Search found 179 matches