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kaptin1

I don't think anyone is suggesting that. But Hull havent gone down because every player in their ranks isnt up to the job - any more than Heaton and Mee and Ings weren't up to the job because we went down two years ago. At the end of the day the difference between surviving and going down relegatio...

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Needs to pick himself ... probably the only way he will be in the first 11 anytime soon.

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When will Ireland just change their colours to claret and blue?

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Let's take the entire Hull first eleven and get relegated, just like they did...

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Kightly to follow suit?

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Shearer and Wright are absolutely awful pundits who are only on because of what they achieved in the game. It's like watching dumb and dumber!

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Every club except United, Citeh, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton will be in a relegation battle.

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Can we have a minute's applause for our friends down the road being relegated ?

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NRC wrote:not sure I can imagine Sean Dyche jumping to wrap his legs around Tom Heaton

Dyche would crush him!

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Thanks everyone for the advice. Have just ordered new MacBook Pro 2016, so will see how it goes. I took the view that if I never tried it I would never know what it was like, so thought I would give it a go. Managed to get education discount too, so saved £150. Still cost a small fortune though. Hop...

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Free transfers aren't really free though are they? They cost similar but the money just goes to the player in signing on fee and higher wages instead of the selling club. All it means when you sign a free is that you don't have to reach an agreement with another club, just the player and his agent.

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Thanks, really helpful. I have an iPad and iPhone so may make sense to hook up a Mac.

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Jambounchained wrote:MacBook.

Switched from PC about two years ago. Don't think I'll ever buy a PC again.

Why do you prefer the Mac?

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Home use mainly and a bit of work (although that is essentially remote login to a Windows system).

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Keane, with Heaton a close second.

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Looking to buy a new laptop to replace an ageing Windows laptop, but can't decide whether to go for a reasonable spec Windows ultra book (eg Hp envy 13 or Dell Xps) or stump up the extra for a similar spec MacBook Pro. Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanks.

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'Temporary setback' ... I hope not!

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wilks_bfc wrote:Think Lowton got caught between "stick or twist" for the first goal, but other than that had another great game

Couldn't tell for the second

From replays it looks like Lowton misjudged the flight of the ball and got caught underneath it.

Tarks lost his man for the second.

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I think I have more chance of starting than Defour...

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Heaton 7

Lowton 6
Long 7
Tarkowski 7
Ward 7

Boyd 8
Westwood 9
Hendrick 7
Arfield 7

Vokes 9
Barnes 6

Subs

Gray 7
Brady 8
JBG 7

kaptin1

Defensively we are very solid and I'm confident Tark will prove to be an adequate replacement for Keane. It is up front where we are lacking, with our goals scored column one of the worst in the league. This is clearly where we really need to invest, but goal scorers at this level don't come cheap!

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If Defour leaves in summer, which would not be a huge surprise, the n we are going to need to sign at least two central midfield players. Defour is a classy player but becoming increasingly clear that he is not fitting into the system.

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Key thing for me is making sure replacements are on board before we let any under contract players. We don't want to be in a situation where we have a pile of cash but are having to chase players.

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We're winning away, we're winning awaw, how Sh1t must they be, we're winning away...

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RingoMcCartney wrote:Barton

Marney

Now Ward.

Bugger. Big big misses

and Ben Mee!

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Avoided the drop tonight (albeit temporarily) with a late winner from Chris Eagles, who is now 31 and described by the BBC as a "veteran winger". Interestingly he was then subbed for a certain Bikey Amougou! To think these were two of our most talented players in our first season in the Prem...

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Interesting to watch Defour warming up on the touch line in the second half. Basically involved wandering to the corner of the Bob Lord stand to find the only bit of sunshine to stand in. Feels like his heart is no longer in it.

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Heaton 6

Lowton 6
Keane 6
Mee 7
Ward 7

Boyd 5
Barton 6
Hendrick 6
Brady 6

Barnes 7
Gray 8

Tarkowski 5

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I'm sure Jeremy will want to tell us that we all have to do the same thing on our holidays as well as when we have to take them next

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I fully expect us to win at least one of our remaining home games. Man U will be incredibly tough but West Brom are already safe and if West Ham are safe come the last match then I would expect them to roll over quite easily. Even if they are not safe, I think we are more than capable of beating the...

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All that it will lead to is employers reducing the number of ordinary holidays that employees can take resulting in people having less flexibility around when they can take a break. Personally I would prefer to have no bank holidays and an extra 8 ordinary holidays instead.

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Unbelievable Jeff!

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Get an acceptable offer on the table and then hope it sparks a bidding war. Just because we will accept £25m doesn't mean someone won't be willing to pay more if there are multiple interested parties.

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Whenever I am flying over England I try to work out where I am by spotting local football grounds. The other week I flew into Manchester from Copenhagen and was peering out of the window when I saw a very familiar sight below...

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Defour needs to play in a midfield 3. He just doesn't have the physicality to play in a two and he is certainly not a wide midfield player. We looked good when we played 4-5-1 with Hendrick pushing on to support the striker. We are more solid with the 4-4-2 but there is less creativity. Defour is ou...

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claretspice wrote:Decent player Long, but im not sure he's really what we need. Of the 3 proven but fringe strikers at Southampton, i'd rather have Rodriguez or Austin.

No sure you can describe Austin as a fringe striker. He was their main striker and top scorer until he got injured.

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One manager got his entire bench, coaching staff and subs, to stand on the touch line and applaud. The other let his mooch in the dugout. Dyche is a class act!

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Can never understand why they don't have an ex referee as a pundit to analyse these sorts of decisions. Then the ex player pundits can stick to analysing the actual game play.

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IanMcL wrote:Did well with his one foot.

Yet still managed to put one great cross in with his other in the first half...

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Dobo in Brierfield used to be great a long time ago but not sure if it's still there now

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Problem away from home is that we struggle to score, which basically means if the opposition get a goal then we either draw or lose. In first half Vokes had two really good chances but wasn't clinical enough to finish them. Penalty aside, which was a gift from their keeper, we created nothing in the...

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Heaton 7

Lowton 7
Keane 7
Mee 8
Ward 7

Boyd 7
Barton 8
Hendrick 6
Brady 7

Barnes 6
Vokes 6

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There are also potential funds to come from a sale of Andre Gray if he does not sign a new contract (would need to be sold otherwise as in last year of his deal) and wages from George Boyd if he decides to leave when his contract runs out in summer.

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Seems to have got a bit of a swagger about him at the moment, which is great to see. Excellent full back.

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0-0 ... What a surprise!

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I'd be worried if I was a Palace fan as they have a horrendous run in

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I also hate it when football pundits say "the likes of John Terry etc" when they actually just mean John Terry

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Heaton 7

Lowton 7
Keane 7
Mee 7
Ward 7

Boyd 8
Barton 5
Hendrick 7
Defour 5

Vokes 7
Gray 5

Subs

Brady 7

kaptin1

Did seem an odd substitution as Spurs were pushing forwards looking for a goal and he was providing an outlet with pace. However, substitution came almost immediately after a long ball was played to him where he was isolated one on one with the defender and rather than playing the ball into space an...

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Hells bells! Spurs are a really good side and we more than matched them in the first half to the extent that they were forced to switch formation to match us up. They then got to grips with the game and their superiority came to the fore. Some people really need a reality check if they think we shou...

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