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Trafford 7 - did well, cheated at the end Vitinho 6 - steady but his end product is diabolical Al Dakhil 6 - grew into the game after a shakey start Ekdal 7 - solid, needs to start when fit O'Shea 7 - looked to have a good understanding with Ekdal Cullen 7 - a bit more like the Josh of last season B...

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Arguably the worst pound for pound signing the club has ever made. An abomination of a footballer with the heart of a pea. A total disgrace and I hope we never see him in a Burnley shirt again. And I'm serious. Get Zaroury and Benson back on the pitch and give us some players we can get behind.

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O'Hare on a free would be a shrewd signing, especially if we can also bring some money in for the likes of Twine and Churlinov. O'Hare would be an upgrade, with plenty of Championship experience (if that's where we are next season).

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Westleigh wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:57 am
I think he needs 3 or 4 full games ,trouble is there’s no reserve games anymore to get them up to speed.

I'd start the same front four against Luton. Odobert, Foster, Amdouni and Zaroury. There's real quality in that group. I suspect Zaroury will drop out of the squad entirely again though!

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Looked off the pace early on but grew into the game. A few lovely touches here and there. The ball for Zeki was magic and shows what he offers. He deserves far more game time than he's seeing. Would much rather see him than JBL, Tresor, Redmond etc. Tresor is only getting miuntes due to how much he ...

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Muric 7 - sets a different tempo from the back. Risk / reward as ever though! Vitinho 6 - ok O'Shea 8 - excellent Delcroix 8 - excellent Taylor 7 - worrying injury Zaroury 6 - actually thought he grew into the game. Pass of the night into Zeki. Can't understand how every other winger seems to get mo...

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Double digit interest was for a relatively short period, and the impact was less severe since the mortgage amounts were much lower relative to annual income in the first place - around four times the annual average average income. Houses currently cost around 10 times the annual average income. The...

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It's not exactly a surprise is it? VK has sidelined Benson and Zaroury for shiny new toys this season. Neither player will be happy. I'd be gutted to see either leave as I think they're both brilliant talents and they offer more of an attacking threat than most of the attacking players bought over t...

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If we can score 3 in the second half we might get a point. At least it sounds like we're causing problems. Are Ekdal and AAD fit? I can't understand how Delcroix can be in front of those two.

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We've scored after falling behind. Blimey, that's a first this season isn't it?

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The only genuine chance we created was the JBG header. The rest can't be classified as chances and that's why MoTD didn't show them, other than the Amdouni run and shank early on. You could argue they should have shown the corner that led to O'Shea flicking the ball on and it deflecting over the bar...

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We’re playing the best team in the country at the moment. The game was not ‘over after 5 mins’. Yes we clung on, but we stayed in the game - weird how other teams get praise for this kind of thing and we don’t - and we had very good chances to score. JBG, Amdouni, Bruun Larsen. Why are you just plu...

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The only positive in our current predicament is who we've played at home. 9 defeats from 10 isn't acceptable but we have played most of the bigger, better teams. Man City, Aston Villa, Spurs, Man Utd, Chelsea, Palace, West Ham, Sheff Utd, Everton and Liverpool. The Palace and West Ham defeats are th...

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Those ratings are a joke ^^^ get a grip Trafford 8 Vitinho 5 O’Shea 7 Beyer 5 Taylor 7 Brownhill 6 Berge 5 Tresor 6 Odobert 7 Amdouni 5 Foster 6 Gudmundsson 6 We're all welcome to our opinion and it's my opinion that we have fans clutching at straws. If not for their wasteful finishing, Trafford ma...

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I can't believe how high some of the ratings are. The game was over after 5 minutes. The first half was just Everton all over again - only Liverpool were wasteful and / or Trafford heroic. There was no response from us and the old "strong jaw" showed it's made of jelly again. Had we gone in 5 down i...

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I thought Brownhill was hiding. Now I know where he was, stood behind Beyer!

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I'll stick to a pint in the Kettledrum and a pie from the local shop thanks!

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Agreed we need leaders but new ones wont come.through until theyve had a spell winning games. You cant come into a club, lose loads of games then start bollocking peoole, nobodys going to listen. Ive seen jay rod and Brownhill shouting and cajoling, Cork looks like a more reserved leader type and i...

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The game is done at that point, its frustrating to see but them talking to old teammates isnt a problem. Weve no idea if they are accepting mediocrity, id suggest not because theres been much improvement over the season and from everything ive read and heard they put in a huge amount of work on the...

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Ah yes thats what we want, players ignoring the managers instructions and doing what they want. In fact its all irrational waffle I understand what you're saying but I also understand the other side of the argument. I'd like to see some personality on the pitch when things are going wrong. There wa...

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Easy three points for Dyche. It was reminiscent of watching us beat Norwich 2 nil under Sean a few years ago. We went two in front early on and that was that. We allowed Norwich all the ball they wanted, safe in the knowledge they wouldn't hurt us. It was depressing to see the roles reversed today. ...

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Who would we make a loss on from last summer? Remember these were all young lads new to both English football and the Premier League where there are few, if any, 'gimme' games, unlike almost every other league in Europe. Tresor, JBL, Koleosho, Odobert and Amdouni are all young and are just adapting...

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I can't see anything other than an easy afternoon for Sean. Losing Taylor is a massive blow. We'll probably end up with Vitinho at left back and Roberts at right back, which simply won't be physical enough against them. Ekdal has to come in and replace Taylor's height for me. Quite how that looks on...

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Berge and Brownhill are building a good partnership so it would be disappointing if Josh leaves. However, the club will need to recoup funds wasted in the summer so Pace and co. could be tempted if a fee around £10m is offered.

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Of course - anyone can comment on the game. No one criticises Kate Abdo/Laura Woods/Kelly Cates because they're genuinely brilliant presenters and add to their respective shows, massively. An ex-player, even if a poor pundit gets more of a pass because you can at least say they've been there and wo...

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Trafford 5 - did ok overall, a couple of moments but they will happen with this style Vitinho 6 - not a bad O'Shea 4 - criminal ball into Berge, absolutely criminal. just go down the bloody line. Ekdal 6 - steady away Taylor 5 - struggled, especially after the yellow card Brownhill 5 - broke up play...

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Larson was poor tonight and was rightly hooked. The wrong sub was for Koleosho. It had to be anyone with pace - Redmond, Odobert, Zaroury etc. Just a dreadful substitution that gave the game to Wolves as they knew that we wouldn't possibly get in behind them again all afternoon. Then making two subs...

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Sacking VK was unthinkable in August but football is a fickle game and things can turn on their head very quickly. What we need is clarity from Alan Pace. Are we accepting relegation as being part of the long term plan? If so he needs to come out and double down on VK and tell us that he's here for ...

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Trafford 6 Vitinho 5 Taylor 7 O'Shea 7 Beyer 7 Brownhill 7 Berge 8 JBG 7 Koleosho 8 Amdouni 7 Jay 7 Kompany 3 Moving Brownhill from CM was absolutely brain-dead and lost us the game. Horrendous management and you seriously have to wonder how much longer this can go on. Lose to Sheff Utd next weekend...

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I can't remember witnessing 3 worse tactical decisions in a single game before. Every one of them showed a naivety that is frankly unacceptable at this level. I thought O'Shea, Beyer, Berge and Brownhill were doing well as the four in front of Trafford. West Ham weren't really in the game and didn't...

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I said a few weeks ago that 25 points will be more than enough this season and I still haven't changed my mind on that. In fact, I might lower that estimation to 20 points! As it stands Bournemouth would end with 21 points at their current rate, Luton 19 and us / Sheff Utd 14. None of these teams wi...

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Trafford 6 - had nothing to do and not much he could have done to stop either goal. Vitinho 5 - had the freedom of the right hand side and didn't get in behind Schlupp or Mitchell once. Beyer 5 - shocking mistake for the goal. Just put the damn ball into touch. O ' Shea 6 - thought he had his best g...

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I thought about this over the summer and actually wondered whether it was VK's long term plan after signing so many CB's. The problem is he's clearly our best CB so we can't afford to move him. I think he has the ability though - similar to John Stones at City. Unfortunately we don't have the luxury...

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Can't understand the calls for him at full back, seems like trying to accommodate him more than anything. He's not fast enough, not going to be a threat going forwards, struggling enough with defensive duties in the middle let alone fullback which is harder to defend as both in the Prem and in our ...

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I genuinely don't know what we do on Saturday. We can't set up the same again surely? We'll get rolled over in the first 30 minutes. Part of me thinks we should try 3x CBs but given who those three are likely to be it could end up being even more of a car crash! Theother part of me thinks we need to...

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We look a yard behind everyone we've played this season. None of the new signings have shown anything like enough to suggest they will kick on. I hope I'm wrong but it feels like we might as well have thrown £100m down the toilet. As it stands, the only player we'd make a profit on is Koleosho. If o...

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Without being in the dressing room nobody can answer this question with any accuracy. What I will say is that the lack of leaders, experience and know how is telling on the pitch. The players heads drop the second we go two behind in every single game. The decision to release Barnes, not play Cork ...

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I disagree. We don't have the backbone for the Championship anymore. We might have some nice footballers but you need more than that at any level. Our lack of experience and physicality anywhere on the pitch is a massive concern. We had a great balance of youth and experience last season. Our starti...

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There's no doubt that Stan had his favourite players and Howey certainly sounds bitter about his dealings with him. It's a strange conversation though. On one hand you've got Howey saying he was a professional, that he wanted to play football and he was committed (playing with injuries etc) and on t...

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The Waddle season was just farcical and not winning a game under Cotterill for what felt like a lifetime wasn't much fun. Personally though, our first season under Stan had some real low points. I remember thinking we were doomed in February / March after a dreadful run of displays. Just looking bac...

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Zaroury was a disgrace on Saturday, body language said he didn’t want to be there . I'm not saying he played well but he wasn't a disgrace. I don't think he was given the ball in a promising position all afternoon. He's hardly played this season so can't be expected to drop into a struggling team a...

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I haven't seen much to get excited about with this lad other than his control and lay off in the build up to the goal vs Chelsea. He's clearly got a good touch and has talent but it's been said many times that he played off the left or in the no.10 position last season, NOT on the right. We're payin...

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We should be using this game to work out the Palace team in my opinion. 1. Start Muric. If he plays well you have a ready made excuse for sticking with him at the weekend. 2. If AAD and O'Shea are VK's preferred option until Beyer and Ekdal are fit then stick with them so they can build some kind of...

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I don’t think cutting out the errors is as simple as it sounds. It’s also about the way we are set up to play in midfield, how many options are there for a pass and is there good movement creating space for the players receiving. It’s not just the individual error maker but a whole system tactical ...

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 29, 2023 2:19 pm
He started at the beginning of the season ahead of Ekdal

Maybe I'm kidding myself but I assumed Ekdal wasn't fully fit. If VK thinks O'Shea is anywhere near the level of Ekdal then we are in trouble!

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O'Shea for me is a really poor signing, no more than a fairly average Championship player, nowhere near PL requirements. O'Shea is a basic defender. A Kevin Long type. I suspect he was brought in originally as 4th choice behind Beyer, Ekdal and AAD. We then had the injury to Beyer which forced us t...

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Given what we've already seen this season I'd say both goals yesterday were unforgivable. How many more times are we going to concede by giving the ball away cheaply in midfield before it's highlighted as a chronic issue. Berge vs Brentford, Ramsey vs Newcastle, Ramsey vs Villa, Taylor and Vitinho ...

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It's premature to start calling for Kompany to go. I think he's a good manager who has lots of potential, as do lots of the young players we've brought in, but the tough start has undermined our momentum leading to low confidence and our style not clicking alongside many mistakes (giving the ball a...

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We've lost 5 on the spin and not really been in any of those games. You can argue we had moments against Chelsea and Man Utd but in general there's been little to get behind. Put a competitive team on the pitch and the crowd will respond.

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The back four is a complete mess. The sooner Beyer and Ekdal are fit the better. We all know Trafford will start so not much point thinking anything else. Muric will be gone in January - the rumour mill has already started where that's concerned. If we're forced into starting O'Shea and Delcroix the...

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