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The same Pep who bought Kalvin Phillips? :lol: Fair point, but he was a very good player at the time,but no way Pep would buy him now. Players do go downhill you know, and Pep recognises it. He clearly saw at an early stage that he does not fit into the way City play, one of the main reason being t...

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How many would want Southgate as our manager? I bet not many, if any at all Had he had the squads that SD or VK had I doubt we'd ever have come close to getting promoted. I am with you Spijed. Southgate has many good qualities, particularly in the way he deals with matters, and the media, and the w...

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If Southgate was an elite manager. Phillips would have come off just after HT and Maddison replaced him, and not the arthritic Henderson

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Realistically, letting all these goals in could really be damaging his confidence. Perhaps a few games out wouldn't do him any harm. Agreed, but the job of a good manager is to decide if he plays on, or if he has a one on one frank conversation with him to rest him, and bring him back in at the rig...

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Talk of Barcelona coming in with serious money has to be challenged.If thats the case why was only Burnley genuinely interested in him this Summer

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Im in Cagliari right now, can’t go too far wrong here. Excellent beaches and food, weather etc. talking of Sicily, one of my favourite trips in the past was visiting the islands just north with Stromboli, Lipari and a few others. That has everything including a constantly erupting volcano! Thanks J...

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I think I can live without Maatsen-he would not be the answer to the defences lapses we have made this season. On the other hand Tella could well have been a handful and exposed a few defences of teams we have played, and allowed Foster even more freedom. He is the one we have missed

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Did Bari last year. Flew Malta-Brindisi and hired a car. Drove to Lecce where we spent the night, then motored to Locorotondo via Ostuni. In Ostuni made friends with some English Clarets who spotted my Clarets top :D We stayed at Loco in 2 fabulous trulli with a fantastic swimming pool and visited ...

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Polignano a Mare, just south of Bari has a stunning beach and loads of restaurants. Monopoly a bit further south is very pretty but much smaller. See the UNESCO village https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/787/ full of white Trulli and also historic Leccce Thats a good shout Longsider-and interestingly I...

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We did the SE of Sicily, from Traormina around to Ragusa, Montalbano fans. Flew into Catania and car hired. Loved it all. The three mentioned Syracuse, Noto(a one street town but what a beautiful street), Scicli and the S. coast beaches. Very much in two minds but my favoured option might become fl...

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might help a bit was there in sept ..but to the west coast orosei beach...all inclusive ...great place, soft sandy beach, great hotel but not much around that area ...quite a few families hired a car to get around and see the island more....in truth the island is mostly about the beaches not much i...

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Went to Alghero in March. Wouldn’t be in a hurry to go back. There is a historical quarter that’s not bad and if you get to the street market that is excellent. food wise it is pizza all the way and I’m not a pizza fan. We went specifically to do Neptunes grotto but March was to early to get a boat...

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I know we have some very well travelled readers on here. Looking at going to Sardinia next year, probably late Summer/early Autumn. Needs to be fairly close to either Cagliari or Alghero airports. Other than that our other priorities are being in town, and probably not Cagliari the city, that has a ...

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I judge Foster by the ease in which he goes past defenders, and as we keep saying he has played six of the top PL teams, which you must assume has some of the PL's top defenders

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I judge Foster by the ease in which he goes past defenders, and as we keep saying he has played six of the top PL teams, which you must assume has some of the PL's top defenders

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Hmm seeing that 3 on the list are out injured and another seemingly out of favour maybe VK made a mistake reneging on the deal. Hope it doesn't bite us on the arse now he has signed with a relegation rival.. . See your point, but it still leaves us four fit widemen for two positions, and as we saw ...

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Lets keep reminding ourselves that 90% of these supposed links are pure bol...cks

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Seems a decent guy, but we just did not need another wide man competing with Odobert, Koleosho, Larsen, Zarouury, Benson, Redmond, JBG

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We could do with getting him back. Looked good when he came on for THB at Burnley last year and a lot better than O’Shea IMO. I was at Leicester Saturday and watched McNally play the whole game v Stoke. He showed authority and was contantly marshalling his fellow defenders, and he looked quite mobi...

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123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:21 pm
Ekdal is close to being fit

That would be good news

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We need a couple of seasoned PL pros who can hit the ground running-we now have enough "exciting wide men" with the potential to grow. The new LeIcester manager has brought in a lot of youngsters but also Harry Winks and Connnor Coady, and retained Vardy and Hienaccho

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I think VK needs to learn too-particularly with team selection. For me he is becoming the PL's Ranieri ie the tinkerer. I have yet to name the starting 11 this season-infact been well off every game. With Dyche forecasting the team was fairly elementary, once you knew who was injured

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I cannot see Ekdal returning any time soon. He featured very little before his injury, and once ready to train needs to get to full fitness. I think we could do with his calmness and reading of the game, however like Beyer seems very injury prone

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I think O'Shea was liked by the WBA fans, and was seen as a first choice defender. Confidence right now in our back four must be at a low point as a result of results, particularly at home, goals conceded and the frequency the defence has changed in 10 or so games. I think VK was wrong to build him ...

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Great win for Arteta. Interesting for me today, and slightly off topic-Rodri arguably Man City's most vital player is serving suspension. Do they pick Calvin Phillips (England's holding midfield player)-NO. They go Kovacic , who deputises, then lucky not to get sent off, and later subbed. Does Pep t...

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If we are honest he is just not up to it. I cannot see him getting into even the bottom PL teams. Its not that hes new, hes been with us 13 months, so we know his weaknesses. Putting him up against Sterling is an absolute blunder as he has been sensational in the last 4-5 games.For me an even bigger...

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Watched Leicester today who have made a sensational start ie 30 points out of 33.However the gap between them and the current PL is huge. They will need to spend at least as much as us to compete

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We have used this season an enormous number of players-I believe more than any other PL side. We need some stability. For me the side that started v Luton is potentially one of our strongest . I know Beyer was injured but I was surprised Roberts, Amdouni and Koleosho did not start. I hope VK does no...

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ecc wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:20 am
Afraid the much-criticised Mudryk will hurt us down the left. Roberts will have to up his game and Larsen or whoever plays RM will need to help him big time.

Was there not a doubt about him playing today

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Very sad. When a "claret" passes away,its a bit close to home

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I do get your thought process with this, a team is more than the players agreed. But I think Ottomendi would (or should) be straight on the team sheet ahead of Maguire, and Álvarez would be in with a shout up front. Both very recent PL players Otamendi no longer plays in the Prem and I am certain A...

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IanMcL wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:30 pm
Pope is England's best goalkeeper.

Southgate is deluded.

He definitely deserves to be in the squad.

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He's a terrible manager, boring character and clueless when it comes to picking his squads but has somehow landed on his feet with the best group of players an English manager has ever had to choose from that have dragged him to semi finals and finals making him look better than he his but has stil...

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It stinks if if its ignored. Remember Richarlison whilst their player, throwing a flare that landed on the pitch back into the crowd. Had a Burnley player done that he would have been banned within a few weeks. It was not until much later, after he had been sold to Spurs, that he got his ban. Spurs ...

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Delighted with the win , the first half performance, two good goals and 2-3 impressive individual performances. Left wondering why we couldn't stem the amount of possession they had in that middle part of the second half. We need to work on that and I would have liked to have seen substitutions mad...

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I think on paper Luton Town are the weakest team we'll face all season, and the fact that we failed to regain control of the match after taking the lead is a worry. They always looked like putting one of their chances in, the only surprise was that it didn't come off a head. That said, last night w...

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If he continues his form this season we will see bids for him in January. The way he is developing he could become an Ivan Toney Mk2, and there aren't too many of these in the Prem. Have to say I was one that had doubts in him, but this has been a major transformation. Remember seeing Charlie Austin...

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We needed 3 points last night, we found a way to do it, yet we still have whingers on here. We are Burnley not Barcelona to quote someone. I thought after they equalised we would lose all 3 points but we found a way to get the winner. It was a good determined team performance and for once we scored ...

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Yes determination, but some stand out performances too-Berge, Foster, Taylor. Some real quality in our play too

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Just back-great team performance and 3 points We went more direct today and had a good outlet in Foster. Did not realise quite how good he was until he tired and we got Jay on instead. If he keeps developing he will be similar to Ivan Toney Trafford 6-little to do and obviously told to kick it deep....

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Never sure if it's the team we'd pick or the team we think Kompany will pick. Impossible to know if he'll keep it very similar or make big changes. We're playing against pretty much a Championship side tonight so Brownhill, Cullen and Berge should be absolutely enough and I'll be disappointed if we...

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The PL managers union is very complimentary about each other, particularly on the eve of playing against each other and so it should be. Rob Edwards seems a great guy and he has been a rock for Luton. Looking forward to tonight

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Hinchcliffe-very tedious

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koskiclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:27 am
Morning all, for those that have been to luton before and drove can you recommend where to park? TIA

Last time I parked in the large Sainsburys which is 10 minute walk to the ground. On a Saturday from memory it was £5 or £6 for 5 hours

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Time to get back to basics for VK. Zaroury to start, 100%. We need players with Championship experience and / or fighting qualities in midfield. Very few, if anyone, has nailed down a starting shirt so far this season so plenty of options. Trafford Roberts AAD Beyer Taylor Cullen Brownhill JBG (if ...

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We desperately need to find "a way to win" then the results and points will happen at a faster rate

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Fans should never taunt Vardy. I was at Leicester last week and Bristol City fans started chanting his wife was a slag. He scored soon after and went straight over to these fans. From Vardy's gesture today when scoring the second, its obvious the Rovers fans had been doing just that too

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Having watched highlights of Luton on SKY today, they looked quite a tight unit and very good and physical in set pieces and crosses. For this reason VK might decide to go 3 centre halves TRAFFORD Al Dakhill Beyer Taylor Roberts Cullen Brownhill Berge Koleosho Amdouni Foster

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Muric might even be the best distributor of a football on the planet, but I still have night mares about some of his comical decision making last season. At least Trafford has not had to go off inexplicably at HT for no explained reason after a nightmare of the first half

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Forget height, stats etc, cut out the mistakes get Foster in the 6 yard box and we start getting points

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