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Trafford 5 - no chance with the goals but hesitant throughout and gave it away several times Assignon 6 - good energy and desire, no end product today O’Shea 3 - a shocker from the opening bell which cost us the game, stupidly booked, to blame for both goals, terrible, terrible performance Esteve 6 ...

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Like Kenton points out above, a further stat, to score 7 goals in 12 home games against last year’s PL teams. That is why we are dropping, more than any other issue. Of those 7, 3 were within the first month against Villa and Spurs, so 4 goals since Sept 2nd in 6 months

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Dara O shea MOM for me. :lol: :lol: :lol: Been brilliant for the last month or two but 3/10 today at best. Booked after 20 seconds for total stupidity, leading to hesitant defending for both goals and throughout. Each time he got turned in the box, didn’t put a challenge in. It was a total shambles...

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O’Shea really has had a total shocker today. Culpable for both goals and booked after 20 seconds.

Will be fine in the EFL but not good enough for PL.

Reason for the defeat though is “Burnley 0”. Again.

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Identical foul to the one on Villa, small clip on the foot, then get a pen to win the game, we get naff all.

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I see I was right about the Nott’m Forest fan referee before the game.

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The changes up front especially Vitinho and Odobert central appear to have worked. Credit where it is due there.

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No consistency with decisions as usual. OShea carded for dissent and later on their player kicks the ball away and gets nothing. O’Shea carded for kicking the ball away not dissent, act of total stupidity after 20 seconds that arguably made him cautious for his error for the goal. Fair point about ...

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Not there today due to the early start and have sold back my tickets, watching on Sky. Baffled by the team, I remember the Bee Hole podcast joking early in the season about the expletives whenever we see an unpredictable team, feels like that today. Vitinho is a trier and has some talent, but is out...

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That’s why I’d like to see Forest drop no matter what even if it gives us tougher competition next season - after Athens etc. But this bleating by an ex FIFA elite ref on their behalf about a drop ball at the other end of the pitch - it pales into insignificance compared to what we have had, includi...

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When discussed on here a few weeks ago about his new job there was split opinion on of it should be allowed. Now, after being seen sat with Howard Webb on Wednesday, he is sent out by Forest to speak to 5 Live after the late Liverpool winner. Citing a drop ball rules error by Tierney, and he apparen...

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Luton huffing and puffing but when Villa pass through them they look, in truth, worse than us at that one aspect. Appreciate our problem has usually been dealing with chaos in the box from crosses rather than runs through the middle. I see Luton though as way inferior to Forest and Everton, even tho...

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Given there are 20+ referees available, why do we always get the ones from, or who support, Nottingham, Luton or Merseyside? Feels like every week it is Coote, Atwell, Jones etc as ref or VAR.

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This season at least 4 teams deserve to go down. Everton nearly make it 5 but their run before Christmas for a month will keep them up. So if by some miracle we stay up ahead of those other teams (Sheffield, Luton, Forest) it will be deserved, and if they stay up, they will be darn lucky, because th...

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The way Anass got clattered onto the asphalt at home to Blackburn then moments later set up the Barnes first goal shows that he has some grit. We know he has the talent. But reality is he came back from the World Cup half the player, and he needs to find what he had before. No argument for me that K...

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Everton blown a lead at home to West Ham just like we did.

They aren’t safe yet. Luton have some good games at home left.

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Beto before that Everton goal was on less goals per minute than Amdouni. That’s only his 2nd. Shows how tough this league is for new arrivals. I do think we forget that.

(whether we should have had as many new arrivals is of course a different issue)

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I suspect the logical conclusion is that we can shuffle all our players in any order and they will still come up short. Transfer window was challenging, especially with the agent rules changing which made it the wild west last summer. That and tactics being a bit naive, with some biased refereeing, ...

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All the sports teams I have played in, pairs or bigger teams, the advice was always don’t apologise to your teammates if you have tried your best. Sure it is the same principle here in VK’s mind, but I do think paying customers want to feel a bit of regret aired when implosions happen, that’s what l...

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I think most people will renew. Once the season finishes and the calm setts in during June/July many will be itching to get their Saturday fix. Problem is there will be a lot of Tuesday fixes and a lot of fans live a distance away. Add to that the things we do now on Saturdays when matches are Sund...

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Just read the article and whilst I feel disappointed that one of our “wannabe influencers” has chosen to hang Kompany out to dry in this manner, despite his 12 hour days and last season’s glory, it is a valid opinion and some of the grief on here is a bit harsh. I did though pose the question over o...

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Absolutely barking mad. Which one of us? All those other Premier League managers? Or were they kidding? I reckon Heckingbottom if asked would predict us to bounce straight back, he seemed very impressed with us, and of course we have already beaten him 5-0. We’ve messed up this season of course. Bu...

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Burnley 2 - 2 Bournemouth

Fofana 15 mins
NL2

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Brentford 1-2 Chelsea Everton 1-0 West Ham NAP Fulham 2-1 Brighton Newcastle 1-1 Wolves Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool Spurs 3-0 Crystal Palace Luton 2-2 Aston Villa Sunday 3rd March Burnley 1-3 Bournemouth :( Fofana 12 mins Man-City 3-0 Man Utd Monday 4th March Sheffield United 0-5 Arsenal 31 goals

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biggest thing for me was him alluding to how the PL has changed massively in the last 3 years in terms of spend for the bottom clubs making it really difficult to stay up So, Wilder, Heckingbottom, Kompany, Dyche (and I'm sure others I've missed) have said exactly the same thing - lads that are in ...

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To do what he says about us though we need to stay brave, back the manager, back the players, back the system of play, and if we have to do it via relegation to get stronger, that’s what we do. If there is too much dissent about that (as seen on here very day), we’re stuffed, and I see no route to t...

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Not having a go at Trafford, as I feel sorry for him having to endure every league game this season and take huge criticism. Some of which have been down to him, others through mistakes from our defenders and midfielders However if the other 19 PL managers were to rank the main GK in every PL team,...

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No idea how anyone watching us play this season can come to any of those conclusions. Which conclusions? Specifically? That we have weak headers in front of the goalie? That other teams protect their keeper better? I am a big fan of VK but this is all on him, you buy a young rookie keeper, you buil...

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Or, the inept attackers with the team scoring less than a goal a game. Concede one goal and the likelihood is we ain’t going to win the game. Certainly true that when we look at the stats of goals, assists and chances created in open play our players are never in the top 30 even in the bottom half ...

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He isn’t a more than adequate Championship goalie, or possibly the best in that league. There are some good goalkeepers in that division and up until this season Trafford had never played above League 1. You mentioned the physicality which he currently hasn’t got. Have you watched many Championship...

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Whatever the reasons and sources of the cash, we do know that up to July 2022 the owners had taken £115m out of the club by way of interest-free loan and that the club had had to pay many millions in interest to service it. The loan and the interest paid could have been used for other purposes, eg....

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I’d love to see the Trafford supporters react to that ,it won’t happen ,I think Trafford is the absolute pits ,but it doesn’t matter how bad he is I wouldn’t destroy him on the pitch ,but if I was anywhere near VK I’d be bending his ear to play Muric. We should all agree that James is a more than a...

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I think the interesting one here is whether he secretly feels the need to regain some kudos from the fans. Would never admit it of course. Easy to rest a couple of younger players after a torrid month or two. I’d like to see: Muric Assignon. O’Shea. Esteve. Taylor Cullen. Massengo. Berge Benson. Fof...

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Regardless of the rights or wrongs of it all I think the Premier League is better for having Everton in it. I can understand the fans of Forest and Luton being upset as it directly impacts them but for everyone else I think we can all agree that Everton is a grand old team that we all like to see d...

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Completely agree with this. Straight relegation is the only way to stop financial cheating. This is barely a slap on the wrist; fortunately it probably benefits us. May benefit us massively if any compo is agreed, and if we can come back stronger, because next season in the PL could be brutal, wors...

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The original post is very good. In reality, the much-heralded ALK 'project' is nothing new or innovative in any way- literally every club outside the Big Six in England and almost all clubs around the world are selling clubs. The idea of bringing in regular revenue by selling talent at a profit is ...

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Do you think those 6 points will make a blind bit of difference to our league position? We aren't getting relegated because of Everton, we're being relegated because of ourselves. Nonsense. We are getting relegated because we had to be stripped to the bone in May 2022 because of Everton and the Pre...

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So, in brief: Season 1: Spend more than the rules allow to stay up at the expense of Club X, who are playing by the rules. Season 2: again spend more than the rules allow, this time to purchase players from the club X (such as Dwight McNeil), at reduced rate as their players wish to stay in the top...

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Been telling people for weeks a way will be found to get rid of Luton (in our interests sadly). Surely though this strengthens our compensation argument now the appeal has left guilt and ‘some’ punishment? That could be key to the “project” remaining viable to have an expensive squad and bounce stra...

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The Analytical Kompany that is alluded to in the OP - I have no idea if this rumour is true or false but if true it would be national news really, something a broadsheet or TV media would latch onto and link to our performances. What amazes me then is as far as I know there hasn’t been a single ques...

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I've not seen anything at all on that decision on the Sky/BBC highlights but you always have to assume an offside is correct The interfering by a third part though (as in this case) is a subjective call (as with Endo for Liverpool today) so he may have been off but deemed not interfering despite Tr...

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Blocking is not allowed, or at least shouldn’t be. Think the defender is allowed to mark a zone or move into a zone, but isn’t allowed to charge, trip or jump at another player. The reason it is allowed is because when you have short-arses like we do, they have to have a way to defend a corner. Yes...

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Funny how the national anthem booing lot had their bubble burst by VAR, but let’s be fair it was a shocker. These days if there is a way to disallow a goal VAR will find it, makes a mockery of celebrating and enjoying the moment. Killing the game and takes away far more joy than the justice it can b...

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The fact Matt is prepared to share something we did not know, shows that player confidentiality is not an issue. For me VK is a control freak and likes to keep info to himself, plus vey cagey. It will backfire as I am witnessing fan support for him diminishing weekly I like them a lot, Matt and Vin...

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The fact that crosspoolclarets falls back on these stats over a season to try and convince himself there is hope despite what everyone sees is so quaint. Adorable. Don’t be a pillok, this is an intelligent thread normally. I point out the facts when others make false statements. Berge wasn’t good t...

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Trafford 5 - only made 1 unforced error but it was a key error Assignon 5 O’Shea 5 Esteve 4 Taylor 4 JBG 5 Berge 6 Brownhill 3 Odobert 5 Andouni 4 Fofana 5 Cullen 6 Vitinho 4 Not doing my normal comments on each player because the theme was across them all, looked beaten from minute 1 and looked lik...

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MDWat wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:21 pm
Must have been a terrible stream. Don’t think Berge won a header or tackle, or completed a pass. Truly shocking.

Ranks 2nd in our team today on all three measures.

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We aren't staying up and the way things are going this season I wouldn't trust VK to repeat last seasons highs, if by chance he did what confidence would you have in another Prem campaign with him ? Think of a 37 year old manager as a 20 year old player - 2 years later he will be much older and wis...

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Stayingup wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:00 pm
Evidence shows? What evidence?

The evidence of his last Championship title just 9 months ago.

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Think Pace is very naive when it comes to football Not as naive as many on this thread. Sticking with Vincent may be the wise (and cheapest) move. Sack him, the lower divisions could beckon and the end of the era could be nigh. Keep him, evidence shows there is every chance he will bounce back (and...

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