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Not necessarily true. Without the money it would be a more even playing field and we could even be doing better than we are. There is no way of knowing but what we do know is we wouldn't have the rich getting richer all the time. Forget rich owners for a minute, the top 6 are the top six not just b...

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Start awarding the opposition 3 points and the offending team docked 10 points. The pressure to behave would be immense. It's a simple fix but requires balls which the FA and PL don't have Do that and you'll just have supporters accusing rival fans of racist comments just to try and get opposing te...

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Given our record in almost every previous transfer window, I wish I could share your confidence. I fully expect to be chasing a very limited choice of player, make a derisory offer that is rejected out of hand. This will drag on until the end of the transfer window, where we will panic and sign a p...

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Vegas Claret wrote:i'll gladly be the worst team on 40 points this season in the vain hope the style improves in the future

We'll be saying that next season, the season after......and so on!

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Is Andre Gray injured as he wasn't even on the bench?

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Vegas Claret wrote:dunno why people think Watford will be dragged into the relegation battle, no chance

Not now, but prior to tonight they had been on a horrendous run.

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Good job for Watford that they won their first four matches as they are dropping like a stone!

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When opposition supporters start to moan at how badly they played against what they perceive to be a poor side. Liverpool struggled at times with our intensity and Brighton did little with all the possession they had. In reality it's because they don't realise how organised we are at our best and ho...

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If we are in a relegation battle during the next transfer window I think we will find it tremendously difficult to sign players who would improve our starting 11. If that's the case I believe we will be largely or entirely relying on what we already have to steer us clear of relegation. That probab...

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I see Mee and Taylor didn't even celebrate together.

Obviously something isn't right!

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Great result for us. We are poor and I don't think the January window will add much or anything to our squad. The one thing we have though is Premier league experience, what the likes of Cardiff and Fulham don't have, this will be invaluable come May If we carry on the last two performances we look...

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Aclaret wrote:Wish we had the pace that Wolves have.
They seem to move the ball about very quickly.

And yet they got stuffed by Huddersfield and Cardiff

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beddie wrote:Gray by a country mile. Watford know how to play him, infortunately we didnt in the Prem.

Really? Is that why he's only got 8 goals in nearly 50 appearances for them?

A fantastic strike rate!

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The board obviously - the real culprits and every single fan who thought our central and wide midfield did not need strengthening. About time people took more notice of those that can see what might be ahead. But even with the current players did you think we'd be struggling as much as we are doing?

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I always think the point that is missed is the fans are missing out. We pay a lot of money to watch a football game and the goalie was wasting time from the first goalkick, from what I saw don't think the ref even talked to him, he pointed at his watch a few times but no way did this equate to a mi...

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And it's either them or Dortmund. That's just a two horse race every season.

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TheFamilyCat wrote:I'd be surprised if City and Liverpool weren't 1st and 2nd come the end of the season.

Two horse race after 16 games.

Best league in the world.

Are there any other teams capable of beating Bayern Munich on a regular basis in Germany, for example?

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Top Claret wrote:Glen Little would be nowhere near this team. He had no pace and was lazy. Little would have been well out of his depth at this level

Ability can easily override lack of pace and being lazy

Ibrahimović was bone idle at times yet he had the ability which meant it didn't matter.

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Why are people writing off Wood when he was brilliant for us last season? 11 goals in 26 matches was fantastic. Gray got 5 in 33. Seems the vast majority on this thread haven't got a clue when it comes to the difficulty in buying a striker who can score 10 goals or more in the Prem. Virtually imposs...

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Interesting that we've tried different striking partnerships this season and looked poor, but in the last two matches we've played Barnes and Wood together and looked very good as a team. I'd keep him in the team as the performances are much improved of late. We can't keep chopping and changing the ...

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Ooogeorgeorgeoghani wrote:we can't afford to go all season with what we have up top

Dunno, Huddersfield survived last season with two strikers who, by the looks of it, simply aren't cut out for English football!

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You don't play for England 75 times and win the PL title if you are a poor goalkeeper!

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I think the thread title is just a tad optimistic. We raised our game (nicely) against a top club who fielded 4 players from their last game and benched their entire forward line. After we scored they brought on the big guns and we were swept aside. Not knocking them for last night but to say we mi...

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The same John Stones that was a key figure in a World Cup semi final team, a Premier League winner last season and a regular in arguably the best team we’ve ever seen in the Premier League? Van Dijk seems to have a lot more strength about him. And he's surrounded by players who aren't as good as th...

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Certainly a class above the likes of John Stones.

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from BBC website: '...Burnley have taken nine points from their opening 15 games this season. Just three of the previous 18 teams to have won nine points or fewer from their first 15 games of a Premier League season have avoided relegation: Sunderland in 2013-14, Wigan in 2007-08 and Coventry in 19...

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I'll leave that to you but I think 0-4 would be a decent result on the present form of both clubs. Think about it - Liverpool at their best and Burnley playing like they did on Saturday. Actually don't - it doesn't bear thinking about. I'm keeping my fingers (and everything else) crossed for a draw...

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houseboy wrote:I want to be wrong but I fear tonight has the potential to be an embarrassment.

What do you deem to be an embarrassment?

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Top Claret wrote:I would also put Defour in this bracket who does not look fit enough for this level

But it does take a few games for players to get back their full match fitness.

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He is just being polite. You wouldn't expect him to say 'they are sh!te and we should win by a vanload would you?' He'll be saying to his players 'come guys, this lot should be a roll over and a great chance to improve our goal difference'. I'd love to be wrong but I fear for us tonight, I really d...

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There must be growing pressure on Liverpool each time Man City win, as one slip up pretty much ends their title challenge.

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If you travel to, say, India with a group like "Explore" this kind of tourist stuff is a complete no-no. I have to admit the thread title filled me with some dread - I assumed it was one of our resident rednecks bemoaning the fact that "Sambo" was no longer an appropriate term. An easy enough mista...

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Buxtonclaret wrote:If they'd someone half decent at finding the net, they'd be comfortable in mid table.

But they haven't, so they're not!

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Murger wrote:Nope. They've scored and are winning.

He meant repeating what we were doing last season.

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Tony Cottee on sky sports reporting as well as Duffy being sent off and missing Saturday against us, Glenn Murray also taken off with suspected dislocated shoulder.... That and Cardiff missing a pen, may be the bit of luck we need to help climb the table a bit If Murray has dislocated his shoulder ...

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Bournemouth 1-0 Huddersfield

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It won't be long before someone says that we could just as easily have been relegated had we not been as lucky with the results!

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Bottom line is those clubs you mentioned held in to the managers too long , you just can’t see it 2 wins from 19 is appalling and I’m not sure how anyone can defend that . Really? Go on the Rovers forum and every supporter on there would rather have BFS than Tony Mowbray. They really regret getting...

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Wolves got rid of Mick Mccarthy and went onto drop two divisions. Rovers got rid of BFS and dropped two divisions. Charlton got rid of Curbishley and... Stoke,Swansea, West Brom all wanted better football Plenty of others as well. Has any club wanting a better playing style, ever recovered from sack...

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If Dyche played decent football he'd have been offered another job by now. For me the only thing putting teams off has been the rank bad football he serves up. And like it or not he hasn't yet got the track record of Allardyce or Pulis of keeping teams up. So you think Everton hired BFS because the...

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When was this decent stuff we played under Dyche then? I'll give you the first promotion season when all the flair came from the likes of Trippier, Ings and Stanislas who Eddie Howe signed. Since then for the most part it has been absolutely dire. Even the year we won the Championship apart from Br...

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Southampton sack Hughes after drawing with Man Utd Fulham sack their manager for losing to Liverpool despite playing well. Leicester sack Ranieiri after winning the league when they went in the bottom half. Swansea sacked loads. Which club other than ours would seriously stick by him? Maybe Bournem...

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I’m simply not accepting that we struggled to make the signing clubs like Hudds managed. You do realise Huddersfield signed two strikers that even their own fans question, especially considering that neither Steve Mounié or Laurent Depoitre have scored this season. It really is scraping the barrel ...

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All that yet they overlooked the need to strengthen the team in order to remain competitive at this level. And yet many clubs who have thrown millions trying to stay in the Prem still get relegated. Clubs like Stoke spent a fair amount during their stay in the PL - and where exactly did it get them?

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You are right John. However, I for one am going to find it hard as I am so annoyed with the club regarding the last 2 transfer windows. It sort of serves them right really. It needs the manager and players to show some fight. I think starting McNeil would help a lot to get the crowd going. What's d...

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NL Claret wrote:every home league game is a forgone conclusion.

We know how he feels then!

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There's no guarantees with anything. The current situation on the pitch can't get much worse though. It's not just the results we just aren't in games and never remotely look like winning. Changes can work such as Leicester - Pearson changed Ranieri changed and not much loyalty shown because they'd...

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ewanrob wrote:I liked the forward thinking half time substitution, if it's not working then change it....it could catch on, I thought subs weren't allowed until the 80th minute.

Brady came on at HT yesterday

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Lancasterclaret wrote:And they have spent an absolute fortune being three points better than us.

The best model we have is probably us to be honest.

Indeed, and they spent £32 million on a striker who's currently no better than Marvin Sordell.

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I'd rather stay in the PL but not at the expense of some entertainment. But surely any sport is about winning first and foremost? I've just had a quite look at the rules of association football and there is nothing that states a striker has to do a double back flip and a triple somersault before sc...

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