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Rangers/Celtic.

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An outstanding defensive display against the lowest scorers in the division. A point is a good result but I was there and I find actively playing for a 0-0 pretty hard to stomach. Newcastle have got nothing up front so I feel like we could have played a slightly more open match and beat them with ou...

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Where and how do you think Wolves have been acquiring players to allow them to do that? That's beside the point. I'm not saying we should be competing for 4th spot or the Europa League, just that Wolves are proof you can play in two competitions with minimal rotation without performing worse in eit...

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Wolves are tearing up the Europa League this season and are only five points off fourth in the Premier League. Plus they've been putting out strong teams in both competitions despite having a small squad. The idea that we can't compete on both fronts is nonsense.

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The problem with our current approach is that we've got one of the oldest squads in the league. Sooner or later we need to bring in some younger replacements and if we only shop in England that's going to cost us £15-25 million a player. If we won't do that there will come a point of collapse and we...

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You can't knock the goalscoring record of Barnes and Wood, but do we need to blindly pick them every game no matter what? There's some games where a bit more subtlety is needed, Liverpool at home springs to mind, Van Dijk and Matip were dealing with our long balls comfortably. Why not try Jay Rod o...

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Trippier didn't sound too upset when he left for Madrid. “I spoke to the manager about his plans and I didn't get a ’yes’ and I didn't get a ‘no’. So you get the impression. It’s disappointing. I gave everything for the club and I wanted to stay, I had another couple of years left. Me and the manag...

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By my calculations they've scored 33 goals in the 36 games they've started together (18 for Barnes, 15 for Wood).

Not bad.

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Weirdly Leicester are second from bottom in the XG table so it's not like they've been creating a load of chances, just scoring a lot of good goals. If we sit back and keep things tight we should be able to frustrate them.

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Five.

0 against Leicester, 3 against Chelsea, 1 against Sheff Utd and 1 against West Ham.

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Newcastle fans only see Ashley as a bad owner because they have the perpetual belief they should be spending hundreds of millions a year and challenging for the title. I live in Newcastle and most of them would be delighted with spending £16 million on Rondon and making it to the 5th round of the F...

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Wood and Barnes tend to struggle against sides with big centre backs (Brighton and Everton for example). Might as well bring in Jay or Vydra for those kind of games.

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1st: Liverpool
2nd: Man City
3rd: Spurs
4th: Arsenal
5th: Leicester
6th: Chelsea

14th: Burnley

18th: Brighton
19th: Norwich
20th: Newcastle (how can anyone not tip them to go down?)

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It's not necessarily that he should start, it's that he should come on at the 60-65 min mark if the direct hoof it up to Wood/Barnes tactic isn't working.

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Hibsclaret wrote:Fixed it for you

Why not go the whole hog and judge them on their entire PL careers?

Wilson - Mins per goal 209
Barnes - Mins per goal 250

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Hibsclaret wrote:How many pens?

One, to Barnes' two. We can deduct them from the total if you like

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Hibsclaret wrote:If you compare strike rate, there’s only one answer and that’s Ashley.

For those suggesting Wilson, he has more pace but that’s about it.

PL Goals last season:

Wilson: 14
Barnes: 12

Mins per goal:

Wilson: 181
Barnes: 199

Assists:

Wilson: 9
Barnes: 2

It's no contest.

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For England obviously Wilson. He suits their style of play much more and international refs wouldn't put up with any of Ashley's ****.

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You can't blame the players. Making ten changes is inherently a gamble and even if they're talented individuals you can't rely on fluency or defensive organisation. The problem with Dyche in cup competitions is that when you play the same eleven in the league every week the second string obviously w...

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Always been a big fan of Kightly and thought he was underused during our first Premier League season under Dyche. I seem to remember him having a barnstormer of a first half at Old Trafford but apart from that wasn't given many chances.

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You obviously don't understand the importance of Burnley FC remaining in the Premiership for another year. Or we think it's possible to have a decent cup run without getting relegated. In 2008-09 we played 12 cup games and still got promoted. Cup runs aren't the end of the world. When did we all ge...

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Exciting. Played his best football in a 442 playing a direct style of play.... bodes well.

No problem with it being until January. If he plays and does well it'll be extended. If he doesn't who cares?

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Firthy wrote:And ????? Not a chance in hell of him coming here

I don't see why not. Won't be on huge wages at Spurs and will be heading to a lower-half Premier League side. Would be a cracking signing.

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thomaspaine wrote:No disrepect mate but I trust Dyches judgement not yours.

I trust his judgement as well which is why I added the caveat "if we don't sign a central midfielder". I think we will, but if we don't and decent players within our reach have gone elsewhere obviously we've ****** up.

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I'll be honest if we don't sign a central midfielder and Mooy and Billing go to Brighton and Bournemouth I'll be pretty annoyed. Half the board suggested them months ago ffs.

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tiger76 wrote:We could splash 30-40m in the last couple of days of this window,and we're still likely to be in the bottom 6

But we'd be a lot less likely to be in the bottom 3.

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Drinkwater would be a fantastic signing. So what if he hasn't played for two years? He's 29 and hasn't had any major injuries... What exactly do people think will have happened to him?

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Victor Camarasa going to Palace. One year loan with an obligation to buy for €13.5 million. Bargain.

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Phillip Billing gone to Bournemouth for £15 million.

Should have been ours in my opinion.

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And it won't be a problem. Even under WTO rules, which do not specify a hard border, the problem of having a physical border is so insurmountable that a solution would be found. The basis of the paperwork on exports to Ireland is already in place; every export already has specific paperwork. The pa...

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Re. the Northern Ireland situation, I don't recall the Remain side going on about it either. Is the implication that everybody knew it would be a problem but both sides decided to keep it quiet, or that only Leave realised it would be a problem and Remain didn't, or that no-one realised it would be...

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Surely Tarks for captain if he stays?

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Does a decent job wherever he goes, initially at least. Not a bad appointment for them given their situation. Still relegation fodder though.

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Going off past form Dyche will give Vydra a chance and stick Jay on the bench until he gets up to speed.

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Very happy with this. A competent back-up for £3 million and Rodriguez, Barnes, Wood and Vydra is an excellent quartet of strikers. That leaves a lot of money left over for a winger and central midfielder. Bowen and Mooy would be my preference.

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Looked bang average at the World Cup and plays for a minor Turkish side. No thanks.

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We might laugh but the Chelsea fans will be buzzing about this. Not just because he's a Chelsea legend, but because he might actually play some of the youngsters. Good luck to him.

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Is it Crouch twice? Stoke and Portsmouth?

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Sell him to Villa or Bournemouth for £10 million+ and make Pope number one. Sad to see him go but it's the sensible thing to do.

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To be fair, if he’s been playing in Belgium, I’d say he’ll be fine settling in England. He could be totally unsettled and isolated in Belgium but still succeeding on the pitch because he's playing at a lower level. In the Premier League I wouldn't risk it, not in a team like ours that relies so muc...

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joey13 wrote:What like Vydra?

No suggestion Vydra doesn't fit in in the dressing room or isn't settled in the area. Dyche just doesn't fancy him which is a different issue entirely.

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Not the kind of signing I'd like us to be making. At least if we spend £20 million on a striker from the Championship we know they're going to fit in with the squad and not end up seeking a move back abroad in a seasons time when they struggle with the language and can't settle.

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Would have liked to see Jimmy Bullard's team talk on the pitch celebration. Or David Dunn's attempted rabona.

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Dyched wrote:Puzzled about the 2 Arsenal players around the ref??

The ref sending off Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain instead of Kieran Gibbs (or vice-versa). Think it was Wenger's 1000th game in charge when they lost 6-0 to Chelsea.

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If Barnes and Wood can make it in the PL I've no doubt Vydra can as well. Should have been a regular sub at the 65 minute mark in games where we needed a change in tactics. Letting him go makes no sense because we'd have to shell out at least £10million to replace him. Barnes, Wood, Vydra + JRod wou...

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I'm sure Campbell was equally annoyed when all those Corbyn supporters were barred from voting in the leadership contest for expressing support for another party. And no doubt when his mate Tony brought in these exact rules Campbell expressed his full opposition.

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Foulthrow wrote:Has there been any other league season where the top two have amassed so many points?

Serie A last season. Juve 95 points. Napoli 91.

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I fancy Liverpool now. Cardiff, Huddersfield, Newcastle and Wolves is a dream set of fixtures whereas City could conceivably drop points to Spurs, United or Leicester. Personally I'd be buzzing if they did it. City's owners are a stain on football and I'm a massive fan of Klopp. They're more excitin...

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Hart
Crouch
Defour
Ward
Lennon
Vydra (sadly but Dyche is obviously never going to play him).

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Maupay, Bowen, Adams... it would be negligent if we don't end up with one of them.

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