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It seems that VK would rather us play this way, concede goals and maybe lose than tell players to boot the ball clear at every opportunity.

Oh well

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It might not this season, if we’re not good enough we’re not good enough. They are definitely doing the maximum they can and I think (barring Beyer and Foster) that is our best eleven possible. I can’t ask more of them than that personally - but I’m relaxed about the prospect of relegation so I rea...

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Why does the same thing happen every game?

We create chances until the opposition score, then we create absolutely nothing there afterwards?

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Why do we insist on trying to play "Total football" when teams like Wolves are happy to hoof it clear as and when required?

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Although not connected, having watched York play Wigan on Friday night in a new ground, I'd be curious to know how many clubs have now moved into new stadiums since we won that 4th divsion title league and climbed up the leagues.

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Only 7 of their 15 points from games against the bottom half sides. Wins against Bournemouth, Everton and a draw against Luton. Defeats to Palace, Sheff Utd and Fulham. More pressure on them at home when they play teams at the bottom end. Hopefully we can cause them some problems and get the crowd ...

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The problem is that nobody in the entire history of the PL has ever been as bad as that Sheffield side who turned up (or rather didn't turn up) at the Turf on Saturday. Absolutely league two stuff from them and yes, I am aware Derby only got 11 points all season, but I'll venture they were never th...

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And Man Utd are guaranteed to be on.

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What's the loan arrangement we have?

Will it be a case of if he plays too well we won't be able to sign him, unless we agree a bigger fee, like Nathan Tella?

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He's far better without Cullen in the midfield.

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 02, 2023 7:45 pm
That's YOUR worry. You do not represent this forum or the whole fan base.

Fairly obvious they had some presentable chances that would have been taken by better sides in the Prem.

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I (sadly) think we're a basket case in terms of survival, but I will say that we'll finish above that shower of utter dross we played today. We're a good side who aren't quite (yet) good enough for the PL. They're just absolutely bloody dreadful. The worry still lingers that two of the Sheffield Un...

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It now works. They'd oviously not changed things at 10am, but I've now managed to buy the additional tickets.

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If you wait til 10am when they go general I am sure you can buy more online, if not you will be able to get them on the phone. I thought it was 4 per claret number once at general. I have got extra's previously but can't remember if I did it twice online or just waited til general sale. Trying to b...

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Trying to buy three extra tickets but it keeps saying I've already used my Clarets number for a previous purchase.

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:57 pm
P7 is almost hanging over the River Thames.

And it says some of those tickets are restricted view.

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I've already purchased two tickets for the Fulham game. However, I've been asked if I can purchase three more tickets when they go on general sale, especially as there will be a few unsold, but those who would like the tickets don't have Claret numbers. My question is that is it possible to use an e...

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If we can replicate Brighton's strategy why did Tony Bloom have to put so much money in the club if it's possible for other clubs to replicate what Brighton have done without his finances?

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Brighton ran a net negative transfer spend of between. £50-70M for a number of seasons while they got established. They have bought the odd player for around £20M, very few. The outlier this season was Pedro up at nearly £30M whilst they were recouping serious income from sales. Not all the signing...

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Papabendi wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:42 pm
I think you need to relook the Brighton model over the past five years

But without the money in the first place (almost half a billion) they would never have got to where they are now. That's something we can never compete with.

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The slight issue with your view is that it renders any success in the Championship rather pointless too. Surely Brighton and Brentford are good models for us. Able to have enjoyable seasons and stick it to the big boys whilst thriving with talented players spotted through clever scouting. And sure,...

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I never implied anything’s guaranteed we can only put ourselves into the best position to compete on a more even keel with all but the top 6-8 clubs in the pl financially and player calibre wise. We did that previously and very well too. Just accept that it's impossible to stay in the Prem long ter...

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Global reach meaning the clubs worldwide fanbase not pure tv viewing figures, no we can’t adopt old fashioned financial ways within the pl anymore and the whole point of !the project’ is to increase the size of the club from small town club to established pl club that holds its own and has a strong...

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Nori1958 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:19 pm
They wont

If Luton did survive and we didn't then VK doesn't deserve to keep his job.

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We’ve always had top talent, squads filled with world class players. Southgate has the best record in the last 50 years but not the best squad. When you look back, Shearer was every bit as good as Kane, Ferdinand & Terry a class above any centre half pairing we have now. Ashley Cole arguably the be...

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Some may not realise that the photo in the Aarticle is how far left the seats go in that stand beyond the pitch. You are almost in the Thames.

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Its now widely acclaimed we have the strongest squad of players in the world, and there is an expectation we should win the Euros after several failed attempts in major tournaments. I sense that Southgate is starting to feel the pressure in the manner he is defending both the current players, and h...

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PremierLeagueClass wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:12 pm
This level is far below what he’s used to.

But in his appearances for England so far he's not really shown any good awarness that he's done for Villa.

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This level does seem a step too far for Watkins.

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Aside from the penalty, England have looked toothless without Kane.

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Let's not forget Maguire gave away a blatant penalty earlier that wasn't given. So it fairly balanced itself out in the end.

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For those not aware, he's one of the numerous wingers we have at the club.

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Darko Churlinov on the bench.

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"In summary, I think it will be difficult for Leeds, Leicester or Burnley to extract any compensation from Everton. Hopefully this will be a crumb of comfort to my fellow Blues. "

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"Forest and Southampton have reportedly decided not to pursue any claims. The others will have 28 days to make a decision."

Does that mean they think it's a worthless exercise?

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:06 pm
I hate this sort of thing because ultimately it’s the fans that suffer due to ownership and things out of their control. Do we really want football owners putting football clubs at risk over petty lawsuits?

How would you punish clubs who break the rules?

Or should clubs just be allowed to cheat?

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List of other punishments:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67455906

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Agree, I’m well over that relegation too and I don’t think we were relegated for anything other than being rubbish. We won 1 game under Dyche from the start of the season until February. But it’s Everton’s fault? I hate this sort of thing because ultimately it’s the fans that suffer due to ownershi...

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Why have Everton been punished far quicker than Man city?

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Yeah, that’s one that sticks in my head, along with a few VK comments that give the impression he believes the gap is too big to compete against most sides, you have to imagine that filters down to the players . We have competed a lot better with previous players & squads that have far less quality...

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Perhaps the title should be changed to "Getting Promoted too easily". Something which I think has partly led to where we currently are. I suspect the ease with which we went up meant that everyone thought that whilst stopping up wouldn't be 100% guaranteed the feeling probably was that it wouldn't p...

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It's exactly that, a project. Heard on the radio today that Thomas Frank has been at Brentford for six years. Time flies. Won one of his first ten games in charge and took him 1 and 1/2 seasons to get promoted via the play offs. Seeing them now shows what patience can give you in return. And a load...

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RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 12, 2023 4:31 pm
Try to play football the right way.

Didn't Norwich do that and sink without a trace?

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Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:17 pm
Trippier was arguing with a fan at the end of the game it's doing the rounds on social media sorry I can't do the link

There you go:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... mouth.html

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Who knows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGkSrVSnoGs

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claretcarrot93 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:33 am
Laws got sacked from the league below because his team were bottom.

We were 8th.

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Not sure yesterday was anything to do with the style of football. It was a miscontrolled ball and a slip followed by losing a man at the back post. A few sides in our division may tell their man to hump that kind of ball out but I don’t think that is down to our style (that foul on Trafford was but...

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Therefore begs the question as to why we couldn't use the good performance and tactics against Forest in other matches, as we were the better team and deserved all three points.

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I know you are someone into data/xG, well at least have a decent knowledge of it comparative to most… a neutral fan I got chatting with post last season was betting we’d go straight back down based largely on our significant xG outperformance last season. He pointed out it was the largest outperfor...

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No team that has come up with over 100 points has ever been relegated in the following season. Just truly mind boggling. The closest comparision to date is Norwich city who get promoted with 97 points (just four points less than us) in the 20/21 season. They got relegated the following season finis...

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