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The problem we have is that the majority of our squad are untried at Prem level. If they swim we need relatively few… if they sink we need a whole new team. For now we just have to assume the successes this season will also be successes next season. (Benson,Zaroury,Cullen,Vitinho,Brownhill,Muric) Ri...

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I find myself with similar emotions to Bolton after the Coyle saga. Historically I have a relative soft spot for the club but they screwed us so let karma take its course.

Them following Bolton into the 3rd tier would be fitting. And every misfortune leads to a feeling of schadenfreude.

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How many great CBs can one team have?

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Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:34 am
Pros

The money

Cons

Everything else

This… as often Lancaster hits the nail on the head.

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It is why they keep potting their managers after a couple of years. Not had any stability since Poch who got them to Champ League final but that wasn’t enough.

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I know I’m totally biased but I can’t help thinking it would be a catastrophic move. He would need to win something to be successful which has eluded some of the best managers in the world. The squad is getting older. Sooner or later Kane will start to tail off and the rest of the squad misfires on ...

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Tha FA have rules about away tickets for the FA Cup. The EFL should have rules that prohibit what Blackburn are doing. There should be a fixed percentage (the biggest currently) and the away team should either pay up for those tickets or say they can’t fill them and return the to the home team in pl...

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Muric
Roberts
Maatsen
Beyer
Ekdal
Cullen
Cork
Tella
Barnes
Zaroury
JBG

Be good to see the return to football rather than the bickering.

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Points systems that have been running a long time end up being unfair in their own way.

It is a “how old are you” system by another name.

And to me that is not the way to encourage new fans. If allocated on highest first then i doubt there would have been a fan under 45 with a ticket.

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Not least from himself. He referred to his performance as 5hit.

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I hadn’t realised he was that old. Still plenty of miles in the tank but not a youngster like some of our other players.

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Muric would be on my list. I think he is an amazing keeper.

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Maybe they should limit home supporters to 2k… I thin we could fill the rest of the ground… which is something they wont be able to do.

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It is not so much the conspiracy theory that needs questioning so much as the official version of the truth. Jimmy Saville, Isaac Newton, the Big Bang, Everton being sound financially… We live in a world where our beliefs change. We need to question everything we know. We learn more and we have to a...

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Petersa wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:09 pm
Please.....I once saw Joe Neenan

I’ll see you Joe Neenan and raise you a Roger Hansbury…

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AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:26 am
Harry kane Weghorst has won honors in English football than him

If we are playing that game Weghorst has more honours than we have had in 60+ years.

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I do wonder why they have done it. Fear, envy, embarrassment or spite are all possible motives. I think it shows a complete misunderstanding of the football fan. If it were reversed I would be hoping we could stuff them and ram their “party” back down their throats. But regardless football is about ...

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Taylor is our best defensive left back but doesn't offer enough going forward in the way that VK plays. Summer is going to be very interesting and I suspect busy I think if the city game showed us anything it is that our style is all or nothing… and I don’t think Taylor at LB is a good fit. He has ...

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BFP 4 Roberts 6 Beyer 6 Al-Dakhil 6 Maatsen 5 Cullen 6 Gudmundsson 5 Tella 4 Zaroury 5 Vitinho 5 Foster 5 Cork 5 Barnes 5 Obafemi 6 I felt we should have gone with our strongest team especially in goal. Not about saving any of the shots but we never controlled the ball and Muric would have allowed u...

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I know this is a weird take on it but have we saved ourselves £30m. All the talk before the game was about buying Breyer, Tella and Maatasen for upwards of 15m a pop. I think that match has shown they are nowhere near that bracket and Tella alone possibly halved in value in one game. From £20m + sta...

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City not taking it lightly with that team

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HiThere wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:25 pm
Boro and Leeds both winning, could have been a better day. Leeds will be pretty much safe now.

Safe from what? No way are they safe from relegation.

Not sure they are safe in this match at 3-2

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No injuries either physical or psychological. If we come through still believing in ourselves then it will be “job done”

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It shows how far we’ve come that an up and coming young player doing well in the 3rd tier is not likely to get a sniff of our 1st team even as 4th choice.

Probably best for him to move there permanently for an ok sized fee.

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If Burnley had to play against that squad I’d give us a 50-50 chance.

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DAVETHEVICAR wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:21 pm

VAR needed at all levels

How on earth can you say this? VAR is not needed at any level.

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Only thing I know about Jack Yates is he scored on his only England appearance. I think he may have scored a hat trick. But my guess is it is related to that.

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Stockport county for c

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I can see BPF, Twine and Taylor all being in the squad and Vitinho being used as RB cover which brings the incoming list right down. It you have assumed us turning 3 loans into players so I think it is realistic.

I think CM is the key area to improve.

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equinox wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:07 pm
Our bench would give B@stards a real game.

From the North.

I agree. And imagine what we could do if we had 11 players!

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On that review it has the teams last time we played them. Was that possibly the weakest bench we ever had in the Prem. Heck is it the weakest ever by any team… Tarks aside.

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jojomk1 wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:06 pm
Struggling to see where the away wins are going to come from to secure the title

Just about every game we play! We are by far the best team in the division.

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Taking a step back I think it is the complexity of the ownership model that is responsible. On the surface we should have done well financially this last 12 months. Football is not a hugely complex business as such. But our finance model is like a 3 card trick. Accounts should be a clear reporting o...

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Can we have another thread once a song has been adopted? I’m not great at picking out words and there seem to be a fair few I’ve no idea what we are singing.

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Big interview on the BBC website

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Dervisoglu is a real surprise for me. Can’t imagine any situation where he could get on.

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claretandy wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:06 pm
Interesting...

Is Cork not fully fit? I’d have staked my house on him playing today.

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tiger76 wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 11, 2023 11:35 am
Caley see it out meaning there will be at least 2 lower league sides in the last 4, what's the odds the Old Firm are kept apart?

2/1 … 3 possible opponents for Celtic only one of which is Rangers

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GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:34 pm
Does Foster have a shop for you to show your arse in?

Gone for a Burton there.

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I would reckon that a similar stat re Man U and Sir Alex will be even longer..much longer, Dr Gea is still around at least and there would be players in his early days that would have played in the seventies. Don't ask me to prove it though! Be interesting to know the Dyche one… Probably a long sta...

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Yes and by some distance. We have great movement great tactics great team spirit and a great manager. It isn’t all about the individual players. The teams that get relegated often self destruct.

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I think he is making the mistake of too much media. Everyone only has so much to say and i think we’ve heard all he has. The story hasn’t progressed… but the same could be said for Pep or Klopp. Each manager has only so much innovation. Fergie mastered it by not talking too much about his philosophy...

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Be kind to yourself.

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BPF 6 Vitinho 6 Al Dakhil 7 Beyer 7 Taylor 6 Cullen 7 Brownhill 5 Twine 5 Zaroury 6 Obafemi 5 Foster 4 Roberts 7 Tella 7 JBG 7 Comes to something when we are able to completely negate a team. I know the sending off made a bit of difference but I can’t remember any team having so little chance in a g...

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Well that is totally meaningless now.

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Rick_Muller wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:33 pm
Fleetwood have played as well, if not better than many Championship clubs at Turf Moor this season

True but there is only one side that is going to win… we really have a very good system/squad.

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Not a red for me

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Foster needs to relax. He is too on edge.

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jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:18 pm
Wear sunscreen

Very good…

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