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Jacko

Different player but this seems relevant, given it's a young centre half moving from Strasbourg to Chelsea:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... dq883g9dzo

Feeder club, succession planning and the fee all of interest.

Jacko

I know he's had an injury, and I don't know if there's any truth in this, but there are a lot of people very quick to write off Ben Mee it seems. Whether he comes back or not, he's a legend and it's not that long since he was a first choice Premier League centre back. I suspect he's not past it at a...

Jacko

The FSA have addressed this in their weekly mailing today. Well worth reading the information they link to on their website. Authoritative and helpful.

https://thefsa.org.uk/news/pitch-invasi ... e-law-say/

Jacko

Trafford 7
Robert’s 7
CJ 7
Esteve 7
Piers 8
Edward’s 7
Brownhill 7
Cullen 8*
Laurent 6
Anthony 8
Foster 6

Fleming 6

Jacko

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
Egan-Riley 8
Estève 7
Humphreys 6
Cullen 7
Laurent 5
Hannibal 6
Anthony 6
Flemming 5
Foster 4

Jacko

Post-goal music is naff, as is instantaneous booming post-final whistle stuff.

Jacko

Hladky 6
Sonne 6
CJ 7
Worrall 7
Humphreys 7
Pires 6
Shelvey 7
Hannibal 6
Benson 6
Sarmiento 8
Barnes 6

Esteve 7
Edwards 7
Bauress 6

Jacko

There's a lot of straw man building going on here and with some of the more outlandish takes on this argument. Very few people see this in such black & white terms, in my experience. It is quite possible to have more than one thought at the same time. Yes, I'm pleased we're doing well and second in ...

Jacko

It's an interesting one this, isn't it, bringing together lots of different issues including that perennial question of means justifying the ends. Ultimately success for the manager depends on going up this season; i think we're sacrificing a lot in the current approach and I don't agree with it qui...

Jacko

We'd definitely benefit from a better #9 (but then which team wouldn't) but the more significant issue is the way we're playing. It stems from the manager. I get very frustrated with keeper, defenders, midfielders and forwards going backwards and sideways but recognise, out of the heat of the moment...

Jacko

Trafford 10
Roberts 7
Egan-Riley 8
Estève 7
Humphreys 6
Cullen 7
Laurent 5
Anthony 6
Brownhill 5
Foster 5
Flemming 5

Jacko

Very interesting how people.watching on TV get a more positive view of some players. In the ground the effort off the ball is much more apparent. Hladky 5 Sonne 6 Worrall 8 Egan 7 Pires 5 Bauress 7 McDermott 7 Koleosho 6 Rodriguez 6 - very weird position asked of him today Foster 6 Barnes 5 Flemming...

Jacko

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:28 pm
Attitude, or a serious fitness issue?

Well, if could be fitness but if so he's the most unfit player I've ever seen. He was only on for 10 mins, didn't run very much and then was bent over with his hands on his legs, unmoving. Clearly talented though.

Jacko

He did a couple of nice things but he didn't run and with 20 mins left he gave up! Was standing motionless with hands on knees! His attitude stinks.

Jacko

I'd like to win and progress, so our first team, please.

Jacko

I love Ashley, but we should be in the market for a dynamic #9 who can score a dozen goals in the second half of the season.

Of course, we still could be, but I suspect that's not what the owners are looking to do.

Jacko

Every player takes one or more touches than they need. It's so sloooooow.

Jacko

I promise it wasn’t always this negative in the ground. I think we were spoilt under Kompany in his first season and now anything less than that (I.e 99.9% of our history) is now not good enough and doesn’t deserve backing from the stands unfortunately. I think it's that the football is dire. Burnl...

Jacko

So far when i've bought away tickets for me & my dad, this season, i've allocated the ticket to him on purchase but then it doesn't seem to be giving him the loyalty points due, while i have been getting them on my account. Anyone else had this happen? Or, alternatively, can you confirm it's working...

Jacko

It's all becoming unacceptable where is the blood and thunder of a good championship game wingers flying down the line beating players 3-2 scorelines crunching tackles which would all get the crowd to their feet.To say I'm becoming disillusioned with football is an understatement and going on to wa...

Jacko

Excessive ticket pricing is one of the biggest issues in football. The problem is escalating and accelerating; I fear many owners think they've reached a tipping point where they can get away with it. Fans need to continue to speak out. Concepts of "good value" are utterly subjective; a better way t...

Jacko

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
Egan-Riley 8
Estève 7
Pires 6
Cullen 8
Brownhill 7
Anthony 7
Hannibal 6
Koleosho 6
Rodriguez 8

Jacko

I think he's been excellent this year; either our best, or close to best, performer. However, I do think he's not been immune to our collective defensive issue of slow, sometimes overly safe, passing. During some of the less riveting passages of play in recent games, I've been musing on whether this...

Jacko

Trafford 5 - no chance with the goal but why so slow in possession? Roberts 5 - one of the best full backs in the championship last time; what's changed? Egan-Riley 6 Estève 6 Humphreys 5 Cullen 4 -no longer plays it forward; what's changed? Laurent 5 - trier but a big downgrade on previous midfield...

Jacko

Trafford 5 - no chance with the goal but why so slow in possession? Roberts 5 - one of the best full backs in the championship last time; what's changed? Egan-Riley 6 Estève 6 Humphreys 5 Cullen 4 -no longer plays it forward; what's changed? Laurent 5 - trier but a big downgrade on previous midfield...

Jacko

Poulton-le-Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:35 pm
Our worst half of football this season?

Not by a long way!

Jacko

It's not difficult to select an England team, other countries manage it fine leaving top players out just rotate them. Not sure why we have to fit Foden in he's been terrible for England. Why does Bellingham need playing so far forward? His goal yesterday came when he played deeper, play him alongs...

Jacko

Trafford 6 Humphreys 5 Egan-Riley 5 Estève 7 Pires 4 Cullen 5 Brownhill 5 Anthony 5 Hannibal 5 Koleosho 4 Foster 4 Roberts 6 Rubbish stuff. Poor performances all around including some worryingly weak stuff from some: powder puff challenges, lack of bite, failure to run. However, most worrying is the...

Jacko

By far the best thing about today was chalking off another ground for me. Trafford - 6 Humphreys - 7 Egan-Riley - 6 Esteve - 6 Pires - 6 Koleosho - 7 - why doesn't he go outside more regularly - is he under instructions not to? Cullen - 6 Brownhill - 5 Sarmiento - 5 Hannibal - 4 Foster - 4 Anthony -...

Jacko

A performance that was more than the sum of its parts, I thought. Enjoyable day out (apart from some of the most jobsworth of jobsworthy stewarding from Leeds beforehand).

Trafford 8
Humphreys 7
Worrall 7
Estève 7
Pires 6
Brownhill 7
Laurent 6
Anthony 6
Hannibal 7
Koleosho 7
Flemming 7

Jacko

Same problem for me. Font poor and the colour contrast is a bad one. Couldn't read the teams on the back page.

Also, the content was slimmer than ever, I thought. Don't even bother with a full preview of the opposition squad. Very poor.

Jacko

Very satisfying. We won exceedingly well but there's loads of room for improvement; were a few who were off it for most of the game and only showed flashes but we still had way too much.

Hladky 6
Roberts 7
Esteve 7
O'Shea 7
Lucas Pires 6
Vitinho 6
Cullen 7
Brownhill 8
Koleosho 6
Rodriguez 6
Foster 6

Jacko

Trafford 7 - solid. Luton are a tough ask for a keeper with lots into the box Roberts 7 O'Shea 9 Esteve 8 Pires 7 - nice debut Brownhill 8 - really calm and important finish, set the tempo Cullen 8 Vitinho 8 Koleosho 7 Odobert 7 Foster 7 Zaroury 7 I REALLY enjoyed that. Didn't realise how much last ...

Jacko

Even if it were just one ticket, £55 is an outrageous, unjustified price increase. I fear it'll get worse. I would hope the majority of out fans could agree that in principle prices should be kept down and owners and we, at the very least, shouldn't be dismissing concerns that things are going in th...

Jacko

That is not the club badge. I strongly dislike that the owners think they can just do whatever they like for marketing purposes. Upsetting.

Jacko

Good move for Charlie, he's the last of the journeymen type player to move on from the Dyche era. Looking back, thanks to Dyche a number of players were able to compete at the highest level for an extended period of time and become wealthy young men in the process. Lowton, Mee, Westwood, Barnes, JB...

Jacko

There are far more concerning moral issues in football than gambling advertising. Getafe allowing a woman abuser to play for them is one of them. I don’t know how anyone can support them. This doesn’t just affect a minority but it is sending the wrong message to all female supporters of all footbal...

Jacko

It just seems to me that you're likely to have about as much luck persuading a local corner shop to stop selling cigs as you are Burnley FC to not take a gambling sponsor. Its a matter for legislation pure and simple. I have a lot of sympathy with this: it's for government to set the framework. How...

Jacko

I think there's two issues here: 1. One's stance on gambling sponsors as a rule. 2. The type of gambling company you take on as a sponsor. I completely appreciate that some have a view that they don't like any association with gambling firms - it's an argument with merit. However, I think the bigger...

Jacko

Been lots of pleasing on the eye football. Just cause you (a mere mortal who doesn’t understand football tactics) can’t see a system doesn’t mean there hasn’t been one. I understand tactics just fine, thanks. The results and the performances have been there for all to see. I prefer to judge off tho...

Jacko

. He's stuck to his guns, played the football sides like Bayern want to/need to play. I've seen a few comments like this, including some journalists, and all i can say is, have you SEEN us this season? We've been shite. I can accept that last season he had a style but he certainly hasn't this. Ther...

Jacko

Yes, I doubt Tarkowski would have been any better than our current cb's, and probably the reason why he hasn't played more for England, not he's game to play out from the back. Not quite my point. Tarks is very much better than our current lot (and btw his passing is decent); but even someone like ...

Jacko

The article reflects what anyone can say 'after the event', there were very few questioning our signings at the time.. I think a lot of people were wondering and questioning. Lots of expensive, unproven, puzzling signings for big money. We signed very few proven at any comparable level. Redmond was...

Jacko

Neil wrote: ↑
Sat May 11, 2024 6:09 pm
His varying marks are purely down to the incident at the end and which side of the fence you sit on.
Take that out and his 3s would be 6s or 7s

He was pathetic at the end but even without that he was crap. He's a fullback who can't defend

Jacko

Muric 6
Assignon 3 - pathetic; he can f*** off
O’Shea 6
Estève 6
Taylor 6
Bruun Larsen 6
Berge 7
Cullen 6
Vitinho 4
Odobert 5
Foster 4 - how can you be a professional footballer while failing to understand the importance of running?

Jacko

Muric 7 Assignon 5 - decent for the first 20 but then shocking..the 3rd goal was embarrassing. O'Shea 5 - I know he's done better lately but he's not a top tier centre half as yet Esteve 4 - Wilson made him look as raw as he is Vitinho 4 Cullen 5 Berge 6 Brownhill 5 Brun Larsen 4 Odobert 4 Foster 4 ...

Jacko

Goalkeepers do operate on a different basis from outfield players when it comes to errors..You simply cannot do what Muric did yesterday - it's a stinker and anything else done in the game is irrelevant. The goalkeeper debate has become very political for some and it seems the side those people pick...

Jacko

You're not comparing eggs with eggs though are you? In the EPL market, and even the EFL market, it is very competitive. That, i suspect, is how they have looked at it. Other clubs doing /getting away with it isn't a justification. It is, sadly, very much the case that all of the Premier League can ...

Jacko

Fail to see how anyone could argue that’s anything but exceptional value for Premier League football tbf. I disagree. It's expensive compared to historical ticket prices for English football. And looking elsewhere, the average standing season ticket for the Bundesliga was 205 Euro in 23/24. The ave...

Jacko

In past years, wasn't the usual practice to say how much the tickets would cost post-early bird period? The change this year seems significant & I can't imagine that's about anything other than holding back unwelcome news of further price increases.

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