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kaptin1

Dubravka 8* (none of the goals were his fault)
Walker 6
Ekdal 6
Esteve 6
Hartman 6
Les 6
Cullen 6
Brun Larsen 5
Hannibal 5
Antony 6
Foster 7

Tchaouna 6
Laurent 6
Sonne 6
Worrall 6

kaptin1

Just because we now have a PA system capable of broadcasting clear messages does not make the club obliged to blast fans with overly loud music. Just because you *can* do something doesn't mean you have. Also, nobody at all complained, "the music isn't loud enough." We all said, "you can't hear wha...

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Dubravka 7 (looked pretty comfortable) Walker 7 (class player) Ekdal 8 (aside from one stray pass in the first half which Esteve rescued he didn’t really put a foot wrong) Esteve 7 (hope that was just cramp and not a bad injury) Hartman 6 (bit slow closing down at times) Cullen 8* (close between him...

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Row x wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 7:11 pm
There's a path all round the ground they could use

Pampered footballers won’t be happy with that

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Seems odd to have the players entering the ground at the North East corner and then have the tunnel in the South West. Are the players going to have to walk across the pitch to the changing rooms after they’ve arrived or have we dug a secret underground passage?

kaptin1

Third year in a row the numpties have sent my season ticket to my old address despite notifying them of my new address each time.

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Imagine if someone had told you two years ago that you were getting Englands u21 goalkeeper on loan for two years for free (bar wages) and that Man City were going to pay you £13m for the developing him. That would have sounded like a great deal at the time.

kaptin1

Wonder what Roberts is thinking having signed a contract extension only to then see us sign Walker and Tuanzebe who can both play in his position?

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mkmel wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:52 pm
Taking Newcastle players in part exchange would surely mean paying a smaller sell on fee to Man City

Or sending them an arm of the new player in the post

kaptin1

You can take these headline valuations with a pinch of salt as a lot will depend on deal structure and who the buying club is. For example, it may be just as attractive to sell for £35m paid up front versus £50m spread over five years. Time value of money and credit risk of the buyer both need to be...

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NL Claret wrote: ↑
Sat May 24, 2025 10:20 am
Burnley were 9th, PNE been 24th.

80 yellows, 2 sent off, 1 for 2 yellows (can’t remember who) and a straight red.

Didn’t Humphreys get sent off for two yellows at Leeds?

kaptin1

Maybe it’s 80% of those that can be shown live on tv in UK, so excludes Saturday 3pm kickoffs.

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Tue May 06, 2025 2:43 pm
Why did roads always look wider?

Smaller cars and fewer of them plus no lines separating lanes

kaptin1

Trafford 7 Roberts 7 CJ 7 Esteve 8 Pires 7 Brownhill 9* (a captain’s performance, hope he stays) Cullen 8 Hannibal 9 (has really improved recently, but Brownhill edges him for MOM given his two goals) Edwards 7 Barnes 8 (thought he was excellent) Antony 8 (could have been a 9/10 but for missed chanc...

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Must have been really hard for Joe to leave Forest, being a fan. Would have been easy for him to have sulked this season too, given his lack of game time for us following the rise of CJ, but from what I have seen he as been the model professional. Seems like a good character to have around.

kaptin1

Trafford
Bogle - CJ - Eteve - Firpo
Brownhill - Hamer
James - Azaz - Sainz
Piroe

kaptin1

Trafford 8
Roberts 7
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Pires 8
Brownhill 9
Cullen 9*
Hannibal 9
Koleosho 8
Flemming 9
Anthony 8

Sarmiento 9
Laurent 7

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Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:32 am
Great tactical play from SP to help Roberts out when they brought Rak-Sakyi on was the right move though

Didn't Rak-Sakyi play on their right ... so was up against Pires?

kaptin1

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:28 pm
Contracts mean nothing

Contracts mean compensation

kaptin1

Suspect CJ and Brownhill will either sign new contracts in next couple of weeks or we will move on to other options. As much as I’d like them both to stay, we afford to spend half the summer waiting for them to decide while they see if a better offer comes along.

kaptin1

I agree with Jordan. Parker was rightly sacked from both jobs and as an out of work manager was lucky to get the Burnley job, but that shouldn’t detract from the fact that he has learned from his mistakes, grabbed this opportunity with both hands, conducted himself impeccably in the process and ulti...

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His work rate has been there all season but his decision making has got a lot better recently.

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Wilder said Cannon was up against the best player in the division tonight. He was correct.

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Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 8
Esteve 10
Pires 6
Cullen 9
Brownhill 10
Hannibal 10
Edwards 7
Flemming 7
Anthony 8

Laurent 8

kaptin1

Better than pope and Heaton Hard to say I think. Trafford was awful in the Prem last year but was inexperienced and also exposed by a poor defence and set up. He has been tremendous this season but a level down and with a much better defence and set up. I think he has got better at coming for high ...

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The odds are very much in our favour, but if Sheff U beat us and Stoke on Friday night then we will go into the final two matches a point behind them but with a game in hand. That could make for a very nervy end to the season.

kaptin1

Trafford 9*
Roberts 7
CJER 8
Esteve 8
Pires 6
Brownhill 8
Cullen 7
Hannibal 7
Edwards 6
Flemming 8
Anthony 7

kaptin1

I imagine Sheff U will probably need to win all their remaining matches to stand any chance of finishing top 2. Even then, 2 wins and a draw from our other 3 matches would see us finish above them in goal difference. It’s not over yet but our form probably needs to collapse from here.

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Pires 7
Cullen 8
Brownhill 7
Hannibal 8*
Antony 7
Edwards 6
Flemming 6

kaptin1

I don’t care about Sky Sports
They don’t care about me
All I care about
Is being top of the league!

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Pires 8
Edwards 7
Cullen 8
Laurent 7
Anthony 9*
Brownhill 7
Foster 7

Flemming 7

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Pires 8
Edwards 7
Cullen 8*
Laurent 7
Anthony 8
Brownhill 7
Flemming 8

Foster 7

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Murger wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 12, 2025 9:56 am
Sarmiento does a lot without actually doing anything.

Sums him up perfectly. He’s a busy fool. Can’t fault his effort but just doesn’t seem to have a footballing brain. Hangs on to the ball too long and makes poor decisions. He’s more suited to doing ball skill tricks in Trafalgar Sq.

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 5 (stupid trip combined with even more stupid refereeing decision could be very costly)
Esteve 7
Pires 8*
Edwards 7
Brownhill 7
Cullen 8
Hannibal 7
Anthony 8
Flemming 7

kaptin1

Trafford 6
Roberts 5
CJ 5
Esteve 7 (+1)
Pires 5
Cullen 6
Hannibal 5
Brownhill 7 (+1)
Anthony 6
Flemming 5
Edwards 6

Foster 4
Sarmiento 6
Laurent 5

Didn’t deserve to win that

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Hladky 4
Sonne 3
Worrall 4
Esteve 6
Pires 5
Shelvey 4
Brownhill 5
Benson 4
Sarmiento 5
Koleosho 7*
Foster 5

Barnes 4
Edwards 5
Flemming 6
Laurent 4
Banel 5

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 8 (+1)
CJ 6
Esteve 7
Pires 5
Cullen 7
Laurent 6
Edwards 9* (difference maker)
Hannibal 7
Anthony 8
Flemming 4

Brownhill 8
Foster 7
Shelvey 6

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claret wizard wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:46 pm
Leeds win, draw, Sunderland win, all results could be argued to be good for us.

The reality is that we’re virtually guaranteed a play off spot so a Sunderland win would keep automatic promotion closest.

Agreed, Sunderland win is best

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Humphreys 8 (+1)
Cullen 8
Laurent 7
Anthony 9*
Hannibal 8
Foster 7
Flemming 7 (+1)

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 8
Steve 9* (just makes defending look easy)
Humphreys 6
Antony 7
Cullen 8 (controlled the midfield)
Laurent 6
Foster 6 (looks low on confidence again)
Hannibal 6 (-1 for losing his head again and nearly getting himself sent off)
Flemming 6

Sarmiento 6

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 7
CJ 8
Esteve 9*
Humphreys 8
Cullen 7
Laurent 8
Antony 7
Brownhill 5
Foster 5
Flemming 5

Sarmiento 5

kaptin1

Trafford 7
Roberts 8
CJ 7
Esteve 7
Pires 7
Cullen 9*
Laurent 9
Brownhill 8
Antony 7
Flemming 8
Foster 7

Koleosho 5
Sarmiento 5
Hannibal 4
Jay 6

kaptin1

Trafford 10*
Roberts 7
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Humphreys 6
Cullen 7
Laurent 7
Brownhill 5
Antony 9
Foster 8
Flemming 4

Sarmiento 6
Sonne 6

kaptin1

Suspect player won't want to go to Hull given they are also in the relegation zone and only three points above Plymouth. So even if they offer more than us, chances are he would dig his heels in and push to come to us instead.

kaptin1

Ekdal is a very good player but he’s also very injury prone. If we can get a can get a reasonable fee for him then we should let him go.

kaptin1

Hladky 4
Sonne 7
Worrall 8
Egan 6
Pires 4
Bauress 7
McDermott 7
Koleosho 6
Rodriguez 5
Foster 8 (+1)
Barnes 6

Flemming 9* (+2)
Tresor 8
Humphrey 7
Laurent 6
Ekdal 6

kaptin1

Trafford 8
Roberts 8
Egan Riley* 10 - awesome
Esteve 9
Humphreys 9
Cullen 8
Laurent 7
Brownhill 8
Antony 8
Sarmiento 7
Flemming 8 (+1)

Foster 7

kaptin1

Trafford 6
Roberts 6
CJ 7
Esteve 8
Humphreys 6
Cullen 6
Laurent 6
Brownhill 6
Antony 8*
Flemming 6
Hannibal 7

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boyyanno wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:25 pm
I actually think people are underrating him on the ball.

I've been pleasantly surprised with his technical attributes.

I agree. I thought he played two or three really good balls inside the full back to play Hannibal in at Sheff U.

kaptin1

We’ve now beaten Sheff U and Leeds away

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