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You fought Defour and Defour won

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Grezza"s two HT subs completely changed Bradford's approach - they've taken the game to Stockport after showing them too much respect in the opening 45 minutes

This is a good watch - proper old school game

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Anyone else watching Stockport v Bradford

Owen Dodgson playing well. Ollie Norwood running the game

Bradford are being battered but hanging in at 1-0

Stockport look like a good bet for promotion

As last week excellent away following from the Bantams

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If Grealish is anywhere near fit he's on a different level to anything on show in the opening half

Dwight on the bench too

Moyes is the tactically superior manager if he uses his subs well Everton should edge this

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Hamer would be an excellent addition to our squad

Sheffield United look very ordinary compared to last season - if we showed an interest it's surely a deal we could get done

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Ipswich will be very strong - have made good signings and importantly kept their manager Tonight's game will be interesting to see how Birmingham handle the step-up they look to have play-off potential Also think Derby will be in the mix. Eustace got them organised and hard to beat and they've added...

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Interesting that both Wyn and Ron signed for United well beyond the point when their personal careers had peaked

Wyn when they started their slide towards relegation and Ron during their one season in the second tier

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For anyone who used to collect those football cards that came in packets with bubble gum from the early 1970s - David Wilson

There's a whole host of goalkeepers who had fleeting Burnley careers - Rod Jones, Jeff Parton, Tony Norman for example

The latter went on to be a Sunderland regular

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Was it Wayne Russell who played in the FA Cup game against Liverpool at Turf Moor - pulled off a decent save from either Rush or Fowler and we got a 0-0 draw Not sure why Beresford didn't play but he was back for the replay at Anfield I think it was Wayne Dowell who effectively got the Boxing Day ho...

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The other factor to consider with Trafford is that he is highly regarded by Tuchel - who it would appear sees him as a future number one especially given his age Tuchel has said he prefers his players to be involved in European club football and there's a World Cup on the horizon Much as it would be...

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Chelsea have signed CB Mamadou Sarr from Strasbourg - not sure whether or not that has any bearing on the CJER situation

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

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Ken and Terry Hibbitt - Wolves and Newcastle

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Cyril and Peter Knowles - Spurs/Wolves - late 60s/early 70s

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Apologies if this has been posted and I missed it

Fascinating insight onto player recruitment and strategic business philosophy

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3aWHT5 ... HVpjxMaBzw

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Another vote for Unicum

Aviation fuel strength with a cough medicine taste

The locals told us gullible Brits it was a sure fire hangover cure which was obviously code for you never sober up

Several hours spent with head hanging over a Budapest toilet bowl

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I had a similar problem

My date of birth was missing from my acciount apparently - there was no option to update that myself though

I contacted the ticket office and they were able to do the update which resolved issue

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An added complication yesterday doubt SP wanted to bring Hannibal off as he was having a very effective game

Otherwise Shelvey for Laurent would have been the logical option - it had become attritional

Possibly more surprising was that Barnes didn't come on

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QPR 3 points away from play-off places

Lots to play for below the gap opened up below the top four

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:40 pm
I think perhaps sometimes peoples' inherent (and purely natural) dislike of Leeds affects their judgment.

This is me

Growing up in border country in the 1970s coupled with Hunter on Casper usual logic doesn't apply

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 09, 2025 1:28 pm
5 ex (well, one of them is current) Clarets in the Bristol x Swansea game.

Delcroix, Vigouroux, McNally, Twine, Wells.

Lots of Claret influence across the top two flights of English Football!

Josh Ginnelly unused Swansea sub

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That was Subbuteo at its absolute zenith

They released sets for all of the competing teams at Mexico 1970 numbered around the 150s-160s in their catalogue

The hand-painting was superb - Peru has always been a classic kit - I added Bulgaria to the collection too

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Trafford has to be the GK but like what I've seen of Johannson including back to his Rotherham days

Would be a decent replacement for JT if/when he moves on

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I remember they all had numbers the first 'Burnley' team I got was 27(?) listed as something like Burnley. Hearts, Arbroath and Stenhousemuir My favourite was the away kit from the mid-1970s - white shirts with claret and blue trim, claret shorts and claret and blue hooped socks - doubled up as Burn...

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Luton have had bids rejected upto £6m for Kone at Wycombe unbelievably . Interesting - understandable that Bloomfield would want to take Kone with him to Luton Wycombe well placed for automatic promotion and presumably not under pressure to sell - I think they either purchased or bid for Reading's ...

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dougcollins wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:04 pm
Where was that goal he scored, was it at London Road?

Yes - rocket into the top corner

2-1 defeat - Mee and Edgar had a torrid time as a CB pairing

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Couple of points about Shelvey which I don't think have been mentioned He is 6ft - we've seen already this season with Josh Laurent the benefit of adding physicality into the CM positions He was promoted from the Championship with Newcastle There would seem to be a definite nod towards that kind of ...

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I was at the 0-0 in 1994 (been to Reading 3 times & still not seen a goal). Don’t remember much about match except Chris Vinniconbe getting his jaw broken courtesy of a ridiculous challenge from an Aussie full back they had. I remember that - Andy Bernal - right in front of the dugouts It remains o...

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With our squad depth and assuming we're able to use the window to good effect we look capable of maintaining our 2:1 points ratio which would surely see us over the line One other team - probably Leeds - are capable of matching that but two of the current top four are likely to fall just short If we...

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Hladky Sonne Egan Worrall Pires Anthony Cullen Laurent Koleosho Flemming Foster Shame Hannibal is suspended Assume Massengo is injured - we look short of CM cover Good opportunity to look at Flemming in the 10 role behind a striker Barnes to get decent minutes from the bench No point playing Ekdal, ...

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With Stoke and West Brom both in the market for a manager it would be very surprising if Mark Robins is without a club come the new year

There's Millwall too of course but they will more likely need to look elsewhere

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Fofana at West Ham last season was a decent strike too

Agree completely about Brownhill's role in today's goal. It's that kind of experience and know how that could give us an edge in the key games that are coming up

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Just got back Has to be Trafford - for all of the impact Flemming and Laurent made it counts for nothing if we had gone in 2-0 down at HT and he kept us in the game in the first half His triple/quadruple save in the goalmouth scramble when still at 1-0 and his back-peddling palm away from the dinked...

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Not sure if it is true or not - someone may be able to confirm

The training ground incident was rumoured to be that in a practice match he went over the top of the ball on Phil Bardsley

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I think Morris has about 18 months left If you look at chances we created yesterday he is someone you would have expected to convert the header from the Pires corner which Flemming directed off target and also to be in the right place to slide onto the low ball Pires put across the six yard box He s...

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I think I'm also persuaded that on this evidence, it's time to give Hountondji a go with Flemming close by. -----Trafford Roberts Egan-Riley Esteve Pires -------Cullen Brownhill Sarmiento Flemming Koleosho ------Hountondji Brownhill has been pretty poor recently so I understand the call for him to ...

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Was thinking about the changes needed for Saturday We looked much better when Laurent came on and Flemming reverted to the '10' role behind a striker To accommodate that Hannibal and Cullen need to make way Home to QPR we shouldn't need to select a team that's setup not to lose Cullen is a key membe...

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Assuming there's no return yet for Roberts and Flemmind Trafford Humphries Egan-Riley Esteve Pires Koleosho Cullen Laurent Anthony Brownhill Foster Brownhill better equipped than Hannibal to play the 10 role behind Foster Impressed with Laurent so far and his inclusion might give Cullen a little mor...

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Trafford Roberts Worrall Esteve* Pires Cullen* Brownhill Koleosho Hannibal Anthony Foster *if fit That's the line up I would go with assuming everyone is fit Humphreys and Laurent as options to protect a lead/point - Flemming and Sermiento if we are chasing a goal Expect at least one of Agyei or Tr...

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Barrow tailed off dramatically last season, went from looking like an automatic promotion spot was theirs to not even making the playoffs in the space of weeks. I remember they looked almost certain to make the play-offs and then missed out having tailed-off badly towards the end of the season Even...

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Bit of a surprise - it could work - as far as high profile managers are concerned Mick McCarthy struggled there but they were in the Championship at the time Pete Wild strongly linked with the Carlisle job but some of their fans are sceptical citing the reasons he parted company with Barrow - althou...

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Things may have changed but I assumed bringing in a 'keeper of Hladky's calibre - ever-present for Ipswich last season - we intended or maybe still intend to sell Trafford Wouldn't be surprised to see him go to a top-end PL club as back-up and play in domestic cups and early round European fixtures ...

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O'Shea is a very good player - it would be great if he stays but that seems unlikely as there is more than one PL club supposedly interested in him However, some of the comments about Joe Worrall as a potential replacement are alarmist to say the least For all O'Shea's of commendable attributes - pa...

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Ipswich used Sarmiento mainly on the right - I'm told he's equally comfortable on the left

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It's definitely shaping up to be a busy last couple of weeks for us. If I had to predict now, I'd say we're going to see the following leave: McNally, Delcroix, Vitinho, Berge, Benson, Weghorst, Obafemi. There'll then be some further departures in January once they're fit e.g., Beyer, Ekdal, Tresor...

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Had Ipswich not been promoted they had spoken to Brighton about bringing Sarmiento back on loan and apparently there was an informal agreement in place - which suggests he would be available for a Championship loan You'd assume Brighton would prefer a top-end club where he is likely to get decent ga...

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To early we haven’t finished selling yet… Vitinho . Berge , O’Shea , wout , amdouni , Trafford , McNally , Tresor , benson , All likely to go , Welll know better 1st of sept as to our real strength Vitinho - unless there are personal reasons why he wants to return to Brazil seems unlikely Berge - w...

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Michael Owen and Chris Sutton - think I'm right in saying their respective dads played in the same Carlisle team in the 1970s

Ian Walker had a more illustrious playing career than his dad Mike - who was contender for the manager's job here at one point if I remember correctly

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Ever-present in an Ipswich team which won promotion last season - only came in because Walton was injured but kept his place when he (Walton) returned to fitness Once Ipswich started looking for a new first choice keeper this season he rejected an improved offer from them - doubt he has come here wi...

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Rushworth would only be a loan. Brighton refused to sell him to Ipswich , only loan as they rate him highly All. correct - which is why Ipswich switched their attention to Muric Brighton also want/expect guaranteed game time for Rushworth - which in turn complicated our move for Hladky - which was ...

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Casper - Conroy
Mullen - Eyres
Heath - Little
Waddle - Payton
Stan - Thomas
Cotterill - Alexander
Coyle - Fletcher
Laws - Marney
Howe - Mee
Dyche - Pope
Kompany - Cullen

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