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Mattster

Thing is, pretty sure Yoro was actually the closer United player to the byline, not Dalot. They don't even show Yoro, it wouldn't surprise me to find that line was actually drawn from Yoro.

Mattster

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 29, 2025 9:26 pm
I didn't really understand our tactics in this game, if we actually had any.

Started in the same formation as the senior team this season. Finished in the same formation as we played last season.

Mattster

Nice to see so many U21s on the bench. Be interesting to see which get on. Can't see Ramsey playing a full 90 and Leuluai is the only midfielder on the bench (Pimlott has played there before too but is primarily a left back).

Mattster

Weiß JBL Tuanzebe Worrall Humphreys* Pires Laurent Ramsey Edwards Flemming Barnes *Delcroix if not fit Same setup as against Sunderland, JBL effectively a wing back in a back 5. Sonne on for JBL at half time. Tchaouna on for Edwards,Broja on for Barnes and Tresor (assuming available) for Flemming ar...

Mattster

Still think the same, central CB (like Charlie Cresswell or Bobby Thomas), natural RWB and a CMF (6 / 8 type) that would be a backup to Cullen and Ugochukwu without the drop off in quality we see now.

Mattster

I’ll let my eyes tell me rather than some terribly put together graphic. It was a 4. I also used my eyes. It was a 5 when we were defending. Pretty much the same as Spurs. I'm then backing that up with a graphic showing the player's average positions across both games (in which Sonne was further fo...

Mattster

Thanks, Mattser. Cannot remember but not sure we've often had four 17-year-olds in an U21 side before. Wouldn't be able to say whether we've had that many before. I do think we'll see our U21 lineup get younger over the next few weeks though. Would imagine likes of Mellon and Tweedy will go on loan...

Mattster

I've no idea whether or not this was Liverpool's first-choice team but any victory against one of their academy teams is a huge achievement. And one of our goalscorers, Kian McMahon-Brown, has only just turned 17 (three weeks ago). Just seen George Brierley was playing, only 17 too. Looks very much...

Mattster

equinox wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 25, 2025 4:36 pm
In this day and age where 'goal scorers' are at a premium, why isn't Mason Greenwood ever linked with anyone?

Now that lad can finish, put him in our team and we stay in the division.

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Mattster

It was quite patently a back 4 until Sonne came on, only then was it a back 5. I can’t get my head around people who saw the first 65-70 minutes as a back 5, it’s like they watched the match with their eyes closed. It was a back 5. JBL's average position was actually further back than Sonne's vs Sp...

Mattster

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 25, 2025 9:18 am
U21s v Liverpool (away) today

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/first-unde ... -liverpool

Thanks for the tip about where to stream it.

Mattster

The law states that it’s violent conduct if ’ a player who, when not challenging for the ball, deliberately strikes an opponent or any other person on the head or face with the hand or arm, is guilty of violent conduct unless the force used was negligible.’ It’s a fine line but I suppose the slap i...

Mattster

We played well against Spurs and we were set-up well. The game exemplified the difference in PL in terms of finishing. The same Spurs that beat City away yesterday and finished well again. It was a decent performance, I have said that. You're talking like I've criticised the performance against Spu...

Mattster

You must think the manager has done an absolutely fantastic job then to get a result considering this recruitment farce. Well done Scott. Yeah, he got his tactics pretty much spot on by not playing into Sunderland's strengths. Let them have the ball, draw out their slow defence and exploit it. Sorr...

Mattster

:lol: If that's clearly an exaggeration then so are all of your posts :lol: me thinks the poster does protest too much. The ones amongst us who have a good memory know why you're slating Parker for letting Koleosho leave, you spent a good chunk of last year saying Anthony was rubbish and Koleosho s...

Mattster

Again, applying the one game logic. So it's ok for you to criticise after one game (spurs) but not ok to be positive after one game (Sunderland). Again, I wasn't criticising the performance at Spurs (which I felt was decent). I was criticising the recruitment and how it lined up with the system use...

Mattster

Amazing you had to ask- It was you: by Mattster Mon Nov 11, 2024 6:49 pm Forum: The Bee Hole End At the reported £10m I really hope it's not an obligation, isn't worth a quarter of that. That's clearly an exaggeration and in the contect of JBL being available for £1.5m. But even so, at that point I...

Mattster

You predicted that the system wouldn't change across games and gameweeks- it did. You said if it did it wouldn't be successful- it was. You said we were multiple key positions short and evidenced Laurent starting (he didnt). We were just a RWB short to replace JBL. You made out Anthony was being sh...

Mattster

boyyanno wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:58 am
Recall someone saying he wasn't worth 2.5m, no rewards for guessing who.

Who?

Mattster

Pretty much everything you've written here turned out to be wrong again. You're actually our lucky penny, I'll know we're doomed the day you start predicting good stuff. Which bits specifically were wrong? Thank god Parker loaned out some of the weaker players, imagine if Anthony hadn't been playin...

Mattster

Mattster, we got pretty lucky yesterday to get a result with no joined up thinking eh... Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise that a single result changes everything. My bad. I guess yesterday's result means we haven't spent 10s of millions on wingers only to loan one out for nothing whilst subsidising ...

Mattster

CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:10 pm
Anyone seen Mattster?!

I have! Why?

Mattster

billyhamilton82 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 23, 2025 10:56 am

Humphreys is perfect as the central player in a back 3 because he is capable with both feet, and similar pace to Egan Riley.

Don't think he's big enough / strong enough, especially in the air, to be the central centre back personally.

Mattster

It's a weird one because if anything I thought Forest have had a good transfer window. Only lost Elanga and brought in some very good players

Mattster

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 12:26 pm
OK, we get it. You have a mega hard on for Luca.

Thanks for the intelligent contribution.

Mattster

As said he was mostly sub….I watched the u21s and they were not that good at all. Kolesosho was one of their better players in this tournament though. If they had been that good in the last few years then Italy wouldn’t be experiencing their worst decade in international football in their history. ...

Mattster

He played in the recent u21 championships but prior to this tournament he was a regular on the bench for Italy’s younger teams - who weren’t even that good at that level. He was called up the Italy U19s in March 2023, he played in 7 of their next 8 matches in the following 8 months, starting 3. Thi...

Mattster

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:01 am
Surprised you haven't claimed Parker has blood on his hands..... oh wait you have

Hopefully you get over this soon

Again, more focused on the poster than the post.

Mattster

What if sending him out on loan is part of his development? Won't play for us again. Parker couldn't make use of him in the Championship and has essentially told him he doesn't want him in the Premier League. All this is is trying to boost the fee we'll get for him since we've managed to turn him f...

Mattster

Yep one or two decent games. In the prem he was quick and agile but produced nothing. Below was said by yourself 15 games into the 23/24 Premier League season. Koleosho is our best attacking outlet by some distance. Yesterday was telling, as soon as he went off we offered nothing The rewriting of h...

Mattster

What is your love in with this bloke? He’s had one or two decent games for us. He’s got like four goal contributions in his career. He needs to go somewhere to play games as he 100% won’t play for us this season. I could totally understand it if he had the quality of Danny ings or Mcneil. But he’s ...

Mattster

Absolute joke

Mattster

I like Luca, but he's extremely limited and isn't a big loss if he goes. He has pace, he can get you off your seat, but ultimately he runs down blind alleys and produces very little. That's why SP dropped him last season. In hindsight, it was a huge mistake not selling him last summer. He now needs...

Mattster

ClaretAL wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 20, 2025 4:30 pm
"Summer 2025 BFC Transfer Window - Links and discussion on the Linked player only."

This is a discussion on a player linked with a move, isn't it?

Mattster

Here it is again. Parker has turned Koleosho into a poor player now :lol: It's a shame Parker focused on getting us back to the PL instead of playing Bauress and Koleosho every week. Who's decision was it to move Koleosho to his weaker flank? Who's decision to drop him? Who's decision to not use hi...

Mattster

Anyone thinking Koleosho plays for us again or sells for what we would have got for him last summer if we loan him out this window is delusional. Why would he want to play for us again? Turn down a PL move him and as soon as he signs a new deal, swap him to his weaker side, bench him and then ship h...

Mattster

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:42 pm
This business of a squad stacked with wingers is confusing. Who are they? We have Anthony, Koleosho,Brun Larsen ,Edwards and others are full backs

Tchouana, Benson, Banel, Agyei...

Mattster

You conviently ignored the post below why I disagreed with your comments and why imo it all points to an agenda. I've even seen the negativity of 'we must have run out of cash' on the transfer thread. I'm not sure where your gripe is and who with but it's clear you have one. Ah, well you didn't quo...

Mattster

CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:52 pm
Couldn't see Koleosho scoring a goal like JBL did at Luton in a million years.

https://x.com/PremSportsTV/status/16654 ... 3ckkA&s=19

Mattster

CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:52 pm
Couldn't see Koleosho scoring a goal like JBL did at Luton in a million years.

Doesn't make the statement you were replying to untrue.

Mattster

Disagree . Leading scorer last time in this league . Clever player . How much was it ..£4 million and he s 26 . Watching him and Sander Berg one of the few entertaining parts of that season. If you'd asked all Burnley fans in December that season (when Koleosho got injured) who was the better winge...

Mattster

It's probably best not to bring up what you were posting last season. But I find this ironic because I think your the one trying to get all of this to suit your overall point. Which is a gripe with either the owners or Parker, before the window has closed, after one result. Another more interested ...

Mattster

You would assume we'd get Thomas at a discounted rate given you would hope we have a sell on clause. He'd probably be better than both Worrall and Ekdal in that central CB role and give us an attacking presence on corners too. If we are going after him then presumably it's because he's the cheap opt...

Mattster

Hm no I only said he didn’t play as a central 10. ‘10 type areas’ being left / right half spaces between the lines (eek I can feel a few being raged by my modern football language there), so not dissimilar to where he would have been picking up the ball v Spurs. I think there’s a few assumptions be...

Mattster

Mattster the system is fairly fluid, off the ball it’s a flat midfield 4 with the two ‘10s’ in a typical wide position, on the ball one plays a bit narrower and one might stay a bit wider. I think the profile of winger / inside forward / 10 is fairly fine. Tchaouna has played all across the front a...

Mattster

I also can't see that the players we've signed are disconnected from the system we're playing. We've only signed two attacking midfielders this summer, and both appear to be players who naturally come off the line rather than holding width. That is also true of Anthony and Edwards. All seem to me o...

Mattster

You're either being purposely obtuse or you're really stupid. I've answered them all but for recap: 1. The system will change across games and gameweeks so it's a loaded question. The window also hasn't closed, but I'd ideally like a dynamic RWB. Apart from that with everyone fit (Tuanzabe) there's...

Mattster

I believe we've recruited what we can where we think we need and we will continue to do so. I think anyone who thinks we would get PL quality players in all of our positions is bonkers. I think there are lots of different ways to play and the formation will be fluid in games and across gameweeks. I...

Mattster

Ahhh sorry Mattster, you're right: Parker and the club don't have a clue, there's been no joined up thinking by anyone as evidenced in our 100 percent loss record this season. Nothing to do with the loss. I'm confused what point you're trying to make other than just anything I say is absolute rubbi...

Mattster

boyyanno wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 19, 2025 10:40 am
I can't see beyond posting absolute rubbish after 1 game.

Thanks for proving my point

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