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Just reading the October newsletter. The VAR meeting caught my eye. 200 frames per second and 3 frames often viewed. Usain Bolt could run 6.2 cm in 1/200 of a second, so if VAR is looking at 3 frames that is a margin of error that is visual. Amazing given those technology limitations that it is not ...

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Agree with the OP. We had only 3 primarily attack minded players throughout that game, Forest had 4. Then we took one off on 81 to finish the game with only 2 (Anthony and Foster, who was replaced by Flemming on 88). Forest had the highest possession since they returned to the PL in 2022. So to me i...

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Calling the episode...the season starts now....is the problem for me What about the 4pts already won What about performances against United and Liverpool, the season has already started, and we've done ok...yet you focus on the game against Leeds being a must win....what if we've won at villa? Is a...

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Bournemouth 2-0 Fulham
Leeds 1-3 Tottenham
Man Utd 2-1 Sunderland
Arsenal 3-0 West Ham
Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool NAP
Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Wolves 0-1 Brighton
Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley - Anthony 48 mins
Brentford 2-2 Man City
26 goals

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Aston Villa 2 Clarets 1 - Anthony 37 mins

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Just seen this and having heard the latest version there are some quite harsh comments. Yes, I chuckled too when Daz described himself as an optimist, he should have been prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act for that :lol: . He is dour but also has some good insights and as far as I can recal...

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I really like that chart, never seen it before and it is certainly dramatic (though representing something we all know). I do think it shouldn’t end in 2010 if used nowadays, even though it won’t change the substance of it.

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Decent article here that gives a bit more detail into Beyer's woes over the last couple of years. It's in German, but you can translate it easily enough in the browser https://www.sport1.de/news/internationaler-fussball/premier-league/2025/09/die-unglaubliche-leidensgeschichte-eines-fruheren-bundes...

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Happy with a point here, Everton unlikely to go down under Moyes but we need to keep them in range just in case.

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Amazing today. The US came back more than I thought, but we had some gutsy street-fighters to see it out. So pleased we got that final half point to take the injury out of the conversation. I suspect the abuse was far worse than we picked up on TV and some players, not least Rory, were on gas and ai...

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Sky noticeably are not showing many adverts. A few, but brief. Just got to stomach the annoying Andrex poo advert 10 times, plus the Gillette and Rolex ones. As soon as proper 401 UHD starts at 7pm instead of the red button I’ll watch delayed and fast forward ads.

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Already 0.5 points today for Europe courtesy of Hovland getting it in the neck, so to speak.

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Only just noticed in the stats that CoolClaret linked above that Scheffler has been in the top 6 players for strokes gained in the last 3 sessions. Interesting. That stat measure, which is good because it has an average for the field of zero so ignores the easiness of the course, does have one iffy ...

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Yesterday was probably my favourite day of golf TV viewing in decades, with rivals being Rory’s Masters win and Seve’s wins. The atmosphere was disgusting and classless but it added to the sweetness of the (imminent) victory. To jeer Rory about his rumoured marital issues while his wife was within t...

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Pretty terrible day for us but need to focus on target points not how rivals do. Control the controllables. Ignore the rest.
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Fantastic so far and I finished my round today then put the Ryder Cup on when home and only had Man City on audio in the background, right decision. That fan told to **** by Rory then Rory sticks it to 3 foot behind the bunker :lol: The US team picked the wrong captain, the sympathy vote after what ...

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Harsh scoreline but we brought on 2 late defensive subs then shipped 2 more goals.

That should be a lesson for us. It needed more attackers at the end to gamble at 1-3.

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This is now the situation where we need Tresor on the bench for that explosive unpredictability when risks are needed.

I can see the rest grabbing 1 goal, not more. Edwards to a lesser degree than Tresor, proper pedigree so he should get a run at them too, even if he isn’t the best defensively.

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If Jones had done his job correctly with Haaland’s handball it would be 1-0 now (assuming we had bothered to attack at 0-0), Walker wouldn’t be on a booking and a City player would be on a yellow for waving that imaginary card. Couple of other mistakes I’ve spotted too.

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Gotta be fair, Anthony has his knockers but he gets 110% out of his ability (which is decent, just not top, top class) and is the first name on the attacking team-sheet and richly deserved.

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Rampant bias by Rob Jones as usual, waved Walker on then changed his mind when he won a dangerous ball

Let’s not forget it would be 0-0 if he had done his job properly and spotted Haaland’s handball.

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Afternoon all. For all those wondering what role Magic Mike could play here, I would pose the question “what if we go 1 or 2 down”? We need game changers. Parker has a lot of strengths but his side is often like a join the dots kids exercise - there is only one way it tends to go and we could all na...

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Very little Yankee chanting, we have really silenced the crowd. Of course they always come back in the afternoon in fourballs.

Disagree with this preferred lie rule but it benefits Europe as we find the fairways more often - otherwise why would the US team cut down the rough?

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Brentford v Man Utd 1-2
Leeds v Bournemouth 1-1
Chelsea v Brighton 2-0
Man City v Burnley 2-0 Haaland 37
Crystal Palace v Liverpool 0-2
Forest v Sunderland 2-1
Spurs v Wolves 3-0
Aston Villa v Fulham 1-0
Newcastle v Arsenal 1-2 NAP
Everton v West Ham 1-0

22 goals

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City 2 Clarets 0 - Haaland 37

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My expectation is that I’ll be watching the Ryder Cup foursomes instead, more chance of victory (i.e. better than none).

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Chopping onions and convex meniscus on here tonight - what a time to be alive

If I recall, mercury makes a convex meniscus, as do a lot of molten metals, due to the way the molecules all attract each other fiercely. A bit like a 4-4-2 formation

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And there we have it… the return of Southgate’s England , it’s been a while! That same Achilles heel you moaned about all last season when we went 33 games unbeaten and claimed 100 points. The same one that leads you to moan Edwards isn’t starting every Premier League game (3 duels won out of 12 la...

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It was all on Parker. He was the one to take off Fleming and put on a young kid for his debut, while we were chasing the equaliser. Players like Edwards were sold a pup with constant tracking back, almost like it was a drill for playing at Man City, not Cardiff City. Did Sonne or Pires ever get to t...

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That is right what Charlie is saying about a lack of a press, but it meant that Edwards and Broja were constantly tracking back and neither are very good at it and subsequently looked poor. I had thought playing a wingback in a five would avoid the right and left forward having to cover back, but se...

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Trying to find a positive in a self inflicted thoroughly depressing evening, there were two occasions when Broja found some pace and accelerated past a defender and got a shot in. That pace cannot have come from nowhere.

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Weiss 5 - looked wobbly and unconvincing Sonne 3 - poor defending, poor passing, poor crossing, and in reality at PL level, a poor player Worrall 4 - looks laboured Tuanzebe 5 - when his boot fell off it summed up his night, can’t recall much quality Humphreys 4 - some very unsteady defending and lo...

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I’m baffled why Edwards was told to track back when we have 5 at the back and 2 holding midfielders? When he stayed forward he was decent and probably our most threatening player until Tresor came on. I’m not really baffled, I do know, its because Parker is too darn negative. It affects his league m...

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I think we are now at the point where Parker needs some stern questions about why Tresor is not in the squad.

A lack of goals will cost us in the end.

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CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:31 pm
Best move of the match started and ended with Tresor magic.

Bizarre. In the extreme.

Then a feint inside two men and a shot that isn’t far off world class. Cannot fathom, even if still unwell, why he isn’t on the bench for 5-10 minutes if we need some miracles.

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Best move of the match started and ended with Tresor magic.

Bizarre. In the extreme.

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Definitely an uptick in tempo this half, though it couldn’t have got worse. Helped by 2 shocking clearances given to Edwards by Cardiff, probably the worst player they could have given it too from their perspective as he just runs at the defence.

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We can’t single out Edwards here, he has been our most creative by far despite looking dreadfully low on confidence and motivation. I noticed it at the Lazio game, that is when he seems to have been told he was out. Hands on hips at the end. I think it knocked him for six. Remember he has spent a ca...

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To be fair, the team he picked should be able to comfortably beat a League 1 side. Agree but it is the message it sends, that he isn’t bothered, when he doesn’t name a single one of our best XI on the bench. That’s why we see zero motivation, they get the vibe the manager isn’t bothered, which, let...

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Second to absolutely everything and every player miles below their true level. Total disgrace from Parker, the guy has caught a bout of Dycheitis, sacking off the cups for no good reason. We only have 38 league games and Scott needs to take a long hard look at himself. At least put some strength on ...

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The thing with Tresor, he has delivered every time more or less, in his rare chances, he does seem to want to put the running in. Half of this lot tonight look like they would rather be down the pub. There are a few baffling situations when we venture beyond the first XI, where we struggle to see pl...

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Most of them are making a real case for why the squad need match practice - they are playing like they haven't played in years.

On the flip-side Cardiff are well up for it.

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Starting to become more amenable to compulsory ID cards in the UK. After that, checking names and photo ID will become commonplace, and maybe even electronic. But, to the matter at hand, 30,000 people on a database is a small number. Very easy to analyse, investigate, and narrow down the problem if ...

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I reckon Bing [bot] got nothing but grief at school for his or her parents giving them a name like that…….

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Burnley 3 Cardiff 0
Flemming 16 mins

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Hi Steve. Can you check my points please mate? Should have 22 pts for 141 (1 exact, ours, and 5 others correct result). Ta.

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I won't lose any sleep over it but that was very odd. Great work Burnley. It only matters what we think UTC I genuinely fell asleep waiting for us, and just woke up in the chair having missed it. Was on holiday this weekend and missed the game, was looking forward to highlights, won’t bother now :D

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Have only heard the last 40 today as on a holiday but it sounded like we gave it a good go but settled for a draw in the end, which is understandable but disappointing when at home and when we have players like Edwards unused. Taking off a striker and wide forward and replacing them with an attackin...

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At the risk of big vinny jumping on and accusing me of all things I dont agree with the moves, and certainly how they were communicated However......businesses have to cater for the majority of their customers, if they based their business strategy on pandering to the minority they'd go to the wall...

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A business trying to maximise its own revenue by getting people to use the services it provides. Is there no end to our board’s despicable skullduggery… To be fair virtually all businesses would actually lose revenue if they treat their customers badly by making it harder and more inconvenient for ...

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