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Just to add balance. I think I'm right in saying Parker has lost 1 home league game since he arrived. That being against the current PL champions.

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It's how he's been coached by Pep and Southgate for years.

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Football is a matter of opinion, not fact. There is more than one explanation and more than one reading, therefore it is not fact. It is a saying as old as “ ‘there is no truth’ only ‘truths’” (modernist theory). It may not make sense to you, that is entirely different to it not making sense :lol:

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There is no such thing as fact, it is a football match. I am happy with my assessment much as I was when I pointed out as the move progressed to my friend sat with me watching;”Esteve is too far over and his eyes are on the play, we’re wide open”. It was my opinion and one I stand by. There's no su...

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elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 06, 2025 10:04 pm
I am not aware I was giving anyone flack. I was pointing out Esteve had been drawn over leaving space in behind, it happens.

You stated things as fact that weren't true so I was just pointing that out.

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They may have done, but Esteve was ball watching and in no man’s land, unaware of the striker behind him in space. Had he not been there would have been no need for a sliding tackle as he outpaced the striker massively to even get back as he did. It's ******** this. He was fully aware of Malan behi...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:39 pm
Bauress is getting regular league football which is exactly what he needs

Isn't that what Tresor needs after nearly 2 years out?

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Scott Parker is managing us on merit in this division, quite how fans that were beside themselves with glee last season , and singing his praises from the rooftops can now be deriding his tactics and suggesting "better " formations would sort us out is laughable. most on here realise how difficult ...

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I hope not but it does feel like we are starting with that feeling of it all falling apart again. We need a win in the next 2 or it's going to turn messy.

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Having Worrall on the bench over Ekdal made absolutely 0 sense.

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I wouldn't use the word complete d1ckhead or ponder on his motives but subsequent to Pace's comments I have thought the only plausible reason is a psychological/attitude problem. He may have had some kind of injury but no one has been prepared to say what it is and 2 odd years later it seems implau...

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What if he’s a complete d1ckhead to staff around the training ground, and/or thinks he’s better than everyone, and is not a character Parker wants to build his squad around? This ‘plausible’ reason of paying more money to Genk doesn’t add up when £1m signing Banel was the preferred sub twice in cup...

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It's actually Esteve and Hartman who somehow contrive to allow far, far too much space for the first goal, but the guy takes his shot really early on both goals, but especially the second, which is very clever and means Esteve is still half a stride away from making the block both times. How have w...

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I'm finding this season especially dull. Last time round there was a bit of excitement about all the new players and thinking we were going to outplay teams. This time it seems there's a bit of a resignation already. Also, I'm convinced we are struggling for sharpness through lack of games. We play ...

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Not sure about his comments about the defensive line being young. It looks quite experienced to me

Dubravka
Walker
Laurent
Tuanzabe
Esteve
Hartman

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Crazy. Find its dead at the moment generally, but when you see threads like this it reminds me why I don’t open many anymore. Well yes. If people just decide to not engage with things they don't agree with then it probably will be dead. Not sure why people are suggesting it's such an outrageous opi...

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It does seem like the most sensible theory at this point but it could be slightly short sighted if that's the case. As it is we are unlikely to get any type of fee for him if we sold. However, if we could get him playing then you'd think we'd make back at least some of that money anyway.

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He did. And he also bollocked Broja for not sitting in for Florentino after Villa scored their second. Not good signs. This was laughably bad. I couldn't believe we let a man go off and just left that space completely open. I don't think you'd see that at Sunday league level. It's probably fair to ...

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We did, just not an exact replica. Who does Brownhill replace out of Ugochukwu, Cullen and Florentino? Well Ugochukwu didn't start and Laurent did so it's not exactly outlandish. It doesn't really matter, one of the 3 would drop out because they do similar jobs. As it is I'd play those 3 together b...

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Cullen being our most advanced central midfielder in the first half shows how much we miss Brownhill’s pressing and much better eye for goal. Club wanted to keep him and he didn’t want to stay. We’ve got options but Parker chooses not to use them (Flemming, Edwards, Tresor, even Anthony as a 10). W...

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If Edwards isn't going to be used then we may as well go with Tresor on the bench instead. Today looked to me like confirmation that Parker isn't wanting to use the creative players this season..he wants to go with size and thinks we are more likely to get goals through direct balls and set pieces w...

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In the Championship. Unless you only started watching Burnley last season, you'd know Brownhill isn't good enough for the Premier League. He still makes those runs. We just won't find them as often naturally. He got 4 goals last time.out when he was in and out of the side and out of position. We la...

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DanH90 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 5:09 pm
Big Les can play Brownhills role absolutely fine, just hasn’t had the chance to yet.

He's basically the polar opposite of Brownhill. Great on the ball but ambles round the pitch and doesn't make any of the off the ball runs Brownhill made to get into scoring positions

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:53 pm
Where he sometimes played for us in the PL too.

I'm rather stating the obvious here, but his numbers wouldn't be anywhere close to those at this level.

When? He was either alongside Cullen/Berge or a number 10. We didn't really use a 433.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:41 pm
I've seen Brownhill play at PL level.

In his best position on the right of a 3 where Parker used him a lot last season and he got 18 goals with 6 assists?

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We miss him massively. He led our press even when not playing well and gave us a goal/assist threat. Could be wrong but I think we'd have stuck with the midfield 3 if he'd stayed as It suited him perfectly. The problem we have now is our best 3 midfielders are all defensive types. Hannibal is the cl...

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Dubravka - 8
Walker - 6
Steve - 5
Tuanzebe - 5
Laurent - 4
Hartman 5
Cullen - 7
Luis - 8
Anthony - 4
Tchaouna - 3
Foster - 3

Broja - 3
Brunn Larsen - 3
Uguchuwku - 7

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Pickles wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:15 pm
He'd be brill on the counter attack.

He wasn't today

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Foster, Tchauona, Broja and JBL were all very poor.

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Amazing how we’ve bucked up since Les came on isn’t it. And we are packing the midfield a bit more. Quite obvious what the system should be. Shoehorning Josh Laurent in to a PL side out of position is absolutely bizarre. The absolute refusal to use the creativity of Edwards or Tresor when losing is...

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His movement in and around the box needs a lot of work. A quick burst to the back post when Foster drove down the left would have left him a tap in.

Also happened in the first half where he just stood still when the ball was switched to Walker.

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Not sure why we can't play a tight 433. We'd be equally.shitengoing forwards but we'd be competing properly in midfield and would look more solid defensively.

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Apparently been excellent in Serie A so far. Interesting to see if he can keep it up.
Looks like he will be winning the Muric v Trafford debate this season after Traffords landslide victory last season.

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Can’t upload a file for some reason but Deansgate is the biggest waste of public money I have ever seen. It’s a mess. Cones everywhere. Bus stops left in that are no longer accessible to busses. The bike lanes are more like a slalom course than a bike lane (bizarrely slaloming bus lanes that can no...

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Got to say, and I’m no cyclist so clearly biased, but after looking at what a complete mess Deansgate looks with bike lanes, I’d rather they didn’t! What a hideous mess that has become! So you'd prefer it to look better but be less accessible for cyclists? I think I'd take the functionality over th...

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You are up against it in this country as people are just so selfish. I'm not sure that's right. People are sheep, if we get more bike lanes, more people start riding and then people copy because it becomes a trend. It's already happened in London and I'd think without researching it, we are at the ...

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There's a bike lane that runs right through the town centre and nobody pays any attention to it at all. I rode through at about 5mph and could still have knocked 5 or 6 people down, who just walked straight in front of me without looking. In fact there's not many cycle lanes that do work. Pedestria...

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My only issue with the town to turf scheme is the lack of bike lanes. I'm not sure why they couldn't have split the pavements into pedestrian and cyclists

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One of our most underrated ever players

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I genuinely think we are the best of the 3. There's been periods in every game where we've moved the ball with real quality and intensity. Our fixtures have just been ridiculous. We need a win now so we don't lose confidence, if we can get one soon then I think we might just be OK. Could do with mor...

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Eight games played, six in the league and two in the League Cup, anyone with four ratings or more included in the list 7.62 - Martin Dúbravka 7.46 - Josh Cullen 7.33 - Kyle Walker 7.23 - Lyle Foster 7.12 - Quilindschy Hartman 7.02 - Jaidon Anthony 7.01 - Hjalmar Ekdal 6.99 - Maxime Estève 6.77 - Lo...

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Old Trafford 8 - working as understudy to Donnarumma will really pay off for him in the long run Walker 9 - leader. You’ll never beat him. Just like his Dad Desmond Hartman 9 - instant replay needed on Dan’s contributions. Best LB since Mee Ekdal 8 - Doesn’t have the legs that his ancestors did but...

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Imagine selling your soul to whatever Hill Dickinson is. It's such a shame that this happened both for the club and the sponsor that has powered Everton towards the level of irrelevancy that they probably deserve these days. However much they try to big up these new stadiums and say how they've bee...

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He decided to take 8 months off for it to heal?
That sounds absolutely bizarre. Presumably there was a lot more to it than that.

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Many people dont appreciate how little money he had when he arrived. Remember once just 4 on the bench and several were youngsters who had not played first team football. I think he asked for a masseur at one point instead of an extra player, just to help keep the first 11 fit.He used an oxygen cha...

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randomclaret2 wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 29, 2025 1:50 pm
Set to return to Cheltenham

Weird chap, good manager.

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Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 28, 2025 8:16 pm
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Oh you're serious? So it should be based on 5 or 6 games and the rest of their careers ignored. Seems sensible.

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Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 28, 2025 7:55 pm
The media are pushing for Grealish for England again, Anthony’s numbers don’t lie up against him.

Put the rod away

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Great contribution to the thread. Doesn’t want to read the opinions and talking points of the discussion but if you’ve never played the game (like he clearly has!) then you just don’t get it, lads. The worst kind of opinion - especially on a message board. Classic. Well, I’ve ‘kicked a ball’ and I ...

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Switching to left in January seemed to revitalise him, which is strange as he did start the season there. The theory was that Edwards on the right was tying up the opposition defence, allowing Jaidon to flourish, but there's no Edwards factor this season. As you say, all credit to Parker and his te...

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