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TsarBomba wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:48 pm
They’ve reinvested terribly, and the changes made to their academy since 2016 have seen PSV and Feyenoord start to bring better quality through.

one of my best mates is a Dutch lad, he's been an Ajax fan for 50 years - he's is fuming about things that have gone on.

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just finished it, best one yet lads imho. Nice one

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the information vacuum line was excellent

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i wish we could appeal all the rest of the decisions they've got wrong this season

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i'll reply to the rest at some point, I've been in hospital today again so I'm floating at the moment

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I agree with some of what you're saying Vegas but I do think you're oversimplifying it here and downplaying how a proper squad/team with better cohesion & understanding will perform vs one that doesn't. A lot of the players are inexperienced yes but even still they were selected by VK - he didn't h...

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:02 pm
I wonder who signed these players that throw away leads and concede at crucial times???

signed 16 last season and it didn't happen. Bucket loads you can throw at VK (like playing Foster on the wing wtf) but player concentration is farcical

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there is no way we are successful next season if we have a season with just O'Shea and JBG as players who have played more than on season in the Championship. If Brownhill is going we would 100% have to keep hold of Berge imho and I'm not sure we will. As Quicken says above, putting a new team toget...

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Massively disagree. The disciplinary record and number of late goals conceded in each half is a huge indictment - it's down to the manager to sort that out and yeah United fans say the same about Ten Hag. One offs are one thing - but when it's a repeat occurrence like it has been for us then imo su...

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I think you have been out of the country too long if you think our fan base cause trouble. The working man who caused trouble years ago has been priced out of football. We are very much a family club nowadays. You might get trouble on the Blackburn side as jealousy can stoke hatred, like we had whe...

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I don't know why people consistently compare Everton's charges to Man City's.

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we will have the pick of the bunch from Chelsea and City when it comes to loans. We will fill all 5 slots and be fine.

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CoolClaret wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:35 pm
That's what I suspect as well. Risk free now for them, sh1t or bust, for want of a better term.

not for the manager though, his managerial career will go one of two ways.

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Certainly not triggered :D I used 'project' metaphorically and somewhat humorously to try and summarise how posters think the outcome of ALK's time with the club will play out, which so far, has been quite a mixed bag. I wasn't particularly pointing fingers on here, it's every supporter base especi...

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Every club uses the word 'project'

Imagine being triggered by the word 'project'

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Sutton-Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:54 pm
I don't want to go back to the Premier league......

we've gone from one of if not the most enjoyable seasons I've ever been lucky to witness to one of the worst

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We all have our dreams. I’ve always wanted to go out with Natalie Portman. Our life would be like an endless reel of perfume adverts. We’d go romping through summer meadows, laughing and loving each other’s company, take sunset walks on the beach. That kind of thing. Constantly. I’d casually introd...

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Bedtime here so I'll be quick. I know you are not trying to put words in my mouth ,and maybe Kompany will learn over time , but on this season's evidence he will be nowhere near as good as those you mention. I believe he's been found out at the highest level unlike those on your list and I do not e...

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Ok Vegas, I hope I didn't insult you. Sounds like you weren't used to playing in many winning teams in your playing days 😊. My experience of sport is the complete opposite and I had a lot of success as a team player , captain and manager. Maybe that's why we see things different. A team can be guil...

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I don't think we are on the same page here. You don't think the high number of goals we have conceded at the end of both halves has been been a recurrent problem of lack of discipline . I wish it was the odd worldy we were talking about and suspect maybe you haven't played sport much. Apologies if ...

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Nothing you can do about situations like that but I would say majority of goals we have conceded just before or just after half time have been from our own mistakes same for loads of teams that concede at the end of both halves, Man Utd being the prime example recently. Ten Hags fault a player dive...

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it would be at Wembley and it would be borderline unmanageable for the police, I hope it never happens.

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Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:16 pm
We will have to disagree about how significant the timing of goals are when looking at a team's discipline

if a 70 million pound footballer sticks a 30 yarder into the top corner in the 44th minute (as a random example) what has that got to do with discipline ?

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I've no idea to be honest. The club don't readily give out information unfortunately, for example they reported Beyer's was just a loan in summer 2022 and we didn't even confirm Obafemi's permanent signing last summer at all. When Trésor signed I think we just said it was a straight loan but it was...

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I'd rather us go up at the first time of asking and not make such a pigs ear of it if we do*

*only if they fix VAR, if they don't then I don't ever want to step foot inside the league again

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Certainly I disagreed with the two Oliver reds - when VAR against Zaroury vs City (which was ankle / calf height) and yesterday. I also disagreed with Berge at Villa - incorrect application of the rules booking a player after advantage and a shot. The Foster one was frustration after a refereeing e...

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:39 pm
He was at Chelsea but not against Wolves

what's your gut feeling on if we've signed him or not ?

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Corway wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:32 pm
The biggest question is why £20m was good business for us and will we ever get that back?
An absolutely crazy use of scarce resources when we had two keepers.

it wasn't 20 but yes, we didn't need him either way

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City for me because I love watching KDB and Foden. Also, I despise fan bases that turn on a manager after a few defeats, Arsenals lot were trying their best to get Arteta sacked for a good few years so that rules them out. Liverpool fans don't seem to have any sort of 'fairness' radar - not a group ...

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All very true but I'm genuinely surprised at how Kompany has been unable to instil more discipline in the players as the season has progressed. The persistent poor timings of the goals and the very high constant number of red cards is evidence of a manager unable to be firm enough. tbh I'd say at l...

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Vegas -have been to Leicester games about 8 times this season. Lots of similarities with us last season. They will have major challenges if they go up. From what I have learned with ourselves they will be well short next year. Hermansen their GK is an exceptional young keeper and could thrive in th...

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I'll add, I 100% expected us to get relegated after the transfer window BUT I expected us to have at least another 10-12 points at this stage edit: I wrote the above incorrectly, I meant I expected us to finish with another 10-12 more than we have, I figured between 30-35 points at the end so we are...

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For sure - that's a huge factor. My point was more setting the team up for failure/success... It's up to the manager to have a style of play that maximises the talent available to them. Not shoehorn players into a certain style - because if it is that then you'll never have continuous success. If w...

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:06 pm
That can't be right, it sounds like a decision that's taken fans into consideration.

right?!

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TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:48 pm
What was the reason for the odd kick off times today?

Spurs game was supposed to be Monday night but got moved because of the train strike tomorrow

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Like most of the squad he's learning at this level, and needs to be cut some slack. When you are at the top you make errors and get away with it, at the bottom you get punished. and he' up against some of the best players around every other week, tough learning curve but he will only get better as ...

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But when we have so many 'individual mistakes' then perhaps it's because the system itself is weak? Management is about setting people (in this case a team of footy players) up for success; if the messaging isn't working then maybe it's the wrong message? there is a reason there are levels in footb...

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It was 54 and twice in 2017/18 and 2019/20. Those were remarkable returns and I’ll be astounded if we ever beat that in this league with any manager. and it's going to get tougher every year to stay up never mind beat those numbers. The money at the bottom of the league has run away in the last cou...

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TsarBomba wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:46 pm
Drinkwater wasn’t a Dyche signing.

I never said it was, he's talking about having good players in the dressing room and we had a room full

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Arsenal still have to go to Spurs and Man Utd and have Chelsea at home, I'd be surprised if they win all 3 of those

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it feels like Liverpool have had more chances in this game than we've had in half a season

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ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:59 pm
With hardly a penny spent because the money was going to the training ground.

that wasn't the point.

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Its not about luck. Its about managing players. People thought Dyche was 'lucky' with Joey Barton. But he was able to manage the player and get good value out of him - AND had built a dressing room with a strong team culture that ensured Barton couldn't step out of line. Danny Drinkwater kills your...

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For the record I still wouldn't can him - just hoping that the manager and the board wise up a bit. They have to or we are royally screwed. I'm caught between being completely baffled how much of a pigs ear they made of it in the summer and having faith in them to bounce back next season. Logic say...

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The goals conceded just before half time/full time, along with the discipline record are tell tale signs of poor management tbh. Odd occurrences can be put down to being coincidental but when it's a repeated, frequent pattern? Suggests that this is a problem. inexperience, can you imagine the diffe...

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In terms of standards, I’ve observed a real lack of work rate from a number of players this season which shouldn’t be tolerated. So if Vinny does work hard, and I’m sure he does, this obviously doesn’t rub off on the squad as a whole. Those players not getting a bollocking, and then starting the ne...

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everyone talking about sloppiness and nobody talking about the single biggest thing in professional sport - confidence. Ours has been shot since the first month and we never really recovered no matter the personnel or the tactics, getting smashed most weeks must be very difficult for any professiona...

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I'm not surprised he's had an iffy season, the entire team has, confidence has been on the floor since day one for him.

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fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:14 am
Oh right. I didn't know Kompany had two promotions from the Championship.

My mistake.

in a season, pretty clear what I meant.

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