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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. 12:56 - Oct 31 with 2147 viewsWallingford_Boy

Our player of the season so far by a country mile, scores bangers for fun, nutmegs defenders, cuts inside and beats players with ease, he's on fire!!

Clarke is a super sub, keep it that way.

RIP Sir Bobby

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 12:59 - Oct 31 with 1850 viewsHerbivore

He's not really done anything away from home. Tight pitch at QPR, think Clarke's ability to ghost past players in tight spaces will be useful tomorrow.

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:02 - Oct 31 with 1821 viewsWallingford_Boy

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 12:59 - Oct 31 by Herbivore

He's not really done anything away from home. Tight pitch at QPR, think Clarke's ability to ghost past players in tight spaces will be useful tomorrow.


tbf no-one has done anything away from home.

Is the QPR pitch smaller than others? I mean I know its a small ground where the stands are close to the pitch, but is the actual pitch that tight?

Either way, Jaden isn't too bad in tight spaces either (see nutmeg last week whilst on byline).

RIP Sir Bobby

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:04 - Oct 31 with 1800 viewsStokieBlue

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:02 - Oct 31 by Wallingford_Boy

tbf no-one has done anything away from home.

Is the QPR pitch smaller than others? I mean I know its a small ground where the stands are close to the pitch, but is the actual pitch that tight?

Either way, Jaden isn't too bad in tight spaces either (see nutmeg last week whilst on byline).


It's 9m thinner.

SB
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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:05 - Oct 31 with 1786 viewsWallingford_Boy

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:04 - Oct 31 by StokieBlue

It's 9m thinner.

SB


narrower?

RIP Sir Bobby

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:07 - Oct 31 with 1775 viewsFrimleyBlue

He's not really done much away from home though, maybe it would work better with clarke away.

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:07 - Oct 31 with 1765 viewsWallingford_Boy

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:07 - Oct 31 by FrimleyBlue

He's not really done much away from home though, maybe it would work better with clarke away.


Is there an echo in here?!

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:10 - Oct 31 with 1746 viewsStokieBlue

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:05 - Oct 31 by Wallingford_Boy

narrower?


Indeed.

That's what I get for very quickly trying to help.

You can look it up yourself next time.

SB
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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:13 - Oct 31 with 1725 viewsMattinLondon

A flair player has a couple of great matches and a few very quiet ones and they are viewed as being on fire. A keeper makes some great saves, makes a couple of howlers due to the defenders in front of him, and he gets a lot of abuse.

Strange world.
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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:19 - Oct 31 with 1702 viewsBloomBlue

He always looks like he will score a goal at home, but then looks like he'll never score a goal away from home. However that never stopped Counago, so I say he should be picked to start.
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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:26 - Oct 31 with 1662 viewsWallingford_Boy

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:10 - Oct 31 by StokieBlue

Indeed.

That's what I get for very quickly trying to help.

You can look it up yourself next time.

SB


Oh I'm sorry, I do appreciate your help.

Interestingly, St Andrews have a smaller pitch.

RIP Sir Bobby

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:27 - Oct 31 with 1648 viewsWallingford_Boy

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:13 - Oct 31 by MattinLondon

A flair player has a couple of great matches and a few very quiet ones and they are viewed as being on fire. A keeper makes some great saves, makes a couple of howlers due to the defenders in front of him, and he gets a lot of abuse.

Strange world.


What are you banging on about love?!

But yeah, Philo starts, home and away.

RIP Sir Bobby

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:29 - Oct 31 with 1637 viewsMattinLondon

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:27 - Oct 31 by Wallingford_Boy

What are you banging on about love?!

But yeah, Philo starts, home and away.


The inconsistencies of how we judge players.
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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:31 - Oct 31 with 1625 viewsGuthrum

Philogene may be quiet at times, but that's often because he's got two or three defenders rushing to intercept or block him before he can do Philogene things. Clarke, coming on later, has the advantage that those defenders have by then been chasing around for a hour or more. He will inevitably get a bit more space.

Philogene drawing them in ought to leave space for our other attackers to take advantage. But they aren't getting much on target at the moment, so it doesn't work.

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He’s not a choux in to start… on 13:35 - Oct 31 with 1593 viewsunstableblue

… I’ll get my coat

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He’s not a choux in to start… on 13:39 - Oct 31 with 1569 viewsMetal_Hacker

He’s not a choux in to start… on 13:35 - Oct 31 by unstableblue

… I’ll get my coat


You can do batter than that !

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:44 - Oct 31 with 1535 viewsChris_ITFC

“Our player of the season so far by a country mile”

Disagree.

Devil’s advocate:
Only scored in 3 of our 13 games
0 away from home
0 assists anywhere


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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:50 - Oct 31 with 1445 viewsC_HealyIsAPleasure

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:29 - Oct 31 by MattinLondon

The inconsistencies of how we judge players.


Surely that is consistent though - in both cases players are being judged for a few notable high/low lights…

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:55 - Oct 31 with 1408 viewsTRUE_BLUE123

He probably is our player of the season so far.

But I am still yet to be blown away by his all round game.

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He’s not a choux in to start… on 13:56 - Oct 31 with 1394 viewsHerbivore

He’s not a choux in to start… on 13:35 - Oct 31 by unstableblue

… I’ll get my coat


His performances have been a bit flaky. Needs to get more croissants into the box.

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 14:25 - Oct 31 with 1268 viewsSitfcB

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:26 - Oct 31 by Wallingford_Boy

Oh I'm sorry, I do appreciate your help.

Interestingly, St Andrews have a smaller pitch.


I think the Loftus Road pitch always seems a lot smaller than most due to the close proximity of the stands to the pitch and the overall ‘tightness’ of it.

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 16:21 - Oct 31 with 1070 viewsGarv

Not that you're getting carried away or anything.

He's had more games where he hasn't scored any bangers or really offered much, than games where he has.

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 17:03 - Oct 31 with 967 viewsHighgateBlue

It's certainly working well enough at the moment in terms of maximising Clarke's contributions. And when Philogene is on song, his tricks are a treat!

The way I see it, the flair players are a bit like One Day batsmen. You need each of them to chip in with a big score every now and then, but it's OK if they have a few quiet ones. Philogene and Clarke were both on the naughty step for not having contributed enough, not so long ago, but they have both done a lot to increase their stock with the fans. It's odd to have two such expensive flair players who in effect play the same position, especially when you then factor in Egeli on the right, with his record fee. But hey, Clarke is certainly a super sub, so if Kieran wants to keep the roles as they are, that's fine by me.

I don't think it's realistic to expect Philogene to do Philogene things every game. But we do need regular contributions ticking over frequently enough from our front 4. Personally I think the starters at 10 and to some extent 9 are the ones that need to contribute more, and on a more regular basis. Let's see what happens, but Nunez at 10 would be interesting, and I'd go with Azon up top, myself.

It may be that we're crossing our fingers hoping that Clarke is on the pitch when we win another penalty! And by the way, our (possibly legitimate) grumbles from last year of not winning enough penalties (or fouls generally) have very much subsided this year. I guess that's partly a function of having a decent amount of possession, and particularly in and around the box. Also maybe clumsier defenders in the champ. Anyway I digress...
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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 18:07 - Oct 31 with 847 viewsghostofescobar

Mars. Is it Mars? I’m going Mars. Is it actually Mars? Or maybe Jupiter. Guess Jupiter is more gassy , so more tricky to actually play football on. Suppose Pluto is the furthest away, so not sure he’d get there in time. Oh god, but is Pluto actually a planet? Wow, this is a tougher question than it initially looked.

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 18:31 - Oct 31 with 781 viewsArnieM

I think opponents have sussed Philogrne's MO for the moment, and in that basis, I'd like to see Jack Clarke given a couple of starts. I think hes also better ( more effective off the ball).

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On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 18:49 - Oct 31 with 740 viewsSmoresy

On what planet does Philo NOT start tomorrow.. on 13:04 - Oct 31 by StokieBlue

It's 9m thinner.

SB


Google AI and Wiki say so but can they be trusted? Phil's numbers say same width but a bit longer.


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