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Literally got the max/xl a week ago. Cooked the best chicken on it and to prove it is capable, baked a cake, cooked a homemade pizza and roasted veggies/potatoes. Cooking meat with the temperature probe so it is not dried out a game changer
Easy choice for me - The Angels "am I ever gonna see your face again" appropriate for the invisible owner Evans tries to be but it is the crowd responses to the chorus in this song that nail it for me "no way, get f@#£&%*, f@#£ off"
Hope your banner/flag is not too damaged and returns for the next game. I thought it was brilliant and an excellent way to highlight we are behind Paul Hurst and what he is trying to achieve.
I see a lot about lack of championship experience and i do understand that.
However we are not buying run of the mill league 1 or league 2 players - we have signed the players Paul Hurst believes are the best from those leagues and generally they have lots of first team experience albeit not in the championship.
Whilst i would love to see some of our youngsters come through into the first team, they have little/no championship or first team experience.
From what i have seen so far this season i think Edwards, Nisiala and Donacien have already adjusted well to the championship; Nolan will soon be there and of the loans Chalobah looks some player in the making (shame we are presumably paying Chelsea for the privilege of giving him excellent first team experience).
Whilst Knudsen, Sears and Ward have championship experience, they are having to adapt to a new style of play and possibly do not have the ability to adapt. Having a lot of championship experience is making a difference though as both Chambers and Skuse are adapting quicker and they definitely provide the composure and leadership to the others.
if we are looking for championship experience i think we need a player of 2 with lots of championship experience but possibly only nearer the end of careers.
Is CCV left footed? Whilst Chambers was excellent yesterday being right footed and playing left CB is extra pressure on him.
I thought Donacien and Nsiala were a fantastic pairing on right side of defence especially as Edwards gets stuck in tackling as well. If they can keep that up that side of defence is strong.
I think we have a manager with the drive and guts to possibly acheive something here but it will take time. With the amount of changes he has had to make, this season is about creating a team and avoiding relegation + 2 things I am still certain will be achieved.
Imagine in 25 years, after Hurst has achieved near miracles, people telling their kids or grandkids, "you won't believe it but after 3 games loads of our fans went into a panic induced meltdown and threw every toy out of the pram - 3 games"
totally agree he really kept things flowing. great first touch and immediately looks up to play a pass. i think both Nolan and Nsiala look easily able to play in the championship
agree with your points and to reiterate it was a poor result, not a poor performance. In the 1st half particularly i thought we were excellent. Where we are looking weak is scoring goals but give it time. Harrison worked so hard but did not pose any threat unfortunately.
while many people worry can the new signings step up to this level, the biggest concerns for me were Skuse and Chambers.
Skuse looks very off the pace and Chambers struggled on the left side of central defence.
Ward looked very good.
Out of the new signings the pick were Nolan, Nsiala, Edwards and Chalobah.
Harrison and Jackson looked too isolated - can we play both together? Ward, Edwards, Nolan and Chalobah looked easily best midfielders - can we drop Skuse?
fitness wise Chambers and Skuse looked to be off the pace.
1st half was great but we did not replicate in the 2nd half
We have easily dominated the match so far winning almost every 50:50
Donacien looking good at right back, Nsiala immense in the middle.
Grant Ward seems to have been reborn
Edwards having another great game
Chalobah brilliant in the holding role
on the negative side we should be in front - Harrison in particular should have scored from a brilliant Nsiala free kick. Scuse and chambers look like they have a lot to do fitness wise.
jeez - don´t mention fires to me - live about 20 km from the massive western algarve wildfire in Monchique which has been out of control since friday :-(
been alternating between lots of online fire map/data sites to see if it is coming my way and distracting myself with seeing if we have completed signing someone
We are not choosing a team from league 1 and buying their entire team (ie including the poor players) - we are handpicking the best players from that league (and league 2) and not the rubbish. From what i have seen of Paul Hurst so far i trust his knowledge and ability to talent spot the future stars far better than either I or anyone else who is a town fan could.
What we need is to watch these guys settle and develop into the players and team we all want - enjoy the journey
LOL - we have had 43 degrees last few days with guests complaining about the heat and on top of that a huge bushfire 35 kms away with nearly 800 fireman, 200 fireengines and 12 planes fighting it since friday
From first time i saw him play last season i was impressed. I suspect with so many changes in the team this season he may miss out as having so little league experience, although one could say the same about Chalobah. If Nsiala and Tilt come in then, much as i would love Woolfenden to start for us, a season long loan in league 1 may be better for him longterm
I am starting to wonder with, i believe, Nsiala and Tilt, out of contract next summer and that they obviously want to rejoin Hurst, maybe we should contact their agent and agree a contract for next summer to be signed in January. Then see how much their clubs want for a loan deal from Jan to end of season. Play the long game and possibly end up with them for free in a years time
I watch a lot of celtic on tv and in the old firm games the only rangers player i worried about was Waghorn - so yes, i did rate him highly.
when we signed Garner i had not even noticed him for Rangers and i said typical McCarthy he has signed the wrong player it should have been Waghorn - exceptionally happy when Waghorn signed a few weeks later
i pointed this out on the itfc email list at the time
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