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Thread | With Villa beating PSG
at 21:38 15 Apr 2025
3-2 and only 1 goal down over the Champions league quarter final ….
And with Chelsea charging towards the Europa Conference
And with us unbeaten in 4 games against these two teams , how would we do playing in Europe?
How does our squad rank in European terms ? Top 100, Top 50, better than that? |
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Thread | Big decisions needed by KM
at 10:43 9 Mar 2025
Time for KM to earn the big bucks and make tough decisions.
What we saw yesterday was the same as we have seen several times this season.
Not taking our chances and a failure to keep a clean sheet.
But is KM feeling the pressure to pick players with big price tags and big reputations instead of doing what is best for the team?
At the back we can’t keep a clean sheet for love or money, Wolfy is only just back in the team due to injuries and crap performances by new signings, Burgess played well when he was in the team and again at Forest , is our best player in the air ( where was he at Man U when we conceded three set pieces?) and he also has a great understanding of when to set Leif free down the left to attack.
Greaves goes sideways and safe with his passing often ignoring runs and calls for the ball to be played wide and the one time he did yesterday it ended up near the corner flag miles ahead of our player. I have yet to see …. and the goals against every game does not say he is any better.. price tag pick?
Burgess out of contract in the summer , we could easily lose him too without even a fee. Is Greaves really the player for next season?
At the other end , Delap is a victim of his own success , the other team just mark him out of the game and he is still a young striker learning his trade. Why are we putting all our eggs into the Delap basket to survive in the Prem , when he won’t even be here next season.
In contrast Hirst started against Brentford and linked up play well, we scored 3 and wouldn’t have lost without the sending off. He started against Coventry and we scored 4. In both those games we played the KM way and looked like the attacking team we were in our two promotion seasons.
Hirst Started against Forest , we take the lead through him., links up play and pressures their attackers without fouling them. That was lost when he went off.
Delap came on in the Brentford game and looked hungry was flying through tiring defenders scored his goal and was a handful.
Definition of madness is to keep doing the same thing over and over , but it’s what we are doing.
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Thread | Burgess Wolfy Hirst
at 01:52 4 Mar 2025
Should all def be starting more games,
We have brought in loads of supposedly better players. But are adrift in the relegation zone.
Tonight they held a top 3 Prem side.
Hell maybe even Llongo too should be in too. |
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Thread | Town v Man U
at 08:39 22 Nov 2024
Had a look at the United forum Redcafe and their thread about the match.
Plenty of their team predictions ( mostly in Amorim’s prefrerred 343 formation ) an interesting choice is who their new boss picks as the wing backs , apparently at Sporting when he took over he chose defensive ones ( full backs ) to start with before moving to more attacking ones ( wingers) playing there once the players knew his system of play.
Would this suit us on the wings?
Their 3 4 2 1 will also see their middle 4 in a square they same as our set up .
In general they don’t seem as confident of an easy win as most teams ( especially Tottenham) were against us.
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Thread | Delap or Hirst conundrum
at 09:57 27 Oct 2024
We all know how good Delap has been , this season.
A real handful , powerful fast and strong.
However , It was noticeable yesterday that Hirst knows the way we play links and brings others into the game and is a good finisher too.
Up to yesterday’s game , we were the lowest on scoring XG all season , ( and the highest on XG against btw) , yet in yesterday’s game with Hirst starting we played very much like we have done in the last two seasons creating chances again and again.
While Delap is a real handful coming on as a sub against tiring defenders, other teams cannot understand how he didn’t start yesterday… was he injured? He didn’t look it.
Great to have options , but is there also a chance Delap could play on the right as he did at Hull , with Ogbene now out? |
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Thread | West Ham pubs
at 22:21 2 Oct 2024
Where’s people going for pre match beers?
Spoons at Liverpool Street closed , not a lot for away fans around Stratford by look of it |
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Thread | Next 2 games kit question
at 15:27 24 Sep 2024
With our next 2 games against teams in claret shirts, some changes of kit will be needed.
Not really concerned with what Villa play in, but which kit will we play in at West Ham?
Chelsea changed from their blue on Saturday for their game against them, and our 2nd kit is a definite no go , and the third has to be far from certain not to be deemed a clash too.
Which kit will we wear? |
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Thread | Officials tomorrow
at 14:20 20 Sep 2024
Ref Sam Allison , personally thought he was awful v Man City , didn’t give any decisions and relied on Var which cost us a penalty in the Davis incident.
4th official Anthony Taylor after his performance last week.
I guess the lesson is if we get fouled stay down and make a decision have to be made and looked at |
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Thread | New kits
at 10:23 5 Jul 2024
Are they available to buy in club shop tomorrow ? |
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Thread | Give these boys a chance
at 18:03 7 May 2024
Keep signings to 2 or 3 , sign ( or loan again) the loan players from this season if you can.
But in the main , give the players that have achieved these superb back to back promotions their chance in the Premier League.
They get it , they know the club, they know what McKenna wants, they know their teammates strengths and where they want the ball, they know about the fitness requirements and most of all they have togetherness and phenomenal team spirit! That the club is greater than any one individual.
The last club that had a similar team spirit and were a team that had no big stars when they went up were Sheffield United and they finished 9th in their first season and just behind Arsenal. |
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Thread | Three questions to ponder
at 17:25 19 Mar 2024
1. Is Kayden ( a Paul Hurst purchase no less and long time league 1 and 2 player) going to become a Premier league player?
2. What has happened to Janoi? I don’t remember it being a season ending injury?
3. Do we need a song for George Horst when he returns? Or should we change the words of the Wolfy at the back song , from Chaplin to George Hirst in attack? |
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Thread | Must be a record
at 08:41 9 Feb 2024
For us.
Looking at the amount of times we have been live on tv this season , by time we play Cardiff , I make it 15 , 16 if you include Wimbledon where kick off was moved for international tv coverage.
Out of about 40 games .
Will also be 14 of the last 23 games live on tv at that point.
That probably rivals some of the top Prem teams.
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Thread | Walton
at 15:43 27 Jan 2024
Anybody think he should still be number 1 ?
Two crap performances in cup games this season , 2 shots today 2 goals , distribution versus Hladky , no comparison. |
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Thread | Asian Cup
at 18:17 25 Jan 2024
Elkan Baggott’s Indonesia ( like Frank Lampards Derby and Wayne Rooneys Birmingham) will be away a bit longer as Indonesia have qualified for the second round , becoming one of the four best 3rd place teams.
In the last 16 they will play Cameron Burgess’ Australia!
So I guess we get one or the other back soon. |
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Thread | Low block
at 13:34 23 Dec 2023
Should we have played a low block today ? And can we even do it?
If we are to get promoted there will be games where we need to |
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Thread | Siziba
at 19:52 1 Dec 2023
Anyone remember him?
Young player from the academy , Think he may have played a game or two for us.
He’s on York City’s bench tonight in the cup game against Wigan on the Beeb.
David Stockdale in goal for them |
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Thread | Why is it?
at 09:40 29 Oct 2023
Blue and white army at home ?
Blue army………. away as at Barnsley
Which do u prefer ? |
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Thread | Sorbs Thomas kick on Hutchinson
at 13:44 1 Oct 2023
Hutchison down on the ground for what should have been a pen.
Pulled to his feet by Sorba Thomas who then takes a a kick at him.
Should have been straight red, that why Burns came running in ..
Can be sen clearly on Griffins vlog |
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