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Thread | Out of the bottom 3!
at 20:48 15 Jan 2025
WE ARE STAYING UP, SAY WE ARE STAYING UP.
Game in hand too. |
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Thread | Chris Martin for them today
at 21:36 12 Jan 2025
I don't think I've ever seen a less athletic footballer than him, he could barely run ffs.
Incredible that he still earns a living from the game at even league one level. |
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Thread | That pic of Philogene on the main page
at 19:13 9 Jan 2025
He looks really despondent, fully fed up with life.
I hope the signing is announced soon, so that we can see happy Philogene. |
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Thread | This second half has been turgid AF
at 21:40 6 Jan 2025
Forest have absolutely killed the game - they are an incredibly basic team to be frank, just keep a really good shape and then rely on the front 4 to do the damage on the break. It's actually a very similar set up to how we've been playing in recent games. |
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Thread | Hahaha. Get In
at 20:44 6 Jan 2025
Forest don't remotely deserve to be 2 up here.
Love to see it. |
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Thread | Boooooooo!
at 20:06 6 Jan 2025
That went well for the Wolves fans then. |
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Thread | Very happy with where we are right now
at 17:05 5 Jan 2025
Let's park the frustration with the late equaliser today, and look at where were are.
After the Bournemouth game, with a very tough run of matches ahead of us, I think it's fair to say there was some nervousness that we could very easily have found ourselves cut adrift a little by now. But we've taken 7 points from 5 games, got a better balance between attack and defence, and now have the opportunity in January to strengthen in positions that have badly needed it.
It's going to another horribly nail-biting second half of the season again - but after our years of irrelevance it's good fun, isn't it?! |
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Thread | Stutter run up penalties
at 15:59 5 Jan 2025
Why are they allowed?
Jimenez stopped dead halfway through the run up on that second one. |
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Thread | Looking elsewhere - WTF is going on at Man U?
at 09:11 31 Dec 2024
That club seems to lurch from one shambles to another.
3 defeats on the spin with no goals scored, having appointed Europe's most highly rated manager.
The way that club has been mismanaged over the last decade or so is remarkable - that group of players are a mess of a squad. Casimero and Eriksen looked pedestrian in midfield against us, so I can't imagine what Newcastle made them look like.
Obviously quite funny to see, but how on earth has it been able to happen? |
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Thread | Suddenly everything looks a bit more positive eh?
at 22:00 30 Dec 2024
I think a few* on here threw in the towel a bit after the Newcastle game, but we were unfortunate in catching them at the absolute worst time, both in terms of their form and our lack of strikers.
Looking at the last 4 games though, that's 2 wins and a creditable performance at Arsenal alongside that Newcastle game.
Still a LOT of work to do, and a little extra sprinkling of quality in January is essential, but we've got a chance!
*Being honest I was pretty fooking low myself! [Post edited 31 Dec 2024 8:37]
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Thread | Looks increasingly like Southampton plus 2 from 4 for the drop
at 16:25 29 Dec 2024
Palace are clearly moving in the right direction, but for all Everton's ability to grind out a 0-0, they just don't score goals and therefore don't win games, so can easily get sucked in if any of the rest of us do hit some form.
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Thread | Watching the scummers vs QPR
at 13:10 29 Dec 2024
Really dreadful game - so little quality from either team.
Does reinforce just what a jump in standard it is to the Premier League. [Post edited 29 Dec 2024 13:11]
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Thread | Excellent defensive shape but....
at 20:33 27 Dec 2024
We've got to take much better care of the ball when we get it.
Making it so much harder for ourselves by giving it straight back to Arsenal. |
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Thread | Leicester are really poor
at 21:26 26 Dec 2024
That early goal puts a bit of gloss on a performance where they have barely had a kick.
Been commented already today, but the likelihood that the 3 promoted teams are going back down again really can't be good for the league. Leicester were miles better than most of the championship last year, but not really competitive now, albeit losing Maresca won't have helped. |
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Thread | Saturday's defensive show was out of character in recent games
at 10:01 24 Dec 2024
We can all agree that Saturday was horrible, and could easily have been a much worse scoreline, but worth keeping calm and bearing in mind that it was out of character with our recent defensive form.
Since the start of November (excluding Saturday!) we'd conceded 8 goals in 7 games - the sort of defensive record that would give us an excellent chance of survival if we could maintain it, and no coincidence that we'd got 2 wins and 2 draws in that run of tighter defending.
I don't think you can over state the impact of missing a proper physical number 9 with the system we play, it meant we had no real threat at all, and allowed Newcastle to press and press without the ball, and attack in greater numbers with it.
Really does emphasise the importance of getting another proper striker option in January as we can't rely on Hirst being fit (a shame as I think he is excellent otherwise), and Al Hamadi, for all his endeavour, isn't at the standard we need at the moment.
I think its also worth bearing in mind that both Southampton and Leicester have taken some hammerings recently - whilst that isn't something we want to aspire to, it's the reality of getting promoted to this league.
[Post edited 24 Dec 2024 10:02]
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Thread | A weekend for the away teams in the Premier league
at 23:51 22 Dec 2024
Villa were the only home team to win, with a total of 7 home goals and 25 away goals in 10 games.
Not sure that there is anything to be taken from that, other than it just being an odd weekend for results. |
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Thread | Kalvin Phillips added something important when he came on
at 08:59 22 Dec 2024
When premier league teams get set in their shape it can be very difficult to unpick, even for the best teams let alone us.
One important tool to help with this is the crossfield/diagonal ball out the the wing - we saw Bournemouth do this a lot to pick out Semenyo in space. The thing is that the ball needs to be drilled at pace AND pin point accurate, otherwise the defence just shifts across and the space is gone.
We saw Phillips do this a few times when he came on, and its something that our other midfielders don't see to really do, maybe Taylor is the one who does have the tools for it at least.
Lets park for now the fact the the players receiving the ball were off their game yesterday, if we can get more of that from Phillips it might give us an extra level when tackling those teams with tight defences. |
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Thread | Bloody hell, that was tough going
at 18:26 21 Dec 2024
First off - that's a different game if we have Hirst or Delap available. Newcastle knew we had no outlet at all, and could press high and hard without fear that we had an out ball. Even allowing for that initial caveat though, we got so much wrong, and a number of players were really poor.
Was surprised that we hooked Omari but left Chaplin on at half time, as Chaplin couldn't trap a bag of cement today, and nothing was working for him at all. Across the team we gave the ball away at will.
For the first goal I don't understand why Burgess didn't just head the long ball out, rather than allow it to drop and then get caught behind. Balls in behind gave Burgess big problems all game, and his lack of pace was horribly exposed. Even then it felt like we had a couple of chances to clear and failed to do so.
Second goal I need to see again, but felt like it was straight down the middle and you want Muric to be stopping it.
Third goal was an absolute horror show, and I can't explain how Muric thought that was a sensible pass to play, even if the pass was asked for. Though my point above about no outlet stands here, as Newcastle had flooded our box knowing that in the unlikely event we went long they would instantly win it back.
Fourth goal we were statuesque in our defending.
To be honest 4-0 probably flattered us based on the chances created, and we created nothing of note all game. It was men against boys.
Burns is a real problem for us if he isn't going to back himself against full backs. Morsy was uncharacteristically careless with the ball. Szmodics is very evidently not able to play as a 9 at this level. In fact pretty much every player was well below the standard you'd hope for, with 2 players probably given a pass.
Broadhead showed a level of composure and technique that was lacking elsewhere. Al Hamadi is clearly not at the level we need this season, but he at least gave us a presence up front and asked a few questions of their defence with some decent runs.
Us being rubbish today doesn't mean we are rubbish overall, much like poor individual performances don't make players rubbish, but man we need some of our absent players back soon. Really need to add an extra sprinkling of quality in January too, to give ourselves a fighting chance of escaping the drop.
[Post edited 21 Dec 2024 18:30]
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Thread | Newcastle vs Brentford
at 20:18 18 Dec 2024
I've been watching for 20 minutes and almost nothing has happened at all. Its one of the least eventful games I've ever seen. |
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