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Reply | Flynn Downes
at 15:35 31 Aug 2025
"Stop trying to make Fetch happen, it's not going to happen" |
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Reply | Were we??
at 08:46 31 Aug 2025
What struck me was we let a poor opponent and referee take the game from us, and truly good sides don't do that.
Made me think of boxing. There are places and opponents where you know if it goes to points you aren't getting the decision. So, you go all out for the stoppage, and take the judges away from having a say in the outcome. Said it after all the faff about Leicester at home last year - penalties and sendings off are irrelevant if you are already 3-0 up.
Think as a team it would be more fruitful to focus on how slow, and generally short of a plan, ideas and threat we look rather than low block s-housery and refs. |
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Reply | Philogene stats from today make for ugly reading ...
at 08:38 31 Aug 2025
I do find it one of those funny things about this forum that people believe anybody gives a sh!t what we think. Nobody at the club cares what their nerdiest of fans are thinking, nobody is reading what we write here.
Except for Wolfy, as I'm convinced he is the chantry boy user lol... |
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Reply | Philogene stats from today make for ugly reading ...
at 00:15 31 Aug 2025
I thought there was one moment for me that summed up Philogene's day.
Ball goes out to him on left on a quick break. Just got Dion Sanderson to beat, widely recognised as slowest CB in the league. Think he is gonna knock it round him and burn him for pace. Just stands there. Play catches up and Hirst makes a nice diagonal run. Think he is going to put him through. Just stands there. Someone comes up and tackles him. He shrugs.
His decision making was really poor and his body language to me just looked like he really couldn't care less. Same sort of 'well, I'm here ain't I?' vibe you get from a Wimpy's server. |
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Reply | Team for tomorrow then...
at 12:43 29 Aug 2025
Admittedly not usually, but not quite "never" either. Leif for example, straight off the plane from Australia and into starting 11 (with mixed results admittedly).
So it can happen, and I think with Furlong he is match fit and has O'Shea and Palmer in his vicinity so not "new" people to get to know either. |
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Reply | Is there a presser today
at 11:59 29 Aug 2025
KMc does usually allow himself to be more open about transfers so long as he isn't the one speaking first, as it were. Fabregas talked about Azon first, which allowed Kieran (sp) to, for example.
I wonder as Egeli has spoken about the move, it opens the door again? |
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Reply | Team for tomorrow then...
at 11:53 29 Aug 2025
I think Furlong starts, Azon on bench.
Do we think the issue with Azon and his medical (yes rumoured only but fairly widely rumoured) was that he isn't currently injured, but the previous injury he had was sufficiently nasty that we'd like to see how he has recovered from it and his durability over a few games before committing to a purchase? I.e. we didn't want to take the risk to be obligated to buy and he breaks down within 10 games and never gets back to full fitness? Bit of try before you buy?
My Team:
Palmer
Furlong O'Shea Greaves Davis
Matusiwa Cajuste
McAteer Szmodics Philogene
Hirst
Wouldn't be surprised with Akpom in for Szmodics, but can't see KMc starting both Cajuste and Akpom at this stage, feels an unnecessary role of the dice.
Also, point of note, I enjoy calling Egeli "The New Haaland Tractor" even if I'm the only one that finds it funny (I live opposite Ernest Doe's HQ and can see a fleet of Blue New Holland Tractors out my window). [Post edited 29 Aug 11:55]
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Reply | Do we still get James? And what do we do about homegrown?
at 09:58 29 Aug 2025
Not meant as disrespect, really rate Finley. Just meant if he is 5th on the depth chart at moment (Behind azor, jens, nunez and james), its a waste of a spot on the subs bench if it means you cant name one or both of the guys above him on it. We wouldnt have 3 DM's on bench.
Jumping him from 5th to 3rd to satisfy a rule seems silly, was my point.
Thanks to other responses. Still seems clear as muck but I'm sure the club will figure it out! |
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Thread | Do we still get James? And what do we do about homegrown?
at 09:06 29 Aug 2025
Do you think we still get Jordan James? That would be a really rather spiffing midfield quartet if so.
But it does leave abit of a puzzle on the homegrown thing? I'm not sure on the rule but its either 1 or 2 in either the matchday 20 or the named squad right? I thought it's 2 in the 20 but others have said different on here and I'm no expert.
If we get James, the likely 25 leaves out all the obvious candidates to fulfill the homegrown requirement:
Wolfy - seemingly wants to leave so can't see us making him stay
Humphreys - loan
Baggott - loan
H Clarke (not sure if counts) - loan, leaves, not registered
Am I missing anyone? We could keep Barbook in the squad as wouldn't count towards 25, but then would we need to name him in matchday 20 in order to satisfy it? Bit of a waste of a sub if so. Could've done with a youth keeper being ready for the bench really, as that would tick viable sub (though unlikely to be used), homegrown, and not counting towards 25.
Just not sure how we make it work? I'm not saying this will be the reason we don't get James, that will be something more immediate like budget or KMC doesnt feel we need him, but was just something I couldn't get my head round at moment.
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Thread | Meanwhile at the Norwich Q&A...
at 22:54 28 Aug 2025
Had a quick look at their forum and saw this. Really hope we get to see the footage sometime - Manning's gibberish answer to a long-winded question basically asking "Was selling Nunez to Ipswich in the fans' best interests" at the Q&A tonight:
I mean, you must've known you were going to get that question. Didn't fancy getting a few people together today and drafting something in advance? |
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Reply | Can’t wait for 21:46…
at 21:49 28 Aug 2025
Phil - do you get a 'it's a closed lid' word from the club aka no more news tonight, like in the West Wing? |
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Reply | All hypothetical of course...
at 15:38 27 Aug 2025
Ivanovic and Hackney.
Out of our two areas of greatest need, they are the best players from the options listed |
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Reply | End of window Prediction!
at 10:25 27 Aug 2025
- Egeli over the line later in the week but too late to play Saturday.
- Woolfy on loan on final day to someone like Stoke or Bristol City. Baggott used as replacement.
- Then at best two final day 'Ahadme's' for CM and ST. Thinking of the likes of Davis Keillor Dunn - a decent to high performer from a division or two below. Dion Charles that kinda thing. Massively underwhelming. Although we could already have this years Ahadme in the building in McAteer. The panic buys do tend to get done quickly. So it might be this doesnt happen either.
Needless to say since Texters posted about having a lot to do, 24hrs later we still have exactly the same amount still to do... [Post edited 27 Aug 10:27]
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Reply | Mattress protectors are ready
at 16:56 23 Aug 2025
1 in open play yes...
But quite right.
If you cannot conclude that we are currently in big, big trouble, then you are denying the undeniable. |
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Reply | Player Departure Experience
at 17:47 20 Aug 2025
Yeah considering it was launched the week of two players leaving the club, when I saw the news headline I thought it was Broady looking for someone to help lift his sofa into the moving van |
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Reply | Player Departure Experience
at 17:27 20 Aug 2025
Emailed the ticket office. Not the most tip-top response in terms of usefulness:
"Typically, the experience goes live a couple of weeks prior to the fixture; unfortunately, there isn’t a set date. For Portsmouth, I would advise monitoring the website around 2-3 weeks prior to the match."
Essentially, they get released when the mood takes, so unless you want to sit F5-ing the site all day, you gotta get lucky.
I'm not opposed in principle to this sort of thing, particularly like as others my kids live quite far away and go to 3-4 games a year. I'd probably even pay for it - fairly common at places like wrestling shows I've been to. [Post edited 20 Aug 17:27]
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