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Thread | Midfield
at 10:29 29 Apr 2025
A lot of talk about personnel changes however should we also be looking at the shape of our midfield?
A lot of the successful clubs at the minute are playing more of a midfield 3 so even if we find two very good midfielders it will still be tough to win the midfield battle against teams that play the 3. Yes we have our 10's but as we've established they are not winning a duel against a physical CM.
I'm guessing it's probably not on the table given our squad makeup, but for me at times this season, it's felt we've need another in there. |
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Thread | Flipping our shape
at 10:00 3 Apr 2025
I'm no elite manager so no idea how hard this would be to facilitate however given we've struggled to fill the Burns/Ogbene role adequately and Townsend's solid performances how about Davis performing the Burns/Ogbene role on the left with Townsend at Left back? This could work well against the likes of Arsenal who favour attacking that side due to Saka. |
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Thread | Programmes
at 16:56 18 Mar 2025
Anyone know how many more than usual we sold on Saturday? Seems everyone loves a sticker as the queues were all very long! Mark Ashton shiny next match? |
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Thread | Lack of aggression
at 13:22 4 Feb 2025
One thing I've noticed during this recent run is we're a lot less aggressive in the press and also lacking aggression going into duels compared to the early season when we really rattled a number of teams. Morsy in particular seems to have really reigned himself in and his aggression is a huge part of his game.
Since parking the bus against Arsenal and Chelsea are we now stuck in two minds?
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Thread | Recent ex-players you'd have loved McKenna to have coached
at 14:24 29 Jan 2025
We all know McKenna and his team are super coaches who have improved every player at the club. I often wonder which players from the Cook, Lambert and Hurst teams would have thrived under McKenna. A few names to start with:
Teddy Bishop
Keanen Bennetts (wild I know but he had something)
Armando Dobra
Gwion Edwards (similar profile to Burns) |
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Thread | Haaland/Delap
at 09:41 23 Jan 2025
Not for one second am I suggesting Liam is quite at Haaland's overall level (yet), especially in front of goal however when watching the City PSG game last night I couldn't help but think he would have worked the PSG defenders a lot harder whenever City went long. |
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Thread | Contracts
at 12:07 22 Jan 2025
It does seems a bit Un-Ashton like that we've got into a situation where Wolf, Burgess, Axel and Fridge could leave for nothing at the end of the season. Is it case that in some cases they've just rejected what's been offered?
You could say there's easily in excess of £20m worth of talent there. |
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Thread | Restricted View Seats
at 15:05 20 Jan 2025
I get that we have these seats and that the club disclose which seats have a restricted view however after experiencing such a seat yesterday I find it baffling they are priced the same as every other seat in that tier of the stand. I couldn't see a good proportion of the action so feel like they should be at least 10%-20% cheaper to reflect the lesser product. I know demand is high at the moment however I'm surprised that some of these seats exist at all given the lack of view. [Post edited 20 Jan 15:06]
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Thread | Tickets
at 15:29 30 Aug 2024
Random single tickets have been appearing on the site at various intervals if anyone needing one for tomorrow.
Slight flaw in the system - a single appeared in the family stand however you can't purchase an adult ticket without also purchasing a junior ticket in that section which is tricky when there's only one seat available! |
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Thread | Shirt printing
at 16:45 27 Aug 2024
We went through the period where replica shirts on adult blokes was frowned upon in some circles - thankfully replica shirt culture is now widely embraced.
However, what are people's thoughts on grown blokes having a player's name and number printed on the back especially if they are older than all the players?
The Prem patch is excluded - that's a must-have accessory! |
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Thread | Membership Priority
at 12:15 16 Jul 2024
Am a bit disappointed you only needed to have attended one home game last season as a member to qualify for the ballot.
If definitely favours the day trippers who just did the Huddersfield game over those that went more frequently. |
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Thread | Promotion Merchandise
at 10:23 9 May 2024
Why didn’t they just use the same graphics as they used for social media - whatever effect they’ve stuck on the merchandise looks a bit naff. |
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Thread | Home Ticket Priority
at 15:29 7 May 2024
I don't envy those that have the job of working out how the home ticket priority should work for next season. I remember last time we were in the Premier League a ballot system was in place which worked ok from what I recall.
As a long-time member, I would like to think loyalty is rewarded however I do recognise the importance of getting the new young fans hooked. I certainly don't expect to go to more games than I have been attending during an average season but would like to have some priority over those that have been to less games. I wouldn't be too chuffed if every game was on the luck of the queue and I expect there will be plenty of away fans by membership and trying to get tickets if some sort of points system wasn't in place.
Am also expecting some sort of price rise but hopefully a sensible one - I've seen some horror stories from other clubs. I've no reason to doubt our ownership though as they've been great so far. |
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Thread | Morgan Rogers
at 15:25 30 Jan 2024
£1m to £16m in 6 months. Now there's some player trading that will get Mr Ashton envious. I think Villa have grossly overpaid there - he didn't look anything special against us. The likes of Burns and Hutchinson must be worth a pretty penny if you compare them directly. |
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Thread | Morsy/Mass/Taylor
at 11:05 4 Dec 2023
Thought they had some nice combinations at the end of the game. Certainly gave us a nice amount of control.
I was surprised when McKenna didn''t go that way at West Brom when they were dominating the midfield. Certainly looks like a decent alternative against certain teams. |
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Thread | Second goal
at 12:23 14 Aug 2023
Apologies to Wes Burns and Kayden Jackson if I'm doing them a disservice here however I thought the second goal was a great illustration of the excellent coaching we now have. Would the old Burns have been so composed in picking out Jackson? I get the impression the old Burns would have taken a touch and then tried to blast it towards the edge of the 6 yard box. Instead, he was calm and waited to pick a great option.
Would the old Jackson have intelligently peeled off like that? He's always had the pace but not necessarily the quality of movement to match. |
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Thread | Goals
at 09:56 13 Feb 2023
It's blatantly obvious that we have to work a lot harder to score a goal than the opposition do to score against us. I'm sure the statto's new favourite metric xG will back this up.
Saturday was a great example - was incredibly underwhelmed by Wednesday as they seemed content at hoofing the ball up to two frontmen and living off those scrapes however they managed two goals using this tactic. Plymouth a far superior footballing side to Wednesday IMHO.
We love a cross. Lots of lovely intricate passing to shift the ball wide only to find a defender's boot or head. I wonder when teams are setting up like Wednesday did if it's worth going with Hurst and Ladapo to try and convert a few more of these crosses. Given the physical nature of these games, Chappers making way for the 2nd striker would be the option. He was anonymous first half and was fairly anonymous at Cambridge as well.
Don't get me wrong there are games that suit Chappers down to the ground however we need a plan b for when the bus parking timewasters are in town.
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