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Reply | Just been listening to BM Podcast
at 15:10 28 Apr 2025
One of the things that became glaringly obvious during the course of the season and especially in the last two or three matches is that our ball carriers are too lightweight and are easily knocked off the ball by bigger, stronger defenders and midfielders. Yes, Hutchinson and Broadhead performed well in the Championship but to me have been pretty ineffectual in the PL. Even the likes of Cajuste and Enciso try to run too much and get dispossessed. Arsenal's simple minimal-touches and pass game was beautiful to watch and we had no answer. The tactics ned to change if / when we get back to the PL and so does the type of player we recruit. |
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Reply | The State Visit
at 18:39 2 Mar 2025
I do not expect it to be cancelled any more than I expect Starmer, Macron et al to really stand up to Trump. However, anyone who thinks that the USA is an ally that can be trusted and depended on while Trump is in power is seriously deluding themselves. His style of deal-making seems to be straight out of The Godfather so he will sell us out if he thinks he can get a better deal from a future aggressor. Unfortunately the UK and other nations will try to tread the diplomatic path in an asymmetrical relationship (yes, it always has been but not like this). Should there be another 9/11, say, we'll be sending troops into Dumfickingstan to die on US' behalf but, say, the Argies decided to have another go at The Falklands then Trump wouldn't give a rat's ars3. |
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Reply | Queue hasnt appeared
at 10:19 29 Jul 2024
Sold Out, I was 593 and got to front of queue and it shows 'No events' |
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Reply | Superstitions and routines
at 10:36 3 May 2024
You will be wasting your money on flying to Italy if it's on Sky. Romania is the place to go.
Alledgedly |
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Reply | January transfer window = improving the squad or improving the first eleven?
at 16:24 26 Dec 2023
GIven that KMcK brought in Championship ready players in the last January window and that the performance against Leeds (and Fulham) show that we are nowhere near being good enough for the Prem then you could make a case for him doing a lot more than just tinkering with the squad.
It will certainly be needed in the summer if we do go up. |
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Reply | Innocent until proven guilty? Not anymore according to the Republicans
at 15:47 14 Dec 2023
It doesn't matter what one thinks of the Democrats at this particular juncture as their last two goes at impeaching Trump certainly seemed to be evidence based whereas there does not appear to be any evidence for what the Republicans are doing now.
Your comments are 'whataboutism' of the first order. |
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Reply | Why do we insist
at 20:15 25 Nov 2023
Yes, the system has been providing results so far but we do not seem to have a plan B for when other teams suss us out and boy, did West Brom suss us today. Much has been made of McKenna's in-game changes but Broadhead and Chaplin were anonymous in the first half (for that read 'well marked by WBA' not that they were poor) and thus could have, should have been substituted earlier just to change something. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. |
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Reply | The performance is more concerning than the result
at 20:05 25 Nov 2023
Unfortunately teams will look at this performance and go 'so that's how to do it' when they play us and the teams with the better players and better coaching will be able to repeat just what WBA have just done. Unfortunately there are quite a few that fit that category that we haven't played at their place yet.
Cue the downvotes. |
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Reply | Can't decide whether to give clarke a 4 or an 8
at 13:49 6 Nov 2023
So that means one can only post a 'negative thread' when we've lost 4 on the bounce and the manager's head is on the block?
John F Kennedy said 'The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining' and I would suggest that pointing out deficiencies can be done at any time. There has been many threads recently about which players will do well when we get to the PL, unfortunately Clarke is currently not on that list. |
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Reply | Can't decide whether to give clarke a 4 or an 8
at 11:10 6 Nov 2023
I would beg to differ in Clarke's case as there were howls of outrage (and 100 downvotes which implied I hit raw nerves) when I started a thread entitled "Harry Clarke is not the answer - discuss" after the final match at Fleetwood. All of the points raised to support him were along the lines of:
- one of our own
- only 22
- McKenna sees something in him
- he does a fist pump (and therefore must be a good old boy)
The original OP was about whether he deserved a 4 or an 8 and some on here have correctly gone with 4 for defence and 8 for attack but others seem to still have blinkers on about his defensive capabilities. |
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Reply | Can't decide whether to give clarke a 4 or an 8
at 18:15 5 Nov 2023
The problem is that he has bags of potential but is not very good at defending at this point in time (and last season, watch him ball watching for the second goal against Fleetwood) but unfortunately we are not allowed to say that because he is:
- one of our own
- only 22
- McKenna obviously sees something in him
- does a fist pump
There would appear to be no room for those with vaild points of view to go against the orthodoxy of the ultra-Clarkeites. [Post edited 5 Nov 2023 18:16]
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