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And also i saw that delap was having a long chat with Palmer on the pitch whilst rest of team were doing the fist pumps. He must be flattered by the attention.
And also didnt Broadhead play well. I did think weve spent 25 mil on two players who havent really significantly upgraded his pos.
He has been getting rave reviews recently. Some people suggesting he is on course for POTS. But for me whilst Burgess is a good defender who you can rely on to make tackles, headers and be brave....i dont think hes good enough on the ball at PL level. Passes are too slow, control is too slow and many forward passes are wayward.
For me Greaves is as good on the defensive side and far better on the ball.
If we are going to stay up we need to get our best players on the pitch and get them in form and playing.
I didn't sleep well last night and at one stage went through each of the summer signings to rate them, based on money paid, performances to date, have they been an improvement on who had the shirt and fitness (availability).
This is subjective oc and no fence sitting
Muric - Miss. Indifferent form and not a big enough improvement over VH. Johnson - Miss. Hasn't made enough improvement in the right back area. O'Shea - Hit. Good on the ball and reads the game well. Looks PL level. Greaves - Hit. Just - given question now of whether better than Burgess and fee paid. Phillips - Miss. Not doubting pedigree. But not enough impact. Not fit enough of the time. Cajuste - Miss. Just. Decent player. Needs more sustained impact. Carrying injuries. Ogbene - Miss. Harsh - but hardly played then got injured. Delap - Hit. Nuff said. Badly needs resting. McKenna expects forwards to be spent after 60. Clarke - Miss. Just haven't seen enough from him. Decent player no doubt but needs to show. Szmodics - Hit. Grafts better than Broadhead and good finisher. Hutchinson - Hit. Super talented but impact varies against PL defenders.
Think it speaks volumes that we rely on Morse, Chaplin last few games, and how good our recruitment was in L1 and the small fees we paid. Id say 6 miss ratings above is too high. All of them have the potential to come good but we are nearly half way through the season and we are getting into the too late territory.
We maybe never could have a successful window as we couldn't afford the combined fees for 10 proven PL players - but I cant help feeling we have invested in a lot of good Championship players who cant kick us on enough in a short time frame.
I thought Chaplin was terrific today. Lots of good passes. Tackles. Closing down. Good goal. Really pleased for him. What an example of a pro who gives their all whether they are in the team or not.
Taylor played well.
Centre halves both played well.
If we go down then so be it. Its all a ride and if we keep the faith and the support there is every reason to think the club will go forward.
(Forgetting about football - we are probably going down peeps - and here's my thought for the day instead)
I see that Barnier has a vote of no confidence today as French PM and is likely to lose. So on that basis Im not sure if his budget still goes through on this forced through route or not. But either way its triggered a vote of no confidence in Barnier.
So Macron may then have to appoint another PM, who will not be able to satisfy all the parties and will not be able to get their controversial legislation through either.
So what's the point of Macron? He presumably is unable to set a political agenda. He cant control parliament. He looks just like a figurehead.
Isn't this an argument against proportional representation? It makes democracy look weak at a time its least needed. France needs a direction to go in but instead its going nowhere pulled about by opposing parties in parliament who have enough weight to nullify each other.
Just seen that we are about to probably agree to their return or some sort of deal.
Fair enough. Ive seen them a few times and frankly they aren't worth the hassle. But I have to say that rather than be totally dismissive of them, I did reflect that they were done 500BC and isn't it amazing that human beings had the skill and tools to shape marble like that 2.5 thousand years ago. We must have been capable of quite amazing cultural things as well as being pretty brutal at the same time.
But im fairly ambivalent to their return. Be nice to fill the rooms with something to look at, but honestly they could create replicas and no one would really mind.
We made a big deal of that last year saying that about a third of your goals had to come from set plays. And we were very good at it. This season we bring in a specialist coach for it and i cant remember us scoring one?
I watched the current series on Netflix about UFOs. Which was interesting and many people were discussing their interactions with UFOs.
And then today on YouTube theres this latest Congress committee thing that was held yesterday. These seem like qualified and serious people giving testimony.
This stuff is easy to poke fun at, but why would these guys want to make stuff up?
A few years back i bought a guitar online from the USA.
I had to pay the import tax on that to get it to the UK.
So when Trump goes on about making China pay tariffs, isnt that false. China wouldn't pay a tariff, only the person or company buying it in the US? In which case all hes doing is inflating prices and making the US citizen pay more tax?
1. Johnson had his best game so far. 2. Morsy and Phillips had their best performance together. 3. Hutchinson was far more effective on the right and impacted the game. 4. Delap was a beast. Some of his touches and control are much better than i thought he had in his locker. 5. Crowd staying with it
1. Sean Dyche can moan for England. He complained about every decision given against them today. He even disputed a clear foul one yard in front of him. I wanted to shut him up so badly.
2. Hutchinson should play on the right. Probably sammy s in the no 10. Szomidics is also a goal scorer. We need him in the box to support Delap.
3. Phillips hasn’t played badly. He didn’t deserve the idiot near me jeering him when he came off. But I’m struggling to see an England / Man City player in him still. If we could get a grip in midfield it would help a lot.
4. Confidence is dipping. We are too anxious in many parts of our game. We are misssing passes, fluffing our lines. Not playing naturally. All a bit forced and no flow. Does Clarke miss that chance last season? Pressure may be getting to a few.
5. I worry about us. We badly need a win in the next two or I think we are probably doomed.
Ive bought this for the first time in years, for obvious reasons.
What level do people play it at?
I started at semi pro level and im beating everyone. Did draw with city though. So i switched to the next level up, professional, and now i cant get near Spurs. Son was running rings round me and i lost 3-0.
So there seems to be a big difference in just going up one level.
I just saw a story on YT that there’s a Russian cargo ship in the channel, close to Dungeness, that’s “struggling”. With enough fertiliser on it to create an explosion equivalent to two tactical nukes.
I really don’t like us playing Russian roulette with all this. Sooner or later Putin might do something extreme. The guy on the video said he’s bluffing with all the nukes etc, but how the hell does he know to be frank. Desperate people do desperate things.
Am I just being a coward to say we shouldn’t allow these storm shadows to hit Russia, in the face of Ukraine keep getting battered?
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