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Thread | Happy Daddy's Day
at 10:37 15 Jun 2025
To all my fellow gym bosses out there |
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Reply | Brandon Williams interview with Ben Foster
at 19:45 2 Apr 2025
I have a lot of empathy for people and agree in principle - however, we have to consider the ties we make in football. We are emotionally connected to our club and the people who control the fate of that club are going to be under scrutiny.
I believe it is important to distinguish between player and person and abuse should never be targeted at the person. I believe that the player is not immune from stern critique but we have to make sure it is not something that becomes abusive. |
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Reply | Things you won't miss about the Premier League
at 19:36 2 Apr 2025
This comment is related to the OP's point but not in the format.
I am fortunate enough to have experienced Town's last two premiership stays and the difference between both is night and day. Now, I have considered that our first season in Burley's tenure was incredible and could maybe bias this account, but then I consider the next season and ease away from the bias.
It has felt bad this season. Performance is a part of that undoubtedly, especially when we spent as much as we did to not really impact our chances.
Is McKenna and Ashton to blame for that?
Have we mismanaged assets?
Possibly, to an extent
Has McKenna met his match?
I don't think so
I just think the feeling in the league is way different. I also blame saturation. We now live in a time where we don't have to have visited a ground to be intimately aware of it. In the 90's the internet was far from the norm and the papers, MOTD and word of mouth were your key communication as to how special this new place we could visit was. Going to another ground was exciting and sometimes overwhelming as those accounts of the place started to become a reality. Now, with content saturation you end up probably thinking either "This is cool" or "I don't see the fuss".
The league is incredibly lopsided. Yes, you had your elite clubs in the day as well - but no game felt patently unwinnable. That is to say a big club having a bad game usually meant a smaller club having a good game could overcome them. Now it almost feels like a big club having a bad game means you're going to lose, but maybe not by such a country mile.
I think this is my biggest comparison - nothing felt impossible when the club was running well. I would say that McKenna has the club running well, albeit some questions are raised around game management. It seems like those powers that be have the club running well too. Certainly more so when it felt like Sheepshanks was being stringy in the Championship and then blew his proverbial load when in the premier league (and we all know where that lead).
In short though, I really haven't been invested in the PL this season. Even day one felt a bit flat compared to the first day of a season freshly promoted into the Championship about a year prior.
I can't quite put my finger on any reason in particular, but a combination of things discussed in this thread certainly make sense. |
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Reply | The death penalty
at 10:21 22 Jan 2025
I just think he's kind of confused himself on this one. Not saying this to be mean spirited, but the whole commentary seems muddled and incoherent. |
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Reply | Forum page width
at 10:15 22 Jan 2025
I dunno... full width seems to be okay on my ultrawide
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Reply | Louie Barry
at 10:12 22 Jan 2025
I honestly think the AV youth setup estimated his ability above his potential with us, and MK Dons. I'd love to see the young lad come good, but I think AV ruined any chance of him becoming an early bloomer by trying to fast track his development. |
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Reply | Talk of Cunha moving on..
at 10:09 22 Jan 2025
I am worried about Southampton too, that game could set us up mentally for the last leg of the season - but fail to win and it could completely boblocks the mental strength of the dressing room. |
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Reply | Louie Barry
at 10:05 22 Jan 2025
This is why I think Barry being sent to us was a big mistake from Villa's front. We needed a player who would be up to the task of lifting us out of a mess and the expectation was certainly that he'd perform at a League 1 standard or better. When he didn't, we didn't have room or resources to coach him into a 1st time role and in some ways probably stunted his development. |
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Reply | Talk of Cunha moving on..
at 10:02 22 Jan 2025
I hope your right, in fact, I will be happier than a pig in poo if I am wrong on this one. I'm just not quite ready to view it as a 2 horse race just yet. |
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Reply | The death penalty
at 09:59 22 Jan 2025
Debate being pointless...
I thought that was the tagline of the forum |
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Reply | Talk of Cunha moving on..
at 09:55 22 Jan 2025
I'm not trying to allude that they're better, but I wouldn't be shocked if they grind out some results across those matches. They certainly shouldn't be discounted and put out to pasture by no means. |
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Reply | Talk of Cunha moving on..
at 09:52 22 Jan 2025
Spurs are an injury ridden mess who have 1 point in six games, form wise, they are exactly the kind of team that Leicester would want to be facing at the moment. All you have to do is look at the league table to see why they have a good run ahead of them - certainly much more comfortable than ours. [Post edited 22 Jan 9:54]
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Reply | The death penalty
at 09:44 22 Jan 2025
You don't think its the slam-dunk its made out to be by a lot of people who are against it, but what about those who are for it that act like its a slam dunk? |
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Reply | Talk of Cunha moving on..
at 09:21 22 Jan 2025
I don't want to be right about it by no means, but given how we've been on the beneficial side of people underestimating us after lapses in form, I am cautious to do the same to another side who are very much in the mix. |
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Reply | Louie Barry
at 09:15 22 Jan 2025
Forgive me, I meant to say - I can't see how they arrive at that valuation of him. I agree with you on that front. |
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