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Reply | Championship Playoffs - who's going up?
at 16:02 8 May 2024
I'm going for Southampton because it would be quite funny for Leeds to be too big not to go up yet again.
And because we do relatively well against them over the last few years, so why not again?
I also think we could do decently well against WBA and Norwich if we continue to improve over next season.
And because we've lost home and away against Southampton in the last four matches we've played them, including that match where Austin scored a beautiful goal and then Pelie topped it two minutes later to break our hearts. |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 13:56 8 May 2024
We reportedly got £2 million for Seny but he was 28 at the time, whereas Cooper is 24. Also Seny's last season for us wasn't his best for us coming back after injury the previous season he seemed to have lost his appetite for playing for us.
Cooper on the other hand has had a great season. |
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Reply | Rayan Kolli
at 13:46 8 May 2024
Thanks for insight Danny.
Another thing I like about him is watching him on match days he's palpably itching to get on the pitch, even though he hasn't been able to play. |
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Reply | Just seen this you tube video
at 13:42 8 May 2024
Yes exactly. After we'd played 33 matches, Birmingham were 6 points ahead of us with a match in hand. In those next seven matches, including that win over Leicester, we went four points ahead of them. Those matches, including the Jimmy Dunne superstrike to beat Brum, ended up saving our season. |
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Reply | Lucas Anderson
at 10:16 7 May 2024
I think the rumour is that he's here until the end of next season. But our new CEO doesn't intend to publish the length of players' contracts from now on. |
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Reply | Keeping our loved assets
at 18:46 6 May 2024
Still love the guy. So pleased to see him still doing well. It's quite unbelievable sometimes when you see clips of him in the hoops. I think we say him at his irrepressible, swaggering best unfettered by all the defensive work he seems to have to prioritise at Palace to the detriment of his attacking prowess.
For me what breaks my heart is who the replacements were. Mark Hately in place of Sir Les and Ian Dowie for Trevor Sinclair.. At least with Ebs we had Chris Willock who wasn't quite at Eb's level was an exciting player with potential. |
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Reply | Kakay Departs
at 18:31 6 May 2024
He did a job for us when things were dire. Not quite at the level but always put his heart and soul into it which is worthy of respect.
Wish him well. I'm sure he'll find a role in a club somewhere as he has an excellent attitude. |
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Reply | The Coventry Conference – Report
at 01:05 6 May 2024
Thanks once again for another brilliant season of content, if not always of football. It's the first season I can remember where I really felt I was having palpitations watching us sometimes. And then came St Marti and the clouds parted.
It's still been very stressful though and the fact you have churned out your fantastic prose week after week has made it just about bearable at times.
The fans have been magnificent, and while I agree we don't want to be complacent, the fact we've stayed behind them through thin (almost the entire first half of the season) and thick (post Marti's arrival) has in large part pulled them through. I've met some great people on my away trips, so thanks to you all, and it's been more good than bad overall.
Have a great summer Clive and everyone on the board. Thanks to you all. |
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Reply | Birmingham down.
at 19:27 5 May 2024
Some of them don't seem to understand about contracts...
You can't just tell players they're going to leave if:
1) no other club wants them
2) they don't want to play for a club that does want them.
Largely why Forest ended up still paying a cast of thousands when they got promoted as they couldn't offload their just in case Championship level players. |
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Reply | Come on you flibbertigibbets
at 19:22 5 May 2024
I saw him once at Waterloo station. He's very weedy and looks like he needs a really good bath with medicated shampoo. I don't usually like personal slights but in his case...
I think he has a very big chip on both shoulders. No idea why. |
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Reply | Joe Walsh
at 19:18 5 May 2024
Yes I agree it's more of a risk for the manager because I suppose they look bad too if the goalie sucks and as you say it's more obvious in that position cos it's hard to cover for it.
I imagine for the same reason it's hard to get decent loans for our goalie at a League 1 or 2 club as their managers don't want to risk it either, so they don't get a loan at all or they're sitting on the bench while the gnarly old pro gets to play.
I wonder are most of the Prem goalies transferred in from other clubs, as it must be even harder cutting your teeth at that level. |
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Reply | Joe Walsh
at 13:44 5 May 2024
Yes, that all makes sense Brian. It's hard to test that in any other way than playing I guess but you need a credible alternative in case it all goes tits up (as I said earlier with Green and Lumley when they got the yips). I tend to get over-excited at the thought of bringing our own guys in and many haven't ended up making it. |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 12:23 5 May 2024
I wasn't Oslo, sorry for any confusion. I was comparing overall value to the team in response to the PP who said they'd rather have Hayden than Andersen. I was comparing the attacking returns for Chair and Willock with those of Andersen in order to assess his value, which seem to stack up pretty well just statistically. It's hard to compare those obviously with the benefits of a defensive midfielder because their contribution to the team is less obvious to track statistically, e.g. closing down space.
But I do think it's likely that anyone who contributes towards goals is more likely to cost more than someone who plays a defensive role, and as we already have that in Andersen, I'd rather spend our very limited funds in someone who doesn't come from a Prem club like Hayden and is therefore likely to be very expensive. But that's just my sense, maybe it is really hard to find a decent defensive midfielder... |
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Reply | Joe Walsh
at 12:07 5 May 2024
That's kind of where I am. It would be amazing to save some money on bringing in our own player, and he seemed as good as Seny and Begovic yesterday overall. That's in the sense that he had some strengths which overcome some of their weaknesses. However, it was only one match with nothing riding on it and I don't know how he would deal with coming back after making a mistake, for instance. I still have nightmares about Lumley and Green because once a goalkeeper loses confidence they practically start throwing it into their own net.
It all depends what Begovic actually earns and if he'd be willing to do another season on a back up wage because I don't think we should be paying him top dollar. |
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Reply | Joe Walsh
at 22:58 4 May 2024
Would you risk him as first choice keeper Brian or do you think we need someone else? |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 22:56 4 May 2024
Really? I'm surprised. He's got four assists in only 16 matches (12 starts). Only Chair and Johansen managed more than that last season in double the amount of games - nine and six respectively. This season it's Chair and Willock in nearly treble the amount of matches - eight and four.
Given the fact we struggle to score goals, I think that's quite impressive for a player that came in not quite match fit, in a relegation threatened team without a pre-season. Dozzell in comparison managed one across the past two seasons. I get what you say about the inconsistency but I think that's partly a fitness issue.
I also get what you say about Hayden, he's been important to us. But I just think it's harder to find a creative player than a defensive midfielder, although I might be wrong there. I think he's important but not busting our budget important, which I fear we would need to do to keep him, whereas Andersen is ours for another season anyway. |
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Reply | Cov game
at 20:05 3 May 2024
Apparently that's down to the agreement of Coventry and they've declined permission, so we need the VPN. |
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