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Reply | Summer Transfer Rumours
at 18:17 19 Apr 2024
With the current BIG if of our staying up...
It would actually be a bit of an interesting transfer window this summer if we are playing Championship football next season. Certainly intrigued to see the types of players new CEO, Cifuentes and co. might go after - and there'd theoretically be a small amount of money in the budget for once.
For his career, you'd think this has to be the summer Chair leaves regardless of what league we're in right? |
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Reply | Saturday's referee
at 13:13 16 Apr 2024
Please please please do not fall a goal behind Rangers (obvs wouldn't want that anyway, but even more so with this idiot in town) |
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Reply | “Saint” Marti
at 10:32 7 Apr 2024
Chair did look knackered.
Endless criticism of Armstrong, but he was the only player who remotely looked like making anything happen all game even if he is well off the finished article. Still think a player worth persevering there.
Willock, Chair and Anderson all together seems too one paced, especially when Chair is struggling for fitness. Utterly frustrating the amount of times they collectively chose not to cross when in positions to do so - and we have the huge hindrance that all three of them largely want to be on the edge of the box playing short passes severely limiting the bodies in the box on the rare occasion they played a decent ball.
Lack of pace and thrust going forward a long known, am sure it's high on Cifuentes and co list of priorities whatever league we are in. Quite frustrating watching us as pedestrian and ineffective as we were yesterday.
On to Plymouth and a bit more fight hopefully! |
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Reply | Posh Matt Smith
at 07:23 4 Apr 2024
We will always have his pirouette turn to take a young James Maddison (I think) out of the game.
Amazed he recovered to have the career he has had. |
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Reply | Steve Cook
at 22:07 1 Apr 2024
My memory of the LFW piece was nothing to do with how good a defender Steve Cook is - he has always been a quality defender, and one easily capable of playing at this level for 2-3 years from that point on.
The piece made the argument that we'd turned Dickie and Dunne, two players we thought we could sell for far more then we paid for, into wrecks of themselves and had to bring in someone like Steve Cook to plug the gap.
Cook has been immense, and would 100% be my captain for next year. A real, genuine football guy that seems to understand the fan aspect. Brilliant as he has been - we ain't selling him for ££s at the end of next season.
Similiar-ish situation with Hayden potentially this year as he has come out saying he'd love to stay on past this season. He's clearly a better player at his role then anyone we've had, and frees Field up but he has just turned 29 and would likely command a high, if reduced, wage. Do we push the boat out and try and sign him to keep building on this period of success, or look for a cheaper, younger alternative that is a higher risk ability wise but may be a sellable asset in two years time? |
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Reply | Country
at 08:08 1 Apr 2024
Love a bit of Drive by truckers - and lots of Jason Isbell solo stuff is brilliant. Not sure it qualifies as country in the main.
Country music is a genre where I'm not always 100% that artists are Country artists, folk artists, Americana or the like I'll admit.
Love the Highwomen music - Belinda Carlisle and Amanda Shires are amazing musicians and songwriters. Lifelong fan of the late, great John Prine who ruled Nashville and last saw him live at the Palladium with Shires supporting on fiddle. An incredible evening that was. |
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Reply | The noise before the noise – Preview
at 08:01 1 Apr 2024
Thanks Clive, great read and an interesting game ahead.
Their fans criticism of Jerry Yates in the oppo preview caught my eye. Didn't realise he cost almost 3m, one of those I'd have really fancied at QPR and not just based on THAT game at Blackpool last year. Thought he looked lively and full of menace, again showing how hard it can be to find the right forward for the right team at this level - and how little I know about who we should sign. |
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Reply | Thoughts post Birmingham
at 17:32 30 Mar 2024
I was semi-impressed with the ref first half, did seem to give everything a foul though and it was a wonder someone didn't take a dive in one of the boxes. He totally lost the plot second half however - no idea what was going on, could have sown the AR in front of Stan Bowles stand was laughing at a few of the comments going the refs way with that drop ball.
Additions wise - don't think it seems likely/sensible that Hayden would come in as a perm? Just turned 29 so hardly the profile and a tad expensive? Has been great for us however, reads the game at this level brilliantly.
Desperately need a regular starter with pace watching a breakaway around the 35th minute and it took 15-20 seconds for any of our forward midfielders to get up the pitch in support of the attack.
If we do stay up agree strikers and a new keeper (please) are the priorities, but I would still love us to go in for Rudoni if Hudds went down. Need someone breaking into the box like he does, only scored 1 in 10 in a poor Hudds team but always impressed by him when I see him and a missed opportunity when he was leaving AFC Wimbledon. |
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Reply | Chel*** supporters say club is a ‘laughing stock’
at 07:37 21 Mar 2024
They handed out a load of 8 year contracts to all the 100 million insane buys like Enzo Fernandes and Moises Caicedo.
Helps them avoid FFP in the short-term as transfer fees spread out over the length of the contract, but comes back to bite them I think as counts as costs in future seasons. Can't say I know much about it but do remember reading them. They will need to sell, and sell English and big, before they can go back someone else off Brighton for 6-10 times what Brighton paid. |
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Reply | Non Film Night
at 07:14 19 Mar 2024
Dune 1 and Dune 2 are both modern day classics for me! Absolutely incredible cinema experiences- and just about the only things I have been bothered to go to in recent years.
My other half loves back to the future, I'd never seen it. Made it 30 minutes in and turned it straight off. Absolute garbage, maybe it just hasn't aged well... [Post edited 19 Mar 18:09]
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Reply | Favourite Players - 2024 (non-Rangers)
at 21:31 17 Mar 2024
Another vote for Watkins for me - quality player and seems a good bloke, must be second choice for England.
Saka another great shout.
Some players I love to watch but with a distaste for their team. Bernardo Silva at City is one of them - absolutely outstanding but can't stand City. As a defensive midfielder myself, Rodri is something else in that team too. |
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Reply | Bright
at 21:02 17 Mar 2024
Not sure I'd be picking a fight with BOS! |
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Reply | Are Foxes wobbling, or waltzing to the title? Interview
at 13:33 1 Mar 2024
I can't believe they've got Tommy Cannon on a just in case basis.
He'd be the best striker 75% of the league have had in ten years from what I've seen of him
I generally like Leicester as a club well enough, loved the 2016 season. Last time I was really truly engaged with a Prem run-in. |
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Reply | George meets Steve Cook.
at 07:53 1 Mar 2024
He's a class act Cook isn't he.
Best CB we've had since the Ryan Nelsen one man show.
Niggly injuries aside, certainly pick of the summer signings for me. |
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Reply | Eze
at 07:41 1 Mar 2024
Difficult to see him starting going into a tourno summer given his injury struggles this season. He's looked brilliant as ever when he has played.
Suspect Palmer will have moved above him in the pecking order now.
Do have everything crossed that this summer is his big move one, he is of that age now where should be at his peak value. |
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Reply | Who is your Non-League side?
at 13:15 29 Feb 2024
Haywards Heath Town FC for me nowadays, relegated last year - not been to a game this year, but do play on their training pitch on Wednesday nights. Have a bloke who plays with us who is in his 40s but played for HHTFC main team in his 20s - can't get near him and he's about 16 stone.
Was always Hendon growing up, as lived a ten minute walk from Claremont Road. |
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Reply | Interesting post by the club
at 23:48 22 Feb 2024
Yep I enjoy my Saturday afternoons in Belgium when I can't get to games.
Been using Opera for it so far.
Glad to hear the club could care less about VPNers giving them a tenner |
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Reply | Could be bad news......
at 08:13 19 Feb 2024
Noticed he said his goodbyes on Twitter post-Bristol City game so off he has gone.
Is that strength and conditioning bloke Ainsworth was all hot for that came in over the summer still about? The one who had us starting the season half-fit...was there something in that odd approach? |
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Reply | JCS - player of season…so far
at 13:31 18 Feb 2024
He's been brilliant - and so pleased he's managed to stay fit for the last while. Fingers crossed this continues.
JCS and Cook are the best CB partnership we've had imo since the season when Richard Dunne taught Chief how to keep position properly in the Zamora year. |
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