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Thread | Dowd
at 21:51 29 Jan 2013
Simply terrible |
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Reply | My biggest concern
at 16:40 4 Nov 2012
I'm only typing this so I go back to the top and more people might then comment on my original post.
Don't worry if you don't want to-maybe it was a boring post.
Comment on it being boring if you like. Or is that boring as well?
I don't know any more...
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Thread | My biggest concern
at 16:15 4 Nov 2012
.. Is that we couldn't win the game or even score with 30 mins to go after equalising.
In fact we even played quite poorly for the ten mins following the goal.
The game was there to be won against a poor side but we simply werent mentally strong enough to do it.
Plus we still looked like conceding.
If not today then when I ask myself |
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Reply | Anyione else up?
at 23:53 12 May 2012
Yes. Trying not to sleep as I suspect I have very little time left before my impending fatal heart attack tomorrow.
Despite this I am spending my last few precious hours watching news 24, which ironically I might be on tomorrow as I am shown collapsing outside a pub in Waterloo. |
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Thread | Cisse up front on his own?
at 22:19 12 May 2012
Given that we'll be sticking everyone behind the ball I don't much see the point of Zamora playing as there'll be no one to join him if he holds it up.
I'd stick 5 in midfield with Taarabt the most eager to get forward. I can only see us scoring with a fast break/ball over the top so it makes no sense to play Zamora in my view.
Thoughts? |
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Thread | Terrific spirit
at 20:27 6 May 2012
One thing I utterly loved about today was a total lack of panic.
Team and fans alike.
We played poorly for 25 mins after half time but really got it together and got right at them for the last 15 or so.
I genuinely hope I am proved wrong about Hughes.
And if we stay up I will have been. |
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Reply | Hughes' tactics?
at 12:11 1 May 2012
I thought Buzz was an odd selection as he doesn't have the pace or energy to do a largely defensive role. I thought starting with Traore would have been better.
Its very difficult to win away in the prem of course but the stats don't lie; Hughes away record with us is terrible. I just don't think he knows how to set us up to get points.
Ultimately it will be his fault if we go down as we have better players than at least three other teams and the reason for us being relegated will be our away form.
That has to mean his tactics away are not up to it in my view.
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Reply | Your POTY?
at 15:41 30 Apr 2012
Mackie for me.
Hill deserves great credit but played too often at left back where he has often (understandably) not been that great.
I suspect it would have been Faurlin
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Reply | Is Terry a factor in Hodgson's appointment?
at 15:02 30 Apr 2012
I don't think its within the F.A's remit to announce they don't want him to be picked to play but it was within their remit to say he's not suitable to be captain.
They clearly don't want him to play for various reasons, chief amongst them that he'll split the team due to his alleged racism and that he has a record of undermining the manager by suggesting team selection.
I would suggest Terry not playing at the Euros is very important to the F.A
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Thread | Is Terry a factor in Hodgson's appointment?
at 14:36 30 Apr 2012
I think yes. Big time.
The F.A think Terry is toxic and a desperate for him not to go to the Euros.
Redknapp is very tight with Lampard (and by proxy Terry) and is always espousing Terry's virtues.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if one of Bernstein's first questions to R.H was:
'Where do you see John Terry in the set up?'
I might be entirely wrong but Hodgson appears to be a decent principled man who would baulk at the idea of Terry being involved in the side and I suspect the F.A knew this in advance.
As for Redknapp not being interviewed by the F.A, well if you don't interview him then you don't have to ask him whether he'll be picking Terry and end up with a potential media storm.
I think that's Terry out of the Euros. |
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Reply | Cisse celebration
at 11:16 30 Apr 2012
I suspect he was overly ecstatic due to feeling like he'd given something back after the two sendings off.
Guilt essentially. |
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Thread | Tactics away from home
at 10:51 30 Apr 2012
I think our losses away from home are due in the main to tactical errors and the way the team is set up.
We were winning away from home under N.W (although not at home admiitedly) so I don't think its a mental thing with the players as such.
I'm wondering whether its been ingrained in them to play a cautious, catch them on the break style by Hughes away from home, which whilst fine in certain games might be stifling their ability to play with freedom and create chances in most others.
I think Hughes has belatedly found that what works at home cannot be replicated away and this may well be our undoing. Essentially that shows tactical limitations in my view
That said, we've still got a chance. Just about. |
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Reply | We were never ready for the Prem
at 21:16 25 Mar 2012
I don't really understand posts like this.
None of us thought we were less prepared than Norwich or Swansea at the time.
It seems that some fans want a definitive explanation, which is understandable but ultimately futile.
Whatever the rights or wrongs of Warnock's demise, Hughes will be sacked if we go down because the owners will have no credibility otherwise.
You just need the right people in lots of important places doing the right thing; board, management and players, or at least 2 of these. We haven't done it.
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Reply | WHAT GAME DO WE GO DOWN OFFICIALLY ?
at 20:42 25 Mar 2012
Not wishing to criticise anyone's opinion but I don't think being realistic (i.e bleak) has anything to do with supporting the team. I am 100 per cent behind the team and support them regardless. However that doesn't mean I'm not dismayed with the status quo and the obviously poor decision regarding the management of it.
I wish it were different but it isn't. |
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Thread | What will T.F and A.B do about Hughes and why?
at 20:22 11 Mar 2012
I did a previous post about how the owners had painted themselves into a corner by stating that premier league survival was the reason for sacking N.W.
The problem with this is that Hughes record is already worse and the chances of being relegated are now greater. So given that what will THEY now be thinking?
I don't consider it worth sacking Hughes but on the principal they themselves created this is what they should be doing.
I suspect they won't sack him now but if (and probably when) it becomes a certainty I think they will sack him as I don't think they can be seen as remotely credible by keeping him on in the champ after sacking Warnock.
It does of course cost money to keep sacking managers but I suspect they will feel it is more important to save face and get a new man in.
Whatever they decide I can imagine their conversations being extremely interesting.
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Reply | The Hughes revolution
at 15:05 10 Mar 2012
I suspect Hughes will walk this season in order to keep his reputation in tact and cite some invented boardroom deceit as the reason. |
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Reply | Terrible management from Hughes today
at 00:13 26 Feb 2012
Just to to reiterate to a couple of people who seem to have missed the point a little. I am not advocating a manager substituting a player as soon as they have a yellow card. Not at all.
However, Diakite did LOTS of fouls, got booked DID ANOTHER foul and THEN got sent off after YET ANOTHER foul.
This is not being wise after the event at all. It was totally obvious. Really poor management in my view |
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