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Reply | Injury Update
at 18:46 4 Mar 2025
In all seriousness, this might be the encouragement to give him a run of games regardless, especially once we're mathematically here next season. We can't just give up on him with the contract he's got...
In the meantime I hope we stick with Chair in the middle alongside Varane and Colback/Morgan - esp at home (except Leeds maybe). |
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Reply | Blades' cutting edge too sharp for Rangers' toil and chug - Report
at 18:42 3 Mar 2025
Varane looks the next best option for that - clear MoM and the only player that looked at the same level of the best Sheff U lads.
I'd like him to turn out into play more too, but he did some of that and took the ball from Nardi even under heavy pressure, alongside his main job which is to break up play and recycle possession. I'm not sure why all other CM's seem to get more of a pass over Varane for being ineffective in transitions when he's still young / new to the league and has otherwise shown massive improvement relatively quickly. |
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Reply | Forever R'SOLES.
at 19:10 26 Feb 2025
Not sure I fully get the hate for Robinson, was it because he was injured a lot then left when he was finally on the recovery? |
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Reply | The pïss stain coloured kit
at 22:15 24 Feb 2025
I remember when it was first announced and I was told I was wrong to call it absolutely dog chocolate...
Between our home and away kit we won't be clashing with anyone, so get that gold shite binned immediately. |
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Reply | The Morgan - Varane - Field midfield
at 22:07 24 Feb 2025
100% agree with the Madsen point btw, we are crying out for the player we assumed he would be, and are having to try and moneyball it as an alternative. We have to hope he takes a massive leap forward in his second season - a big call to make in the summer about him and that position. |
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Reply | The Morgan - Varane - Field midfield
at 22:00 24 Feb 2025
Well we've won 2 and lost 2 with a system that has Chair more central, and whilst I think it's clutching to suggest that change is a key reason for those losses, Blackburn should have been by far more and Derby was emphatic and kickstarted by Chair - who also has 3 assists and 2 goals in that run.
Did we not get soundly beaten (esp in midfield) by Sheff Wens just before this with the Varane, Field, Morgan three? We lost Saturday because we couldn't deal with their press and Frey was a useless direct option. Cov was a late set piece. Both of them bang in form teams playing at home.
I don't think there's a perfect system or personnel group for every game atm, but I think there has to be more to life than stodging up the team for a midtable finish, and I'd much rather work on a system that gets more out of Chair and Saito than a trio that has 5 league goals between them all season. |
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Reply | Known knowns – Report
at 21:09 24 Feb 2025
Of the ganes we've lost in the last few months I'd say this and Swansea away were the only egregiously poor performances, and even then we could have got a draw Saturday.
It's a shame to give 6 points to a team as limited as Portsmouth, but these results happen multiple times a week to the middle 18 teams in The Championship, and we've struggled a lot against this kind of organised high press set up. I've been boring myself by repeating it, but a player that allows us to play through the middle that also isn't a defensive liability would be priority 1, 2 and 3 on my list for the summer, for exactly these kind of games.
In the meantime I maintain my stance on the Varane OR Field option, never Varane AND Field, and once we're mathematically Championship next season we should start to make some adjustments. |
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Reply | Marti interview in The Independent
at 23:29 21 Feb 2025
I made the comment on one of Clive's Patreon pods - might have been end of last season - that whilst we don't want to overextend ourselves financially or risk too much too soon, we have to weigh that against the limited opportunity Marti gives us as manager.
We shouldn't waste these years, because imo he's top 2 in this division and the best we've had since Warnock, so won't be around for as long as we'd like. So far no other club with means has been savvy enough to come and get him, but it will happen at some point, and the board won't want to see him go wishing they did more for him. |
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Reply | Spoilt for choice
at 19:38 19 Feb 2025
5 of them wanted to get on the list for Stoke away |
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Thread | OK own up
at 14:03 18 Feb 2025
Which one of you did this?
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Reply | Development side .
at 21:18 17 Feb 2025
Given the chat it's surprising we haven't seen Sutton highlighted more on the offish side - does he look legit? Any chance of a feature before the end of the season? |
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Reply | Top 10 Championship players 24/25
at 20:54 17 Feb 2025
I don't really want to add Burnley or Leeds players tbh, fck em, although I guess you have to have Trafford in goal and that Tanaka at Lids... From who has already been mentioned, I like the Georgian from Watford, along with Tanganga, Doughty, Rudoni and Doak.
My additions would be Isiodor and Sargent - the best strikers in the league for me (if the latter could stay fit Norwich would be in the playoffs). I'd also have Hamer and Burrows from Sheff U, along with Hayden Hackney and Finn Azaz at Boro.
Ours is Dunne this season. |
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Reply | Up the Ying Yang.
at 20:05 16 Feb 2025
It was very noticeable, especially in the first 20mins or so, that he was struggling off the ball positionally and knowing when to track or press. Credit Dunne doing his best to coach and Yang responded well, also perfectly understandable considering his relative inexperience.
I think the positives far outright the negatives though and not only do I think he has potential to improve that right side / three behind Frey, but I think it also allows us to use Smyth in rotation and as an impact sub (which is ultimately where I think he's best for us). Looks a nice pickup for Spurs! |
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Reply | QPR v Derby match thread
at 01:33 15 Feb 2025
It's so easy to tell you have no actual connection to the games, without this kind of forum I'm not sure you'd even be interested in QPR. |
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