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Madsen Mins
at 11:50 9 Jan 2025

He definitely needs more time to bed in and hopefully now that team is playing better as a whole it will give him the space he needs to settle more and adapt. Him and Celar have rightly been in the spotlight as reportedly two of the most expensive signings we made in the summer, but that pressure doesn't seem to have suited either of them. My big worry with Madsen and Celar to an extent, is they look okay when they have the ball, but their off the ball stuff (pressing, tackling, general running/work rate etc) has ranged from average to terrible so far and for a team that seems to do better when it has less possession that's not a good sign. You have to earn your mins, so he's going to have to start making an impact from the bench if he wants to get back in the side.
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Bobby Gould, Steve Clarke, Darren Moore, Rob Edwards (apparently)
at 15:27 8 Jan 2025

Did Joe Edwards get the sack from Millwall after we beat them at home last season too? Or was that a bit later.
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New Year transfer window rumours
at 14:35 7 Jan 2025

Hard to see it happening now. Not with the emergence of Morgan and Varane starting to settle in alongside Sam Field. Although it kind of depends what we want to do with Colback in the summer if we are releasing him, then maybe there's room for a younger experienced CDM like Haydn (only 29 compared to Jack being 35). Depends on what he wants wage wise I guess!
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Jimmy Dunne winding up the away end
at 11:31 7 Jan 2025

Brilliant. I wish Nathan Jones still managed them just to see how he would've reacted to that!
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Alfie Lloyd
at 22:45 6 Jan 2025

Definitely made a positive impact again and has something about him which makes me feel like he can succeed at Championship level for us. Needs starts and mins to develop though from a loan to L1 or 2
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Varanne
at 14:08 12 Dec 2024

Varane definitely seems to be growing and acclimatising to the Championships relentless schedule. Do we think we might still go back for Hayden in the January window on a loan? Or has Varane established enough trust with his recent form now to mean we don't really need him after all? I'm undecided. The emergence of Morgan to our CM ranks might just be tilting me towards maybe we don't need him as much as we did earlier in the season. An injury or loss of form over the next week or two might sway me back the other way though!
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Neil Harris on his way out at Millwall
at 13:21 10 Dec 2024

That seems like a crazy decision. I hope they get a new coach in that thinks they can start playing out from the back again!
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Team for Cardiff
at 22:34 26 Nov 2024

Not sure why we haven't tried playing someone like Lloyd alongside Celar a bit more to take the pressure and focus off him a bit. Celar clearly has no idea how to play as a lone striker role he's had enough goes at it now for everyone to see it, so something different has to be tried up there in my opinion. Some of his slightly better showings earlier in the season did seem to come when there was another striker closer to him.
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MC has got to go
at 23:11 5 Nov 2024

For me, I don't think it would make a difference like it did when we sacked Ainsworth last season. The major differences are I think this group of players are (on the whole) still fighting for the manager, they're just not very good. Martis team choices, formations and tactics mostly make sense and help them not lose 4-1 more often in my opinion. Most of the goals we let in are due to terrible errors and really poor play. Simply put, it'd be like moving deckchairs around on the titanic and i don't think there's a manager who could do any better with that available group of players currently. We'd probably go for someone like Stephen Schumacher if we were to sack him though, and he'd face the same sh*tshow Marti has to deal with. The recruitment and running of this club are the problem not the manager.
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Madsen, Celar, Santos
at 22:53 5 Nov 2024

Celar makes me miss Dykes. He's f*cking so awful. Actually, he's not awful, he doesn't get anywhere near the ball to even proove whether he's awful or not, he's just non-existent for almost all of the game. We might as well charge him what we pay to watch this sh*t because he's a spectator. There were at least two easy interceptions from poor Boro passes at the back tonight in the first half where he just seemed to stop running for just as he got close to the ball. It's so frustrating to watch.
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False number nine
at 14:15 25 Oct 2024

Just been looking at the Development Squad to actually remind myself of the strikers we have on our books. I'd forgotten about a young CF we'd signed from Burnley in the summer called Rohan Vaughan. Has anyone seen him play for the Dev Squad or know how he's getting on? He looks like a big lad.
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False number nine
at 23:25 24 Oct 2024

I was thinking Madsen in the false 9 role. He's mastered the art of playing the false 6 position so far this season, so why not! Plus he is technically our 2nd top scorer this season.
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kieran morgan...
at 13:12 23 Oct 2024

Interesting that Morgan has jumped above EDB in the young CM pecking order during the international break. He cant event make the bench at the moment! I know he wasnt that great in the recent cup games but strange just how far he's fallen out of favour without playing that much. He cant be training too well currently or maybe he's injured, who knows anymore.
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Sent to Coventry match thread.
at 22:00 22 Oct 2024

Not much quality but at least they showed a lot of grit and fight in that 2nd half. We must've made more tackles than we've done in a long time in that game. Definitely think Varane is getting better.
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Tactical approach
at 08:19 2 Oct 2024

I think the shape possibly needs to change when JCS and Colback aren't available. Although if you cant defend short corners then it doesn't really matter what formation you play. In an attacking sense, I think this shape works because we create chances and score goals in most games with it and we had over 20 shots with it last night, so I think some fine tuning is needed rather than a complete overhaul. We also need to work out a more suitable role for Madsen too, because he did quite well in that wide attacking left CM role in the first half when we had the ball, but without it he looked lost in a defensive sense to me. Field was on his own in there. Not getting Hayden (or someone like him) back is looking like a bigger mistake with every passing game at the moment though. We need a calming presence in CDM.
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Is Eustace a better manager than Cifuentes?
at 23:06 28 Sep 2024

Put simply... probably not. Who finished above who last season from respected positions? Let's see where everybody lands come May. We don't win at Blackburn no matter who's in charge.
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Kelman
at 08:06 25 Sep 2024

I just noticed Charlie Kelman has already scored three league goals this season (4 in total) out on loan at Leyton Orient. Is this the year he finally makes some significant development and returns to us as someone who could have an impact? Or is he just a mid-table L1 player at best? Still only 22 (23 in Nov), so he might have a chance. Also, is he in the last year of his deal with us, or are we not allowed to know such things?!
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Madsen
at 10:03 2 Sep 2024

He's probably got lots to learn and get up to speed with, but it was nice to see a QPR CM get in the box and tuck one away for a change.
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Frey
at 22:20 30 Aug 2024

If he carries on like this then what a bargain he could turn out to be!
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Tonight's Draw - Ball Number 20
at 19:40 28 Aug 2024

It'll be on sky sports later (I think they said 10:15pm). When I was flicking through the channels they were just doing some sort of weird pre draw to decide whether the prem teams in Europe play at home or away I think! Any excuse to make something simple more complicated
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