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Reply | Next England Manager
at 16:08 29 Aug 2024
Personal view is that Carsley will sit in there for a year to manage us along, as he's meant to be decent, but we'll then appoint Pep at the end of the season. I'd guess Carsley felt he'll do well in the year, raise his profile and get a decent job out of it. The Irish job is a good one, but a tough one to raise your profile in the short term. |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 18:03 27 Aug 2024
I don’t dislike him as much as most, as I think there could be a decent player in there, but this stat says it all, that is a dreadful record, over such a long period that there are simply no excuses. |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 21:52 25 Aug 2024
If the Hearts rumour was true, any chance it could be a part exchange with Shankland?
The expected JCS sale has gone very quiet, any expectation that could still happen? Wonder if the club were expecting him to go, but now he’s interested clubs have moved on and the club are now being pushed into selling others, but may have nothing to do with it? |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 15:28 13 Aug 2024
Not sure that being passive suggests a lack of leadership, more a lack of movement, energy and aggression, but may be wrong. |
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Reply | Larkeche (n/t)
at 15:26 13 Aug 2024
Apparently fine, was training Monday, sounds like he was being cautious, as it was just cramp according to their manager. |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 22:08 15 Jul 2024
It doesn’t really matter what we think of him anymore, he has 1 year left, so either sign an extension or he has to be sold for as much as we can get. |
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Reply | Euros Match Fred
at 14:17 24 Jun 2024
Its been a good tournament, but I don't like the 3rd place option, it adds an unnecessary round. Personally, I prefer 16 teams, 4 groups of 4 and top 2 qualify for Q/F...but also think there should also be a 'Euro Shield' competition on at the same time, run in another country, with games played at different times of day, so they don't compete for tv audiences, that includes the next 16 teams from the qualifiers. That helps the developing countries experience tournament football, in a more competitive way and I'd award the winner an automatic place in the Euro Championships 4 years later. This would keep the main tournament very competitive but also help develop the next 16 countries and offer a great incentive for winning it.
Portugal won it in 2016 having finished 3rd in their group and didn't win a single game in 90mins in the tournament, so it also offers the favourites a back door if they start slow, which is a nonsense in my opinion. |
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Reply | Leaving loftus road...
at 14:07 10 Jun 2024
I believe Monaco's ground is built on top of a car park, so maybe we should stop looking to dig down and just build up...so perhaps we go on top of Westfield shopping centre  |
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Reply | Dykes injured?
at 13:57 3 Jun 2024
Dykes played against England in Euro 2020.
I think this is a real shame for him and us, wherever you think his future should be. |
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Reply | In Other News - Fortuna Düsseldorf
at 21:27 25 May 2024
Chelsea were relegated in 1988 using a similar system, a great year!
3rd bottom went into the play offs with 3rd, 4th and 5th in league below, current system seems better to me. |
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Reply | Vincent Kompany to Bayern Munich
at 10:36 23 May 2024
Its amazing that he seems to be their choice, I thought it with be Poch as soon as he left Chelsea, but with them now heavily linked to Maresca, its clearly a good time to be a young manager who has worked for/with Pep. |
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Reply | The Final: Attack on Wembley - Netflix
at 14:16 22 May 2024
I've not watched it yet but will. I was at the game with mates and it was a shocker from start to finish, the limited tickets, lack of policing, the transport planning, but ultimately the morons, it was like a scene from Planet of the Apes.
2 hours before ko, all units down Wembley Way had to be shut with people climbing and jumping all over them, loads of empty and half full cans being thrown all along, it was a carpet of empty cans. Drugs being snorted off any flat surface available. Kids looked terrified.
The turnstiles were mobbed 100 deep and turns out closed off, but we weren't told, so impatient surges started and panic set in for many.
After the game, finally the trouble had passed but so had the trains as they ran a Sunday timetable, extra time penalties meant tubes were limited and last trains had all left waterloo once we got there, so had to taxi back to Woking for £150.
I went to 3 other games and didn't see one issue, was just the final. |
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Reply | De Zerbi....
at 01:19 19 May 2024
I thought the same until I saw Allegri go, but you’re probably right. |
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Reply | De Zerbi....
at 18:47 18 May 2024
I strongly expect De Zerbi to go abroad, maybe Juve.
Listened to the Paul Barber podcast, Brighton are great at succession planning well in advance, I suspect they’ll have identified his replacement before Marti joined us. Does look likely it will be McKenna, given they have gone early on this and not waited to get a fee for DeZerbi |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 22:03 16 May 2024
It’s a straightforward choice with JCS, either he signs a 2 year contract extension this summer or he has to be sold. I’d prefer he signed, but if he doesn’t want to, we get the best possible price in the coming weeks. |
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Reply | Andre the friendly ghost departs
at 09:31 12 May 2024
Not wanting to pile in on him, but for me, if his dad wasn’t an ex-pro with contacts he’d not have made it past the National League, all his stats seem to support that. I hope for his sake he proves me wrong and it works for him elsewhere, but he’ll have to work a lot harder than he did here to make that happen. |
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Reply | Play Offs
at 09:50 3 May 2024
Totally agree on Hull, just feels they're a bit too far off, given West Brom just need a point from Preston |
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Thread | Play Offs
at 09:42 3 May 2024
Assuming Ipswich do enough this weekend, none of the 4 going into the play off's have any form, making it as open as I can remember. Looking at their last 6 games, they have collectively won 8 from 24 games.
For context, Huddersfield, Brum, Sheff Wed and Plymouth have also collectively won 8 from 24.
Its hard not to think Leeds have enough, but as we saw, they're vulnerable |
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Reply | Transfer rumours 2024
at 14:11 2 May 2024
I'd guess that it will depend where Hayden wants to play. I doubt anyone else will give him 50k, but if we offer 10k on a 2 year deal, it leaves Newcastle to pay off 40k. Someone may offer 20k, leaving Newcastle to pay 30k, but if he doesn't want to go there, Newcastle may not have much choice, but only guessing. |
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