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Reply | Jimmy Dunne - undroppable
at 14:16 2 Sep 2024
Just hope the Club and Marti don't undervalue Dunne,
With a high turnover of players in a player taking model, it's important to keep a core who best represent what playing for the club means, the likes of Dunne, Field etc,
Can play anywhere in the back line as two footed, always puts the team first, really need to value his services accordingly.
As long as we don't try to short change hom like we did with Barbet, confident he'll sign. |
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Reply | Madsen
at 14:09 2 Sep 2024
Languid running style not the quickest really reminds me of another Dane (via West London) in Matt O'Riley.
Bought for £1.5m from MK Don's and recently sold to Brighton for £25m, let's hope those comparisons continue,
Really liked both him and Dembele moving the ball first time for the 2nd goal, likewise early cross meaning the defence didn't have time to reset, something we've needed to do for a long long time. |
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Reply | Defending crosses
at 12:53 1 Sep 2024
Whereas Cook positioning for their late chance was really poor, his movement when we conceded was really good as anticipated header back across goal and tried to cover that space,
Dunne & Frey should both have done better in challenging for first ball. |
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Reply | We have one hell of a manager (n/t)
at 23:50 31 Aug 2024
Yes agree on substitutions, moving Dembele into middle seemed to open up the pitch and led to creating 2nd goal,
Can't recall first 15 minutes in detail but just thought we couldn't get beyond our own half for most of the first 45mins,
If we'd known McGuinness had that level of rickett in him we would no doubt have gone long earlier. |
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Reply | Defending crosses
at 23:41 31 Aug 2024
Steve Cook's positioning for Luton's last minute chance is very concerning and could go some way to explain, has a tendency to drop too deep and give his man too much space, he definitely got away with one there. |
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Reply | Friday Night Lights.. Smug Saturday feeling
at 12:31 31 Aug 2024
Mr Sheen, are you Pat Spillane, listened to a podcast recently where that's exactly his typical day, mixed in with a swim in the ocean, happy days! |
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Reply | Farewell Lyndon, we hardly knew you – Preview
at 12:17 31 Aug 2024
Let's agree to disagree on the above and we can also agree if they're spending £10m+bonuses on Premier League forwards, Dykes is not going to start too many games. |
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Reply | Farewell Lyndon, we hardly knew you – Preview
at 11:56 31 Aug 2024
Birmingham can spend £10m+ on a Premier League forward, can probably afford any striker in the Championship and chose to buy Dykes.
If, huge if, Frey can deliver repeat performances like last night, we've upgraded, and I like the look of Celar and even Doughty as a 3rd striker, so reasons to be cautiously optimistic. |
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Reply | We have one hell of a manager (n/t)
at 09:43 31 Aug 2024
I'm still not all in as ridiculous as that sounds after a great night,
We were dominated in 1st Half last night, playing out from the back was never going to work with no one showing to receive the ball,
We fortunately got back into the game after Nardi's save to stop them going 2-0 nil up, McGuiness's horrendous mistake opened the door for Frey he did superbly,
Luton were suddenly rattled, maybe not surprising after 1 win in 23, then they lose possession to Dembele, go to sleep at the back post and we have something to defend,
Great result but not sure down to Marti management master class,
Two week break will give him time to work with the new players and when Chairs back we can start to properly assess how he's doing. |
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Reply | Farewell Lyndon, we hardly knew you – Preview
at 09:34 31 Aug 2024
Not brave, horrendous head clash at home v WBA a few seasons ago, one of their giant Centre Backs nutted him in the back of the head, ended up both half sparked out, WBA guy with a huge egg sized lump on his forehead, Dykes got back up and carried on trying to win headers, not brave is an inaccurate and unfair slight when the likes of Wzolek and others who weren't never got called out for their obvious lack of bravery. |
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Reply | Jimmy Dunne - undroppable
at 09:21 31 Aug 2024
Yes you did, his footballing ability is vastly under-rated, two footed and not without the skill. |
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Reply | Madsen
at 00:35 31 Aug 2024
Thought he was the only player who had a poor game, a little too early for him to start away at Luton, did well to get up and finish but thought he was a key reason we couldn't get any decent possession in 1st Half. |
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Reply | Frey
at 00:11 31 Aug 2024
First game this season, superb finish for his goal and after McGuinness let that ball bounce Frey barrelled into him and did superbly to look up and find Madsen while going down,
Frey must have hamstrings tighter than prestressed concrete, but was decent with his feet tonight, despite looking ungainly,
Long way to go but that was a decent first half and superb 2nd half.
Also liked Celars 15 minute cameo, and Subs all did well, not quite a mugging but didn't see that turnaround coming @ H/T. |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 13:48 30 Aug 2024
Yes, Eze was a real slow burner with a lot of our support, unbelievably regularly got grief in the stands and two regulars I know had BOS ahead of him as a player, poor first touch and all,
Didn't realise Trabzonsor supposedly bid £4m for Chair, similar money we got for Luke Freeman. |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 12:55 30 Aug 2024
Stockpiling some serious Premier League level talent....  |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 10:48 30 Aug 2024
Far from it, but like other players who've been unfairly maligned I'll always stick up for a player who does right by the club but gets piled on, be it Dykes, Dunne, whoever. |
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Reply | Dykes sold apparently
at 10:27 30 Aug 2024
C'mon Clive as Brian rightly & politely called me out for a unnecessary moment of petulance & appreciate you're Tom & Dick but regardless of what people think of his footballing ability he was a good servant to the club,
Coming back prematurely from pneumonia, injury twice, didn't run down his contract like a former fans favourite, quietly supported community work of the club without using it for his benefit, unlike a former.....
Absolutely undeserving to be spoke of on same terms as Roberts & Dozzell. |
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