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Reply | I've never felt more like starting the Blues Match Thread..
at 13:27 11 Mar 2026
Birmingham (A) tonight, followed by Leicester (A). Lose them both and its a 5 game losing streak. Difficult to be positive but a gut feeling tells me we'll get something from the next 2 games.
I'm going to go with Hibs' prediction and say 1-1 with Vale to score for us. |
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Reply | QPR and Birmingham desperate to stop respective rots - Preview
at 13:23 11 Mar 2026
At times like these I wonder how you can keep doing this. It's often been depressing as a QPR fan but, the combination of long term injuries to key players and a general acceptance of mid table mediocrity, would try the patience of a saint. |
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Reply | I'll take one for the team Boro Match thread!!!!
at 21:14 8 Mar 2026
I thought we were totally outclassed today. If Boro can play like that next season, they could well finish halfway up the PL.
I'd like to say we hardly.made a tackle but the truth is we rarely got close enough. Perhaps the 1st should have been disallowed- for handball or offside or both. Mbengue's positioning for no 2 was poor. Again! 3 was a class finish. And ,hopefully Smith will learn from the penalty.
But, top and bottom, we are having to play too many players who are struggling/not good enough to cover for all the injured.
You get away with it sometimes. But not often. |
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Reply | Heat Pumps
at 19:34 6 Mar 2026
Heat pumps are OK. Pricey to install but not expensive to run if you keep a constant temperature. Bringing it up to temp is the big cost. |
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Reply | Fake Hoops with an AI first
at 19:32 6 Mar 2026
I played against h as a 10yo and 5 a side with him in my teens. His twin brother, Tony, played semi pro for Southall |
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Reply | Fabrizio Romano - how he does it (allegedly)
at 19:30 6 Mar 2026
Is there anything about Twitter that isn't a shtshow? Only thing keeping many on that toxic site is a history of a huge base, which is declining. Many people/ govts/businesses are quitting. |
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Reply | Spurs' new stadium
at 21:35 5 Mar 2026
I've been to White Hart Lane but not the new one. Do I need both if I'm going for the 92?
There won't be any trouble getting tickets, especially if they carry on charging £76 each. |
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Reply | League Cup Winners 1967 - On this day
at 20:46 4 Mar 2026
I was there as a 14yo with my younger brother. Thought we were getting stuffed at HT. Great comeback.
Was also at Wembley the year before for 2 World CUp games. The 2-0 win over Mexico and the SF against Portugal. |
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Reply | "Would benefit from a loan elsewhere...."
at 08:52 3 Mar 2026
The difficulties we have is that far too many of our loanees aren't even good enough for National League level. The current exceptions are Alfie Lloyd (Lincoln in L1), Cooper (Sheff Wed), Emerson Sutton (Harrogate in L2), Akindeleni (Morecambe in Nat League). With the exception of Cooper, who is now injured, the others are not regular starters.
They aren't going to improve if not selected by their loan clubs. |
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Reply | Academy Update
at 08:36 3 Mar 2026
Much is a repeat of what was issued on official Web site a while ago.
I get the benefits, provided they can be delivered. My concern is that a move to Cat 1 will add Co siderably extra costs, on a monthly basis, due to additional staffing. If so, is that an affordable cost?
It will take years to deliver a conveyor belt of first team players. |
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Reply | Stephan
at 19:46 1 Mar 2026
Injuries have caught up with a mid-table Championship squad. Who,'d have thought it.
Go back and read the report from Southampton and add up the value of the players they had at their disposal. Then compare that to the value of our squad and add in who we have missing.
Is it any wonder performances have slumped.
Maybe, just maybe, many of the players who are in their early 20s, or younger, will be a little better for a season of Championship football. If that happens, then a top half finish is achievable. However, if you expect a serious tilt at the top 6 you're going to need a few years of steady improvement. |
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Reply | Twelve games left
at 15:45 26 Feb 2026
The building blocks all came off the bench on Tuesday. Morgan, Bennie, Adamson, Esquerdinha and, even Varane. Expect to see more of those 5. Plus Smith, Alahmaeyhu? |
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Reply | Walsh
at 10:29 26 Feb 2026
Walsh was poor but he wasn't alone in that. I'm not sure he could have done anything about the first or the last but, as I'm sure he would acknowledge, he was largely responsible for the others. Saying that, it was Mbengue who lost Matsuki for the unmarked header. And Mbengue got skinned for the others.
Overall, Walsh has looked the best of the 3 keepers we have used. At 23, the potential is significant. Perhaps he should have had a L1 loan earlier, but it's far too late now.p |
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