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Reply | Abdulai linked with West Ham and Bournemouth
at 18:45 8 Sep 2024
You think Williams wants us to run from August to January with just Vipotnik and Cullen?
Plenty he deserves criticism for, but yet another cack handed transfer window isn’t one of them. |
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Reply | Germany have always led the way
at 17:40 8 Sep 2024
This is great for Bayern, but how does it affect German clubs our size to whom £2m a season is a lot of money?
It’s hard for them to justify charging more than Bayern and I’m sure they don’t. |
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Reply | 🏴 Wales v Türkiye 🇹🇷 : Nations League 1/6
at 13:50 8 Sep 2024
Probably just me, but I prefer it.
Commentators sway our views on the games subconsciously. One thing if it’s an elite, incisive commentary team, but if it’s the usual ‘oh and it’s gone out for a throw in’ standard we get on BBC Wales, I’d rather have the background sound from the crowd and make my own mind up on the game.
It should have been available in English, as the vast majority of license payers here don’t speak Welsh, but it doesn’t affect my enjoyment at all. |
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Reply | WBA v Swansea City : Match day thread : Pre Match
at 09:08 1 Sep 2024
I think people are forgetting quite how bad it was under Duff. Plenty saying he didn’t get a fair chance now. Not many were sticking up for him outside of the 5 or 6 games where he abandoned his tactics.
One of my favourite sackings if I’m honest. |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 13:56 31 Aug 2024
Oh absolutely. We’re striker and a centre back short at the very least. Far from having a competitive squad. It will be ok for lower to mid table though.
I just meant they’ve addressed the Grimes/Fulton/A.N.Other issue.
Franco and Peart-Harris with Allen and Grimes sharing the other spot looks good to me.
Cooper or Fulton from the bench depending on how the game is going. |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 12:51 31 Aug 2024
To be fair, we’ve signed a holding midfielder with a bit of intensity to him and a 6’2 #10 who described himself as powerful and athletic.
For all the criticism I give the likes of Coleman and Watson, it does seem this has been recognised and addressed. |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 12:45 31 Aug 2024
Surely no one can dispute this. Honest, critical and not agenda driven |
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Reply | Swansea offering average League One contracts, and lower
at 11:54 31 Aug 2024
Same just needs to happen before we get relegated.
If we’re signing league one players and letting ours run their contracts down, it’s only a matter of time before we’re a league one team.
Fairly confident we’ll be fine this season. That won’t last forever though. |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 18:27 30 Aug 2024
Out of interest, how often does this happen?
I don’t really look at stats in much depth, but that one’s pretty damning. |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 14:58 30 Aug 2024
I don’t know. Let’s go with no. That’s never an excuse for a striker to stop making runs.
I very much doubt Grimes had 4 or 5 chances to put Viootnik through in the half hour he played against Cardiff. We spent most of that time either hanging on to 1-0 or stroking it around the back when both teams settled for 1-1.
Way too early to judge Vipotnik, but he was atrocious against Wycombe. That’s not me saying he will be all season. |
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Reply | Luke Williams : ‘We were appalling, I will not accept that’ Peart-Harris ?
at 15:47 29 Aug 2024
Sunday, in my opinion at least, he gambled on having them beat before players started to tire and bringing on the likes of Fulton and Naughton to see the game out.
Starting Ollie Cooper was a big mistake in my book, not because he played badly, but because he’s exactly the type of player you want running at tired defenders on 70 minutes.
The players essentially downed tools and went though the motions in the other game. We weren’t on top for any of it. Straight after that came the meeting with the senior players where Duff swallowed his pride and changed his playing style beyond recognition. For a few games at least. |
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Reply | Luke Williams : ‘We were appalling, I will not accept that’ Peart-Harris ?
at 14:55 29 Aug 2024
Some strong comments there.
No, it doesn’t excuse the way we played last night.
Possession stats don’t sway the likes of Brighton and Southampton. If you can see through it, it’s a fair bet their chairmen can.
The Cardiff away defeat last season was worlds away from Sunday. We could have been out of sight by half time. We weren’t and a draw was a fair result in the end. We faced a far worse Cardiff team last season and they dominated us. We were absolutely abysmal in that game.
If Duff takes Huddersfield up, that adds credence to my point. |
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Reply | Luke Williams : ‘We were appalling, I will not accept that’ Peart-Harris ?
at 14:19 29 Aug 2024
Prior to Williams, we’ve had four permanent managers since relegation.
Three of them have been vilified for large parts of their time here (all except Potter)
Three of them have gone on to bigger and better things (all except Duff)
Unpopular opinion I know it will be in the wake of losing at home to Wycombe, but maybe the managers aren’t the problem? |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 12:36 29 Aug 2024
Not last night he wasn’t. I’m not pretending he had a good game by any means, but he attempted a lot more longer balls to our wide players than usual.
Few of them came off. I’d imagine his passing stats were a lot lower than normal. |
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Reply | Abdulai
at 12:33 29 Aug 2024
The problem with that is Williams wants cover on the wings. We’ve got Ginelly, Parker and I assume Govea? all medium term injured.
When one or two of those are back, perhaps he’ll get a run in the middle.
Until then, it looks like it’s going to be square pegs |
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Reply | Abdulai
at 11:21 29 Aug 2024
If we played Fulton and Cooper for any length of time, I think people would quickly start to appreciate Grimes a bit more.
As for Abdulai, I couldn’t agree with you more. |
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Reply | Vipotnick
at 10:24 29 Aug 2024
Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Much matter there than in our final third surely?
Not one single players fault we don’t have any penetration.
The striker is fairly static and very easy to mark
We don’t have a #10 unless Eom develops into one
We don’t have a box to box midfield who can break through the lines |
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