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Post by 28901 on Oct 24, 2021 10:45:04 GMT 1
Morning folks- I come in peace from the south coast. I wanted to stop by and pay respects to your fans who clapped through the David Brooks song on 7 mins. Proper class. I sat behind the goals for your disallowed effort and tbf at the time I thought it was onside and couldn't see anything on the telly to change my mind. They say these things even out and we've had some rough refs this year already so... I've never seen a team point so much. What's going on with that? One of the things that we are trying to get our heads round is that good teams like you guys are looking ordinary against us and we can't work out if it's us or them. Oh and on a point of order. The squad didn't cost £200m solanke was 19m and Lermer £25m both hangovers from our premier league years and both players we have had to develop. Plus of course Phil Bill for £15m which looked like a waste of money until parker started playing him in the right position. Our big buys this summer were Christie for £2.5m and Lowe £1.8m. Cahill and Nyland were free, Anthony, Zemura, Travers and Kilkenny came through the system this year. We had to sell our best player last season (Dajuma) and give the best goalie in the championship away for nothing to get him off the wage bill. Oh and our owner isn't a billionaire as far as we can tell. I'm not sure the figures in here are massively accurate but they could perhaps all be wrong by the same factor! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_owners_of_English_football_clubs#EFL_ChampionshipI don't think you're out of it this year by a long chalk. We're certainly not counting any chickens yet. It's so tight at the top that a couple of good loans could mean we both end up playing each other in the money league next year. Away best of luck. Looking forward to some decent beer when we visit your place. Funny then how until the 'not billionaires' are on board AFCB have been a 4th division oufit with sub 5k crowds. What annoys many on here is our clubs apparent acceptance that we cannot compete with certain teams in this division and we go there accepting the inevitable. In fact we sometimes weaken our team just to be on the safe side.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Oct 24, 2021 11:03:22 GMT 1
Morning folks- I come in peace from the south coast. I wanted to stop by and pay respects to your fans who clapped through the David Brooks song on 7 mins. Proper class. I sat behind the goals for your disallowed effort and tbf at the time I thought it was onside and couldn't see anything on the telly to change my mind. They say these things even out and we've had some rough refs this year already so... I've never seen a team point so much. What's going on with that? One of the things that we are trying to get our heads round is that good teams like you guys are looking ordinary against us and we can't work out if it's us or them. Oh and on a point of order. The squad didn't cost £200m solanke was 19m and Lermer £25m both hangovers from our premier league years and both players we have had to develop. Plus of course Phil Bill for £15m which looked like a waste of money until parker started playing him in the right position. Our big buys this summer were Christie for £2.5m and Lowe £1.8m. Cahill and Nyland were free, Anthony, Zemura, Travers and Kilkenny came through the system this year. We had to sell our best player last season (Dajuma) and give the best goalie in the championship away for nothing to get him off the wage bill. Oh and our owner isn't a billionaire as far as we can tell. I'm not sure the figures in here are massively accurate but they could perhaps all be wrong by the same factor! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_owners_of_English_football_clubs#EFL_ChampionshipI don't think you're out of it this year by a long chalk. We're certainly not counting any chickens yet. It's so tight at the top that a couple of good loans could mean we both end up playing each other in the money league next year. Away best of luck. Looking forward to some decent beer when we visit your place. Funny then how until the 'not billionaires' are on board AFCB have been a 4th division oufit with sub 5k crowds. What annoys many on here is our clubs apparent acceptance that we cannot compete with certain teams in this division and we go there accepting the inevitable. In fact we sometimes weaken our team just to be on the safe side. Did we weaken our team yesterday? We rested Holmes and Ward but a few weeks ago many on here would have said that was a good thing. No choice about playing Sarr and we started Koroma which a was something many on here wanted when we played Holmes instead. A soft penalty and a dubious offside decison for Ward's goal. Would a 2-1 defeat have looked like we went there with purpose rather than "accepting the inevitable"? Fine lines.
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Post by Melc on Oct 24, 2021 11:31:25 GMT 1
. Of course we went down by coach, our Carlos hates flying. Maybe all his arm flapping on the touch line his him practicing, just in case we decide to fly down to games in the future. As for the game we simply are not good enough to compete against the likes of the mighty Bournemouth going by our coach who continues to bore everyone to death with his pathetic tactics, and team selections! Perhaps it's the uneducated that he bores to death just saying Sorry I'm condescending again not!just giving my view lol You are so predictable positive, throw the line and straight away we get a bite! Uneducated you say, why because other people have a view which just happens to be different to yours. Did I expect us to win yesterday no, but I expect us to compete for ninety minutes, not let 45 mins lapse and stand back and admire the opposition. Just my view positive and all that.
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Post by griffa on Oct 24, 2021 11:33:38 GMT 1
Funny then how until the 'not billionaires' are on board AFCB have been a 4th division oufit with sub 5k crowds. What annoys many on here is our clubs apparent acceptance that we cannot compete with certain teams in this division and we go there accepting the inevitable. In fact we sometimes weaken our team just to be on the safe side. Did we weaken our team yesterday? We rested Holmes and Ward but a few weeks ago many on here would have said that was a good thing. No choice about playing Sarr and we started Koroma which a was something many on here wanted when we played Holmes instead. A soft penalty and a dubious offside decison for Ward's goal. Would a 2-1 defeat have looked like we went there with purpose rather than "accepting the inevitable"? Fine lines. Fine lines my arse! Didn't look like a soft penalty to me, it looked like a clumsy, unnecessary challenge by Turton, as Solanke, was moving away from goal. Soft 2nd goal, saw Turton challenging Phill Billing, to a header! First half tactics away from home must be questioned, we got away with at Sheffield, Blackpool & Luton, not at Swansea, Stoke & Bournemouth, who looked very comfortable yesterday - UTT.
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Post by 28901 on Oct 24, 2021 11:38:31 GMT 1
Funny then how until the 'not billionaires' are on board AFCB have been a 4th division oufit with sub 5k crowds. What annoys many on here is our clubs apparent acceptance that we cannot compete with certain teams in this division and we go there accepting the inevitable. In fact we sometimes weaken our team just to be on the safe side. Did we weaken our team yesterday? We rested Holmes and Ward but a few weeks ago many on here would have said that was a good thing. No choice about playing Sarr and we started Koroma which a was something many on here wanted when we played Holmes instead. A soft penalty and a dubious offside decison for Ward's goal. Would a 2-1 defeat have looked like we went there with purpose rather than "accepting the inevitable"? Fine lines. I did say we somtimes weaken our team. Possibly not yesterday, but going to a side like Bournemouth and including Turton is asking for trouble.
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Post by 28901 on Oct 24, 2021 11:40:38 GMT 1
Did we weaken our team yesterday? We rested Holmes and Ward but a few weeks ago many on here would have said that was a good thing. No choice about playing Sarr and we started Koroma which a was something many on here wanted when we played Holmes instead. A soft penalty and a dubious offside decison for Ward's goal. Would a 2-1 defeat have looked like we went there with purpose rather than "accepting the inevitable"? Fine lines. Didn't look like a soft penalty to me, it looked like a clumsy, unnecessary challenge by Turton, as Solanke, was moving away from goal. Soft 2nd goal, saw Turton challenging Phill Billing, to a header! First half tactics away from home must be questioned, we got away with at Sheffield, Blackpool & Luton, not at Swansea, Stoke & Bournemouth, who looked very comfortable yesterday - UTT. It would have been a travesty if we had only lost 2 1.
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Post by 28901 on Oct 24, 2021 11:46:28 GMT 1
. Of course we went down by coach, our Carlos hates flying. Maybe all his arm flapping on the touch line his him practicing, just in case we decide to fly down to games in the future. As for the game we simply are not good enough to compete against the likes of the mighty Bournemouth going by our coach who continues to bore everyone to death with his pathetic tactics, and team selections! Perhaps it's the uneducated that he bores to death just saying Sorry I'm condescending again not!just giving my view lol I presume you dropped English language when you were up at Oxford?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2021 12:15:01 GMT 1
Did we weaken our team yesterday? We rested Holmes and Ward but a few weeks ago many on here would have said that was a good thing. No choice about playing Sarr and we started Koroma which a was something many on here wanted when we played Holmes instead. A soft penalty and a dubious offside decison for Ward's goal. Would a 2-1 defeat have looked like we went there with purpose rather than "accepting the inevitable"? Fine lines. I did say we somtimes weaken our team. Possibly not yesterday, but going to a side like Bournemouth and including Turton is asking for trouble. And playing who solves that?
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Post by bluesandtwos on Oct 24, 2021 12:31:16 GMT 1
Did we weaken our team yesterday? We rested Holmes and Ward but a few weeks ago many on here would have said that was a good thing. No choice about playing Sarr and we started Koroma which a was something many on here wanted when we played Holmes instead. A soft penalty and a dubious offside decison for Ward's goal. Would a 2-1 defeat have looked like we went there with purpose rather than "accepting the inevitable"? Fine lines. Fine lines my arse! Didn't look like a soft penalty to me, it looked like a clumsy, unnecessary challenge by Turton, as Solanke, was moving away from goal. Soft 2nd goal, saw Turton challenging Phill Billing, to a header! First half tactics away from home must be questioned, we got away with at Sheffield, Blackpool & Luton, not at Swansea, Stoke & Bournemouth, who looked very comfortable yesterday - UTT. Solanke went down like a Premier League striker. Going nowhere so look for 'contact'. It may have been clumsy but that is still how they play the game. Ward was floored against Birmingham and we got nothing. We lost by one goal to both Stoke & Swansea. We are still a work in progress and we need more quality but we are not that far off.
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Oct 24, 2021 12:41:18 GMT 1
Fine lines my arse! Didn't look like a soft penalty to me, it looked like a clumsy, unnecessary challenge by Turton, as Solanke, was moving away from goal. Soft 2nd goal, saw Turton challenging Phill Billing, to a header! First half tactics away from home must be questioned, we got away with at Sheffield, Blackpool & Luton, not at Swansea, Stoke & Bournemouth, who looked very comfortable yesterday - UTT. Solanke went down like a Premier League striker. Going nowhere so look for 'contact'. It may have been clumsy but that is still how they play the game. Ward was floored against Birmingham and we got nothing. We lost by one goal to both Stoke & Swansea. We are still a work in progress and we need more quality but we are not that far off. Pearson got away with one against hull where he dangled a leg but the hull player missed it (Pearson then went off injured). Basically you just can’t do that and we have players who would do the same as solanke I agree we’re a work in progress and we’re also not especially lucky so far this season. I’ve lost count of the goals we’ve had ruled out (including yesterday) and we’ve hit the post three times in the last two games. We also had a Covid outbreak on the eve of the season Suffic e to say I don’t think we’re in a false position and could have a point or two more with a bit more luck That said I’d still be more than happy with a top ten finish
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Oct 24, 2021 12:41:36 GMT 1
So long since I’ve seen Town away. I seem lost, what’s it like at the games? Just want to get well and back to normal. Fresh air, smell of football, good company. Never take your health for granted nor the simple pleasures of life.
Bollocks to this COVID shit.
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Post by dugnet on Oct 24, 2021 12:43:34 GMT 1
I didn't see the game yesterday so it's difficult to comment with due context but isn't it simply that the result showed that we are some way from being a consistent top half team ?
So far this season things have been far better than I expected. Our defending has improved significantly, we have a good spirit and some players with significant question marks (eg Holmes, Ward) have stepped up considerably. Carlos and the coaching team have done a much improved job.
Despite this improvement, and our lofty league position (I would look at the congested nature of the teams just behind us), I don't think any of us are convinced we are really a credible play off team. Our lack of a goalscorer (noting Rhodes has been injured) and a playmaking midfielder are still weaknesses.
Putting Bournemouth to one side as a game if you look at the Birmingham game a true top 6 team would have put that game to bed.
I think we have enough to avoid the bottom end of the table, which is where I feared we would be, but not enough to sustain a top 6 challenge. That said there are plenty of clubs that could apply to.
Millwall present a typical challenge in the Championship. How we meet that challenge will be very interesting. It will show the character of the team for certain.
I suppose if we continue for the next 2 months in a similar way the question will be asked if we can strengthen in January. For me it's where we are this time next year. If we can progress, and keep our better players, next season could be far more interesting.
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Post by terriersyndrome on Oct 24, 2021 12:46:20 GMT 1
Fell well short yesterday but we won't be the last team to get slapped by Bournemouth this season. They showed why they were unbeaten in the league & have the squad to walk this division.
Nice touch with the tshirts they wore in support of Brooks before the game 👌
On to Millwall now. I'm sure the players will be looking to bounce straight back.
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Post by dugnet on Oct 24, 2021 12:47:20 GMT 1
So long since I’ve seen Town away. I seem lost, what’s it like at the games? Just want to get well and back to normal. Fresh air, smell of football, good company. Never take your health for granted nor the simple pleasures of life. Bollocks to this COVID shit. I have been to Derby and Blackpool, both were good old fashioned Town away games. Decent support, camaraderie but tempered by realism and black humour. Covid is still real, I've recently recovered from it, sadly we have to live with it and the administrators who advise the Government.
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Oct 24, 2021 12:51:19 GMT 1
So long since I’ve seen Town away. I seem lost, what’s it like at the games? Just want to get well and back to normal. Fresh air, smell of football, good company. Never take your health for granted nor the simple pleasures of life. Bollocks to this COVID shit. It’s been good to be honest - and I can be a grumpy Yorkshireman with the best of them! We try and beat sides and play on the front foot - we give it a go. The crowd is back to more of die hards who have been going for years - the south stand still create a much better atmosphere than we had for the first 20 years in that ground The club is also making big efforts with the fans, e.g free gifts and programs. Hodgkinson doing the Worthington walk and the ongoing community initiatives. We feel like a club again There’s also signs of a bond coming back with the players and fans, ie the keep fighting daz banner. Also the players are a lot more relatable and we’ve lost the big time charlies. So in summary we’ve got a team of honest grafters prepared to give it a go. We try to score and win (not contain opponents) and the club seems more unified It’s been enjoyable to date
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Post by galpharm2400 on Oct 24, 2021 13:32:45 GMT 1
So long since I’ve seen Town away. I seem lost, what’s it like at the games? Just want to get well and back to normal. Fresh air, smell of football, good company. Never take your health for granted nor the simple pleasures of life. Bollocks to this COVID shit. It’s been good to be honest - and I can be a grumpy Yorkshireman with the best of them! We try and beat sides and play on the front foot - we give it a go. The crowd is back to more of die hards who have been going for years - the south stand still create a much better atmosphere than we had for the first 20 years in that ground The club is also making big efforts with the fans, e.g free gifts and programs. Hodgkinson doing the Worthington walk and the ongoing community initiatives. We feel like a club again There’s also signs of a bond coming back with the players and fans, ie the keep fighting daz banner. Also the players are a lot more relatable and we’ve lost the big time charlies. So in summary we’ve got a team of honest grafters prepared to give it a go. We try to score and win (not contain opponents) and the club seems more unified It’s been enjoyable to date We try to contain a lot of the time?? The game is 90 minutes and in quite a few our sporadic attacks take place in probably less than a quarter of that. We often produce zero on target and one corner. As I said before I'm generally OK with where we are at the moment but too many games are total non starters in respect of us trying to win them. Yesterday was pretty much a nothing of a competition between two teams, more like attack and defence training session. Other games have been us seeing how much of the possession we can have without getting over halfway, never mind their last third. We are doing OK but it's quite often a very, very hard watch once the game settles into one of these type. It needs a bit of innovation from the staff or the team to take it on a bit more?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2021 13:38:51 GMT 1
I didn't see the game yesterday so it's difficult to comment with due context but isn't it simply that the result showed that we are some way from being a consistent top half team ? So far this season things have been far better than I expected. Our defending has improved significantly, we have a good spirit and some players with significant question marks (eg Holmes, Ward) have stepped up considerably. Carlos and the coaching team have done a much improved job. Despite this improvement, and our lofty league position (I would look at the congested nature of the teams just behind us), I don't think any of us are convinced we are really a credible play off team. Our lack of a goalscorer (noting Rhodes has been injured) and a playmaking midfielder are still weaknesses. Putting Bournemouth to one side as a game if you look at the Birmingham game a true top 6 team would have put that game to bed. I think we have enough to avoid the bottom end of the table, which is where I feared we would be, but not enough to sustain a top 6 challenge. That said there are plenty of clubs that could apply to. Millwall present a typical challenge in the Championship. How we meet that challenge will be very interesting. It will show the character of the team for certain. I suppose if we continue for the next 2 months in a similar way the question will be asked if we can strengthen in January. For me it's where we are this time next year. If we can progress, and keep our better players, next season could be far more interesting. No, it shows so far we are not a top 2 team, when we play West Brom, & a few others, it will tell us more.
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Oct 24, 2021 13:47:12 GMT 1
It’s been good to be honest - and I can be a grumpy Yorkshireman with the best of them! We try and beat sides and play on the front foot - we give it a go. The crowd is back to more of die hards who have been going for years - the south stand still create a much better atmosphere than we had for the first 20 years in that ground The club is also making big efforts with the fans, e.g free gifts and programs. Hodgkinson doing the Worthington walk and the ongoing community initiatives. We feel like a club again There’s also signs of a bond coming back with the players and fans, ie the keep fighting daz banner. Also the players are a lot more relatable and we’ve lost the big time charlies. So in summary we’ve got a team of honest grafters prepared to give it a go. We try to score and win (not contain opponents) and the club seems more unified It’s been enjoyable to date We try to contain a lot of the time?? The game is 90 minutes and in quite a few our sporadic attacks take place in probably less than a quarter of that. We often produce zero on target and one corner. As I said before I'm generally OK with where we are at the moment but too many games are total non starters in respect of us trying to win them. Yesterday was pretty much a nothing of a competition between two teams, more like attack and defence training session. Other games have been us seeing how much of the possession we can have without getting over halfway, never mind their last third. We are doing OK but it's quite often a very, very hard watch once the game settles into one of these type. It needs a bit of innovation from the staff or the team to take it on a bit more? Take the brum game I thought we did enough to win - hit the post twice, toffolo header, LOB shot just wide, Holmes cut back that ward couldn’t quite reach, sinai shot and save. I think that’s pretty much on the front foot but I appreciate it’s all about opinions Even games like forest we should have scored twice (lees and Turton) I also think we protect Nichols quite well normally and manage games quite well defensively Yesterday was against a team who are beating everyone, at the end of a three game in a week cycle played at the far end of the country two days after our last game. Turton errors blows any prep up but to be honest I expected a defeat yesterday and most sides going there will lose In contrast to other seasons it one of the more enjoyable ones
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Post by dugnet on Oct 24, 2021 14:22:09 GMT 1
I didn't see the game yesterday so it's difficult to comment with due context but isn't it simply that the result showed that we are some way from being a consistent top half team ? So far this season things have been far better than I expected. Our defending has improved significantly, we have a good spirit and some players with significant question marks (eg Holmes, Ward) have stepped up considerably. Carlos and the coaching team have done a much improved job. Despite this improvement, and our lofty league position (I would look at the congested nature of the teams just behind us), I don't think any of us are convinced we are really a credible play off team. Our lack of a goalscorer (noting Rhodes has been injured) and a playmaking midfielder are still weaknesses. Putting Bournemouth to one side as a game if you look at the Birmingham game a true top 6 team would have put that game to bed. I think we have enough to avoid the bottom end of the table, which is where I feared we would be, but not enough to sustain a top 6 challenge. That said there are plenty of clubs that could apply to. Millwall present a typical challenge in the Championship. How we meet that challenge will be very interesting. It will show the character of the team for certain. I suppose if we continue for the next 2 months in a similar way the question will be asked if we can strengthen in January. For me it's where we are this time next year. If we can progress, and keep our better players, next season could be far more interesting. No, it shows so far we are not a top 2 team, when we play West Brom, & a few others, it will tell us more. It will, I however don't think there's anything wrong with having a bit of realism.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2021 14:23:57 GMT 1
Perhaps it's the uneducated that he bores to death just saying Sorry I'm condescending again not!just giving my view lol You are so predictable positive, throw the line and straight away we get a bite! Uneducated you say, why because other people have a view which just happens to be different to yours. Did I expect us to win yesterday no, but I expect us to compete for ninety minutes, not let 45 mins lapse and stand back and admire the opposition. Just my view positive and all that. Yes it is your view but we did compete but a needless foul brought the penalty and then there movement was outstanding The trouble with a lot on here they don't see how the opposition play every thing is towns fault not how good the opposition may have been I think thatsavfair response utt
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Post by griffa on Oct 24, 2021 15:17:25 GMT 1
You are so predictable positive, throw the line and straight away we get a bite! Uneducated you say, why because other people have a view which just happens to be different to yours. Did I expect us to win yesterday no, but I expect us to compete for ninety minutes, not let 45 mins lapse and stand back and admire the opposition. Just my view positive and all that. Yes it is your view but we did compete but a needless foul brought the penalty and then there movement was outstanding The trouble with a lot on here they don't see how the opposition play every thing is towns fault not how good the opposition may have been I think thatsavfair response utt Didn't watch game, listened to it on Radio Beeston! Carlos likes play away games slowly, which is ok, if don't concede early. We concede 2 early goals & were far too passive. We gave Bournemouth too much respect. Sorba looks knackered, Turton doesn't look to be good enough. We tried to compete in the last 15/20 minutes, at that point the game had gone - UTT.
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Post by westislandterrier on Oct 24, 2021 20:17:45 GMT 1
Och well... a defeat yesterday, but plenty of teams will lose by 3-0 or worse to AFC Bournemouth before the seasons end for sure...
Anyway nothing for it but onwards and upwards to the Millwall match on Saturday now...
A winnable match but also a drawable one and even a loseable one if we don’t watch what we’re doing...
The championship is so so bloody tight... from fifth downwards there’s SEVEN teams on 21 points... An awesomely competitive league indeed !
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Post by Up the Duff. on Oct 24, 2021 20:24:02 GMT 1
Och well... a defeat yesterday, but plenty of teams will lose by 3-0 or worse to AFC Bournemouth before the seasons end for sure... Anyway nothing for it but onwards and upwards to the Millwall match on Saturday now... A winnable match but also a drawable one and even a loseable one if we don’t watch what we’re doing... The championship is so so bloody tight... from fifth downwards there’s SEVEN teams on 21 points... An awesomely competitive league indeed ! Need to keep on our toes and picking up the points, this is 1 tight league this season.
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Post by Torquayterrier on Oct 25, 2021 9:52:31 GMT 1
Defeat always hard to take but our season wont be defined by losing to a previously unbeaten side. It wont even be defined should we happen to not get anything from Milwall either. Get Rhodes back, maybe a bit of dealing in the Jan window and who knows. Rhodes my arse - if he scores 5 goals all season it will be a miracle......another waste of a wage by a journeyman getting his final payday.....we need to get rid of these leaches and look to lower leagues for someone bursting for the chance.(as we did with Thomas) Nothing to lose if we do that - we aint scoring anyway......and a young lad on a third of the wage might go in our favour. Campbell and Rhodes have had their day - give someone else a chance I've never said he was the answer long term and was as dubious as anyone on here when we signed him if you can be arsed to look. He won't change a result like Bournemouth but might have made a better job of the finishing with the chances presented in the Birmingham match for instance that could have got 2 extra points. We obviously need better than Rhodes, Campbell and Ward in the future.
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Post by Captainslapper on Oct 25, 2021 11:21:58 GMT 1
I didn't see the game yesterday so it's difficult to comment with due context but isn't it simply that the result showed that we are some way from being a consistent top half team ? Not in the slightest IMO. there's 3 teams this season that seem to be head and shoulders above the pack.. Bornmuff, Fulham and WBA. There'll be plenty of 'consistent top half teams' beaten very comfortably against any one of those 3. Unlike other play off contenders, the only times we've been comfortably beaten this season so far has been against two of those three teams. Think thats something in our favour. Against the rest ( how the top half positions will be achieved ) then we've looked very much a top half contender IMO. Id say there's maybe 15 clubs with a realistic shot at finishing 4th - 6th and Town are not only definitely one of them, but have a better chance than many of them.
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Post by dugnet on Oct 25, 2021 17:09:29 GMT 1
I didn't see the game yesterday so it's difficult to comment with due context but isn't it simply that the result showed that we are some way from being a consistent top half team ? Not in the slightest IMO. there's 3 teams this season that seem to be head and shoulders above the pack.. Bornmuff, Fulham and WBA. There'll be plenty of 'consistent top half teams' beaten very comfortably against any one of those 3. Unlike other play off contenders, the only times we've been comfortably beaten this season so far has been against two of those three teams. Think thats something in our favour. Against the rest ( how the top half positions will be achieved ) then we've looked very much a top half contender IMO. Id say there's maybe 15 clubs with a realistic shot at finishing 4th - 6th and Town are not only definitely one of them, but have a better chance than many of them. In general I would agree but I do think our position is possibly a little false. Get Pipa back fit and Rhodes playing and your assessment could be correct. My other question would be if we are mentally attuned, yet? As I said we are doing far better than I envisaged so long may that continue.
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Post by Captainslapper on Oct 25, 2021 17:46:18 GMT 1
Id imagine a lot of clubs fans might think theyre in a slightly false position... think thats a result of this division being so wide open and ridiculously unpredictable.
Coventry currently sit 4th ( the best of the rest ) and they were done 5-0 at Luton and are still the only side to be beaten by struggling Barnsley. Luton in 5th got done 5-0 at home by Birmingham.
Everyones had bad results. As I say, at least our bad defeats have only been against those 3 standout teams.
Its a really funny division this time. Barring the top 3, teams are all taking points off each other like never before. Its really even this time. Id expect the gap between 3rd and 4th come may to be a large one. Maybe 15 points or more. And the required points to get into the play offs to be unusually low. Maybe even as low as 68 or 69.
I can certainly see the scenario where we go into the last fixture or two and there are still 10 clubs with a decent shout of finishing 4th, 5th or 6th.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2021 18:00:09 GMT 1
So long since I’ve seen Town away. I seem lost, what’s it like at the games? Just want to get well and back to normal. Fresh air, smell of football, good company. Never take your health for granted nor the simple pleasures of life. Bollocks to this COVID shit. Only just seen this Epsom. Get well soon fella.
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Post by shadwelljim on Oct 25, 2021 18:23:43 GMT 1
On reflection too many players gave up the ghost, but B'mouth are better man for man, but Carlo's defensive mindset over the last few games is becoming painful.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Oct 25, 2021 20:24:40 GMT 1
For all that strikers play for those sort of penalties, it’s still bloody frustrating when the defenders fall for it.
Bournemouth looked decent, but not world beaters. I suspect they’ve Abbas run to come at some point, but they’ll probably grind out enough points to get one of the auto spots.
As others have said, a strange division, if they romp the league will they do any better than Norwich are doing this season?
The gap seems to be widening, the sooner the darlings of the PL feck off and form their super league the better…
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