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Post by workshyfop on Nov 5, 2023 12:17:11 GMT 1
Deffo Bovril. Didn’t rate it then, still don’t. But those Smax biscuity things they used to sell were out of this world! Why did they stop making them? 👎 Wasn’t Smax the chewing gum? They also used to sell Wagon Wheels back when they were the size of wagon rather than pram wheels.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 5, 2023 11:44:23 GMT 1
As far as I understood it you can't be offside if the ball is played backwards from a player who is not offside ? yes, there should be 2 opponents between the guy receiving the ball and the goals..but not if it's played backwards.... is this correct ? No, I think it’s just if the player is in an offside position irrespective of the direction the ball travels in order to reach them.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 5, 2023 10:02:43 GMT 1
Yes, on second view it could’ve been disallowed for a push or even handball too! Yet on second view (VAR) they deemed it acceptable. Absolute shambles. It's about time referees were made to come out and do interviews. Emotions high, bet Arteta and O'Neil get fines after their comments. What’s the point of VAR? They’re watching it again and still getting it completely wrong after delaying the game for five minutes. It would be more acceptable/understandable to all concerned if they made a bad snap decision as has always been the case. To replay it a dozen times in slow motion and still get it wrong just makes it harder to take and creates far more problems.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 4, 2023 21:10:01 GMT 1
Heard today he’s 2 defeats/games away from going. Whether true, not sure. A damning indictment on the people running the club, as is that squad, that bench, a damning indictment on the people running and who have run the club into the ground. The squad has been weakened every season since relegation from the Premier League (how people can criticise CC is unbelievable after his achievements). Our budget must be the lowest in the division by a mile.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 4, 2023 21:05:42 GMT 1
By the way Newcastle’s reaction at the final whistle. Have I missed something?, have they won the league?. They’ve avoided a beheading. It’s pure relief!
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 4, 2023 20:19:15 GMT 1
Still not sure why it wasn't given as a foul. Since when can you put two hands on the back of a players neck and push him down Yes, on second view it could’ve been disallowed for a push or even handball too!
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 4, 2023 20:01:59 GMT 1
Ball was out and Gordon offside. That was before the replay, it was pretty obvious.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 4, 2023 13:32:32 GMT 1
I’ve seen Joey Barton is the latest to be linked with the Bradford job. For all his faults, he might be a reasonable choice for them. Did well at Fleetwood, got Bristol Rovers up from that division.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 3, 2023 12:20:49 GMT 1
But he's a great prospect. We will be saying this about REG when he is 35 - but he is a great prospect. I have never thought for a second, that he would make it as a centre half at this level and he looks lost in midfield most of the time. Maybe long-term planning as we probably won’t be at this level soon.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 2, 2023 12:18:08 GMT 1
At least KN has read the room and not put out any more of his documentary series after two were “ready to go” during the last international break.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 2, 2023 12:05:26 GMT 1
People keep saying the squad are poor. Just a reminder,these players are pocketing the Lions share of £8 million FFS, make em earn it! I don’t think it’s a lack of effort though, more a lack of ability. Most of the squad wouldn’t get a game in the division below. I was thinking about REG and how he couldn’t get a game at Wigan when they got relegated and has hardly had a look-in here. He’s 25 in January. There’s still a lot of players to get rid of as well as bringing better quality in.
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Post by workshyfop on Nov 1, 2023 16:15:08 GMT 1
The championship is fast becoming like the prem league, look at Leicester this season and Burnley last season, the list goes on, but the gap which have been caused mainly by parachute payments are there to see. If only we’d had parachute payments to allow us to be competitive when we got relegated from the PL …
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 29, 2023 22:12:07 GMT 1
😲 Marseille's Ligue 1 home match with Lyon was postponed after visiting boss Fabio Grosso was injured when his team's bus was attacked on the way to the ground.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 29, 2023 21:29:32 GMT 1
They were on an upward trajectory until they joined Town … not sure if that says more about us or them! To say they’re League 2 at best seems a bit harsh as they’d got Lincoln to L1 and were doing well. Took over a team devoid of confidence and kept us up. That said, they were embarrassing on the touchline and talked absolute shite. I bet they regretted coming to Town. They took charge of seven League One matches at Lincoln and then their two and a half years at Portsmouth were very average. They took over a club just outside the play-offs and left them in 12th. League Two is the highest division they've had any success in so I don't think it's that harsh, really. As I said, they were on the way up when they came to us. It’s not gone to plan since, that’s for sure.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 29, 2023 20:51:40 GMT 1
They were on an upward trajectory until they joined Town … not sure if that says more about us or them! To say they’re League 2 at best seems a bit harsh as they’d got Lincoln to L1 and were doing well. Took over a team devoid of confidence and kept us up. That said, they were embarrassing on the touchline and talked absolute shite. I bet they regretted coming to Town.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 29, 2023 19:44:59 GMT 1
I’d noticed that and Lyon bottom of Ligue 1. Crazy times. Got worse for Ajax, now bottom of the league. It’s unbelievable. OL away at Marseille tonight too, so not going to be easy to get off the bottom for them either. They’ve done a bit of a Town there. Went from winning the league every year, always qualifying for the Champions League, getting to the semis, then thinking they were better than they are. Sacked a successful manager, built a massive new stadium miles out of the city that they’re unlikely to fill (based on ticket demand v Real Madrid during their golden period) and having to sell any young talent to cover costs. An absolute disaster.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 29, 2023 9:32:06 GMT 1
Rooney should be available soon for those who wanted him here (not me I’d like to add). I feel generally disillusioned and don’t think there’s any point changing again as we sacked the only man who could keep a squad that poor up and that ship has now sailed (ironically probably to keep one of our relegation rivals up).
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 28, 2023 19:53:56 GMT 1
I love how people count Aiyna, Austerfield, Jones et al as being injured. We only miss Rudoni. The rest never play or aren’t right good in the first place.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 28, 2023 19:00:35 GMT 1
We got rid of the only man who could do anything with such a dreadful squad. Not much point changing and having to pay the coaching staff off again. No one could do any better.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 28, 2023 12:04:54 GMT 1
That bench is so worrying You could nearly make a team out of those not involved today Turton Ruffells Ayina Asterfield Rudoni Kasumu Jones Koroma Ward I assume all injured as any of those make the bench today if fit These players get better the longer they’re out. In reality, only Rudoni would get in any other Championship team.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 28, 2023 12:00:41 GMT 1
I don’t know if Darren Moore is the answer, I’ve not really followed his career or mgmt style, I leave that up to the experts like yourself. Albeit in L1, lord knows how many goals they would have scored last season if he’d have employed an attacking style? In league one, long ball hoof tactics work well when you’ve got the players capable of putting the ball in the box like Bannan or knocking it out wide for those to fire in. They had smith and Gregory up front two players ideal for that scenario. It’s effective hoof ball at that level but not attacking nice to watch. Also Sheffield Wednesday budget was 15x that of forest green so it wasn’t exactly incredible what he did either. I’d love it to work for Moore as he seems a very good person in and out of football. But unfortunately it’s a results based business. Funny you mention Forest Green, as I went to that match last season and saw a rare FGR win (possibly Big Dunc’s only victory). Wednesday were awful, Bannan slightly off it so they had nothing at all.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 28, 2023 11:57:46 GMT 1
There is zero pace in the back 4 & that must be the worst bench ever put out by a Championship team. It just makes me very sad. have you seen much of Iorpenda and Daley then? Seen them? Not sure I’ve actually ever heard of them!
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 28, 2023 11:38:27 GMT 1
Fucking hell, there’s players on the bench I’ve never even heard of. Anyone who doesn’t think our squad is weak must be seriously puddled.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 27, 2023 10:19:54 GMT 1
Get Diarra in. I know he’s inconsistent, but he is exciting at times and can make things happen (sometimes). Not got much to lose, so might as well have a go.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 26, 2023 8:28:39 GMT 1
Given we have them next you have probably made it even worse for us 🤣 I wouldn’t worry. They’re not that good 👍 I feel almost like you’ve cheated by having Championship standard players though! As much as they love to say it’s our cup final, most games Town play in this division feels that way, like we’re huge underdogs in a cup tie in terms of our quality, attitude and approach to each match. We’ve fallen a long way in a short time.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 25, 2023 21:33:07 GMT 1
Remember how bad we were in the first half ? We've barely reached those heady heights since, mate. Another manager would have been given credit for getting a point from a game you probably should have lost. I like Moore from his time at City so maybe I’m biased. It seems like anyone would have struggled after Warnock though. You’re quite correct that anyone other than, and probably including, Warnock would’ve struggled with that squad? The miracle of staying up last season just papered over a few cracks and only Town could find a way to unnecessarily shoot themselves in the foot when a season of stability and slow transformation was required. Absolute madness.
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 25, 2023 12:11:37 GMT 1
You claim he hasn’t lost any pace because he never had any, so it is in effect a 23 year old JR with an additional 20 years of experience! 😁 No, that'll be on his 3rd stint here at 43 😉 Oops, fat thumbs! 😂
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 25, 2023 9:14:09 GMT 1
True, but that make it more baffling when some Town fans put him down. For example, by the time Rhodes was Phillips’ age he’d scored over 100 goals. I don't think any Town fan would put down a 23 year old JR but we've got a 33 year old one, that's the problem You claim he hasn’t lost any pace because he never had any, so it is in effect a 23 year old JR with an additional 20 years of experience! 😁
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 24, 2023 20:21:24 GMT 1
Scored one, set one up so far tonight. Meanwhile …
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Post by workshyfop on Oct 24, 2023 19:52:08 GMT 1
True, but that make it more baffling when some Town fans put him down. For example, by the time Rhodes was Phillips’ age he’d scored over 100 goals. I don't think any Town fan would put down a 23 year old JR but we've got a 33 year old one, that's the problem One who still scores goals. If we signed someone with his scoring record from the league below in January, people would be going mental with excitement. I can’t see what he’s done wrong!
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