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Post by mrcoke on Mar 12, 2018 9:39:25 GMT
I always knew this was goin to happen. Hughes was always crap just matter of time before he sent us down. <iframe width="27.25999999999999" height="2.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 27.26px; height: 2.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 0px; top: 0px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_53171234" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="27.25999999999999" height="2.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 27.26px; height: 2.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1295px; top: -104px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_22038704" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="27.25999999999999" height="2.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 27.26px; height: 2.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 10px; top: -13px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_79149971" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="27.25999999999999" height="2.8799999999999955" style="position: absolute; width: 27.26px; height: 2.88px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1295px; top: -13px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_26824196" scrolling="no"></iframe> I was going to respond with a long tirade, and then I remembered swallowing the irony bait before and looking foolish.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 9:39:43 GMT
The squad has plenty of ability but is woefully short of heart and character.
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Post by davyboy on Mar 12, 2018 10:05:29 GMT
I agree with Franklin. If you look at Bournemouth, Watford, Swansea, Huddersfield, Brighton and Newcastle, their squads are no better than ours, but they have battled harder than us, which is why they are getting the results that are keeping them above us.
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Post by milky on Mar 12, 2018 10:12:42 GMT
Crap
In terms of assembling a squad that can't play any system effectively.
We haven't got the legs/ fitness to press.
We lack the pace and guile to play counter attacking and we don't have a beast of a DM to allow 2 up top.
In fact in 10 years we've come full circle. IE..8 man behind the ball playing for a 0 -0 And hope our best player can pull a rabbit out the hat.Just change Ric to Shaq.
In fact it's actually worse now as we don't have Rory to hurl in any missiles.
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Post by pez75 on Mar 12, 2018 11:00:20 GMT
Crap. Failed to improve & replace key areas season after season. Adding to that the marquee signings we have made have been disasters of gargantuan proportions.
We rely on one key player to conjure up all our attacks / goals yet play him in an ineffective position alongside players that would struggle in the Championship.
Our tactics are basic and easy to counter while squad depth means that they are inflexible.
A clusterfuck that has been slowly and quietly growing for 2 seasons but now is slapping us all in the face with stark urgency, mainly because the board failed to anticipate it and then deal with it once it had pulled their pants down.
We are now relying on other teams to be more crap than us to survive.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Mar 12, 2018 11:16:23 GMT
Goalkeeper - Top Class Defence - Very good now despite a complete dereliction of training and shape over the last years Midfield - Below average. We got a bit more athleticism but no-one with any skill at retaining possession and putting us on the attack Attack - Bar Shaqiri its beyond woeful
We are where we deserve to be and will deserve to get relegated if it happens
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Post by gingerninja on Mar 12, 2018 11:24:42 GMT
Cheeky, a spot on assessment I am afraid, stop Shaq and that's us down as an attacking force.
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Post by basingstokie on Mar 12, 2018 13:21:03 GMT
Goalkeeper - Top Class Defence - Very good now despite a complete dereliction of training and shape over the last years Midfield - Below average. We got a bit more athleticism but no-one with any skill at retaining possession and putting us on the attack Attack - Bar Shaqiri its beyond woeful We are where we deserve to be and will deserve to get relegated if it happens But when you look at the money we've paid for Wimmer Allan Imbula Shaqiri Berahino; & god knows who else that I'm forgetting we really should be better than 'below average and woeful'
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 15:16:31 GMT
The squad has plenty of ability but is woefully short of heart and character. To be honest i think it's the other way round. At least in midfield and attack. We have Shaq who is quality. The rest are workhorses and plodders. I think all of our players have heart and passion, but you have to be able to kick a ball properly too. See Diouf/Adam/Fletcher etc. etc. We are where we are because we never replaced our quality, far more so than heart or character. We didn't replace Arnie, we didn't even try to replace Bojan, we didn't replace N'zonzi and we didn't replace Whelan and Cameron with better quality.
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Mar 12, 2018 15:53:47 GMT
the league seems to be littered with overpaid journeymen who dont seem that bothered or are not that good , we have a few of them , we also had no full back options to speak of until January , lack pace , dont have a creative central midfielder and dont score enough goals , there are a few clubs like us question is will 3 be worse at 5pm on the last day of the season ?
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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 12, 2018 16:58:18 GMT
Crap. Failed to improve & replace key areas season after season. Adding to that the marquee signings we have made have been disasters of gargantuan proportions. We rely on one key player to conjure up all our attacks / goals yet play him in an ineffective position alongside players that would struggle in the Championship. Our tactics are basic and easy to counter while squad depth means that they are inflexible. A clusterfuck that has been slowly and quietly growing for 2 seasons but now is slapping us all in the face with stark urgency, mainly because the board failed to anticipate it and then deal with it once it had pulled their pants down. We are now relying on other teams to be more crap than us to survive. I agree completely. Nice new avatar; it's a spit business!
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 12, 2018 17:42:37 GMT
Our squad is crap, unfit, lazy, overrated, gutless, demotivated, crap, thanks to Mark his team and the wankers that failed to see what he was doing to our club, the Mark Hughes legacy.
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