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Post by ciderarmybcfc on Sept 13, 2019 15:02:51 GMT
Afternoon fellas.
Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow.
Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it.
That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you?
As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is.
Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place.
Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session.
Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this.
My prediction:
3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Sept 13, 2019 15:08:05 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Love your pessimism cider. Don’t think you’ll get many Stokies agreeing with the score prediction. I’m going for a 2-2 draw with us 2-0 and surrendering after sitting back as we usually do. |
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Post by ciderarmybcfc on Sept 13, 2019 15:09:48 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Love your pessimism cider. Don’t think you’ll get many Stokies agreeing with the score prediction. I’m going for a 2-2 draw with us 2-0 and surrendering after sitting back as we usually do. I'd take a draw no doubt, you're definitely underachieving and won't end the season where you are. Didn't go to the game at your place last season as was hungover from NYE but by all accounts we got dicked in all but scoreline, and that was at the end of Rowett's tenure ffs. |
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Post by marylandstoke on Sept 13, 2019 15:09:51 GMT
Not sure quite why this has made me as angry as it has.
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Post by crapslinger on Sept 13, 2019 15:11:34 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. 3-1 you do know we don't score 3 goals don't you, what system are you using that is providing opportunities for Afobe.
Yours Nathan Jones (ex Luton Town manager)
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Post by hooftastic on Sept 13, 2019 15:12:47 GMT
Ast thee got brown wings?
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Post by werrington on Sept 13, 2019 15:13:51 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Off the train right out of the station and right under the bridge( the police will advise left at the bridge ) follow the road and you’ll find pubs aplenty You’ll be fine with no problems even if people know you are Bristol but if you get lairy you’ll get trouble |
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Post by ciderarmybcfc on Sept 13, 2019 15:14:04 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. 3-1 you do know we don't score 3 goals don't you, what system are you using that is providing opportunities for Afobe.
Yours Nathan Jones (ex Luton Town manager)
You will do. Our best CB is out, our LB who's England's U21 LB is out, our best defensive midfielder is out which means we have to play an 18 year old who has about 10 professional appearances (signed for 8m from Monaco so have high hopes, but he's far from the finished product) and we're missing Afobe our best frontman. We play just about every fucking formation known to man, annoys me that Johnson won't ever decide on a brand/identity for us but I think tbf to him he's had his hand forced with injuries this season. 3-5-2 mainly though. |
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Post by ciderarmybcfc on Sept 13, 2019 15:14:54 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Off the train right out of the station and right under the bridge( the police will advise left at the bridge ) follow the road and you’ll find pubs aplenty You’ll be fine with no problems even if people know you are Bristol but if you get lairy you’ll get trouble Nice one pal. |
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Post by Davef on Sept 13, 2019 15:46:25 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. 3-1?  Ever considered a career in stand up?  |
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Post by Northy on Sept 13, 2019 16:01:14 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. We haven't scored 3 in about 68 games, seriously. Plymouth at Port Vale tomorrow, invasion of the west country |
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Sept 13, 2019 16:19:52 GMT
I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. So do we! Have you been cider gliding? |
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Post by danceswithclams on Sept 13, 2019 16:20:09 GMT
Not sure quite why this has made me as angry as it has. Syphilis. |
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Post by thevoid on Sept 13, 2019 16:25:45 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. We haven't scored 3 in about 68 games, seriously. Plymouth at Port Vale tomorrow, invasion of the west country 78 games actually 😯 |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Sept 13, 2019 17:37:30 GMT
3-1 you do know we don't score 3 goals don't you, what system are you using that is providing opportunities for Afobe.
Yours Nathan Jones (ex Luton Town manager)
You will do. Our best CB is out, our LB who's England's U21 LB is out, our best defensive midfielder is out which means we have to play an 18 year old who has about 10 professional appearances (signed for 8m from Monaco so have high hopes, but he's far from the finished product) and we're missing Afobe our best frontman. We play just about every fucking formation known to man, annoys me that Johnson won't ever decide on a brand/identity for us but I think tbf to him he's had his hand forced with injuries this season. 3-5-2 mainly though. Excellent,we're probably going to be given a torrid time of it by a largely second string team,with a young up and coming DM (who'll probably now give an object lesson in how to play the role to our managerially hand picked,duffer of a bespoke DM,) playing a formation that would have suited our personnel down to the ground at one point..... |
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Post by royalewithcheese on Sept 13, 2019 17:48:25 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. We're in a fair old mess at the moment, mate. We started off poor, then the manager panicked and for the past few games he's made wholesale changes week after week. Even changing the formation every week too (and even the captain!). Theres been zero continuation and it appears the players haven't got a clue what's going on or what's being asked of them (which is understandable given the number of changes and lack of cohesion.) Having said that, the players have massively underperformed too. Butland has performed at a level that wouldn't get him picked for Port Vale, let alone any half decent club. Joe Allen has been absolutely garbage too. Some of our new signing look decidedly average/absolutely abysmal (Cousins, Lindsay, Smith, Ward) and others we haven't even seen (Davies cant even get on the bench and Powell has disappeared off the face of the earth with injury). I'm struggling to find anything to be positive about at the moment to be honest. I'm hoping we're one good result/performance away from spingboarding onto a better run and better turn of fortunes, but that's just the blind optimism of following your own team I think. I'm not holding out much hope for tomorrow. A draw would be a good result for us given how poor we are at the moment, but we critically need a win. No matter how it comes. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 18:38:16 GMT
3-1 you do know we don't score 3 goals don't you, what system are you using that is providing opportunities for Afobe.
Yours Nathan Jones (ex Luton Town manager)
You will do. Our best CB is out, our LB who's England's U21 LB is out, our best defensive midfielder is out which means we have to play an 18 year old who has about 10 professional appearances (signed for 8m from Monaco so have high hopes, but he's far from the finished product) and we're missing Afobe our best frontman. We play just about every fucking formation known to man, annoys me that Johnson won't ever decide on a brand/identity for us but I think tbf to him he's had his hand forced with injuries this season. 3-5-2 mainly though. We our best CB is out, we don’t really have a decent Lab other than a 34 year old whose a bit past it or James McClean whose not really a leftback. Nor do we have a DM. So I really wouldn’t worry yourselves. I imagine you’ll be fine. |
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Post by StatesideStokie on Sept 13, 2019 19:34:22 GMT
3-1 you do know we don't score 3 goals don't you, what system are you using that is providing opportunities for Afobe.
Yours Nathan Jones (ex Luton Town manager)
our best defensive midfielder is out which means we have to play an 18 year old who has about 10 professional appearances (signed for 8m from Monaco so have high hopes, but he's far from the finished product) Yeah, that’s got disaster written all over it. I can see it coming. |
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Sept 13, 2019 19:36:32 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Your easiest 3 points of the season, enjoy them. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 19:45:13 GMT
3-1 you do know we don't score 3 goals don't you, what system are you using that is providing opportunities for Afobe.
Yours Nathan Jones (ex Luton Town manager)
You will do. Our best CB is out, our LB who's England's U21 LB is out, our best defensive midfielder is out which means we have to play an 18 year old who has about 10 professional appearances (signed for 8m from Monaco so have high hopes, but he's far from the finished product) and we're missing Afobe our best frontman. We play just about every fucking formation known to man, annoys me that Johnson won't ever decide on a brand/identity for us but I think tbf to him he's had his hand forced with injuries this season. 3-5-2 mainly though. Interesting about Johnson chopping and changing. From the outside it looks like he's got something going with you lot? |
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Post by silsdenstokie on Sept 13, 2019 19:59:47 GMT
Guess if the roles were reversed, it's the sort of game I could see Stoke losing so I understand Cider,s caution.
That said there is no way we will score 3...a draw is best we can hope for
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Post by LGH87 on Sept 13, 2019 20:58:56 GMT
We’ll be two nil down by half time tomorrow.
The board should’ve acted after Birmingham, they’ll have absolutely no choice but to after tomorrow.
Jones press conference today absolutely stunk of contradictions, deflections and waffle.
He’s done here.
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Post by Goonie on Sept 13, 2019 21:03:50 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Score right but I fear it'll be in your favour Good luck tomorrow but not too much 👍😁 |
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Post by Goonie on Sept 13, 2019 21:06:58 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Your easiest 3 points of the season, enjoy them. If it's the final nail for Jones I'd gladly let them have them |
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Post by strangerthingshappen on Sept 13, 2019 21:14:32 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Good luck for tomorrow pal I think you will enjoy it as we are the gift that keeps on giving !!! |
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Post by Dresden_scfc on Sept 14, 2019 3:37:44 GMT
Afternoon fellas. Very rare that I sign up to an opposition forum but it's a slow Friday at work so thought I'd give it a go and offer some completely worthless thoughts on our game tomorrow. Focusing on yourselves, to be honest I never thought Jones' system would work in this division but I thought he'd adapt a bit like Bielsa did (he used to play a 3-3-1-3 system) and make it work. Your squad on paper is still very impressive, but as well as not thinking the system would work even after a summer of recruiting I still don't even think you have the players to fit it. That said, I thought you'd be doing better than you are. Your start has surprised me and you'll all know better than I do but from what I've seen you're not playing horrendously, it just seems to be individual errors costing you? As for us, we've got a couple of players (Ashley Williams and Benik Afobe) that you'll be familiar with. Not sure on Williams, hopefully he won't be needed much but Afobe's started incredibly well. He's looked sharp and we've given him service hence the goals, I'd hope that we'll exercise the option to buy in the summer if he carries on as he is. Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. Apologies to bore you all, killed 5 minutes or so writing this. My prediction: 3-1 Stoke. Gregory, Clucas and Ince with your goals. Weimann with ours. Are you pissed we're shit, hope you're right though 😂 |
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Post by sportsman on Sept 14, 2019 5:33:32 GMT
Nathan jones red and white army 😁
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Post by zerps on Sept 14, 2019 6:19:53 GMT
It’s funny how these welsh fans from Bristol don’t even rate Jones.
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Post by bathstoke on Sept 14, 2019 7:45:10 GMT
Looking forward to the day out, we've sold just shy of 2,000 which isn't too bad I suppose. Used to be a very lively fixture off the field, wondering if it might be tomorrow given it's been a while since we took a few up to your place. Any recommendations on where we'd be wise drinking to would be welcome, train gets in just before 10am so should be a decent session. I work in Briz & some of my colleagues are $#!theads(it’s a colloquial thing, not an insult(he knows what I mean))& they are going(see previous thread) My concern for you is coming & going on the same train as Plymouth. I hear they’ve sold just shy of 1000 tickets. It’ll be like the Warsaw Uprising, with the Red army waiting at the gates for whoever wins!!! PS. I’m going to watch BathCity V Eastbourne |
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