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Post by kerouac on Feb 14, 2024 21:57:18 GMT
Largely fucking awful but a massive 3 points, the first half was shockingly bad and very worrying.We seemed devoid of confidence,ablity and plan.
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Post by pavel on Feb 14, 2024 21:57:29 GMT
I need a doctor and therapy
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Post by robwahlmann on Feb 14, 2024 21:58:05 GMT
Nothing else mattered, just the result! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/kwfoKwtHI0jglJZ4qZf6.gif)
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Post by yardstick on Feb 14, 2024 21:58:41 GMT
Shout out for Thompson as well as Burger, Bae and Ennis. Thompson was excellent I thought, gets slated on here a lot but I think he’d be in the top 3 for player of year so far (not hard I know)
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Post by tqstokie on Feb 14, 2024 21:58:46 GMT
A game of two halves to coin a phrase. A most welcome win if not totally convincing. The points are on the board. a Dour gritty performance. If only we could pass the ball more accurately.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 14, 2024 22:00:13 GMT
Not pretty but all about the 3 points. I thought we managed the game fairly well. MOTM Burger with honourable mentions to Baker and Bae Jun-ho...... There’s your midfield 3 for Saturday Baker gives the ball away far far to cheaply for me.
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Post by gingerninja on Feb 14, 2024 22:00:23 GMT
The players clearly have a thing about playing at home, the pressure seems to stifle them, tonight was all about being risk averse and getting over the line, we did, megs important 3 points, we just have to get to the end of the season and take stock, nothing more, nothing less.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 14, 2024 22:01:26 GMT
Get Wesley and Ennis up top together. Wesley is a catastrophe
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Post by emretezzy on Feb 14, 2024 22:01:46 GMT
Get to the season end.
We can not afford to get relegated.
Hang on in there
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Post by robinplumpton on Feb 14, 2024 22:01:50 GMT
Like two bald men fighting over a comb that has fuck all teeth and even the dog has spat out coz it’s not worth chewing. Fukkingivemethatcomb
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Post by stokemark on Feb 14, 2024 22:03:26 GMT
Get to the season end. We can not afford to get relegated. Hang on in there 100%
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 14, 2024 22:04:17 GMT
I am both shocked and surprised that we kept a clean sheet upon dropping Wilmot.
What a fucking win.
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Post by telfordstokie on Feb 14, 2024 22:04:40 GMT
Biggest thing tonight was they played as a team - should be the minimum expectation but absolutely massive in the context of the last few weeks on and off the field.
Well done Schumacher.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2024 22:07:36 GMT
I am both shocked and surprised that we kept a clean sheet upon dropping Wilmot. What a fucking win. It helped that we decided to drop this inverted fullback nonsense and play a formation that mostly suited the squad. Regardless, I’m fine to leave Wilmot out in the cold if we continue to get clean sheets.
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Post by delilahwhy on Feb 14, 2024 22:08:40 GMT
It was all about the result tonight. Absolutely nothing else.
Two teams at the wrong end of the table, desperate for a win.
I can't believe anybody expected even a half decent game. It was always going to be desperate, frantic and frankly, very scrappy at times.
And it wasn't a given that we'd get the result. You only need to look back to the weekends game to realise that. Blackburn were absolutely in the shit and blew us away in 30 awful minutes.
In contrast, despite being bottom 3, QPR were actually in better form (having won 2 and drawn 2 of their last 4). You could argue they went in to tonight's game with more confidence than us.
We're clearly in a mess. Tonight wasn't pretty. But the result was all important. We need to muddle through until the end of the season, grind out 2 or 3 more wins, and then hope for a miracle over the summer. Because there's a lot of work that needs doing.
But we absolutely need to avoid relegation at all costs. And after leaving Blackburn on Saturday, I'd started to lose hope that that was possible.
I'd take a scrappy, messy win over that farce at the weekend every day of the week.
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Post by jay1610 on Feb 14, 2024 22:08:48 GMT
I feel a lot better about the state of dressing room relations after tonight.
An ugly win has felt beyond us for ages. Relieved.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 14, 2024 22:09:23 GMT
I am both shocked and surprised that we kept a clean sheet upon dropping Wilmot. What a fucking win. Think you’ve been right all along about Wilmot. McNally and Rose aren’t Italian defenders but they are a better more competent pair that anything with Wilmot in it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2024 22:09:30 GMT
There’s your midfield 3 for Saturday Baker gives the ball away far far to cheaply for me. Yet without him in the team, we don’t have anyone who comes close to remotely taking a decent corner or free kick. I’m tired of seeing Hoever’s corners hit the shins of the first man. Baker’s recovery runs today as well were excellent. His shooting was shite though.
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Post by a on Feb 14, 2024 22:11:20 GMT
Get Wesley and Ennis up top together. Wesley is a catastrophe Just he’s the closest to a target man we’ve got. I don’t think he looked that bad tonight, he was never going to get a chance on goal given that we were in our 18 yard box second half.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 14, 2024 22:11:38 GMT
Baker gives the ball away far far to cheaply for me. Yet without him in the team, we don’t have anyone who comes close to remotely taking a decent corner or free kick. I’m tired of seeing Hoever’s corners hit the shins of the first man. Baker’s recovery runs today as well were excellent. His shooting was shite though. Yep he does some things well but he boils my piss with those stupid passes
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Feb 14, 2024 22:12:41 GMT
Massive 3 points. We're a poor outfit but as long as we scrap like we did tonight then hopefully we will drag ourselves over the line. Yes. Obvious Schumacher still has a core of players prepared to work for him anyway. And that is great news 🙏
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2024 22:17:41 GMT
Just he’s the closest to a target man we’ve got. I don’t think he looked that bad tonight, he was never going to get a chance on goal given that we were in our 18 yard box second half. After 4 straight losses, I’d be very hesitant to change a winning formula. I do think that Wesley did put some work in tonight though and that overall, we’d look better with Ennis running off him than Cundle “pulling strings” behind.
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Post by figo85 on Feb 14, 2024 22:18:19 GMT
It’s simple to see that we can’t go as gung ho as we’d like, so a little pragmatism has done us well tonight. A lot more solid at the back and some good passages of play. Am I being too optimistic with the view point ?
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Post by greystokie on Feb 14, 2024 22:19:38 GMT
There’s your midfield 3 for Saturday Baker gives the ball away far far to cheaply for me. Who doesn't?
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Post by a on Feb 14, 2024 22:22:13 GMT
Yet without him in the team, we don’t have anyone who comes close to remotely taking a decent corner or free kick. I’m tired of seeing Hoever’s corners hit the shins of the first man. Baker’s recovery runs today as well were excellent. His shooting was shite though. Yep he does some things well but he boils my piss with those stupid passes He set gooch off with one. But some passes tonight were 8 yards straight a QPR player, not acceptable. His corners are the best we’ve got tho
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Post by a on Feb 14, 2024 22:23:43 GMT
Just he’s the closest to a target man we’ve got. I don’t think he looked that bad tonight, he was never going to get a chance on goal given that we were in our 18 yard box second half. After 4 straight losses, I’d be very hesitant to change a winning formula. I do think that Wesley did put some work in tonight though and that overall, we’d look better with Ennis running off him than Cundle “pulling strings” behind. I just think we need a front two. I’m not for chopping and changing as a rule after a win, but we don’t do enough up top. Not saying that’s Wesley but a target man would help massively.
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Post by prestwichpotter on Feb 14, 2024 22:27:41 GMT
Not pretty but all about the 3 points. I thought we managed the game fairly well. MOTM Burger with honourable mentions to Baker, Bae Jun-ho and Ennis...... No love for McNally and Rose? I thought they were pretty good except for the first 15-20, but everyone was shaky then After a shaky start McNally got better as the game went on. I like Rose, it would be him plus another as far as I'm concerned.......
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Post by prestwichpotter on Feb 14, 2024 22:28:44 GMT
There’s your midfield 3 for Saturday Baker gives the ball away far far to cheaply for me. Sometimes gives it away trying to pass the ball forwards making something happen which I can live with, a bit of rust still maybe as well......
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Post by a on Feb 14, 2024 22:29:38 GMT
No love for McNally and Rose? I thought they were pretty good except for the first 15-20, but everyone was shaky then After a shaky start McNally got better as the game went on. I like Rose, it would be him plus another as far as I'm concerned....... They both did some good work tonight. We still look disoriented and disorganised at the back, too many crosses not being closed down and the width being exploited too easily.
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Post by xchpotter on Feb 14, 2024 22:30:34 GMT
Think we need to steady things a little now with team selection…just odd ones here and there as it’s felt like there have been too many changes recently.
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