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Post by figo85 on Aug 3, 2024 20:26:13 GMT
If Gooch and Thompson are anywhere near the starting lineup next Saturday then it’s game over. Gooch I can live with, but Thompson is woeful. I can’t stand the bloke.
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Post by desman2 on Aug 3, 2024 22:26:18 GMT
Gooch needs plenty of room otherwise he can't operate. If he's hemmed in he just runs into the opponent and hopes it comes off. I thought Thompson played reasonably well overall but got caught a couple of times.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Aug 3, 2024 23:15:15 GMT
Like I said..is a friendly and completely irrelevant who wins 7 days to go, think about todays display, seriously - think about it. Have a Crunchie bar, I like them. We beat Liverpool then had a terrible season Lost to Rhyl and got promoted Crunchies grew on me over the years
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 4, 2024 0:00:55 GMT
If Gooch and Thompson are anywhere near the starting lineup next Saturday then it’s game over. Gooch I can live with, but Thompson is woeful. I can’t stand the bloke. Why can't you stand the bloke?
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 4, 2024 0:09:37 GMT
You obviously weren't there to see a woeful display. I hope its not a sign toward yet another struggle. We desperately need somebody to put the ball in the net, and we lack speed at centre back. If you didnt see the game then don't try to be clever with your sarcasm.
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 4, 2024 0:12:01 GMT
Quick unrelated question....How many Alkmaar fans? I saw four.
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 4, 2024 0:15:16 GMT
Their goal looked offside. No way.
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Post by kjpt140v on Aug 4, 2024 0:19:04 GMT
As a firm believer that the worse the pre season the better the actual season goes this sounds just what the doctor ordered 🙂 If that's the case, after today's display, not only will we win the league, we've also got the FA Cup in the bag.
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Post by viewfromthecrowsnest on Aug 4, 2024 0:19:15 GMT
Ennis on... Desperate for another striker aren't we We have purchased Blackburn’s two strikers who couldn’t score. A simple fact. Still can’t think how they improve our attack.
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Post by J-Roar on Aug 4, 2024 5:21:30 GMT
You obviously weren't there to see a woeful display. I hope its not a sign toward yet another struggle. We desperately need somebody to put the ball in the net, and we lack speed at centre back. If you didnt see the game then don't try to be clever with your sarcasm. Sorry.
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Post by spoton on Aug 4, 2024 6:40:54 GMT
Well I've slept on it and gave the performance some thought and especially the excuses from the manager and players, If the excuses this season are Well we won't play teams that good this season or they wouldn't be out of place in the premiership, then that just doesn't work for me,if we had performed well and lost to a better team then fine but it's to easy to say,no players yesterday performed well
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Post by figo85 on Aug 4, 2024 7:07:10 GMT
Gooch I can live with, but Thompson is woeful. I can’t stand the bloke. Why can't you stand the bloke? He can’t pass, tackle or header. He has a questionable temperament as shown in the friendly yesterday and he walks around moaning all the time
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Post by werrington on Aug 4, 2024 7:21:10 GMT
Are reds carried into the season? Yes Depends on what the referee puts in his report Fuller was sent off for violent conduct away at Wrexham a few years ago now but didn’t receive a ban so was free to start the season Here’s hoping
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Post by werrington on Aug 4, 2024 7:23:42 GMT
Why can't you stand the bloke? He can’t pass, tackle or header. He has a questionable temperament as shown in the friendly yesterday and he walks around moaning all the time He’s the only midfield player who does actually sit and but for him coming back into the team after Swansea away last season we were heading south The midfield were all over the place prior to that
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 4, 2024 7:27:50 GMT
Thompson is very limited and should only be a cheap back up option.
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Post by a on Aug 4, 2024 7:34:31 GMT
It’s terribly confusing, pre season games don’t matter but do matter, Thompson was one of our better players last time out but now he’s awful.
Pre season is a confusing time 😂
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Post by questionable on Aug 4, 2024 7:38:20 GMT
Their goal looked offside. No way. I thought it was extremely close
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Post by a on Aug 4, 2024 7:47:30 GMT
Funny how quick people go from "friendlies don't matter" to..this This x100
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Aug 4, 2024 7:48:32 GMT
It’s terribly confusing, pre season games don’t matter but do matter, Thompson was one of our better players last time out but now he’s awful. Pre season is a confusing time 😂 They matter when you lose it seems
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Post by a on Aug 4, 2024 7:52:03 GMT
It’s terribly confusing, pre season games don’t matter but do matter, Thompson was one of our better players last time out but now he’s awful. Pre season is a confusing time 😂 They matter when you lose it seems Apparently so
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Post by stokecitytalke on Aug 4, 2024 8:13:58 GMT
We played like it was a preseason friendly.
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Post by nottsover60 on Aug 4, 2024 8:54:23 GMT
Well I've slept on it and gave the performance some thought and especially the excuses from the manager and players, If the excuses this season are Well we won't play teams that good this season or they wouldn't be out of place in the premiership, then that just doesn't work for me,if we had performed well and lost to a better team then fine but it's to easy to say,no players yesterday performed well You don't know how we had trained coming into the match. If we had an intense day on Friday then players energy levels will have been lower than a normal Saturday. We were missing Junho, Ennis and Mmaee all from the attack. It was the first time we've picked the best starting 11 available so the familiarity wasn't at it's best. We didn't concede more than one goal to a top team so defensively we must have been OK. Let's wait for September before we complain too vociferously, there are two first 11 shirts vacant so that suggests at least two first team players incoming. numbers still avai
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Post by baconburger on Aug 4, 2024 8:58:36 GMT
Well I've slept on it and gave the performance some thought and especially the excuses from the manager and players, If the excuses this season are Well we won't play teams that good this season or they wouldn't be out of place in the premiership, then that just doesn't work for me,if we had performed well and lost to a better team then fine but it's to easy to say,no players yesterday performed well You don't know how we had trained coming into the match. If we had an intense day on Friday then players energy levels will have been lower than a normal Saturday. We were missing Junho, Ennis and Mmaee all from the attack. It was the first time we've picked the best starting 11 available so the familiarity wasn't at it's best. We didn't concede more than one goal to a top team so defensively we must have been OK. Let's wait for September before we complain too vociferously, there are two first 11 shirts vacant so that suggests at least two first team players incoming. numbers still avai Unfortunately we weren’t missing Ennis, hopefully someone else is.
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Post by nottsover60 on Aug 4, 2024 9:05:48 GMT
You don't know how we had trained coming into the match. If we had an intense day on Friday then players energy levels will have been lower than a normal Saturday. We were missing Junho, Ennis and Mmaee all from the attack. It was the first time we've picked the best starting 11 available so the familiarity wasn't at it's best. We didn't concede more than one goal to a top team so defensively we must have been OK. Let's wait for September before we complain too vociferously, there are two first 11 shirts vacant so that suggests at least two first team players incoming. numbers still avai Unfortunately we weren’t missing Ennis, hopefully someone else is. Sorry yes it was Bolton he missed. My point still remains, without Bae and Mmaee and with Gallergher going off we were never going to be an attacking threat. It all had to come from Million. When I saw the midfield I knew that the best we could hope for was 0-0 so wasn't too disappointed with a 1-0 loss in a no important match.
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Post by baconburger on Aug 4, 2024 9:21:04 GMT
Unfortunately we weren’t missing Ennis, hopefully someone else is. Sorry yes it was Bolton he missed. My point still remains, without Bae and Mmaee and with Gallergher going off we were never going to be an attacking threat. It all had to come from Million. When I saw the midfield I knew that the best we could hope for was 0-0 so wasn't too disappointed with a 1-0 loss in a no important match. I’m sorry I’m unable to be not too disappointed at seeing a team with virtually zero goal threat. It’s not like there were a whole load of goals missing from the team. We seem to be recruiting to a similar template to last season(I like last season’s much more) where they(goals) aren’t a pressing issue. I’m baffled.
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Post by davethebass on Aug 4, 2024 21:44:54 GMT
To put into perspective a lot of other championship teams have also lost today in friendlies Reading 2-0 Hull QPR 0-1 Brighton Norwich 1-3 St.Pauli Luton 1-3 Celta Vigo Millwall 0-1 Southampton Preston 0-3 Everton Birmingham 4-1 West Brom It’s not about losing though is it? It sounds like we played like we did for 95% of last season. And that imo is troubling. We could put another spin on this: We could say, for 95% of last season we played as if it was a friendly. This AZ game was a friendly. If we play 95% of this season as if it's a competitive game, and not a friendly, we might be ok.
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Post by bertiestan on Aug 4, 2024 21:48:58 GMT
We were pretty wank n they were pretty good🤷♂️🔴⚪️
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Post by rabbigan on Aug 5, 2024 7:53:10 GMT
I thought we played like strangers. No creative player in sight. Looked like our relegation certainties of last year for most of the game. Defence very wobbly. Our pressing was an absolute joke. This should surely have been sorted. Gallagher offered some outlet and possibility for the brief time he was on but understand he is injury prone . Midfield was all over the place. We looked better when the youngsters came on. I enjoyed Dixon, Anderson and Sidibe greatly and thought Tezgel had played well at Bolton hut missed a sitter. Last game last season we looked like a team but have gone backwards if this match was a true indication. Have jot seen any mention of getting a dtriker any better than Campbell ended the season
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Aug 5, 2024 8:00:50 GMT
We were pretty wank n they were pretty good🤷♂️🔴⚪️ Hopefully before the thread is put to bed, Alkmaar have had a very good unbeaten preseason with draws against Le Harve, Atalanta & wins over Salonica & Kortrijk of Belgium Stil not trying to diminish our own issues
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Post by bhp on Aug 5, 2024 8:32:20 GMT
7 days to go, think about todays display, seriously - think about it. Have a Crunchie bar, I like them. We beat Liverpool then had a terrible season Lost to Rhyl and got promoted Crunchies grew on me over the years Only time I can find us losing to Rhyl is 03/04? Then beat Man Utd 1 game into the season! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Stoke_City_F.C._seasonUnless is was the reserves/U21's
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