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    Match Thread City v Blackpool Tuesday

    Starting to look like that 120 minutes has left us jaded
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    Teams you have an irrational hate for

    Sheffield United, Portsmouth, Crewe, Manchester United, Cardiff, Norwich and Huddersfield and Hull. I hate Leicester the most, but thats not irrational. I have a long list of legitimate reasons to hate that club. Every time I hear someone roll out the league winning fairy story bollocks, I...
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    Ben Sheaf

    I don't know if anybody else checked but Hamer and Allen also feature in the top for individual areas. Hamer for progressive passes and Allen for retention. Shows we have some real strength there and a very complete midfield
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    Match Thread Reading

    Da Costa hasn't been great but nowhere near as bad as some making out. Dabo is far superior however, Push him out wide and bring another cb on. Gyokeres is like a low budget kane atm, everything is goal first, which i like. Waghorn makes intelligent little runs, think he will get stronger...
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    Jake Clarke-Salter

    Are you comparing the goal scoring record of an attacking midfielder and a right back? Da Costa has flashed hot and cold, he was garbage on Saturday and looked lost. Dabo was having to tell him where to go and he wasn't pushing high enough up the pitch. But I do think there is a player in...
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    Forest Granny pushed down hill

    The most shocking part of this is that a grown woman decided that she wanted to buy a Nottingham Forest top, in the style of a baseball shirt. Games gone.
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    Ben Sheaf Assist

    It was out to Maatsen who then cut in and shot wide. At the time I turned to my friend and said how good it was, the awareness and accuracy on it was remarkable.
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    Ex Player Watch

    Its because of the constant manager turnover I think, it happens at lots of the 'Traditional?' Premiership clubs. The club wants to retain them because they perceive value, but the constant need for immediate success and turnover in management means they never get a look in at their parent club.
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    Ben Waine - New Zealand striker turns down Sky Blues offer

    It exists but generally behind paywalls. A chunk of Brentfords success in replacing players is that their owner is/was a professional gambler and pioneered expected goals and advanced statistics. They have a European league table that ranks clubs, so they can highlight teams overperforming...
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    Max Biamou

    Biamou is more important than his goals and to judge him solely on them is naive. His pressing from the front is incredible, he has such a high work rate and leading the press more aggressively has tied in with our upturn in form. He also gives us an outlet when we need to play long, which I...
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    CCFC Centre Back Stats Comparison

    The science/stats geek is going to come out in me here, so please don't think this is criticism I'm just genuinely interested. I think that the whole moneyball and analytics of sport is incredible, but you have to identify the correct statistic to analyse and look at and that is the most...
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    Match Thread Birmingham City away

    This referee has made some poor decisions today, that was one of the worst there.
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    Match Thread Birmingham City away

    Biamou looks very good today. Also he is playing well.
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    Match Thread Birmingham City away

    "THAT WAS A FREE HEADER FOR HOGAN. I SAY FREE HEADER, HE HAD A MAN ON HIM" Clive are you OK?
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    Match Thread Birmingham City away

    Listening to Clive and Oggy is the closest thing to a real life Partridge. "If we were playing rugby that would've been a great advantage. Bouncing on the line. Obviously we aren't playing rugby, and with a round ball it's no advantage." Absolute gold.
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    Derby unable to pay players wages

    I'm not arguing that we are solvent. I'm arguing we are actually in a far better position than most clubs. We are in a situation where our players registrations are generally worth more than we payed for them. The stadium is obviously a glaring problem and hole in everything. However, if this...
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    Derby unable to pay players wages

    Its not a myth because we all know it happens. Nobody has claimed we are totally self sufficient, but we are certainly a lot more sustainable than the majority of other clubs.
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    Derby unable to pay players wages

    Its not a myth, I think we are all aware that the club doesn't receive enough gate money, commercial sponsorship etc to pay the bills entirely. However, we now operate a much more sustainable model. We have all seen the accounts that show the loans we have and the external funding coming in...
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    Derby unable to pay players wages

    Before I start WWIII here, SISU have done a fucking horrendous job. However, the push to sustainability and development in the last 3 years has been and will be a brilliant move in the long run. The bubble will burst eventually, when China, Russia and the Middle East lose interest clubs will...
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    Derby unable to pay players wages

    This and Wednesday are going to be the beginning of a wave of clubs in this situation. All the clubs in the pyramid that have been paying wages way outside their means to try and get promoted are going to be in the shit
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