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Yes, if Rudoni can consistently cross as well as yesterday its almost criminal not to play him wide!

I first saw Smith playing in an FA youth cup semi final against Man U at HR. He was the standout player on either side, so I wasn't too surprised when he made it into the 1st team. When he did he was very good. He would kind of drop his shoulder then just beat his marker for pace, and he was a...

Defensively I completely understand dropping Dasilva for this game as Luton would simply put a big guy on him and play long to him trying to exploit his lack of height. Hopefully MR's instinct on this proves correct as this wouldn't be the first time for his team selection to get slaughtered on...

If we had somehow kept Pearce our cup winning team would also have been top 6 in the league from 1987 to 1990!!

Warwick University chess club?? A bunch of unathletic nerds who do their best to avoid any physical acivity 🤫 Chess has absolutely nothing in common with football, which is a fluid constanly moving sport with unlimited permutations which far exceeds chess, and you can't reasonably compare the...

Simms is such a frustrating player. He really should be making more of his physical attributes and providing a real challenge to defenders marking him. He is often beaten in a foot race, allowing the defender in front of him, when he then inevitably gives the defender a gentle unnescessary push...

Yes, for someone who generally is a clean striker of the ball, that's 2 similar chances he's had where the goalkeeper was out of position and wasted. I think the other game might have been Watford. On both occasions he seemed to snatch at his chance, but in each case he probably had time to...

Of course it does, but even if not he also took on Rotherham and Barnsley from seemingly impossible positions and improved their situations beyond reasonable expectation. His track record also includes 2 promotions & regular trips to Wembley so I'm not sure how much more you want :rolleyes:

It means that in my opinion if we get rid of MR we are actually more likely to be relegated from the Championship. It is not a given that a new manager will improve things, while making a bad choice can easily turn a bad situation into an even worse one. As it is I still believe that under MR...

Relegated from the Championship!!

All the relegated teams last season changed managers too!

It is a justifiable standpoint though as change does not automatically mean things get better. Whoever the 3 relegated clubs end up being, the likelihood is that all will make managerial changes sometime in the season, just like last season, where they all actually made multiple changes...

Is that definite? I thought the rule only applied to players that had gone through a club's academy? Lati was not a youth player at Swansea but joined them from Man City's youth set up. I thought that no fee applied, for the same reason we received nothing for Gunnarsson when he left for Cardiff...

You mean only 1 chance on target! That doesn't alter the fact that Simms, Eccles, Bassette and Wright had relatively easy chances to score but fluffed them. In isolation yesterday's performance wasn't too bad, and I think a draw would have been a fair outcome. However on the back of another...

They are not there taking in the applause, but rather to thank the fans for their support. If they had just pissed off down the tunnel after the game there would have been a much bigger furore.

Yes, but its not as simple as that. Someone who has been a pampered Academy player at a PL club, who then gets released downwards doesn't necessarily have the same motivation as a player from the lower leagues that has been released at a younger age. Given League 1 and League 2 teams regularly...

.... and whose teams regularly get turned over by League 1 and League 2 teams in the EFL Trophy!!

Ponticelli?

Kevin Pessimism ....... fat goalkeeper who played for Sheffield Wednesday :)

I've also been thinking that our slow build up play is causing us problems, and while I don't want us to go all out long ball I don't like relying on our defenders to control the ball at the back against nearly every team that these days presses, particularly given by definition defenders are...