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skybluegod

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #211
David O'Day said:
Decent penalty box player, limited elsewhere though
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He has other good attributes also, only had to watch how well he did at Swansea to see he's a good striker at this level. Of course he's limited in some areas of his game? He wouldn't be in the championship if he wasn't.
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #212
skybluegod said:
He has other good attributes also, only had to watch how well he did at Swansea to see he's a good striker at this level. Of course he's limited in some areas of his game? He wouldn't be in the championship if he wasn't.
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yeah I watched him be a good penalty box striker
 
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shepardo01

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #213
procdoc said:
Sheffield Utd look awful
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West Brom pressed the hell out of them and totally nullified anything they tried to do. Compacted the game right up and choked their ability to play.
They are Barnsley (obviously same manager) but with even better and more physically imposing players!
Will be tough to stop.
One thing I noticed from the quest show this week too... and the WBA game tonight, was the amount of goals/chances that long throws into the box create!!... loads on Saturdays highlights!... Shame we haven't got that weapon this year.
 
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NortonSkyBlue

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #214
skybluegod said:
Rhian Brewster is a very good player at this level, there is clearly something wrong at Sheffield United. Think Jokanovic was a poor appointment to be honest, didn't seem to fit in with what Sheffield needed.

Last weekend was very strange, starting 4 out and out strikers in the same team.

I have to say fair play and hold my hands up and to derby and Rooney. Not a bad start for them all things considered.
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So a two time promotion winner who has managed a club for 3 games is a poor appointment but fair play to Rooney and Derby for winning a game?
Balance needed.
 
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COV

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #215
shepardo01 said:
West Brom pressed the hell out of them and totally nullified anything they tried to do. Compacted the game right up and choked their ability to play.
They are Barnsley (obviously same manager) but with even better and more physically imposing players!
Will be tough to stop.
One thing I noticed from the quest show this week too... and the WBA game tonight, was the amount of goals/chances that long throws into the box create!!... loads on Saturdays highlights!... Shame we haven't got that weapon this year.
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couldn’t tell if Sheff Utd were dire or WBA brilliant, but either way I think Sheff Utd will struggle to get back up based on the couple of games I saw of them, which is annoying as I can’t stand them & want them out the way

Can’t see Hughton lasting too much longer, heaps of pressure on him now
 
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shepardo01

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #216
COV said:
couldn’t tell if Sheff Utd were dire or WBA brilliant, but either way I think Sheff Utd will struggle to get back up based on the couple of games I saw of them, which is annoying as I can’t stand them & want them out the way
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WBA weren't brilliant, lacked possession, very few passes, but thier style, executed as it was, with what they have, will cause massive problems to their opposition.
Sheff utd, at the moment, do have the players to change results round. Do feel a few didn't want to be playing tonight.. although hard to tell due to the ruthlessness of WBAs style.
Think once the window settles, SUFC won't be far off.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #217
shepardo01 said:
WBA weren't brilliant, lacked possession, very few passes, but thier style, executed as it was, with what they have, will cause massive problems to their opposition.
Sheff utd, at the moment, do have the players to change results round. Do feel a few didn't want to be playing tonight.. although hard to tell due to the ruthlessness of WBAs style.
Think once the window settles, SUFC won't be far off.
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West Brom are doing what Barnsley did with a better squad, they'll go up. Sheffield U need a win quickly as they are utterly bereft of confidence, could turn into a terminal slump
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #218
better days said:
Keeper has been disastrous
Reckon the lad won't get much sleep tonight
Who'd be a football fan
Two seasons back Sheffield Utd fans were in la la land
How must they be feeling tonight?
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In their usual fickle style they're blaming it all on the bloke who turned them from league 1 also-rans into a top half Prem team
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #219
Still confused why so many pundits had Forest going for top 6
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #220
They've turned on Fleck as well now

Fleck - The end

A busted flush, time to invest in his position and I doubt he’d be a better option off the bench than Osborn who at least brings energy. Regardless of form and how motivated he is, when he’s not playing in a team with a certain rhythm and pattern of play that suits his style, his mediocrity...
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fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #221
Liquid Gold said:
Still confused why so many pundits had Forest going for top 6
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Because they're stupid lazy cunts like the non sport media who live in the past.
 
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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #222
Liquid Gold said:
Still confused why so many pundits had Forest going for top 6
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Shit last year, added no-one. I don't get it. Think it's probably the Houghton effect. Don't get me wrong, I rate him as a manager but he can't just take the same squad he had last year and all of a sudden make them world beaters.
 

COV

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #223
mark82 said:
Shit last year, added no-one. I don't get it. Think it's probably the Houghton effect. Don't get me wrong, I rate him as a manager but he can't just take the same squad he had last year and all of a sudden make them world beaters.
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why didn’t they sign anyone, are they strapped for cash or did Hughton just not see a need?
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 18, 2021
  • #224
COV said:
why didn’t they sign anyone, are they strapped for cash or did Hughton just not see a need?
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No idea.
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #225
Did anyone see the Charlie Austin headbutt in the QPR game? Expect he'll take a 3 game ban so won't be available against us.

They look really good this year.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #226
The press think Hughton is a brilliant manager in truth he plays boring football and occasionally gets lucky.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #227
shepardo01 said:
WBA weren't brilliant, lacked possession, very few passes, but thier style, executed as it was, with what they have, will cause massive problems to their opposition.
Sheff utd, at the moment, do have the players to change results round. Do feel a few didn't want to be playing tonight.. although hard to tell due to the ruthlessness of WBAs style.
Think once the window settles, SUFC won't be far off.
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Just watched the highlights the young lad keeper for Sheffield United had a shocker. So glad they didn't keep Moore as he would be in heir team right now.
 

TomRad85

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #228
fernandopartridge said:
West Brom are doing what Barnsley did with a better squad, they'll go up. Sheffield U need a win quickly as they are utterly bereft of confidence, could turn into a terminal slump
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What a shame that would be...

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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #229
TomRad85 said:
What a shame that would be...

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What I like to happen is for relegated teams to not go straight back up (as per Bournemouth last season) The only down side is that it increases the amount of teams receiving parachute payments in the league, which makes it harder to compete. Wish they'd bin that off.
 
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skybluegod

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #230
riyadhskyblue said:
So a two time promotion winner who has managed a club for 3 games is a poor appointment but fair play to Rooney and Derby for winning a game?
Balance needed.
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Can you read? I said he wasn't the right appointment for Sheffield in my view.
I think he's an okay manager especially at this level, however Sheffield United were/are in need of a complete rebuild, and his appointment seems like a desperate attempt to bounce back quickly, rather than an appointment to reset the club, which is what it needed after the turmoil from Wilder leaving in pretty bad circumstances in the end.

I said fair play to Rooney as a separate point, as I have said in previous threads how poor a manager I think he is, and how much I thought they would struggle but actually they have been competitive in all 3 games so far and so based off the evidence so far, yes it is fair play.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #231
mark82 said:
Shit last year, added no-one. I don't get it. Think it's probably the Houghton effect. Don't get me wrong, I rate him as a manager but he can't just take the same squad he had last year and all of a sudden make them world beaters.
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See I always thought they’d struggle. hughton for me is a decent manager but no more. Give him a squad that is top 6 and he’ll achieve 6th. No more no less.

there’s something wrong with Forest, and he isn’t good enough to overcome that
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #232
Chris Hughton has never been a brilliant manager, it’s a myth
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #233
mark82 said:
Shit last year, added no-one. I don't get it. Think it's probably the Houghton effect. Don't get me wrong, I rate him as a manager but he can't just take the same squad he had last year and all of a sudden make them world beaters.
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I don't particularly rate Hughton, either. Does... alright for a spell, but plateaus. He's a bit like a Steve Bruce, give him a moderate budget and he'll organise your team, make them effective, but seems unable to progress beyond the initial efforts. If you've a good enough squad, that'll mean he's a safe pair of hands for a promotion challenge, but he won't turn an OK squad into a good one.

And Forest don't even have an OK squad.
 

Fergusons_Beard

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #234
Londonccfcfan said:
Just watched the highlights the young lad keeper for Sheffield United had a shocker. So glad they didn't keep Moore as he would be in heir team right now.
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My Sufc mates were messaging me last night asking for him back!


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BornSlippySkyBlue

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #235
COV said:
why didn’t they sign anyone, are they strapped for cash or did Hughton just not see a need?
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They’ve signed 3 players, Zinckernagel, Horvath and Osei-Tutu. Their fans are turning on the players but mate of mine was saying it’s the way Hughton plays that’s (part of) the problem. Very negative and they never look like scoring or seem set up to score.
 
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Tea & Busquets

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #236
Londonccfcfan said:
Just watched the highlights the young lad keeper for Sheffield United had a shocker. So glad they didn't keep Moore as he would be in heir team right now.
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their next in line Verrips was quite good last season at Emmen, they’ve also been linked to Dieng from QPR.
 
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Garryb80

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #237
Tea & Busquets said:
their next in line Verrips was quite good last season at Emmen, they’ve also been linked to Dieng from QPR.
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Verrips is the guy he was posting about
 

Tea & Busquets

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  • Aug 19, 2021
  • #238
Garryb80 said:
Verrips is the guy he was posting about
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oh, my apologies i didn’t see the previous posts assumed it was about Ramsdales departure.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #239
Apparently Swansea fans are waving Italy flags at the Bristol City fans - football humour !!
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #240
High energy start by Bristol City
 

Londonccfcfan

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #241
procdoc said:
High energy start by Bristol City
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Russell Martin...just doesnt have the personnel to play how he wants.
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #242
What a goal by Swansea
 

usskyblue

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #243
procdoc said:
Chris Hughton has never been a brilliant manager, it’s a myth
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He’s no Kenny Jackett m8
 

clint van damme

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #244
Whenever I hear city supporters talking about an.outside chance of the play offs I quickly dismiss it out of hand, then I remember Swansea got their last season.
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 20, 2021
  • #245
clint van damme said:
Whenever I hear city supporters talking about an.outside chance of the play offs I quickly dismiss it out of hand, then I remember Swansea got their last season.
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It’s a long shot we could make the playoffs but it’s not impossible. Look at Barnsley last season
 
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