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Nuskyblue

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  • Mar 3, 2023
  • #1,926
shepardo01 said:
Hull... our next opponents at home...
Lost only 4 of last 17 apparently- now 4 pts behind us.... good win vs WBA
....Karl Darlow - signed end of Jan- very good keeper at this level...
Another game some people perceive as being an easy home fixture....
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They are a hard, hard working team. Got lucky today tho IMO, the baggies tore them apart but couldn't finish their dinner!
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Mar 3, 2023
  • #1,927
Nuskyblue said:
the baggies tore them apart but couldn't finish their dinner!
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Doesn't sound like us at all
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,928
Had a choice of watching Blackburn vs Sheff Utd or Bristol City vs Cardiff. Chose the Brizzle game as with a win, they'd be only 1 point behind us.

It's DIRE !! I genuinely think this game would finish 0-0 if they played till next Christmas. Or if there is a goal, it's from a set piece that went wrong. The football on display is terrible. Long balls to noone, niggling fouls to break up play and when the ball gets close to the goal, the attackers conspire to avoid hitting the target, even giving the ball away on occasions.

Think I picked the wrong game :/
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,929
Happy_Martian said:
Had a choice of watching Blackburn vs Sheff Utd or Bristol City vs Cardiff. Chose the Brizzle game as with a win, they'd be only 1 point behind us.

It's DIRE !! I genuinely think this game would finish 0-0 if they played till next Christmas. Or if there is a goal, it's from a set piece that went wrong. The football on display is terrible. Long balls to noone, niggling fouls to break up play and when the ball gets close to the goal, the attackers conspire to avoid hitting the target, even giving the ball away on occasions.

Think I picked the wrong game :/
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I read this shortly after my Mrs reported from the Cardiff match that, “it’s been a good game so far”.
Tbf it’s a low bar…
 

no_loyalty

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,930
Could do with Blackburn losing against Sheff United, but their home record is excellent.
 

no_loyalty

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,931
Cardiff 1-0 up.
 
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Happy_Martian

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,932
no_loyalty said:
Cardiff 1-0 up.
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And as is my luck recently, they scored while I had changed the TV feed back to my PC screen so I could check this site And the Sky Red Button doesn't show replays
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,933
Stoke leading at Sunderland 1-0 like it.
 

lifeskyblue

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,934
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Stoke leading at Sunderland 1-0 like it.
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And Stoke score….5


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fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,935
Just realised it was Alex Neil going back to wallop them
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,936
fernandopartridge said:
Just realised it was Alex Neil going back to wallop them
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Ex Newcastle striker Dwight Gayle also scored a couple of goals, and he has been shite this season.
 

no_loyalty

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,937
Sunderland fans throwing things at Alex Neil during the game, unlike them isn’t it.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,938
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
IMHO from here on in there aren't many game that could be forcast with any certainty.Take a look at the fixtures at the weekend only Middlesborough and Burnley would I say are bankers.Very often form goes out the window when your fighting promotion or religation.
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I even got 1 of them wrong .Like I say form goes out the window at the end of the season.(dog eats dog)Think WBA v Wigan could be very interesting
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,939
no_loyalty said:
Sunderland fans throwing things at Alex Neil during the game, unlike them isn’t it.
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Was it money to come back.
 
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Grendel

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  • Mar 4, 2023
  • #1,940
Mowbray never changes does he @covcity4life
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Mar 5, 2023
  • #1,941

Blackpool attack: Man critically ill after football fans fight

A 33-year-old is held after a fight between 15 fans after the Blackpool v Burnley game, police say.
www.bbc.co.uk

Sad, and a timely reminder before our fans travel up on the 18th. Enjoy, but behave.
 

slowpoke

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  • Mar 5, 2023
  • #1,942
Blackpool away can be dodgy, remember they grow up with partying away fans coming down for the game and the bright lights of Blackpool, they are well prepared for a bit of knuckle dragging.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Mar 6, 2023
  • #1,943
Just watched Sunderland highlights I doubt Stoke will score any easier goals than those.Their defence (Sunderland's) was worse than MU's and thats saying something.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,944
Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.
 

skybluepm2

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,945
Watford sack Bilic and appoint Wilder until the end of the season. They really are a bizarre club.
 
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skybluepm2

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,946
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.
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Beat me to it
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,947
skybluepm2 said:
Beat me to it
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Seems madness to me
 

skybluepm2

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,948
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Seems madness to me
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Crazy. At first I couldn’t believe it, but then I realized it was Watford.

He will undoubtedly give them the new manager bounce with a few wins and get a long term deal. Will be sacked by next Christmas because they’re either 3rd in the Championship or rock bottom of the Prem.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,949
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Watford sack Bilic wilder to replace for a few games.
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Is that 3 or 4 managers Watford have had this month?
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,950
It’s currently

Huddersfield 0 Bristol City 0
Reading 0 Sheff U 0
Albion 1 Wigan 0
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,951
I read an article on Watford - it’s their business model. They don’t believe in longevity for managers. In their eyes they hire managers to reach a specific target in moving forward.

wilder will be expected to get them promoted with a hefty bonus to do so - but either way he won’t be there next year. They’ll let him go for failing or they’ll hire a European manager to move them forward in the prem (that’s the principle anyway)
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,952
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I read an article on Watford - it’s their business model. They don’t believe in longevity for managers. In their eyes they hire managers to reach a specific target in moving forward.

wilder will be expected to get them promoted with a hefty bonus to do so - but either way he won’t be there next year. They’ll let him go for failing or they’ll hire a European manager to move them forward in the prem (that’s the principle anyway)
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In a strange way you could argue it's broadly successful
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,953
fernandopartridge said:
In a strange way you could argue it's broadly successful
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It is. It’s unconventional and I don’t necessarily agree with it. But at least you know there’s a strategy in place
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,954
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
It is. It’s unconventional and I don’t necessarily agree with it. But at least you know there’s a strategy in place
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They should get Industrial Temps on a retainer, good old temp to perm for the right candidate
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,955
fernandopartridge said:
They should get Industrial Temps on a retainer, good old temp to perm for the right candidate
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41710640

Found the article if you fancy light reading on Watford
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,956
Bottom 3 starting to look a bit locked in in the Championship, even despite QPR's awful form they're 7 points clear. Cardiff & Rotherham picking up results and Blues should do enough. Goal differences of the bottom 3 are significantly worse too.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,957
Warnock’s comments strongly suggest he’s accepted relegation already. Lucky for QPR as they’re in absolute free fall
 
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Yorkshire SB

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,958
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41710640

Found the article if you fancy light reading on Watford
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Interesting. Not dissimilar to how Chelsea operated for a long while.

I suppose the ‘success’ in this case depends how you frame it. They have plenty of resources to give them a big advantage in the Championship, and then have been a bit of a yo-yo team.
 

shepardo01

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,959
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Warnock’s comments strongly suggest he’s accepted relegation already. Lucky for QPR as they’re in absolute free fall
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Away at West Brom on Saturday- hope he can get a performance out of them!!!
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Mar 7, 2023
  • #1,960
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
It is. It’s unconventional and I don’t necessarily agree with it. But at least you know there’s a strategy in place
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It seems that strategy is perpetual new manager bounce.
 
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