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Cov98

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #526
The Great Eastern said:
Love to see all the time wasting jumped upon but noticed the Wednesday keeper was taking way over the 6 seconds of possession in the first half. 15 or so seconds is taking the piss
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Has that ever been enforced? Keepers well and truly took the piss last season, Wilson included.
 
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Winny the Bish

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #527
Wright and Simms vs these Sheff Wed centre backs will be a hell of a battle to watch.
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #528
Again they were one of the worst premier league teams in history. They got 25 points. They have no backbone, they may well go on to win this match but they won’t finish in the top two
 

Evo1883

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #529
That should be that
 
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procdoc

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #530
Evo1883 said:
That should be that
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Wednesday will be relegation fodder
 
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Winny the Bish

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #531
Great run and cross by Ward-Prowse. Thought all he was good for was free kicks?
 

David O'Day

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #532
Typical Martin team, a million passes but a bit soft at the back

Better teams than Wednesday of which there are many could really get at them
 

SkyblueTexan

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #533
Honestly I’m not that impressed by Soton. Think Sheff Wed sat back too deep and allowed Soton space to pick out the 2 goals.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #534
That said, the way Southampton closed the game out was pretty efficient.
 
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Fysnkysc

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #535
fernandopartridge said:
Well Martin managed a Swansea team with a decent squad and an MK team with a decent squad at their respective levels and got no better than mid table

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Did you see Swansea towards back end of the season? They were fucking flying.
 
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Fysnkysc

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #536
455 passes in 45 mins, more than some of our whole games last season
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #537
Brighton Sky Blue said:
That said, the way Southampton closed the game out was pretty efficient.
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Was pretty dead the last ten minutes
 

Fergusons_Beard

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #538
Soton the new Swansea.

Against us world beaters but Tika taka passes without any shots will not win the league.

They’ve players who will be sold too.

Talk of their imminent promotion is premature to say the least.


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djr8369

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #539
Southampton will be interesting. Young, talented squad that can grow, great manager who seems tactically aware and a man manager. If they do lose Ward-Prowse they might look a bit lost if they don’t get a leader on the pitch to replace him. Will be interesting to see how they get on against the stronger championship teams though and didn’t create many clear opportunities for all their possession.

Rule changes are going to be interesting if they don’t slowly get forgotten about as season goes on…
 
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mmttww

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #540
Evo1883 said:
Tella is quality
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That goal was a little bit good jfc
 
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djr8369

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #541
Cov98 said:
Has that ever been enforced? Keepers well and truly took the piss last season, Wilson included.
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This is the problem. They don’t enforce half of what they set out to and half of the new directives and rules fade out through the season.

They were stamping out time wasting two season ago. We had all those spells of 8 minutes injury time where we kept equalising and by the end of the season it disappeared. Prem was more consistent with it tbf.
 
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wingy

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  • Aug 4, 2023
  • #542
djr8369 said:
This is the problem. They don’t enforce half of what they set out to and half of the new directives and rules fade out through the season.

They were stamping out time wasting two season ago. We had all those spells of 8 minutes injury time where we kept equalising and by the end of the season it disappeared. Prem was more consistent with it tbf.
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Got to think with the American influx of ownership they'll be pushing for more breaks for advertising.
 

alexccfc99

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #543
Thought Wednesday at least made a fist of that second half last night and if their right back kept his concentration they would have got a draw

S’oton will get better as the season goes on and definitely be up there for me
 
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clint van damme

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #544
alexccfc99 said:
Thought Wednesday at least made a fist of that second half last night and if their right back kept his concentration they would have got a draw

S’oton will get better as the season goes on and definitely be up there for me
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Yeah, they're shape and concentration was good right up until that one error.
Reminded me a bit of us when we first came back, going to be a slog where they've got to keep going and battle for every point.
Not every game will be as tough as last night.
 

alexccfc99

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #545
clint van damme said:
Yeah, they're shape and concentration was good right up until that one error.
Reminded me a bit of us when we first came back, going to be a slog where they've got to keep going and battle for every point.
Not every game will be as tough as last night.
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The difference in quality showed in the end and cost them, it was also bound to be an ex-Blade who scored after they gave him so much shit coming on

Like you eluded too, our first game back at this level against Bristol City in 2020 was very similar
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #546
alexccfc99 said:
The difference in quality showed in the end and cost them, it was also bound to be an ex-Blade who scored after they gave him so much shit coming on

Like you eluded too, our first game back at this level against Bristol City in 2020 was very similar
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We played football on the front foot at Bristol that day though

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alexccfc99

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #547
fernandopartridge said:
We played football on the front foot at Bristol that day though

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The quality ended up being the difference, which was the same as last night is what I was getting at, Southampton’s goal and the intricate play that led to it probably doesn’t happen to Wednesday last season etc.
 
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Hutch11

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #548
alexccfc99 said:
The quality ended up being the difference, which was the same as last night is what I was getting at, Southampton’s goal and the intricate play that led to it probably doesn’t happen to Wednesday last season etc.
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Surely the Mighty Ipswich would've done that to them
 
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TomRad85

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #549
Its nice to see regular yoyo teams like West Brom, Norwich, Watford not fancied at all. Hate parachute payments but just shows what happens if you don't get it right straight away. Can see them all being stuck here for a while and I hope so too as they always stunk the joint out in the Prem.

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NortonSkyBlue

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #550
TomRad85 said:
Its nice to see regular yoyo teams like West Brom, Norwich, Watford not fancied at all. Hate parachute payments but just shows what happens if you don't get it right straight away. Can see them all being stuck here for a while and I hope so too as they always stunk the joint out in the Prem.

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You mean got beat by teams with much greater resource? These clubs you mentioned didn’t have the money to compete above and had too much for the league below. What do you expect of them? Form their own league?
 

alexccfc99

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #551
TomRad85 said:
Its nice to see regular yoyo teams like West Brom, Norwich, Watford not fancied at all. Hate parachute payments but just shows what happens if you don't get it right straight away. Can see them all being stuck here for a while and I hope so too as they always stunk the joint out in the Prem.

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I think Baggies are fucked, only added one transfer and one loan to a pretty average and ageing side
 
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covcity4life

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #552
It's first day of seaosn. Performance don't mean much. Soton could yet get dominant. Oh well can't do nothing about it. Let's focus on ourselves.
 
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skyblueelephant76

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #553
alexccfc99 said:
I think Baggies are fucked, only added one transfer and one loan to a pretty average and ageing side
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WBA also have Mowatt and Kipre back from from loans so that's like two extra decent signings.
 

TomRad85

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #554
NortonSkyBlue said:
You mean got beat by teams with much greater resource? These clubs you mentioned didn’t have the money to compete above and had too much for the league below. What do you expect of them? Form their own league?
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Nope I mean what I said, not all teams that go up are boring and shite but I'm sure they'll appreciate you sticking up for them.

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TomRad85

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #555
alexccfc99 said:
I think Baggies are fucked, only added one transfer and one loan to a pretty average and ageing side
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Shame isn't it

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TomRad85

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #556
alexccfc99 said:
Thought Wednesday at least made a fist of that second half last night and if their right back kept his concentration they would have got a draw

S’oton will get better as the season goes on and definitely be up there for me
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Southampton look to have the best squad as long as they don't get raided. Leeds potentially could be the team that flops out of the 3.

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shepardo01

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #557
alexccfc99 said:
I think Baggies are fucked, only added one transfer and one loan to a pretty average and ageing side
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Still quite strong I think!... signed an international winger and Josh Maja... not lost many and willing to let Gardner-Hickman (one of their better players last year) leave and Manager overruled a 2.5 mil sale of Alex Palmer to Luton. Dike fit again too.
 

TomRad85

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #558
shepardo01 said:
Still quite strong I think!... signed an international winger and Josh Maja... not lost many and willing to let Gardner-Hickman (one of their better players last year) leave and Manager overruled a 2.5 mil sale of Alex Palmer to Luton. Dike fit again too.
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Interesting to see the battle of the US international strikers this season. Wright vs Sargent vs Dike.

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alexccfc99

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #559
shepardo01 said:
Still quite strong I think!... signed an international winger and Josh Maja... not lost many and willing to let Gardner-Hickman (one of their better players last year) leave and Manager overruled a 2.5 mil sale of Alex Palmer to Luton. Dike fit again too.
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Good manager I’ll give them that but I couldn’t really point out many of their players I’d swap for many of ours
 

alexccfc99

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  • Aug 5, 2023
  • #560
TomRad85 said:
Shame isn't it

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I don’t care about them tbh - if I had to pick another W. Midlands side to win a cup or something it would be hard not to pick them, every Albion fan I know is spot on
 
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