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SBT

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Brighton Sky Blue said:
O’Hare when he was auditioning for his free transfer was doing far more across the 90.
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I must admit I’ve fully lost track by now of whether O’Hare is playing out of his skin for a new contract, or is playing at half speed because he’s already out the door. Seems to change every week.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,227
Robins kicking off at the defence, we conceded 12 shots, 9 shots on target in the box. Frustrated with the defending and ‘a lot of work to do’ as reported by @Saddlebrains a week or two ago.

Talking about building a squad of more quality and numbers to compete in every competition.
 
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OldBedrocker

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,228
PVA said:
He was poor tonight but Palmer has 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 10 league games, O'Hare has 0 goals and 0 assists so no matter how much better O'Hare is he isn't doing it at the moment.
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Pretty sure he scored at Wembley
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,229
SBT said:
I must admit I’ve fully lost track by now of whether O’Hare is playing out of his skin for a new contract, or is playing at half speed because he’s already out the door. Seems to change every week.
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The ‘audition’ ended in January
 

Evo1883

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,230
pusbccfc said:
Robins talking a lot about squad and carrying players.
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So what we are saying is that the team are just playing shit and it's not all about fatigue like everybody Is latching onto

Righto
 
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Nick

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,231
pusbccfc said:
Robins talking a lot about squad and carrying players.
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Shame his actions don't match it then.
 
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SBT

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,232
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The ‘audition’ ended in January
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In which case I don’t see much point in playing him over Palmer in these dead rubber games. Let Palmer play his way out of contention as far as I’m concerned.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,233
SBT said:
In which case I don’t see much point in playing him over Palmer in these dead rubber games. Let Palmer play his way out of contention as far as I’m concerned.
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The point would be to protect others from ‘fatigue’ and to give him the farewell he deserves.
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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I’m afraid I can sort of see why now Robins has always been so sceptical about the cups. We’ve not been at our best ( apart from Wembley) since we beat Wolves !
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,235
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The point would be to protect others from ‘fatigue’ and to give him the farewell he deserves.
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The farewell he deserves is being dropped at Corley Services with a cardboard sign saying Premier League.
 

Blind-Faith

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,236
Watching Ipswich you wouldn’t believe they are a top two team. A decent side, but not in the same category as your Leeds or Southampton.

I thought we might get thumped tonight, so I was pleasantly surprised how well we did in spells, played some really nice stuff.

Eccles again, especially first half , was superb. Sheaf had an off night but I have a feeling he is nowhere near 100% fit so gets a pass. Palmer, oh dear, if he just tries to do the simple stuff, even half of the time when he gets the ball, he’d be brilliant! He’s more frustrating to watch now than Haji, who I thought had another decent game.

The squad is on its arse now, will go up on Saturday and just enjoy the day for what it is. Hopefully Daucsh gets some more game time.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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shmmeee said:
The farewell he deserves is being dropped at Corley Services with a cardboard sign saying Premier League.
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Ultimately that’s just being petty at this stage. He has overall served the club well, just like Godden, Allen and Kelly.

Nobody’s lining up to sign Palmer despite his agent’s efforts, and tonight was exactly why.
 
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hamertime

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,238
Ashdown said:
I’m afraid I can sort of see why now Robins has always been so sceptical about the cups. We’ve not been at our best ( apart from Wembley) since we beat Wolves !
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We were never going to make the playoffs with this squad it’s been clear as day. On our day we can beat anyone but we haven’t the depth of quality.
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,239
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Ultimately that’s just being petty at this stage. He has overall served the club well, just like Godden, Allen and Kelly.

Nobody’s lining up to sign Palmer despite his agent’s efforts, and tonight was exactly why.
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Godden is the closest, Allen and Kelly have tried their best until the end like Vik and Gus did. And Godden Allen and Kelly were all surpassed by the quality of the club. They didn’t just decide to milk 18 months of wages out of us cos they couldn’t be arsed any more.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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I still think we’ll be good next year but want some ambition shown to deepen the squad
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,241
hamertime said:
We were never going to make the playoffs with this squad it’s been clear as day. On our day we can beat anyone but we haven’t the depth of quality.
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True but this is actually the strongest squad we have had in many years. We have lost players at critical times to injury and suspension. The strikers took a dozen games to look good enough as well.
 

Blind-Faith

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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What does oggy see in palmer? Chuckling all the way home in the car with his praise for him. PL teams coming in for him?

One moment of brilliance shouldn’t mask 89 minutes of mediocrity
 
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Nick

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Blind-Faith said:
What does oggy see in palmer? Chuckling all the way home in the car with his praise for him. PL teams coming in for him?

One moment of brilliance shouldn’t mask 89 minutes of mediocrity
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Not sure it was even brilliance?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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shmmeee said:
Godden is the closest, Allen and Kelly have tried their best until the end like Vik and Gus did. And Godden Allen and Kelly were all surpassed by the quality of the club. They didn’t just decide to milk 18 months of wages out of us cos they couldn’t be arsed any more.
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Allen was quite productive last season and has been treated pretty poorly this year, mostly played out of position and asked to do thankless tasks.

MR has got things wrong a fair bit this season.
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Blind-Faith said:
What does oggy see in palmer? Chuckling all the way home in the car with his praise for him. PL teams coming in for him?

One moment of brilliance shouldn’t mask 89 minutes of mediocrity
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Totally agree for every half decent pass he makes he gives the ball away 3 times and then doesn’t track back….he’s a bit of a show pony.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Blind-Faith said:
What does oggy see in palmer? Chuckling all the way home in the car with his praise for him. PL teams coming in for him?

One moment of brilliance shouldn’t mask 89 minutes of mediocrity
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Wondered if he was his new agent
 
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Matt smith

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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pusbccfc said:
Tbf to Robins, he's saying everything we are saying.
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What did he say re the squad
 
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hamertime

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,248
Ashdown said:
True but this is actually the strongest squad we have had in many years. We have lost players at critical times to injury and suspension. The strikers took a dozen games to look good enough as well.
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It might be the strongest squad we own but it isn’t enough to get out of this league yet. Next season we have a chance.
 
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Otis

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Evo1883 said:
So what we are saying is that the team are just playing shit and it's not all about fatigue like everybody Is latching onto

Righto
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So, he lied before when he said there WAS fatigue.
 

Evo1883

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,250
Otis said:
So, he lied before when he said there WAS fatigue.
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As I said ,.it's just convenient to say it when you've played shit .. fact is you soldier on and keep putting it in .
 
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stupot07

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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shmmeee said:
Allen has been back from injury for like two games. This has been months.

His form stopped dead when the transfer window closed. But sure it’s robins that has gone mental and dropped him for no reason.
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He scored 1 (Norwich) and got 2 assists (winning goals against Millwall and Stoke) in the 4 games he played in Feb which is after the transfer window.
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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One thing is for sure and I said it a couple of weeks back….£37 to watch that bunch of slouchers see out the season….nah fuck off Dougy boy, we ain’t paying that !!
 

shepardo01

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,253
sw88 said:
What is Sheaf doing there! Ref clearly said fair challenge, their nan stays down as if he’s been shot, Sheaf kindly puts it out for them
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That's how bad we've been, even their Nan is causing us problems....
 
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Nick

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,254
Ashdown said:
One thing is for sure and I said it a couple of weeks back….£37 to watch that bunch of slouchers see out the season….nah fuck off Dougy boy, we ain’t paying that !!
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Why are you paying over face value?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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shmmeee said:
Allen has been back from injury for like two games. This has been months.

His form stopped dead when the transfer window closed. But sure it’s robins that has gone mental and dropped him for no reason.
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You said ‘on strike’. He isn’t. And if form is justification for being dropped then Palmer should be out of the side.
 
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steve101

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  • Apr 30, 2024
  • #1,256
Blind-Faith said:
Watching Ipswich you wouldn’t believe they are a top two team. A decent side, but not in the same category as your Leeds or Southampton.

I thought we might get thumped tonight, so I was pleasantly surprised how well we did in spells, played some really nice stuff.

Eccles again, especially first half , was superb. Sheaf had an off night but I have a feeling he is nowhere near 100% fit so gets a pass. Palmer, oh dear, if he just tries to do the simple stuff, even half of the time when he gets the ball, he’d be brilliant! He’s more frustrating to watch now than Haji, who I thought had another decent game.

The squad is on its arse now, will go up on Saturday and just enjoy the day for what it is. Hopefully Daucsh gets some more game time.
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Agree with everything apart from Haji having a decent game.
 
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Ashdown

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Its £37 for the QPR finale …..
 
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sw88

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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shepardo01 said:
That's how bad we've been, even their Nan is causing us problems....
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At least her shit didn’t hit the post!
 
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junglej13

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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Blind-Faith said:
What does oggy see in palmer? Chuckling all the way home in the car with his praise for him. PL teams coming in for him?

One moment of brilliance shouldn’t mask 89 minutes of mediocrity
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Palmer has conned a career. Can't last 90 mins and doesn't impact the game anything like enough. Would honestly take any offer we can get for him.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Apr 30, 2024
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There is no doubt players have been flagging/fatigued, both physically (look at number of recent injuries) and mentally (look like at the regularity of mistakes, sloppy play etc).

I do agree though that Robins hasn’t helped himself with some of his picks, subs etc and he was also talking about tiredness a few weeks ago when players were in better shape than currently
 
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