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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #246
Sky Blue Goblin said:
While we’d all want him back feels very pie in the sky
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He’s now spent 3 seasons in this league, Man City clearly don’t see him in their plans.
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #247
Sky Blue Goblin said:
Saddle said we’re trying to get Darling on a free in the summer if not wrong. Any decent left footed CB you’d be interested in?
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I’d love Darling to come in and I think I’d like Cameron Burgess from Ipswich (their no.15)
 

Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #248
Brighton Sky Blue said:
He’s now spent 3 seasons in this league, Man City clearly don’t see him in their plans.
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No but do think at team who could offer higher wages would come in for him. Be a great pick up mind
 
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matesx

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #249
Wish he'd fuck off
 
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shmmeee

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #250
Can we sign a defensive coach first?
 
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SBT

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #251
shmmeee said:
Can we sign a defensive coach first?
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Is this even a thing outside the NFL?
 
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shmmeee

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #252
SBT said:
Is this even a thing outside the NFL?
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What? A coach who can set up a defence? Yeah I’m fairly sure they exist. We had one last season.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #253
matesx said:
Wish he'd fuck off
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He needs to he dropped. He gives to many goals away
 
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SBT

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #254
shmmeee said:
What? A coach who can set up a defence? Yeah I’m fairly sure they exist. We had one last season.
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They’re just coaches aren’t they? Did we have a coach who only worked with defenders and/or on defensive work?
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #255
SBT said:
They’re just coaches aren’t they? Did we have a coach who only worked with defenders and/or on defensive work?
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I know you’ve got this weird thing so I’ll leave you to it. We need a coach, whatever his job title, who knows how to set a defence up. We haven’t had one since Lawrence left clearly.
 
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SBT

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #256
shmmeee said:
I know you’ve got this weird thing so I’ll leave you to it. We need a coach, whatever his job title, who knows how to set a defence up. We haven’t had one since Lawrence left clearly.
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Does Joe Edwards not know how to set up a defence? How about the Head Coach?

I thought Dennis Lawrence was the First Team Coach but maybe you know better.
 

Boicey

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #257
shmmeee said:
I know you’ve got this weird thing so I’ll leave you to it. We need a coach, whatever his job title, who knows how to set a defence up. We haven’t had one since Lawrence left clearly.
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Silk purse sows ear.
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #258
Boicey said:
Silk purse sows ear.
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Its the same ear plus a much better whatever the equivalent of a goalkeeper is in ear terms.
 

stupot07

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #259
I still can't believe some thought Burnley were interested in Lati
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #260
shmmeee said:
Can we sign a defensive coach first?
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2bf the clean sheets have gone up since Frank’s arrival.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #261
skybluecam said:
Can’t believe there was genuine interest in him and we didn’t bite their hand off
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I do not believe that a top 3 team in this division was ever seriously interested in signing him.

Everytime he controls the ball where he hooks it round his body, my heart stops.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #262
stupot07 said:
I still can't believe some thought Burnley were interested in Lati
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My Burnley supporting-flatmate supposedly had Burnely ITK info and from his end the interest was non-existent. His opinion was that they had plenty of CBs that they didn’t need him.

The ITK info for Grimes was pretty last minute so it may not have been untrue at the time.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #263
Mucca Mad Boys said:
My Burnley supporting-flatmate supposedly had Burnely ITK info and from his end the interest was non-existent. His opinion was that they had plenty of CBs that they didn’t need him.

The ITK info for Grimes was pretty last minute so it may not have been untrue at the time.
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I'd rather share a flat with a rabid hyena than some c**t who supported Burnley.
Get the fuck out of there.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #264
clint van damme said:
I'd rather share a flat with a rabid hyena than some c**t who supported Burnley.
Get the fuck out of there.
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Believe or not, I didn’t have a choice…

He was a good lad and better than the Vile supporter he replaced in my digs.
 

Diogenes

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #265
clint van damme said:
I'd rather share a flat with a rabid hyena than some c**t who supported Burnley.
Get the fuck out of there.
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Try living within sniffing distance of the shithole
 

Calista

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #266
shmmeee said:
Its the same ear plus a much better whatever the equivalent of a goalkeeper is in ear terms.
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Tympanic membrane
 
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Ashdown

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #267
Not sure all his positioning was his fault, some Lampards I think but by fuck he was made to look a donkey today. League 1 beckons methinks.
 
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Offhegoes

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #268
Lati is a DM. Not quick or big enough to play anywhere else.
I
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Feb 8, 2025
  • #269
He’ll make a career by being positionally versatile but be doesn’t really excel anywhere
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #270
If we can get 2mil I'd be happy, plenty better around. Swansea couldn't be arsed with him and look at them
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #271
shmmeee said:
What? A coach who can set up a defence? Yeah I’m fairly sure they exist. We had one last season.
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I don't think that was his job specifically

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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #272
Gynnsthetonic said:
If we can get 2mil I'd be happy, plenty better around. Swansea couldn't be arsed with him and look at them
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No chance of 2 million for him.
 

Para1140

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #273
Has to be the worst performance by a city player since jds againstPreston last season
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #274
shmmeee said:
I know you’ve got this weird thing so I’ll leave you to it. We need a coach, whatever his job title, who knows how to set a defence up. We haven’t had one since Lawrence left clearly.
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I really don't think it's coaching that's the issue.

The defence quite clearly isn't good enough.
 
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Balli001

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #275
Skyblue Bangkok said:
No chance of 2 million for him.
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Depends on the currency
 
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Evo1883

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #276
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
I really don't think it's coaching that's the issue.

The defence quite clearly isn't good enough.
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It's a strange argument

Last season until 6 games to go we had the leagues 5th best defence .

This season in recent weeks we've stopped leaking so many goals (SAME PLAYERS )

We've decided to play a ridiculous high line against 2 sides better than us and we've made mistakes and struggled .

There aren't many defenders in this league that can play that high against Leeds and not be punished
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #277
Evo1883 said:
It's a strange argument

Last season until 6 games to go we had the leagues 5th best defence .

This season in recent weeks we've stopped leaking so many goals (SAME PLAYERS )

We've decided to play a ridiculous high line against 2 sides better than us and we've made mistakes and struggled .

There aren't many defenders in this league that can play that high against Leeds and not be punished
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You do have to wonder whether last season was a bit of an anomaly. It would've helped that we were much much more clinical in front of goal being able to put games to bed, plus having Sheaf on form.

I'm sure you go to games and must see the players struggle with the basics and individually are horrendously error prone. Couple that with poor positioning and lack of communication between the back line has been a theme all season and it's genuinely the same chances we concede. You can't honestly be that entitled to believe these things aren't being drilled into them in the training ground by the coaching staff.

Granted it's improved in recent weeks but I'd suggest Dovin has played a bigger part of that, not the defence.

I agree re. the high line as you need to have good centre backs to pull it off. We don't particularly. It's a high-risk high-reward system and we're more likely to be on the wrong end of that. The problem is sometimes the defence does actually on the odd occasion show it can be competent. Consistency is a huge problem but again that reverts back to them just not being good enough.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #278
Evo1883 said:
It's a strange argument

Last season until 6 games to go we had the leagues 5th best defence .

This season in recent weeks we've stopped leaking so many goals (SAME PLAYERS )

We've decided to play a ridiculous high line against 2 sides better than us and we've made mistakes and struggled .

There aren't many defenders in this league that can play that high against Leeds and not be punished
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There’s sometimes a tendency to oversimplify issues.

It’s taken 2 games against top opposition for people to turn on the defenders again. Ipswich and Leeds have Championship dream teams and at the end of the day, we’re missing our 2 best players and EMC. Both games, we concede early goals and because we’re chasing the game, the result snowballs.

Individually, the defenders are decent players and there’s been multiple times this season where we weren’t winning the ball higher up the pitch.

Sheffield Wednesday is a big game and where we need to get back to picking up points. I’m not fussed that we’re out of the cup now and allows us to focus on the league.
 

Evo1883

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  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #279
Mucca Mad Boys said:
There’s sometimes a tendency to oversimplify issues.

It’s taken 2 games against top opposition for people to turn on the defenders again. Ipswich and Leeds have Championship dream teams and at the end of the day, we’re missing our 2 best players and EMC. Both games, we concede early goals and because we’re chasing the game, the result snowballs.

Individually, the defenders are decent players and there’s been multiple times this season where we weren’t winning the ball higher up the pitch.

Sheffield Wednesday is a big game and where we need to get back to picking up points. I’m not fussed that we’re out of the cup now and allows us to focus on the league.
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Maybe the biggest issue is expectation , many fans expect perfection
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 9, 2025
  • #280
Evo1883 said:
Maybe the biggest issue is expectation , many fans expect perfection
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It's worse when they can't do the basics. Lati struggles with them most of the time.

Some of it yesterday was comical.
 
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