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  • Thread starter We'll_live_and_die
  • Start date May 15, 2023
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,861
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
No he didn't, out of possession he was alongside Sheaf/Eccles/Kelly whichever two were playing at the time.
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So we know you are a troll account. We now know you are an alt of someone who doesn't go to any games.
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,862
Saddlebrains said:
2.5 up front, 20% sell on im told
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Still time for Doug to sell him tonight
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,863
SBT said:
Here are the average positions from the last four games of the season - can you point out who the no 10 is in each of them?

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Well in the bottom 2 you'd say he was playing as 1 of 2 10's in the box system.

Thanks for help mate
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,864
David O'Day said:
So we know you are a troll account. We now know you are an alt of someone who doesn't go to any games.
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Yea 18,000 posts alternate troll account
 
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wingy

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,865
Well from those graphics I have to say I'm quite pleased with Eccles position.
 

Darth Robins

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,866
SBT said:
Not yet 6pm on deadline day and we’re getting deeper into the moon landing conspiracies, this is peak performance
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David Icke will show back up soon!
 

hill83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,867
SBT said:
Not yet 6pm on deadline day and we’re getting deeper into the moon landing conspiracies, this is peak performance
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I can’t believe he thinks the moon is even real. Absolute lunacy
 
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SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,868
David O'Day said:
Well in the bottom 2 you'd say he was playing as 1 of 2 10's in the box system.

Thanks for help mate
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Bottom one fair enough, other three no.

In the second to last one which you are erroneously trying to claim he's a 10, you can see squad number 8 (Jamie Allen) playing well ahead of Hamer as the main support for striker for Gyokeres.
Hamer is pretty much alongside number 14 (Ben Sheaf) in that match.
 

Hobo

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,869
Greggs said:
Sound have invested some of the money we spent on Wright to buy a scanner for the physio room, might have gotten our first choices that way.
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This was brought up on talksport about a month ago re medicals. It is not just the problem of having a scanner and someone to work it. It is having the expert on hand to interpret the results and write the report for insurance purposes. It's not like looking at x-rays.

Look at how many deals today and final day of window last season that are loans (even involving big clubs). Because a loan doesn't require the medical and negotiations are easier.
 

David O'Day

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,870
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Bottom one fair enough, other three no.

In the second to last one which you are erroneously trying to claim he's a 10, you can see squad number 8 (Jamie Allen) playing well ahead of Hamer as the main support for striker for Gyokeres.
Hamer is pretty much alongside number 14 (Ben Sheaf) in that match.
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Ok, you'd know this if you watched us play but we sometimes play what is called a midfield box. This is where we play 2 deeper lying midfielders and then 2 more midfields just behind the striker. So while we are playing a system that has 2 "10's" it is entirely possible for a player to play as 1 of the 2 "10s" and still have another player slightly forward of him as that player will in fact be the other "10" in that system.

I know tickets are pretty pricey this year but you should try and get a game sooner or later.
 

David O'Day

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,871
Hobo said:
This was brought up on talksport about a month ago re medicals. It is not just the problem of having a scanner and someone to work it. It is having the expert on hand to interpret the results and write the report for insurance purposes. It's not like looking at x-rays.

Look at how many deals today and final day of window last season that are loans (even involving big clubs). Because a loan doesn't require the medical and negotiations are easier.
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Lot's the loans i.e. like the Ambrabat to United deal are loans due to it not having FFP hit that a full transfer has.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,872
David O'Day said:
Ok, you'd know this if you watched us play but we sometimes play what is called a midfield box. This is where we play 2 deeper lying midfielders and then 2 more midfields just behind the striker. So while we are playing a system that has 2 "10's" it is entirely possible for a player to play as 1 of the 2 "10s" and still have another player slightly forward of him as that player will in fact be the other "10" in that system.

I know tickets are pretty pricey this year but you should try and get a game sooner or later.
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It's not slightly is it, Allen is well ahead of him that match and he's alongside Sheaf you thick mongrel
 
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Pusb1

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,873
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,874
Divvy Dave has lost his head
 

mmttww

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,875
covcity4life said:
Living room next
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Perryccfc

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,876
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Yea 18,000 posts alternate troll account
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Well you’re either a troll or a total fucking idiot.
 
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Grendel

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,877
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Divvy Dave has lost his head
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His escalation in scoring goals last season was when palmer was injured and he was given more freedom to move forward and link play with the front players
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,878
David O'Day said:
Well in the bottom 2 you'd say he was playing as 1 of 2 10's in the box system.

Thanks for help mate
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In the final game of the season you can make the argument, but for the rest of the time he’s pretty much level with Sheaf/Eccles.

If your definition of a no 10 is “someone who occasionally goes forward” then sure, he was a no 10.
 
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covmark

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,879
Pusb1 said:
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Swift would be a great signing
 
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Martin180

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,880
Mowatt would be great
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,881
Perryccfc said:
Well you’re either a troll or a total fucking idiot.
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Both or maybe neither, I have went a bit over the top but genuinely not happy with the clubs transfer business since the Leicester match.

Happy to get Kitching over the line but think the club have dropped a clanger not getting a midfielder and another striker to compete with the three we have. Feel this was the time for the club to make a statement and establish itself as a genuine contender at this level but think we've fallen short.
Don't think this squad is better than a 9th - 12th place finish which is genuinely disappointing given last season and the early pre season excitement this season.
 
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Tea & Busquets

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,882
Would take both swift or mowatt at this point
 
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ms639

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,883
Swift deal is on the cards. Not John, just a rapid croupier.


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shmmeee

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,884
Matt smith said:
Rather have one than 0
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As a famous robot once said
 
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covmark

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,885
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Both or maybe neither, I have went a bit over the top but genuinely not happy with the clubs transfer business since the Leicester match.

Happy to get Kitching over the line but think the club have dropped a clanger not getting a midfielder and another striker to compete with the three we have. Feel this was the time for the club to make a statement and establish itself as a genuine contender at this level but think we've fallen short.
Don't think this squad is better than a 9th - 12th place finish which is genuinely disappointing given last season and the early pre season excitement this season.
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We have signed another midfielder since the Leicester game, add the fact that Latibeaudiere can and probably will move into DM when Kitching or Binks take the LCB role. We have two extra players in there.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,886
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Who in midfield is going to score goals? It isn't as bad as some are making out, but we have lost Hamer. That is a pretty big hole in itself.
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Ok, let me rephrase this question now the whole forum has descended into arguing over heat maps.

Who in the team other than the strikers is going to contribute a significant amount of goals? As I said previously, unless there is some significant improvement, we have overall a pretty goal shy team statistically.

We lost Gyokeres and Hamer - who carried the, ahem, burden, of scoring and assisting. 32 goals and 22 assists between them. Another ten goals came from a combination of Godden, Walker, Waghorn. Whilst we have got new strikers in which in theory should between them replicate the total strikers contributions from last season, everywhere else in the pitch is light as fuck (unless there is a major improvement). I fail to see how people cannot see this.
 
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SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,887
Oh and Hamer wasn't playing as a 10 regularly at the end of the season, that wasn't troll or being an idiot
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,888
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Ok, let me rephrase this question now the whole forum has descended into arguing over heat maps.

Who in the team other than the strikers is going to contribute a significant amount of goals? As I said previously, unless there is some significant improvement, we have overall a pretty goal shy team statistically.

We lost Gyokeres and Hamer - who carried the, ahem, burden, of scoring and assisting. 32 goals and 22 assists between them. Another ten goals came from a combination of Godden, Walker, Waghorn. Whilst we have got new strikers in which in theory should between them replicate the total strikers contributions from last season, everywhere else in the pitch is light as fuck (unless there is a major improvement). I fail to see how people cannot see this.
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Wilson
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,889
Cheaper than Kitching

 
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covmark

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,890
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Oh and Hamer wasn't playing as a 10 regularly at the end of the season, that wasn't troll or being an idiot
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Oh come on. He plainly was. He was the one consistently linking up with Gyokeres, and hence why he chipped in with a few more goals than he previously was capable of getting.
 
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Deity

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,891
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Cheaper than Kitching

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£180k a week wages at Chelsea …. That’s why the fee is cheap
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,892
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
I must have imagined our best centre mid leaving then, you're kidding yourself
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Go and have a pint mate

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ccfc1234

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,893
I get some of the long term investments are not coming off but why not a loan? We are lacking options in the forward area. 3 forwards if we play two up top are not enough.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,894
Deity said:
£180k a week wages at Chelsea …. That’s why the fee is cheap
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Didnt they turn down 60-70m from Bayern/German team 2-3 year ago ?! Frightening
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Sep 1, 2023
  • #6,895
Is there still a loan window outside of the transfer window? I’m sure it was scrapped but I’m not 100% sure.
 
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