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Match Thread vs Cardiff (A) 19/09/23 (13 Viewers)

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hill83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,261
Grendel said:
Admit it - we looked far better when Allen was on the field and Palmer off it
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100%. Always in space ready to receive the ball. Keeps it simple. Moves the ball, (actually to our players) Energy and aggression. Can’t believe I’m saying it but having him back is massive for us.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,262
Getting bad juju about this season lads.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,263
If you’re still backing Palmer and Wright to start games, then you’re beyond help.
 

Esoterica

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,264
Great_Expectations said:
This is an overreaction based on 30 minutes and I don’t entirely mean it, but £4.5mil for Kitching? He is not the comfortable ball playing CB I expected, he looked ponderous.
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Given the price we paid, his body shape and similiarity in looks, I reckon he's going to get a lot of Harry Maguire comparisons.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,265
I think on the balance of the season so far, and from what I've managed to catch these are the main 3 positives:

Godden is in the form of his life and must start every game.
Sakamoto provides us with our most individual moments of brilliance and creativity, we need to find a way to utilise him more.
Ayari, if anyone, is going to be what becomes our creativity to replace Hamer, he needs minutes by hook or crook.

Robins needs to work out a plan before West Brom to play to all these players strengths. I don't care how much players cost, we need to look on performance. If that means a change in formation so be it.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,266
Fucking dogshjt

Hopefully move ain't out long

Ayari looked good

Palmer terrible again.

Saka looked bright.

No creativity. Be interesting to see what robins says
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,267
We're stuck with what we've got till at least January so have to grind out some wins some way
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,268
Skyblueweeman said:
It was always going to be tough when you lose your two best players with a combined 50 goals/assists.
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And our fourth top scorer has currently managed a quarter of an hour's football this season
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,269
Macca said:
Really dont know what Bidwell has done wrong
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I don't know what Dasilva's done wrong in some people's eyes. He's a far superior player.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,270
shmmeee said:
Getting bad juju about this season lads.
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How bad?
 
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Macca

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,271
Damn me for daring to be excited about this season
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,272
DrPoolittle said:
Lots of managers thrive out there with a limited budget. It forces them to be careful and husband resources. Moyes was good example, so was John Bond years ago.

But give them money and they pork it large.

Just a sense that the club spent money because it had money, rather than spend it carefully
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The key issue here is that we got a whole new recruitment team just as we got our biggest cash injection in decades.

I can’t be the only one with the suspicion that Chris Badlan might have handled this summer better than Dean Austin has.
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,273
And with Kitching - too early to question him really. He came on during a shit performance, away from home, shit conditions, first game for us.

Let's give him a few more games before writing him off.
 
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skyblu3sk

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,274
Grendel said:
Admit it - we looked far better when Allen was on the field and Palmer off it
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The game was so fragmented by that point I have no idea how you came to that conclusion.
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,275
For the money spent on wright and simms I have to say they are dreadful. Don’t give me their young and need to bed in like gyokeres had to either.

At this moment in time I’d have that 50p that Robins wouldn’t have touched that pair if could turn back three months.
 
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Grendel

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,276
PVA said:
You spelt Ayari wrong.

He was the difference.
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Jamie Allen is a vital part of this team - admit it
 
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steveo1987

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,277
That was very sobering, favourites need dropping, Fadz looked sadly very exposed, Palmer , Kelly, Eccles, awful, nothing upfront really, yes Godden scored but very ordinary. Saka looked OK, we are desperate for something creative and different, someone tell me what Bidwell did wrong...Kong hard look Robins because Cardiff were vert fucking ordinary, good sides will destroy us.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,278
Esoterica said:
Given the price we paid, his body shape and similiarity in looks, I reckon he's going to get a lot of Harry Maguire comparisons.
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If we sell him for the price Maguire went for that'd do
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,279
I think it's time to address the 2 elephants in the room ..

The inability to sign a midfielder is a costly one , and haji wright looks totally lost In this league
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,280
Matt smith said:
How bad?
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That performance was on a par with Norwich away last season. It hurt to watch.
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,281
Deleted member 9744 said:
I don't know what Dasilva's done wrong in some people's eyes. He's a far superior player.
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He hasn’t done anything wrong. He’s been good.
 
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Matt smith

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,282
Allen and Ayari have to start
 
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Ashdown

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,283
Da Silva has been class before tonight
 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,284
We looked ponderous. Like England against Ukraine. Lots of possession but no incision. Cov just look better when they attack at speed.
Not convinced by Ayari but clearly, I am in a minority.
Oh! I pine for the sensible SISU spending of yore that delivered O’Hare, Gyokeres and Hamer. Instead of blowing £30 million on mediocrity
 

hill83

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,285
Evo1883 said:
I think it's time to address the 2 elephants in the room ..

The inability to sign a midfielder is a costly one , and haji wright looks totally lost In this league
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We didn’t spend much on Haji Wright though so it’s fine. Not like we could have signed 5 solid players instead.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,286
No energy/intensity from the start until subs came on which is worrying. I’ll always give some leeway on things being a bit disjointed after all the changes but that’s unacceptable.
 

Evo1883

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,287
hill83 said:
We didn’t spend much on Haji Wright though so it’s fine. Not like we could have signed 5 solid players instead.
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It could prove to be a terrible bit of business by the club
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,288
Evo1883 said:
I think it's time to address the 2 elephants in the room ..

The inability to sign a midfielder is a costly one , and haji wright looks totally lost In this league
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Wright was abysmal today. Ignore his price tag, he can't control that, but given he's actually scored goals in Turkey, you have to ask how as it stands.
 
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Macca

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,289
I just rocking backwards and forwards saying 7.7 million?
 
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PVA

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,290
Evo1883 said:
I think it's time to address the 2 elephants in the room ..

The inability to sign a midfielder is a costly one , and haji wright looks totally lost In this league
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You missed off the third elephant...

The defence looks incredibly vulnerable, Fadz in particular.
 
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Deleted member 9744

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,291
hill83 said:
He hasn’t done anything wrong. He’s been good.
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So why are people saying bring in Bidwell? There really is no comparison.
 

Grendel

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,292
hill83 said:
100%. Always in space ready to receive the ball. Keeps it simple. Moves the ball, (actually to our players) Energy and aggression. Can’t believe I’m saying it but having him back is massive for us.
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He is in the ethos of a robins team. Let’s just hope o hare is back soon as well
 
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Blind-Faith

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,293
Sakamoto gives defenders a right headache as he goes both ways, need to find a system to get him in

Not going to judge Kitching tonight as it’s first game and it was a horrible night

thought Kelly had a decent game doing what Kelly does

Palmer shocking , Wright poor. Joel looks an absolute steel on a free transfer.
 
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Finham

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,294
Definitely the most wasteful window since we sold McSheffrey.
 
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speedie87

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  • Sep 19, 2023
  • #1,295
Too much just passing the ball on and the responsibility to create something-
 
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