Billy the Fish
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Is dwayne the new Ernest?!
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The players are spent and we now have 3 games in less than a week...
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Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
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You want to replace Knockaert for a player that a) isn't in his natural position (though yes he is good there) and b) hasn't played a match for months? Clueless.
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They look battered at the end of the game yesterday, we need to freshen up but it's a delicate balance.
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From about 75 minutes we couldn't even string 2 passes together. It was wave after wave of Newcastle attacks. They were totally knackered. That's my opinion but surely it's hard to argue against that.
Taybha
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Kinel
I grant you we made errors, but look back and you'll see we did similar against Reading. It's something we need to stamp out. It's not about being battered.
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Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Da Man Clay
T'Blades
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There's a shock. We've lost a game and Dwayne is back again.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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Exactly this.
We were talking about this last night. Two away games where March and Hemed can feature. Murray and Murphy back to fitness for Derby.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Apart from last night when we got a penalty from a corner. Which we scored.
- Jun 27, 2012
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They looked bloody furious. Both Duffy and Stockdale were bashing their firsts to the ground in fury when the 2nd goal went in.
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Not really that unusual to see a side one goal behind have a lot of the play and put pressure on.. just about every one goal game I have ever watched, and played in. Doesn't mean that the players are knackered, just becoming more cautious as the knowledge of a mistake changes things - that becomes more extreme if you do concede.. Not sure why I'm replying, I think you know this too...
In fact we scored a penalty, conceded in trying to stop Murray reaching a very well delivered corner, conceded by the keeper in repelling a brilliantly executed free-kick routine...
The Merry Prankster
Pactum serva
This made me laugh out loud.
Bob'n'weave
Well-known member
Not a good result, mistakes made, passes dropped, Knocky with too much Cola inside him.........etc etc etc. Our boys played themselves into a coma last night. They will be livid and come back stronger. I love this team!! Fear not bed-wetters, this is our year IMHO. 
Brighton Mod
Its All Too Beautiful
We're not spent, far from it but, there issues that need to be sorted by the management and coaching staff. Three times in the last month we have had serious issues with defending from corners with Murray and the goalkeeper. Are the keepers not shouting loud enough or is Murray not listening, their first goal was a direct result of our inability to clear from a corner when the only player challenging Murray was Stockdale, the coaching staff need to address this immediately as its been going on for too long.
HUghton also said in his post match 'quality' interview, where he mentioned Newcastle and quality more times than I can remember, that we would not be able to keep up the intensity of the first twenty minutes.Maybe we're not able to do that but surely we can do it for more than twenty minutes in a game as we have substitutes to bring on and they are all professional athletes. The defend tactics of Hughton once we took the lead were always doomed to be floored as we ceded momentum to Newcastle and failed to create serious chances and squandered the few opportunities we had, we could have won last night if we have seriously pressed for a second in the first half as we were head and shoulders above Newcastle in the opening quarter of the game.
Anyhow, we are still six points clear of Huddersfield, but the point to be made is that again, as after Christmas when we could have gone 13 points clear, we have missed an opportunity.
HUghton also said in his post match 'quality' interview, where he mentioned Newcastle and quality more times than I can remember, that we would not be able to keep up the intensity of the first twenty minutes.Maybe we're not able to do that but surely we can do it for more than twenty minutes in a game as we have substitutes to bring on and they are all professional athletes. The defend tactics of Hughton once we took the lead were always doomed to be floored as we ceded momentum to Newcastle and failed to create serious chances and squandered the few opportunities we had, we could have won last night if we have seriously pressed for a second in the first half as we were head and shoulders above Newcastle in the opening quarter of the game.
Anyhow, we are still six points clear of Huddersfield, but the point to be made is that again, as after Christmas when we could have gone 13 points clear, we have missed an opportunity.