Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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It's a scary thought but it is the CH way....get ready for some SERIOUS nail biting. A leopard does not change his spots.
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It's a scary thought but it is the CH way....get ready for some SERIOUS nail biting. A leopard does not change his spots.
We need to strengthen and use the squad wisely next season. We have to accept that we are not going to go to the top 6 teams home grounds and turn them over. I hope Chris looks at games we can get results in and makes sure the players are kept injury free for those games and rotates the squad and formation accordingly. We also need to make the Amex a fortress.
The Albion can only do that with quality, PL quality, players.
Fanzone and optimism can only get you so far. Going a goal down to a Craig Dawson header after fifteen minutes then facing a brick wall defence of organisation, power, height and pace, would soon deflate Fortress Amex.
We must buy/borrow quite a few PL quality players this summer.
I agree, we are going to need to win at least 11 games and probably half a dozen draws to survive
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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We'll have to get into a 1-0 lead first.
We got punished yesterday when leading 0-1 against 10 men Villa in the Championship its going to be a long hard season next year.
Staying up next year maybe a bigger achievement than this season.
BrianWade4
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In no way whatsoever.
BensGrandad
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Do you think that TB will sit back and let us struggle next season, cos I dont as well as being the owner he is a long suffering fan, which carries a lot of weight.
I don't either.
The carefully orchestrated statements about not seeing wholesale squad changes and we won't break the bank, cleverly dampen expectations about this transfer window. The club have been planning for promotion for many months, including contingencies for Stephens and Stockdale walking.
The Birdman
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Big plan to go under the radar and do Liecester 
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
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If he's needed these last three games to assess the squad then we are in trouble.
Betfair Bozo
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- Jul 24, 2007
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Positional discipline, anticipation and the ability to win the ball are more important in the DM role. None of the best exponents are especially quick either now (Kante) or in the recent past (Makelele.) Pace helps as it can get a player out of trouble but over-reliance on pace alone will see you exposed at the highest level.
warmleyseagull
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I doubt it is relevant,TBH. We know there is a budget prepared weeks ago for the PL and can hardly see three games altered that.
There has been a welter of speculation as to why we didn't win title, none of which is plausible. Don't let's add speculation about whether it is a good thing. Can we just not accept as CH and LD do in their interviews that it was immensely disappointing, really should not have happened, but it was the icing only. We got the cake against Wigan. Let's move on.
There has been a welter of speculation as to why we didn't win title, none of which is plausible. Don't let's add speculation about whether it is a good thing. Can we just not accept as CH and LD do in their interviews that it was immensely disappointing, really should not have happened, but it was the icing only. We got the cake against Wigan. Let's move on.
That's something the players need to get in their heads though, not Chris Hughton. Not quite sure how we could have been more attacking at Villa in the closing stages considering we still had 2 wingers and 2 strikers on the pitch. If he was this negative manager some people bang on about, he'd have brought on Kayal - and quite possibly Grealish would never have had the space to shoot from the edge of the box. Tried to keep the initiative, but players just naturally drop deeper with a lead to protect.
It felt like Villa could've been down to SIX men and we still would have sat deeper and deeper. You saw the goal coming an absolute mile away.
Agreed. But again, not a result of Hughton's tactics.
Never said it was...?
I know someone who didn't.
Fair enough. Maybe you didn't think Hughton was to blame for the team sitting deep. There are though plenty here who did - and like to point it out at every opportunity.