Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Middlesbrough and Derby will be lucky to get one automatic place between them now, pressure is on them both and it's telling
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Burnley v Derby tonight
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theboybilly
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This is the moment the DULLARD has been waiting for. We will go out all guns BLAZING in a 'W' formation and Trebor Homer will lead us to the PROMISED land
We're scoring a fair bit which is quite unlike us. Dyche's strategy tends to be about avoiding defeat, he'll happily sit deep and wait and walk away with a 0-0. We seem to look more towards forcing errors in the opposition than creating a great deal, recently this has borne fruit because teams will chance their arm and give us a sniff.
All of the above is very much aided by how disciplined we are in the set up and this itself is because Dyche has had a core set of players to work with for some time. We've also got a cracking centre forward who can hit teams hard on the counter.
Like most fans I'm waiting for that awful injury moment....I certainly think Albion will be up there and if they fail this season then certainly favourites next. I really like Hughton and you've got that core of players who will come good. Just need a bit of patience, which is scarce with footy fans at the best of times.
JonnyComeEarly
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problem is if we don't go up the majority of our best players will be picked off and appear in the PL next season anyway a-la Bridcutt, Bennet, Buckley, Leo....
Not so sure. I think Albion fans vastly overrate kayal and stephens. Can't really think of any other players that would leave apart from knockaert maybe? Solly will be safe for another few months coming back from injury.
Yes, how I feel too....
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Derby may have steadied the meltdown by signing Olsson in defence.
I do hope not, was looking forward to them reaching critical mass, and the chairman going nuclear.
I do hope not, was looking forward to them reaching critical mass, and the chairman going nuclear.
Kayal has been the best player on the field (for either side) in about HALF of our games this season.
Stephens is good enough for Derby (who already have the strongest set of centre midfielders in the Championship) to offer c £4m for him. When they couldn't prise him away they had to bid in excess of that for their second choice, Butterfield.
Knockaert, Dunk and March would 100% be targeted. Possibly Stockdale, too if he keeps up his current form.
BensGrandad
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How did they do that as there are no left backs available. Sorry being facetious as he would have probably been expensive but if you want the goods you have to pay the market price or go without.
Or sign Jlloyd Samuel.
Kayal is absolutely not overrated - it's just that he is absolute quality. It is surely no coincidence that his worst form of the season coincided with our barren 8 games. He looked slightly off the pace at QPR a few weeks back when we threw away a 2 goal lead, and in dire need of a rest. Hopefully with Sidwell signed and a two week FA Cup enforced break, he might get the chance for one. Personally, I think Stephens isn't as consistent, but nevertheless I doubt there are even a dozen Championship central midfielders I'd rather replace him with. i.e. he's probably our second best central midfielder, and he'd absolutely walk into around 18 of the 24 Championship starting XIs.
And what happens when Bong returns? We have two left backs floating about both on long deals?
I think kayal is great at championship level and one of the best in this league. When I've seen him 4 or 5 times for israel he looks very average against international players.
I could definitely see a premier league club being interested but I'm not sure they would pay big bucks. Nevertheless we need to tie him down to a longer contract.
I have only seen him play about 3 times for Israel and yes, he's looked average. But it probably just goes to show that there really are only about 10 players in the world who can look world class in a team of cloggers.
I would bet my left testicle that none of the first team will be sold in this transfer window