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Reply | Joe Allen & Kyle Naughton
at 01:39 3 May 2025
The first couple of yards were in his head describes the best defenders. They can see what is likely to happen before it does.
Chelsea at their peak had John Terry who I think your comment best describes, no real pace but always in the right place and Ashley Cole who was one of the best left backs I've seen.
Naughton wasn't that their level but he has that same understanding of the game. |
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Reply | Harry Darling offered big money to stay
at 01:26 3 May 2025
The powers that were, were incompetent and let his contract run down without, on the face of it, making reasonable contract offers. I believe that we have more clued in people running the show now but it may be too late in the day to keep Darling.
Football is a fickle and short lived career. I'd like him to stay but if offers from elsewhere are life changing who can blame him. We'll need to spend that money on a replacement. |
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Reply | Public Statement from the Board of Cardiff City Supporters` Trust ...
at 21:41 28 Apr 2025
There are decent people there that I do feel for, but there are so many entitled and delusional idiots that need a wake up.
Decision makers that think they understand UK football but in reality haven't a clue could have had us sharing the relegation boat with them. |
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Reply | 3rd Team to be Relegated - Which one?
at 19:56 27 Apr 2025
I thought that 49 points would be enough to stay up and that with a draw against Oxford and wins against 2 teams that appeared to have given up our neighbours might have survived. 49 is now looking really dodgy. |
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Reply | Discussion?
at 21:27 21 Apr 2025
Agree. If a coach/manager hasn't got the players to play the way they want they have to be pragmatic and capable of changing tactics and systems. Saying trust in the system and keeping playing it when everyone, players, fans and coaches know that the players don't fit that system is the definition of insanity.
Also if Plan A isn't working a plan B or even C is needed. Plan B can't be keep on with plan A but try and do it better.
See also Southampton. |
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Reply | Tony Mowbray
at 19:44 21 Apr 2025
Games against teams in the relegation battle coming up - Cardiff away next Saturday and Luton home the week after. |
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Reply | Kim Hellberg
at 01:05 19 Apr 2025
I'm speculating that there is data that shows he gets his teams to over perform and that some think that based on his data in the Swedish League he could take a team in the Championship places.
Like Ruben Amorim has done at a higher level with Man Utd based on his work in Portugal with Braga and Spiorting or Ange Postecoglou has done with Spurs based on his work in Australia, Japan and Scotland. |
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Reply | Gary Neville Comments re Manchester Derby
at 10:14 7 Apr 2025
The micromanaging is the issue. All teams need to have a tactical set up and structure, but players should be able to use that as the basis to play from not be constricted by it. |
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Reply | Does anyone watch the Premier League ?
at 21:02 2 Apr 2025
For once had the opportunity to watch it today.
I could see Tarkowski getting away with that tackle with a lot of championship referees (often depending on whether he was the home team or they were perceived as a big team). He clearly saw the opportunity to leave one on McAllister and I don't understand why VAR didn't intervene. |
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Reply | Melker calledup for Sweden national team
at 13:14 22 Mar 2025
I think that it was a must to have a player with championship experience in the engine room looking at the position we were/are in. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Middlesbrough : Match day thread
at 00:23 9 Mar 2025
Was Grimes playing the way the managers wanted? I can only assume so otherwise he would have been dropped.
Could he do a job further forward even as a number 10? Maybe, maybe not. Doesn't matter he's part of our past, not our future.
O'Brien and Franco are doing a fantastic job where it really matters. We need to be offering Franco an improved contract now. O'Brien I believe is out of our price bracket and replacing him will not be easy as he is proven at this level. |
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Reply | 🔴 Likely candidates for the Swans job
at 00:47 27 Feb 2025
I thought that our identity was possession with a purpose; players who were comfortable on the ball, could move it quickly to change the point of attack and drag the opposition out of shape. Always helped by a forward that could stick the ball in the back of the net.
Retaining possession is fine, but when it is done at a snails pace allowing the opposition to reset, waiting for a misplaced pass or turnover to spring a counter attack at pace it is a recipe for disaster. |
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Reply | Swans crush Blackburn : Was it just a coincidence ?
at 00:53 23 Feb 2025
A fair comment.
The players you mentioned have been driving me potty. At times I've questioned their ability whilst also questioning whether we were playing to their strengths or playing in a way that could play to anyone's strengths.
We'll see how things work out with Sheehan but he appears to have far more of an idea of how to use the players at his disposal. |
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Reply | Eric Ramsey
at 20:07 19 Feb 2025
Would he be able to play fast counter attacking football here with this squad?
This season is now all about survival |
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