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Reply | We try but to no OH VALE!
at 17:18 5 Nov 2026
Thought he was a large part of our starting the first 15 minutes well.
Once Smyth and Saito started running into blind alleys, his game seemed to drift.
He needs to impose himself more, the confidence he had when he arrived doesn’t seem to be there lately. |
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Reply | QPR pet peeves
at 08:11 5 Nov 2026
Yes, both of these.
On your second count, we should take into account Burnley are full of 30 year olds, talking to each other still a thing then. We have a young side. I’d like to see JS fit them out in ear phones, portable keyboard and screen to improve this communication issue on the pitch.
Regards the OP ‘put your laces through it’, in total agreement. However, going all Peter Lorimer, may get you in the goalscoring records list, but not a transfer to the Premier League. If you can curl a medium pacer off the outside of your foot, straight into the face of a spectator sitting behind the goal, you’re immediately worth ten mill.
I noticed about a month ago, when your four on three in a breakaway, a simple cross into the mixer just doesn’t do it. Far better to unnecessarily use the outside of the wrong foot and ‘curl’ it straight into the keepers hands. Young Poku has been getting high plaudits ever since from X followers and managers alike. That boy will go far. |
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Reply | Burnley Reflection
at 08:29 4 Nov 2026
If the Burnley keeper hadn’t been bamboozled by Varane making a forward pass, we’d have lost that.
Last night was a microcosm of why every struggling team must desperately look forward to playing us. They come in looking bereft of confidence but 90 minutes later are reborn as a football team. |
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Reply | Cirkin
at 08:11 4 Nov 2026
If Stuart Pearce had Saito playing in front of of him, he’d look a bit ropey.
Cirkin left totally exposed, thought he did a good job under the circumstances. If he does have a fault, it’s standing off his winger when we’re under pressure, but a lot of that probably down to the lack of support if he does dive in.
We’re fortunate to have the likes of Kemper and Cirkin available down that side. |
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Reply | Justin Obikwu
at 23:06 3 Nov 2026
Ok, that shot was awful, kind of what I was expecting but in that build up, he moved proactive, made the right run at the right time and his feet do seem to move like a centre forwards feet should move.
As the saying goes, in the land of the blind the one eyed man is King. Let’s give him a chance. |
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Reply | Lloyd?
at 08:59 1 Nov 2026
If the Championship had a trial season playing walking football I’m convinced we’d still have just as many injuries. |
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Reply | Where we fail - Wingers as back up defenders
at 08:51 1 Nov 2026
Didn’t JS have form on this at previous clubs, a bit ropey at setting up defensively in games where you know you’ll be up against it.
He’s doing a very good job overall, so we might just have to suffer these aberrations once in a while. We know the type of team that will roll us over, have done for some time to be fair, way before JS showed up.
2 points from the top 5 last year, a little better this year although I’m not convinced Swansea will be top five come May, does mean we need 2 points a game from the other 18 clubs, which is still a pretty big ask.
As you mention, injuries aside, we are sound like for like, but we do need something different that’s designed to snuff out problematic opposition players that cause us problems. At the moment it’s too easy to brisk past the likes of Poku, Saito, Dembele, Vale and it’s the poor old full back who bears the brunt. |
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Reply | southampton away...match thread...
at 17:21 31 Oct 2026
Not the end of the world.
Played 6 of the top 8 and 7 of the bottom 15, so 8 of the next 10 should be teams we can compete with. Half way we’ll have a better idea.
We know it’s 6th to 8th we are chasing, heads down and make that the aim.
Six months to get a little bit better, knock out tournament then anything might happen. |
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Reply | southampton away...match thread...
at 15:56 31 Oct 2026
Let’s get that black kit on second half.
Keep wearing this one and it’ll be 2-0 before you can say the words ‘Rodger me senseless’. |
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Reply | Rip Jean Luc Picard. (n/t)
at 07:29 30 Oct 2026
Live long and prosper.
Amazing how so many of the originals have done, way above the average. |
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Reply | Paul Smyth up top
at 11:36 27 Oct 2026
Was it really a 442?
To me, Vale was tucked in, in what is essentially a three across the middle. Poku was dropping back when required but for me, Smyth was part of a three up front and told to run into that 2nd position whenever he could.
It worked brilliantly, but I say it was a 433 that regularly broke out of that.
Whatever, Smyth is a different player when he receives facing the goal. |
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Reply | October
at 19:16 26 Oct 2026
I’d have settled for five from five in October and we’re already seven from four.
Be nice to give Saints a game as they destroyed us last season. |
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