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 EagleinSF  San Fransisco 28 Oct 23 4.56pm |
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Originally posted by auk
Amid all the negativity, Ayew’s superb goal seems to have been overlooked. I thought he played really well. You know Ayew played well when no one is complaining about him. For me he's one of the first on the team sheet
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Canterbury Palace  Whitstable 28 Oct 23 5.03pm |
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
Having seen Franca in two bites of 15 minutes, my only comment so far is £25m??? He's played 2400 career minutes, the equivalent of 26 games. We are clearly paying for potential, which was also recognised by the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich according to reports, so let's give him some time to get up to speed. He is a player for next season more than this one you'd expect.
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| Pete53 Hassocks 28 Oct 23 5.17pm |
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Originally posted by auk
Amid all the negativity, Ayew’s superb goal seems to have been overlooked. I thought he played really well. He's generally been playing very well for a while now. We just need a few more goals from him.
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redshift  Toronto 28 Oct 23 5.17pm |
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Originally posted by Canterbury Palace
Edited by Canterbury Palace (28 Oct 2023 9.29am) I think this is exactly right which is why the Board went back to Roy. His appointment always seemed to me to be just a placeholder, putting off any decision on manager another year (at least). We should not be surprised we are back at Royball?
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| Gribbo Bromley 28 Oct 23 5.19pm |
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Roy, Your starting 11 let in 2 goals. The young players came on, plus Matata, who granted is absolute toilet and we scored a goal. So technically did better with the kids on. Perhaps you should focus on getting your front 3 to press the goalkeeper when you are 2 down, rather than blaming everyone else. Time is up I am afraid. Hopefully he will go before the end of the season so we can get a bit more enjoyable football, see some of the academy players, and actually have a go at the bigger teams. Not going down as there are 5 rubbish sides at the bottom - the 3 that came up, Bournemouth and Everton, especially if they get a points deduction.
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| Car54 Lower Upington 28 Oct 23 5.22pm |
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
Having seen Franca in two bites of 15 minutes, my only comment so far is £25m??? Well done, you win the most stupid comment of week award, he hasn't even started a game yet, FFS, give the lad a chance.
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Lanzo-Ad  Lanzarote 28 Oct 23 5.24pm |
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Originally posted by Car54
Well done, you win the most stupid comment of week award, he hasn't even started a game yet, FFS, give the lad a chance. Absolutely.
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| Lanzo-Ad Lanzarote 28 Oct 23 5.26pm |
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I have said before, he is a CF in the making, he will start next season as CF.
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| kevlee born Wandsworth emigrated to Lanc... 28 Oct 23 7.13pm |
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The team who played against Newcastle wouldn't have beaten them in a month of Sundays and neither would the team last night against Spurs, who never really put their foot down.
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| Rachid Rachid Rachid 28 Oct 23 7.47pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
It doesn't take long for the mob to start whining about Roy Hodgson. He was right about our subs. Rak Saki is lightweight and I hope Franca was suffering first night nerves because he was appalling.
Our forwards are bang average, Joel Ward is 5 seasons past the point where we should have replaced him, we have no proper cover for Mitchell, and without Olise and Eze we are incapable of producing sustained pressure or have any pace or creativity at all in the midfield. The squad cannot cope with injuries to key players, and Roy cannot be blamed for that. I do feel that he should have made substitutions after we went behind, but judging by the contribution from the subs, it would have made no difference anyway. This is bang on and those additions would make a huge difference to the mentality in the club and fan base now and would have given us half a chance of hanging onto to our better players in the future. Whilst Mitchell is OK I think he lacks quality and is another I'd be looking to upgrade rather than cover. I literally couldn't give a monkeys what Roy says in the pointless post match interviews and press conferences and anyone who thinks that last nights starting eleven and bench is much better than Championship level is sadly deluded.
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| Davepalace707 Northumberland 28 Oct 23 11.14pm |
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Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid
This is bang on and those additions would make a huge difference to the mentality in the club and fan base now and would have given us half a chance of hanging onto to our better players in the future. Whilst Mitchell is OK I think he lacks quality and is another I'd be looking to upgrade rather than cover. I literally couldn't give a monkeys what Roy says in the pointless post match interviews and press conferences and anyone who thinks that last nights starting eleven and bench is much better than Championship level is sadly deluded. Really? I must be deluded then. I watched Sunderland win fairly comfortably today and they are around play-off standard. Not too many of their team would get into ours. Forwards excepted clearly.
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| Rachid Rachid Rachid 28 Oct 23 11.21pm |
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Originally posted by Davepalace707
Really? I must be deluded then. I watched Sunderland win fairly comfortably today and they are around play-off standard. Not too many of their team would get into ours. Forwards excepted clearly. Yes really - and you answered your own question. If your team carries no attacking threat at all then you have nothing. I know nothing about Sunderland but I'd hazard a guess that their full backs aren't far behind ours either.
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