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steeleye20 Croydon 01 Jan 17 8.40pm
Don't think transfer window will help unless we can find players with strong injury-free records they must be like gold dust....
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Croydon 01 Jan 17 8.40pm

Don't think transfer window will help unless we can find players with strong injury-free records they must be like gold dust....

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Flightsequence 01 Jan 17 8.41pm
Originally posted by braunstoneagle we competed a lot better in the citeh/utd/chelsea games recently abd actually have them a game, or tried to. today we didnt try to attack them at all, wilf being played out of position and looking average under bfcs. Wilf will look poor out of position. Andros sulks and gets benched by Pardew. Gets his own way, and plays on Wilfs wing, and they both play poor! I don't get it. I'm sure the tactics will improve, but it needs to hurry up.
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Originally posted by braunstoneagle

we competed a lot better in the citeh/utd/chelsea games recently abd actually have them a game, or tried to.

today we didnt try to attack them at all, wilf being played out of position and looking average under bfcs.

Wilf will look poor out of position. Andros sulks and gets benched by Pardew. Gets his own way, and plays on Wilfs wing, and they both play poor! I don't get it. I'm sure the tactics will improve, but it needs to hurry up.

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Jan 17 8.42pm
Originally posted by braunstoneagle we competed a lot better in the citeh/utd/chelsea games recently abd actually have them a game, or tried to. today we didnt try to attack them at all, wilf being played out of position and looking average under bfcs. Both Townsend and Zaha ended up playing like full-backs to assist Kelly and Ward who were struggling leaving Benteke isolated up front.Our midfield three looked off the pace and weary and so we never got a modicum of control in this area.We never really laid a glove on Arsenal.
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South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Jan 17 8.42pm

Originally posted by braunstoneagle

we competed a lot better in the citeh/utd/chelsea games recently abd actually have them a game, or tried to.

today we didnt try to attack them at all, wilf being played out of position and looking average under bfcs.

Both Townsend and Zaha ended up playing like full-backs to assist Kelly and Ward who were struggling leaving Benteke isolated up front.Our midfield three looked off the pace and weary and so we never got a modicum of control in this area.We never really laid a glove on Arsenal.

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Dangermouse Hastings 01 Jan 17 8.45pm
Originally posted by cpfc1976 Can't believe you and one or two others are slagging wilf. He's been brilliant this season in a massively underperforming team. Was far from poor today despite having to defend for large chunks he still put in the effort even if not much came off. Crazyness along with sell Wilf for £25m post??? We need to strengthen not sell our best players ffs. Doesn't surprise me. No team's fans quit faster than those at cpfc. We played Arsenal at the Emirates and they always beat us. It was a damage limitation exercise today and our gd didn't take a hammering, even with 2 very important players missing. This squad is suffering from a severe lack of confidence caused by the 2016 disaster. Grind out a couple of wins and everyone looks a better player. Many on here claimed they didn't care about the performance as long as we got the result. Well let's see now shall we, cos it ain't gonna be pretty from now on. That's Life And as funny as it may seem Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream. KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!
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Hastings 01 Jan 17 8.45pm

Originally posted by cpfc1976

Can't believe you and one or two others are slagging wilf. He's been brilliant this season in a massively underperforming team. Was far from poor today despite having to defend for large chunks he still put in the effort even if not much came off. Crazyness along with sell Wilf for £25m post??? We need to strengthen not sell our best players ffs.

Doesn't surprise me. No team's fans quit faster than those at cpfc. We played Arsenal at the Emirates and they always beat us. It was a damage limitation exercise today and our gd didn't take a hammering, even with 2 very important players missing.
This squad is suffering from a severe lack of confidence caused by the 2016 disaster. Grind out a couple of wins and everyone looks a better player. Many on here claimed they didn't care about the performance as long as we got the result. Well let's see now shall we, cos it ain't gonna be pretty from now on.

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!

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Jamesey Wandsworth 01 Jan 17 8.47pm
If I hear another pundit eulogising about Giroud's wonderful, marvellous, heavenly fvcking goal I will vomit. A fluky backheel that accidentally went in off the crossbar.and could have gone anywhere. It will probably get Goal of the Month as against us they usually do. Very angry after today. Didn't expect to win. Expected a fight at least. Nothing is fool-proof - fools are too ingenious
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Wandsworth 01 Jan 17 8.47pm

If I hear another pundit eulogising about Giroud's wonderful, marvellous, heavenly fvcking goal I will vomit. A fluky backheel that accidentally went in off the crossbar.and could have gone anywhere. It will probably get Goal of the Month as against us they usually do. Very angry after today. Didn't expect to win. Expected a fight at least.

Nothing is fool-proof - fools are too ingenious

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Painter Croydon 01 Jan 17 8.48pm
Originally posted by Willo Both Townsend and Zaha ended up playing like full-backs to assist Kelly and Ward who were struggling leaving Benteke isolated up front.Our midfield three looked off the pace and weary and so we never got a modicum of control in this area.We never really laid a glove on Arsenal. You know this game was never going to define our season. With Swansea in 48 hours, were we ever going to bust a gut against a team of Arsenals quality. Anyone thinking anything else and slagging players off, should realise there are more important games to come. So getting through the game with no more injuries and keeping score down was the priority. Edited by Painter (01 Jan 2017 8.48pm)
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Originally posted by Willo

You know this game was never going to define our season. With Swansea in 48 hours, were we ever going to bust a gut against a team of Arsenals quality.
Anyone thinking anything else and slagging players off, should realise there are more important games to come. So getting through the game with no more injuries and keeping score down was the priority.

Edited by Painter (01 Jan 2017 8.48pm)

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Flightsequence 01 Jan 17 9.13pm
Originally posted by Painter You know this game was never going to define our season. With Swansea in 48 hours, were we ever going to bust a gut against a team of Arsenals quality. Anyone thinking anything else and slagging players off, should realise there are more important games to come. So getting through the game with no more injuries and keeping score down was the priority. Edited by Painter (01 Jan 2017 8.48pm) Totally get your post. You are correct with the importance of the Swansea game. Not really slagging anyone off, but, if the team are not going to bust a gut, can they let me know and I can save money on buying a ticket. I don't want it to be where we go to teams like Arsenal knowing we arnt going to nick something. Anyway, onwards to Swansea. I'm sure a good performance will see a positive result. I really felt sorry for Wilf today. His class will tell against the Swans though.
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01 Jan 17 9.13pm

Originally posted by Painter

Edited by Painter (01 Jan 2017 8.48pm)

Totally get your post. You are correct with the importance of the Swansea game. Not really slagging anyone off, but, if the team are not going to bust a gut, can they let me know and I can save money on buying a ticket. I don't want it to be where we go to teams like Arsenal knowing we arnt going to nick something. Anyway, onwards to Swansea. I'm sure a good performance will see a positive result. I really felt sorry for Wilf today. His class will tell against the Swans though.

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Rachid Rachid Rachid 01 Jan 17 9.49pm
Didn't see anyone not trying but thought that ball retention by our attacking players in the first half in particular was really poor and put the defence under enormous pressure. Stayed in the game at half time, had a chance to nick an equaliser and seemed to wake up when it was 2-0. Hennessey played well(Cech equally well unfortunately) and Kelly did Ok against Sanchez IMO. Don't really understand some of the stick our defence is getting when we spent so much of the game on the back foot. More disappointed with the ability of the players in front of them to hang on to the ball.
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Didn't see anyone not trying but thought that ball retention by our attacking players in the first half in particular was really poor and put the defence under enormous pressure.

Stayed in the game at half time, had a chance to nick an equaliser and seemed to wake up when it was 2-0.

Hennessey played well(Cech equally well unfortunately) and Kelly did Ok against Sanchez IMO.

Don't really understand some of the stick our defence is getting when we spent so much of the game on the back foot. More disappointed with the ability of the players in front of them to hang on to the ball.

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Jan 17 9.59pm
Originally posted by Painter You know this game was never going to define our season. With Swansea in 48 hours, were we ever going to bust a gut against a team of Arsenals quality. Anyone thinking anything else and slagging players off, should realise there are more important games to come. So getting through the game with no more injuries and keeping score down was the priority. Edited by Painter (01 Jan 2017 8.48pm) I've NOT mounted a major "Slagging" assault on the players. I feel I have made an honest assessment about certain players who fell below the standards required at PL level.I always expected it to be hard against Arsenal but this doesn't mean that some of the players are immune from criticism.
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South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Jan 17 9.59pm

Originally posted by Painter

You know this game was never going to define our season. With Swansea in 48 hours, were we ever going to bust a gut against a team of Arsenals quality.
Anyone thinking anything else and slagging players off, should realise there are more important games to come. So getting through the game with no more injuries and keeping score down was the priority.

Edited by Painter (01 Jan 2017 8.48pm)

I've NOT mounted a major "Slagging" assault on the players.

I feel I have made an honest assessment about certain players who fell below the standards required at PL level.I always expected it to be hard against Arsenal but this doesn't mean that some of the players are immune from criticism.

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chateauferret 01 Jan 17 11.16pm
Lots of OTT w*anking about that goal from Giroud. A ruddy fluke IMHO. "A certain romanticism about it coming off the bar". WTF? ============ The Ferret ============
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chateauferret

01 Jan 17 11.16pm

Lots of OTT w*anking about that goal from Giroud. A ruddy fluke IMHO. "A certain romanticism about it coming off the bar". WTF?

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Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 01 Jan 17 11.23pm
Originally posted by chateauferret Lots of OTT w*anking about that goal from Giroud. A ruddy fluke IMHO. "A certain romanticism about it coming off the bar". WTF? I suppose you score goals like that every Sunday. Feel free to post the footage. Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers
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Stoke sub normal 01 Jan 17 11.23pm