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Reply | The hand of fortune – Report
at 15:07 6 Feb 2025
Thanks for stepping in and a great read.
Good to relive what I thought was one of our best performances of the season, especially given a very decent opposition |
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Reply | saito challenge on travis first half....
at 09:06 5 Feb 2025
Have to say thought Linnington was almost as classy as Edwards.
Got pretty much everything right, didn’t take any crap, let the game flow and was very clear about throws and free-kicks being in the right place.
Above all he was consistent with both teams and, I think, only one yellow, which showed he was totally in control from the beginning of the game.
How refreshing!!! |
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Reply | Oh well.
at 09:05 26 Jan 2025
For me, the highlight of the day was the two half time penalties.
Beautifully finished by young Albie, with all the energy you could ask for.
A truly lovely moment and great respect to the Wednesday fans cheering him on as much as when they scored.
Some things in life are just a little more important than the result. |
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Reply | Three and easy night – Report
at 11:07 8 Jan 2025
Re the substitutions, I know there has been a lot of question marks over some of Marti’s previous decisions, but against Luton every sub made a substantial difference.
Lloyd’s cameo was great and a good injection of energy, pace and physicality after an excellent performance from Frey. The number of headers he won against their big CB’s took a load of pressure off.
Colback and Edwards bought new energy into a defensive midfields and I thought Edwards did a very decent job between midfield and the dropping into a back 4.
Saito’s energy was again great and as well as giving them something else to worry about going forward, he takes on his defensive duties well too.
All this is super encouraging. Oddly enough I was less worried the last 15 mins after the subs than I was the 20 before. Luton seemed to run out of belief and the subs helped that.
And if only one of Lloyd’s efforts had snuck in!!!! |
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Reply | Let's put this to bed...
at 20:58 1 Jan 2025
Agree with that.
Thought he was unlucky with the give away that led to the goal, if that turn had come off he’d have been away.
We sit front row on Ellerslie and he was livid with himself when that goal went in. 2 minutes later he’s settled Sam up.
Speaks volumes to his character and attitude. He took full responsibility AND went about putting in right.
Fair play |
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Reply | Injuries
at 19:36 30 Dec 2024
I take your point on this, but the one thing for me that is missing in the discussion is intensity.
You can train, per Mr Izzard, to run those marathons and succeed, but you are doing it in a controlled way and not racing/ competing.
The minute you start to operate at the intensity required by competitive sport the injury risks magnifies massively.
The reason hamstrings are torn (aside from the lack of proper training and recovery) are because the body is at its absolute physical limit, and then you push it further.
Put it to its limits repeatedly and injuries happen.
This isn’t just true in our club, all clubs suffer with this - just look at Saka, De Bruyne - and they are getting the very best treatment.
Plus, as Clive has said many times, we will have players more prone to physical breakdown than clubs with money - there’s a reason JCS is with us and not Leeds.
It also doesn’t mean the players (and staff) aren’t doing everything they can to be fit. It’s just they can’t for repeated periods of such intensity - especially 3 game weeks where we have little option for squad rotation…. |
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Reply | Celar
at 11:58 24 Nov 2024
“Insisting he take it” would be way too impolite for Madsen. He spends his afternoons saying “after you” to all the oppo players…. |
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Reply | Non alcoholic beer/lager......
at 20:38 20 Jul 2023
Athletic Brewing, tried loads when had to be off the beer, still drink now to keep it healthy and tastes better than many alcoholic beers.
There’s a lager and IPA’s |
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Reply | London Parks....
at 17:07 24 Apr 2023
Battersea Park.
It's one of the most diverse (activity-wise) of all the parks, with the choice of big green open spaces, Go Ape, an Adventure Playground and a Zoo for the kids, plus a Boating Lake, tennis courts, sports centre and running track in the middle, and numerous all-weather football & hockey pitches and and cricket in the summer.
There's a 5km pedestrian/ cycling path circumnavigating it and you can hire bikes too. A couple of cafes and you are also on the edge of the river where, I think, is central London's only Pagoda in a park. The Peace Pagodas, there are 80 around the World, including the site in Battersea, were built as part of Buddhist monk Nichidatsu Fujii’s (1885—1985) advocacy for world peace and non-violence.
It's also next door to the recently opened and revamped Battersea Power Station, which is great.
Always a favourite of ours and our Canadian relatives when they come to visit. |
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Reply | Getting relegated with Willock on the bench
at 09:29 20 Apr 2023
Which Manager? We’ve tried 4 and the result has been the same, so either Warburton, Beale, Critchley and Ainsworth are all rubbish (and previous performances would suggest not) or there is something deeply wrong with what has been (despite injuries) a pretty constant group of players throughout their times in charge…. |
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Reply | Saturday's referee
at 14:36 12 Apr 2023
But they don’t care and there are no repercussions anyway, so they’ll basically carry on doing what they want, sh!t or not… |
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