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Reply | Live music?
at 16:38 19 May 2025
King King acoustic set at the Patti last night was a pleasure.Quality. |
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Reply | Darling given an ultimatum plus what next ?
at 08:27 16 May 2025
Perhaps Low had lapse of concentrations during games given some of the distractions around him.
Who knows what goes through players minds, just a little observation on Darling thinking, when Naughton played on the left and Darling knew, if the ball was played over the top or in behind Naughton, that he would have to keep in a position to cover for Naughton's lack of pace covering well but Darling didn't seem cover Tymon's forward run as effectively leaving space for wingers to run onto the ball, Cabango does it very effectively on the right.Darling when knew he had to cover for Naughton he did but seemed to be caught in two minds when Tymon pressed on. As players you can never assume that mistakes won't be made and they need to cover all eventualities. Sometimes Darling makes that mistake call it inexperience maybe Low has the same mistakes with the distractions around him.
Darling is a far more experienced player now than when he joined us. |
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Reply | Contracts
at 08:06 16 May 2025
Sorry you were right Lowe did start in all the three play off games with both Manning and Roberts starting on the bench in the semi finals with Lowe starting both, Routledge and Cullen each starting in one. Routledge replaced Cullen in the first semi and Connor Roberts replacing Routledge and Korey Smith on for Hourihane in the second game to hold onto the advantage. That wouldn't have been my choice of teams in the semis but results prove me wrong.
As for the final Roberts starting the final instead of Routledge or Cullen who started one of either semi finals.
As you say the game was lost in the first twenty, none of us expected a lot from the final but we left ourselves wide open to their counter attack , Grimes booked on the sixth minute, Cabango's mistake for the penalty and they pressed home that advantage as we were in disarray and shapeless trying to make up for the previous mistake. Yes the game was over long before Fulton's sending off but I personally held onto the slim chance of getting back into the game as we tried to press forward hence Fulton's reckless challenge in their penalty area .
Can't remember if Routledge had got injured in the last semi final but he didn't feature in the final not even on the bench after featuring in both semi's.
I still think we tried to press forward way too early in the final and paid the price instead or keeping things solid, just like we have seen under various other managers, you have to ensure you stay in a game especially against better teams, we didn't in the final all be it against the "better" team. [Post edited 16 May 8:29]
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Reply | Contracts
at 20:15 15 May 2025
Cooper changed the starting line up to include Lowe who hadn't featured a lot in the tail end of that season, wasn't it Cabango mistakes as we push forward leaving our selves short at the back susceptible to the counter attack, none of us expected a lot from the game given our preformance at the end of that season and once Fulton lost his head it was game over. |
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Reply | Fisher's team down
at 07:04 15 May 2025
Went and had a look at Hibs results and Kuharevich getting a couple of goals and a number of starts but the main front man and Captian Martin Boyle seems to be scoring goals for fun. |
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Reply | Contracts
at 06:47 15 May 2025
The one thing that bothered me with Steve Cooper at the Swans in the end was he went all defensive in his setup and as pressure was applied the clearances became more and more desperate leading to very few controlled clearances to players to relieve that pressure that we buckled with. In contrast in the play off final he went all out attack which played into Brentfords hands,getting that balance right and setting up correctly to exploit the opposition's weaknesses and stifle their strengths. Harder to do in the Premier League. Warnock had more years to get it right but couldn't a bit like Mick Mccarthy, Cooper may get it right in time. |
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Reply | Who will win the Championship play offs
at 09:36 14 May 2025
The main concern for me was his lack of pace meaning once turned he would not be able to get back to recover balls lost unless someone else held the play up allowing him to get back. It led to big holes appearing in the midfield if he pushed on or dropped deep it meant unless we adopted a all men get behind the ball mentality we were wide open to attack through the middle leaving us outnumbered when balls delivered into the box. |
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Reply | Baller League
at 09:28 14 May 2025
"A new era of football" as the quote goes, enjoyed some of the televised charity 5 a side matches.
Surely a bit of indoor 5 or 6 a side is on the training regime of every club even 7 a side to make it more congested making it harder to make space so making skills like off the ball movement, one touch football or good first time control a must, skills to move the defenders that fraction to get the decisive shot away, ok there are no side walls on a football pitch but using those wall to change angles of play can get the football brain working quicker and sharper, more focused and intense on the smaller pitch which leads better play being transferred onto the ful size pitch.
Played five a side well into my late 50s did I get done by quicker younger players, yes but also found myself time and space that had them chasing shadows against older more experienced players at times.
Think five a side is also very good at getting the idea of rotation into a players head meaning the Centreforward has to come back and learn the defensive side of the game as a game pivots to find space and even sharpens defenders reactions as they find themselves in front of goals. |
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Reply | Contracts
at 08:30 14 May 2025
Agree with that opinion, glad to hear the year option on Key and Tymon and would want to tied both down long terms contract. Both poorly coached as defenders while Sheehan getting the best of their them defensively and in attack both valuable assets.
Tend to agree with SullutaCreturned and yourself on Congreve and Cotterill big call to be made after being out on loan and getting valuable first team football, would like to see more of our youth products integrated into the first team squad especially needed given the number of players leaving the club so maybe they will be needed to be used.
Will be interesting to see how the Darling situation pans out, we need cover anyway in the centre of defence and someone comfortable on both right and left sides of it would be preferred. Both Wood and Darling were needed when signed maybe they took time to gel at the back given the style of play asked of them and mistakes made but we are back in the situation that at least one Centrehalf is desperately needed. [Post edited 14 May 8:40]
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Reply | Who will win the Championship play offs
at 23:42 13 May 2025
He was a defensive weakness at the heart of our midfield that needed the right players around him, very rarely was he the main defensive midfielder in tonight's game that was left to others, Grimes at his best when further forward and looking for the quick first time pass otherwise he would slow it down. [Post edited 13 May 23:43]
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Reply | Who will win the Championship play offs
at 23:35 13 May 2025
Thought he was excellent and Grimes in open play, played well with others playing or covering the defensive roles but Ballard was the heart of the Sunderland team whol came to the game to defend the lead which can be a very dangerous game especially a slender one goal lead, it was only in extra time that Sunderland looked the more dangerous team with Coventry reverting to waiting for the mistake which did come but they didn't capitalise.
In some ways wanted Coventry to go on to promotion to gain money from the sale of Grimes if there was such a clause but seeing a team succeed with four ex Swansea players would be a bit galling even though each of the players had their merits while donning the Swansea shirt it would point to the poor use of them by a number of managers. |
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Reply | Contracts
at 08:39 13 May 2025
Contracts ending 30th June 2026, Key, Tymon, ,Sam Parker, Ben Lloyd, Ginnelly, Congreve, Cotterill, Fulton, Tjoe-A-On, Kukharevych and Yates, so only a year left unless others know of extensions options on their contracts.
First four would look to extend contracts, do we wait on Ginnelly to come good, do we cash in on Cotterill and Congreve or look to extend their contracts if loan experience deemed gained to our advantage or sell, Fulton a lower contract extension? As for the last three do we try and get rid or can Sheehan get a tune out of them?
A lot of experience and players seem to be or are leaving this season so a lot of work just to sort out next seasons first eleven, match day squad and first team squad while keeping an eye on future squad quality.
Hope we can start the season off strongly with a settled team that would allow youngsters to be introduced in a stable team to have a positive impact instead of being hung out to dry at their first mistake. |
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Reply | Jay Fulton
at 09:05 8 May 2025
Didn't Cabango and other get sucked into the two yard pass mentality. |
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Reply | Jay Fulton
at 16:50 7 May 2025
Sheehan used him to add height into the team when needed against teams who struggled to get through games on the floor and invariably resort to the high ball tactics , most noteably starting in the home game against Derby to many peoples dismay.
Played lots of good games under Cooper but with the right loans was a trusted go to player, ignored under Martin in the first part of the season being brought back later in the season which most fans called for. Grimes, Fulton, Downes and Ntcham would have been a solid midfield with Paterson vying for game time missed opportunities.
With Allen gone would rather keep Fulton until that midfield is settled for next season.
Edited a the lack of a comma made it a nonesense read,again. [Post edited 7 May 19:37]
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Reply | Darling given an ultimatum plus what next ?
at 13:52 4 May 2025
As you say no player is irreplaceable have always worried about some elements of Darling's game but that could be said about numerous players, team game with players who need to know what is expected of them to be successful. |
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Reply | Darling given an ultimatum plus what next ?
at 08:16 4 May 2025
Will Darling's injury have an affect on his thinking and the club's thinking on a new contract and the offer being made by the club or any offers made to him by other clubs? |
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