M_Afro
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I would be delighted if we can sign 3 better quality players rather than 6/7 of lower quality. One centre mid and two wingers. Play Jack as a 10. All of a sudden the quality of the whole team would be raised. We also need to start trusting some of our better youngsters. It will be easier for them to play amongst better players where the pressure is off a bit.
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I agree with this. Does anybody know how to find the team running stats? It would be interesting to see if the lads were covering more ground pre Covid. Not just Dougie. They all seem to be cruising
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Totally agree with this. I have rarely seen a more lethargic performance from the team, than what we witnessed last night. They looked dead on their feet. This kid could run all day long. Hopefully he would shame some of the others into upping their efforts!
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I said a couple of weeks ago that we could finish below Wolves. That looks inevitable now, particularly if there’s no Jack! I would be surprised if Palace caught up though. Either way, as you say, it would look and feel very much like a failure and I suspect our owners would feel the same way.
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There was a moment in the second half that McGinn actually managed to get goal side, ahead of their midfield, with space to run into ahead of their defence. He turned back towards our goal and let city reset. He should have been bursting forward from the centre circle but his first thought was turn back towards my own goal! He then gave the ball away! This sums up his performances and our whole midfield performances for months. Poor decision making, lack of awareness, lack of energy, no urgency, sloppy execution.
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I have no confidence in us to beat anybody at the moment but we do always beat the Albion......don’t we?
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There’s not that much we can do with the poor form of our players. Maybe try a five at the back and two up top. Be a bit more direct.
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I thought that too. He was clearly unhappy about something
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They were Nick. Watch it again. They chased and harried and harassed for 90 minutes. I agree that City could have scored a few but Leeds had 10 men for more than half the game. We are desperate for someone like Phillips.
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Rightly or wrongly if we continue like this until the end of the season, Dean is going to come under immense pressure. I would not be surprised if he got sacked to be honest. We need some good wins and performances to change perception again.
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He made a very rare mistake but he was still very good. Only he and Targett get any real credit tonight. The rest were awful.
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You are right to a degree Nick but the reason they were on fire partly was down to us not being aggressive in our press. We just let them receive the ball in acres of space and move it on. I too watched the Leeds game and Leeds were much more aggressive when chasing down possession, even with 10 men against 11. I don’t think you can blame the manager for that. Surely that is lack of intensity from the players.
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Pretty sure Leeds beat them.
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I have been critical of Dean recently, quite rightly in my view, but today was on the players not him. They had lost before they even took to the pitch. We did not stick a glove on them. Really poor. You almost feel that they were relieved not to get spanked despite actually losing. I hate watching that. Absolutely hate it.
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He is a big problem for us. He is one of Dean’s favourite players and I don’t see that changing but he is way from good enough on his current form. Awful without the ball much worse with it. He looks so out of condition too.
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A lot of that is true of course but we did not even try to win. There was no energy, desire, pressing, spirit, nothing! We had nothing to lose but did not even try. It was so easy for City. I simply do not understand that performance.
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Our pressing is the worst in the league. We did not even try and win that game in any way. It’s hard to make an argument for us winning again this season. This is how Sheff U ended last season and that did not play out well. We are so passive.
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Does he know that we are in claret?
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I know it’s City so we have to take that into account but we are utterly woeful at a) winning the ball back and b) keeping it when we do eventually get it back. The midfield 4 have all been guilty of it. I actually think Berty would be decent if we could push up the pitch and dominate in midfield. That said. City are a brilliant team.
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Can’t tell if being sarcastic!
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So glad we can just focus on football again after the last few crazy days. That said 0-3 tonight! Would be happy with a bit of intent and continuity of play
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To be fair they only had 10 men against City for over half a match. Anyway, I don’t care about Leeds. In fact I don’t like them. As I said, I hope I am wrong. I just think that they are real competition to us over the next few years.
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I hope you’re right but I don’t think so. They have the ability to dominate all teams for sustained periods. Sheff U just scrapped results. That’s unsustainable. If Leeds invest in some decent defenders they will move forward again.
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People seem to be chucking about a valuation of £40 to £50m. That seems about right to me.
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I know I have been critical of Dean recently but you can’t help but love him. His press conference was class. He is honest but measured. Well done Deano for saying it how it is.
