Il Preside
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So what do they have that we don’t at the moment?
Better players?
Better manager?
Better owners?
Better fans?
Seriously?
Better players?
Better manager?
Better owners?
Better fans?
Seriously?
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newyddion
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A fit right back, a fit left back, an experienced manager, a rich owner, lasses that shyte in fountains and lads that shag seagullsSo what do they have that we don’t at the moment?
Better players?
Better manager?
Better owners?
Better fans?
Seriously?
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lostinyorkshire
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they made an effort at improving the first 11 rather than getting a load of cheap projects thus improving their play off finishing team from last year. All while using a budget that has probably been less than ours for 20 odd years.
we didnt even bother inproving our defence. pathetic
we didnt even bother inproving our defence. pathetic
northriding
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Confidence, we look bereft of it.
Their DM two like defending , and ones an enormous athlete..So what do they have that we don’t at the moment?
Better players?
Better manager?
Better owners?
Better fans?
Seriously?
TheYorkshireTerrier
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The players they signed this summer from Europe have actual pedigree.
They also have a solid, consistent backline and a decent DM.
They also have a solid, consistent backline and a decent DM.
Borokian1876
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There team is better than ours, sadly our recruitment team has allowed a club who were rotting in the third team to now overtake usWe’ll still finish above them. 39 games to go. That is more games than a PL season.
sambaDTR
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Hope you are wrong, but…
SouthStandSY
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Established champo players, Dack, Pritchard, Roberts, Clarke etc...
We pursued hopeful punts & it's blown up badly in our face....
We pursued hopeful punts & it's blown up badly in our face....
TeaCider
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Most of their starting 11 recently were there last season.
The likes of Bursow and Bellingham had already played in England before this season.
They signed a similar number of foreign punts to us, but they're largely on the bench right now.
At no point, even in pre-season, have we played the same starting 11 twice in a row.
There's usually multiple changes between each match and I think it shows.
The likes of Bursow and Bellingham had already played in England before this season.
They signed a similar number of foreign punts to us, but they're largely on the bench right now.
At no point, even in pre-season, have we played the same starting 11 twice in a row.
There's usually multiple changes between each match and I think it shows.
Marvanelli
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Just like last season, they're getting battered in games, managing to stay in the games and then pinching the wins.
Last night they got absolutely steam rolled and Blackburn just couldn't convert their chances.
If they continue to play like that, then it will only catch up with them.
Last night they got absolutely steam rolled and Blackburn just couldn't convert their chances.
If they continue to play like that, then it will only catch up with them.
allied_assault
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And Clarke is a cracking player - his 2nd goal last night showed the composure that our forwards are lacking
InglebyUTB
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On paper how many of their players get in our team? Clarke for sure. Other than him there’s not many you’d confidently say would.
The difference is they have a manager who adapts to what he’s got. Their starting line-up was decimated at the back end of last season, they still got in the play-offs and they still competed. They have lost their two best players in Diallo and Stewart, there was talk of Pritchard leaving, Clarke was desperate to leave. But they’ve just adapted and continue to win football managers.
We have a manger who’s a one trick pony, who was figured out by opposition managers months ago and is refusing to adapt to situation he finds himself in. He’s determined to stick to his way of playing as he still believes him and the team are “good at it” even though the form since April and the league table suggest the exact opposite.
The difference is they have a manager who adapts to what he’s got. Their starting line-up was decimated at the back end of last season, they still got in the play-offs and they still competed. They have lost their two best players in Diallo and Stewart, there was talk of Pritchard leaving, Clarke was desperate to leave. But they’ve just adapted and continue to win football managers.
We have a manger who’s a one trick pony, who was figured out by opposition managers months ago and is refusing to adapt to situation he finds himself in. He’s determined to stick to his way of playing as he still believes him and the team are “good at it” even though the form since April and the league table suggest the exact opposite.