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Agreed. I think you always play your strongest team from among the players available. Some games you can afford to rest 1 or 2 of your key players who...
Coventry are in a slightly difficult position. They can't risk a loss because Sunderland & Millwall could overtake them. Keeping it tight and aimi...
Reminded me a bit of the Sunderland game. We weren't great but without a soft sending-off we would probably have got a draw or better. Only real conce...
@ken Sorry to hear this. I work in palliative care research so if you feel you need any more information about what it means to be considered for p...
@lenmasterman Since he left us, Duncan Watmore has 1 goal and 1 assist in 15 games having played 535 minutes. His replacement, Ramsey, has 5 goals ...
I think that's unfair. You don't have to be kind to say that they're a team that is direct, aggressive and well-organised. They may not play pretty fo...
@exmil I suppose it's the nature of being a fan to fret. Assuming we play Luton in the final, I would prefer to avoid: WBA - Corberan is the kind ...
@andy-r I think we were clearly the better side which given that we had 6 first team regulars out is pretty impressive. Some of the replacements were ...
It's definitely not a nothing game but this feels almost like 3 games to prepare ourselves for the play-offs. We have to balance keeping a sense of mo...
It is a bit of a cliche but the fringe players are stepping up just when we need them. Mowatt, Dijksteel and Jones have all played a full part in the ...
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@exmil Here's the predictions from an Edinburgh that is as foggy as my crystal ball Burnley (91) WWLDW (101)Shef Utd (79) DLWLD (84)Luton (74) DD...
That makes for an excellent start to the weekend. Five goals against Norwich when we're not at our best. I realised yesterday that what we're remin...
I think this is overdone. Clearly scouts watch each team and come up with a plan. Each manager then adjusts their tactics. You get a certain surprise ...
Agreed. For whatever reason, Lenihan & McNair just don't seem to gel as a unit. I think that combined with Hackney struggling means that we lack s...
During our best run under Carrick we were often closer to losing than it looked. During this, our first blip, we are probably closer to winning than i...
It's quite funny isn't it. 24 games in the Championship under Carrick with a fantastic record but there's still a nagging doubt about how good we actu...
I disagree about promotion this season being a disaster. I strongly suspect that no team, these days, is ready for promotion to the Premier league. Fa...
Well this is the start of two matches after which we'll know if we're still in the race for second or battling for third. Our performance against Burn...
Probably not going to happen unless we have a series of injuries. As it stands, if you think of the first 11 as: Steffen, Smith, Fry, Lenihan, Giles...
I don't think you would use him and Giles in the same team. He could play Giles' role but on the right if Bola played left back. Like Smith, Bola is r...
Difficult one this. I think he's suffering second season syndrome and will come good but Carrick isn't setting us up with traditional wingers and he d...
I was out of commission all weekend due to an annual visit by friends from Wales. Picked a good one to miss it seems... It both is and isn't surpris...
Interesting piece about Conte in the Guardian. Wilder often compared himself to the likes of Conte and I found this quote important: Conte wants f...
Good article about Darragh Lenihan in the Irish Times Mentions that he is playing with painkilling injections. Also that he is taking a sport sci...
Scores from beyond the wall Burnley (83) WDWD 91 Shef Utd (70) DWLW 77 Boro (67) WDWW 77 Luton (64) LLWW 70 Blackburn (61) WLWW 70 Millwall (60) LWD...
That was the perfect Saturday. On the Plan A front, I disagree about the need for a Plan B. The coaching staff spend every hour of the week drillin...
If we're serious about promotion, whether through the autos or playoffs, today is the kind of hard, challenging match we need to win. No ifs or buts a...
Out of interest, I went to look at the 538 prediction table after today. It's now showing Sheffield United with a 59% chance of finishing second. Stil...
538.com has Sheffield Utd with a 71% chance of coming second this season and that feels about right. Thing about odds like that is that your understan...