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GhostoftheBok

See above, the problem is the 2, not the 5. Depends on the opposition. Your press needs to adapt to the opposition. Ours did in the first half of the season. In the second half, with the injuries, it got patchy. Last season we used Lee a lot in the press as a hybrid #10. This season that has often ...

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What's Granit Xhaka but a balkan, better disciplined George Thomason...? It's essentially what Evatt's system should look like with a #10 in it, rather than two #8s, and it's why I felt we should be moving that way (or have the option to) in the summer. The pressing shape of the 3 forwards doesn't ...

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Anyone who watches that final and still claims sides that play 3-at-the-back can't press needs to have a word with themselves.

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Ha! My issue isn't a back five but a front two. If Xabi wants to come here and play 343 I can live with it. Could get a tune out of Wes too. Alonso's 3-4-3 would be far less of an issue for our forwards. Charles would get the support he needs. Collins and CMG would suit the hybrid #10 roles. Just h...

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Prufrock wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 9:01 pm
It has a big Saturday feel to it, albeit at a much higher standard. Atalanta with a will executed plan, Leverkusen short on ideas.

Yup. Think they need to go 4-3-3 next season.

GhostoftheBok

This Leverkusen team is crying out for Karl Henry.

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Worthy4England wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 7:03 pm
118 a piece across here and WW - you probably need to sign up for a few alts over there too.

I'm not slumming it

Is "Bolton Nuts" or whatever it was still a thing?

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61-39 in the voting now. I'm running short on emails for alt accounts, though.

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Home and away, come hell or high water.

I will back them every game. Doesn't mean I won't "have a view" between matches.

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Rotherham add Reece James.

Three experienced, quality, promotion winners thus far.

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Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 4:50 pm
Would that persuade you to move to Evatt out?

It'd make me wonder what our vision for the squad is.

This is unrelated to anything I wrote. My little boy asked me to add it in.

GhostoftheBok

By the relegation Gartside was already in full on disaster mitigation mode. He was trying to persuade Eddie not to turn the taps off and already knew it was a trickle at best. It was already too late. Coyle should have gone in the November the season before. Not making that decision was fateful. I ...

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BWFC_Insane wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 4:01 pm
That’s not what happened with Coyle but ok.

Literally worked there at the time and was directly involved, but okay.

GhostoftheBok

The world doesn’t work like ‘oh we’ve either got to fully commit to him or not’ It's the only way football works. Coyle is a prime example of just that issue. We kept him on through a summer to "see how it went" and could have fixed a lot of issues by sacking him. When we did sack him, after not gi...

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On topic. The Sarpong-Wiredu chase may have started in earnest. Fleetwood are apparently expecting his release clause to be triggered "imminently", though what that means could vary. If there's any cash then he has to be on the list, surely. Solves two issues to a high level with one player and capt...

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Lets try this slightly differently. :-) I think (whatever the view of the respective strengths of the Division next season), that anything below play-offs would certainly be disaster - I suspect you agree. I could absolutely see a scenario where we are at least broadly in touch all year and don't q...

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Worthy4England wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 3:04 pm
I'm happy to make a call. Can I?

We can take it in turns like the Chuckle Brothers..."In...Out...In...Out"

Just been struck by the horrible image of Chuckle Brothers porn.

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Worthy4England wrote: ↑
Wed May 22, 2024 3:02 pm
Aye, and has been said, Buckingham didn't do consistently flawless, so I'm not sure there's much point in favouring one position over t'other.

...and McKenna won 1 in 8 mid season with Ipswich. He then won 8 in a row.

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Everyone in key positions at the club has to be behind whatever choice is made, or it is more likely to fail. If Evatt doesn't have that support get someone who does. If he does, back him. I've been in a football club where people sat on the fence and held things back from a manager in case they nee...

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The idea you stick with Evatt for a whole season unless it’s ‘disastrous’ doesn’t make sense. Sunderland sacked Johnson, think they were third and went up. Buckingham came in December and went up. There are loads of examples of changing managers mid way through. Evatt imo should be gone by now. But...

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