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Anyway, he plays again today ! Why ?
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Cos he's a goal scoring genius obviouslybobo the clown wrote:Anyway, he plays again today ! Why ?
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If a free header 3 yards out comes to form part of the case for Pratley's continued selection that goal could be expensive...
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Oh but it will and is. You know that dont youmummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:If a free header 3 yards out comes to form part of the case for Pratley's continued selection that goal could be expensive...
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I know... I've just said - I can't remember a goal being so crucial and so bittersweet at the same time.Ianmooreslovechild wrote:Oh but it will and is. You know that dont youmummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:If a free header 3 yards out comes to form part of the case for Pratley's continued selection that goal could be expensive...
I am not going to be able to listen to Coyle talking about it...

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I'd just bawled out to Moo to tell Coyle to get him on and that stump Pratley off...about a minute before he scored...couldn't have timed it better if I'd tried.mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I know... I've just said - I can't remember a goal being so crucial and so bittersweet at the same time.Ianmooreslovechild wrote:Oh but it will and is. You know that dont youmummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:If a free header 3 yards out comes to form part of the case for Pratley's continued selection that goal could be expensive...
I am not going to be able to listen to Coyle talking about it...

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I thought Pratley was at fault in the penalty area before then, was that the disallowed goal incident? I don't really see what other people see in Pratley, but if he's going to be with us for a while we may aswell wish him well. At least the Moo came on at the end.
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He's a decent championship player, not good enough for the prem.
He gets about the pitch and you can't fault him for effort, but he's a bit of a headless chicken and does very little with the ball and his passing is poor as is his tackling. We would have a decent central midfield 3 with NRC, M Davies & Holden
He gets about the pitch and you can't fault him for effort, but he's a bit of a headless chicken and does very little with the ball and his passing is poor as is his tackling. We would have a decent central midfield 3 with NRC, M Davies & Holden
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which other people would these be??Armchair Wanderer wrote:I thought Pratley was at fault in the penalty area before then, was that the disallowed goal incident? I don't really see what other people see in Pratley, but if he's going to be with us for a while we may aswell wish him well. At least the Moo came on at the end.

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He really is a mound of fetid turd. (If he keep slagging him off he'll hopefully bag a couple more this season.)
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Haha. I guess I don't think he's as bad as people make out. What PT said is true. If he have better players on the bench it's not Dazza's fault he gets on the pitch. Also, maybe he's better at keeping the ball than the Moo.thebish wrote:which other people would these be??Armchair Wanderer wrote:I thought Pratley was at fault in the penalty area before then, was that the disallowed goal incident? I don't really see what other people see in Pratley, but if he's going to be with us for a while we may aswell wish him well. At least the Moo came on at the end.
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He gets a little better with every game. Give him another 38 and he may be up to championship standard.
Seriously tho, he did ok today. Like someone said elsewhere a bit of a K Nolan with a smaller arse.Luckily Qpr were not really good enough to make the most of our lightweight midfield and were so sloppy ion their passing that even the likes of mavis were able to nick the ball from time to time
Seriously tho, he did ok today. Like someone said elsewhere a bit of a K Nolan with a smaller arse.Luckily Qpr were not really good enough to make the most of our lightweight midfield and were so sloppy ion their passing that even the likes of mavis were able to nick the ball from time to time
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Just, as inferred above, a shame that Coyle will see this a san opportunity to justify his selection.
My auntie Maggie could have scored that goal, even after she died.
He could easily have been sent off ... which, according to Coyle was why he brought him off. Nowt to do with his pointlessness.
My auntie Maggie could have scored that goal, even after she died.
He could easily have been sent off ... which, according to Coyle was why he brought him off. Nowt to do with his pointlessness.
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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He did really well with that goal, hung in the air, headed it powerfully, scored...bobo the clown wrote:Just, as inferred above, a shame that Coyle will see this a san opportunity to justify his selection.
My auntie Maggie could have scored that goal, even after she died.
He could easily have been sent off ... which, according to Coyle was why he brought him off. Nowt to do with his pointlessness.
I reckon he was tons better than your auntie Maggie, who was a great auntie, but a rubbish header of the ball...
But Muamba should be approximately 1250 miles in front of him for selection...
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(i tried not to preface this post with how much i like/rate Muamba but hey ho its out there now
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just how much extra Muamba would have brought to the side instead of Pratley today i'm not sure. although many now have him as a mixture of Messi and Yaya Toure- he isn't - just isn't- that good.
more destructiveness in the tackle? pr'haps - but in no small part that is what RC is there for. do we need two essentially the same against fellow strugglers at home?
energy? Pratley seemed to get about at least as much as Moo does
passing? well neither are Johny Giles are they?
oh and
when was the last time Muamba timed a run into the box and scored with his head?
Pratley is more of a goal threat.

just how much extra Muamba would have brought to the side instead of Pratley today i'm not sure. although many now have him as a mixture of Messi and Yaya Toure- he isn't - just isn't- that good.
more destructiveness in the tackle? pr'haps - but in no small part that is what RC is there for. do we need two essentially the same against fellow strugglers at home?
energy? Pratley seemed to get about at least as much as Moo does
passing? well neither are Johny Giles are they?
oh and
when was the last time Muamba timed a run into the box and scored with his head?
Pratley is more of a goal threat.
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Half this board used to hate Muamba. Its just convenient for them not to now. For the record I've always liked him, before people get their collective knickers in a twist.
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no they don't.lovethesmellofnapalm wrote:(i tried not to preface this post with how much i like/rate Muamba but hey ho its out there now)
just how much extra Muamba would have brought to the side instead of Pratley today i'm not sure. although many now have him as a mixture of Messi and Yaya Toure- he isn't - just isn't- that good.
more destructiveness in the tackle? pr'haps - but in no small part that is what RC is there for. do we need two essentially the same against fellow strugglers at home?
energy? Pratley seemed to get about at least as much as Moo does
passing? well neither are Johny Giles are they?
oh and
when was the last time Muamba timed a run into the box and scored with his head?
Pratley is more of a goal threat.
and if you keep on this way you'll give hyperbole a really bad name...
Which would be a shame, cos millions of us on this forum really enjoy it...
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Lord Kangana wrote:Half this board used to hate Muamba. Its just convenient for them not to now. For the record I've always liked him, before people get their collective knickers in a twist.
Me too. (Quick everyone, on the bandwagon!)
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fecking barton wouldnt have got out of fabrice's pocket.lovethesmellofnapalm wrote:(i tried not to preface this post with how much i like/rate Muamba but hey ho its out there now)
just how much extra Muamba would have brought to the side instead of Pratley today i'm not sure. although many now have him as a mixture of Messi and Yaya Toure- he isn't - just isn't- that good.
more destructiveness in the tackle? pr'haps - but in no small part that is what RC is there for. do we need two essentially the same against fellow strugglers at home?
energy? Pratley seemed to get about at least as much as Moo does
passing? well neither are Johny Giles are they?
oh and
when was the last time Muamba timed a run into the box and scored with his head?
Pratley is more of a goal threat.
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