11 Oct 2024 14:02:26
Well done Enzo Maresca for being named Manager of the month. I think he is proving to be a very smart appointment by the sporting directors. A huge upgrade on Poch.
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09 Oct 2024 10:26:07
It was mentioned Manchester City may seek compensation for the loss of sponsorship the premier league prevented them from having, could we do the same as I'm pretty sure we almost agreed a FOS sponsorship with paramount + and has this anything to do with us not having one currently. As in where Chelsea waiting for this outcome to see what there next decision is? Or unrelated,
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09 Oct 2024 07:39:08
{Ed's Note - LongmyndWolf has posted a new article entitled, What's Wrong With Wolverhampton Wanderers?
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08 Oct 2024 16:09:45
Manchester city avvoiding any trouble today 115 charges and they walk away scott free yet people want to complain about chelsea when we just use smart accounting.
{Ed001's Note - the 115 charges have not been heard yet. You really are getting mixed up.}
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09 Oct 2024 02:10:23
This hearing was about the complaints Manchester City have made regarding certain Premier league rules (sort of as a response to the charges made against them by the premier league) . The case regarding the charges made against City is still ongoing as far as I’m aware (or at least no announcement as yet) . Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong ed (s) .
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09 Oct 2024 05:56:10
They need to get charged they have made a mock of the league spending all there money without balancing books and raising income other than a lying sponsorship atleast chelsea have sold a lot of players are net spend is small so why complain about chelsea is my only point all online is only chelsea spend too much and other rubbish when man *hitty are a lot worse.
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09 Oct 2024 09:04:14
The legal case reported is Man City’s challenge to recently introduced by the PL they won on some major points and lost some others. The PL case against City is being heard now and the decision is not expected to be published until the New Year.
{Ed002's Note - That is a separate issue and not what was asked.}
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07 Oct 2024 07:39:09
{Ed's Note - Shappy has posted a new article entitled, Will EtH Leave Manchester United Soon?
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06 Oct 2024 18:29:15
I came home sat in my chair not a happy bunny but I'm now feeling a lot better.
The Spuds, the team that just keeps on giving!
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06 Oct 2024 19:08:48
Tom, yes Spurs losing made me laugh but I have never considered them as rivals. My love to hate clubs are: Arsenal, Leeds, Liverpool and Man Utd.
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06 Oct 2024 20:17:35
I don’t mind the gooners.
My top three are…The Spuds, Happy Hammers, Scousers.
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06 Oct 2024 20:50:06
Tom, every Chelsea fan hates Spurs. If you go to games you know what I mean, the songs, the hatred. They are on all our lists. Liverpool and Man U make my top 3.
Leeds are a big contender for 4th and Arsenal as well although they never win anything and just flatter to deceive. Will they win the prem anytime soon? no chance, bottlers. So I guess my list is Spurs, Liverpool, Man U, Leeds.
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06 Oct 2024 23:44:12
Tom, I don’t know why our supporters hate Spurs so much; they are irrelevant. I hate Leeds because Eddie Gray kept diving every time Chopper tackled him. lol.
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07 Oct 2024 08:04:01
Man utd Spurs Liverpool Leeds in that order, also have a total irrational dislike for Everton.
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07 Oct 2024 16:31:05
Spurs, Spurs and Spurs in that order for me.
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08 Oct 2024 15:50:09
Spurs and then Arsenal for me, can't stand either.
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08 Oct 2024 16:25:06
ArsenaL, Spurs, West Ham, Leeds for many years. by 2000s Liverpool and United had replaced West Ham and Leeds.
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09 Oct 2024 02:46:11
my clubs to hate in order:
1. chelsea
2. chelsea
3. chelsea
4. everton.
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09 Oct 2024 08:14:27
1) Brilliant.
2) Superb
3) Amazing
4) Who?
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09 Oct 2024 09:35:40
Tom, well said.
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06 Oct 2024 17:55:46
Just home from the match and just few quick observations.
I praised Enzo last week for this season's improved performances but today in the first half he was just about ok but in the second half he had a shocker.
Palmer in the first half was average his standards but he improved enormously in the second half.
Fofana and Colwill both had excellent games and I think in LC we have found a real superstar.
Let's also give credit to Sanchez who was rightly criticised last week but was outstanding today and one of his saves in injury time wa some of the best I've seen in many a long year at the bridge.!
I didn't understand how we allowed both full backs to mark Woods at set pieces.
I think we now miss Cucarella and Fofana for the Liverpool game and possibly Jackson as I've now been reading he may well get a retrospective red cad. Let's hope Colwill and Noni get over there injuries before the game against the scousers.
I've said before that I think the Forest fans are the best in the premiership. They were reasonably quiet today.
14pts from 7 games. Just another 93 to go!
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07 Oct 2024 00:34:52
Tom, I only got to see parts of the game due to a dodgy stream but we looked well off the pace first half, unable to fashion many chances and the few we did; players were far too selfish taking 1% shots rather than trying to assist imo.
Second half I felt Maresca was too slow to make changes with the first sub only in the 80th? Minute or so. Felt Sancho, Jackson and Enzo should have been subbed far earlier and was very disappointing we didn’t capitalise on them going down to 10 men.
Feel that at home when opposition are more likely to play a low block we need to start Nkunku instead of a Jackson as it doesn’t play to his strengths although both Nkunku and Felix missed great headers.
Think Sanchez made 2 crucial saves in extra time to save us a point which is great after his nightmare last week but defensively we looked so poor after Forest went down to 10 men.
Finally I’ll just say that set piece wise we are so incredibly poor today. I know we’re not the biggest side so we perhaps need to be more creative offensively but the constant short corners were awful and defensively for their goal and even some of their corners we constantly had our WB’s marking their tallest players which was wild.
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07 Oct 2024 06:06:32
Good points fuser and agree with most of them. I think Jackson and could have been substituted earlier but do think that if Nkunku and Sancho had been on field at same time they might have produced a goal via quick footwork in and around box as at Bournemouth
Gusto also had a v poor game on whole and not back up to form. of last season yet at least. So many overhit crosses into the box from far out on right and few [ were there any? ) From byline.
Point is we also lack a forward/ striker who is very good in the air like a DD or even a defender as good in air from set pieces as a Terry or Silva. So that route to beating a low block not a likely v fruitful one as our two dreadful misses demonstrated. And Enzo corners awful and set pieces yes generally poor yesterday.
As said in my quick post match review Sanchez my MoM for saving us one point at least though he remains dodgy with ball at feet passing out and one time almost led to a Forest goal. But his shot stopping looks confident and agile at the moment and long may that last.
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07 Oct 2024 18:07:32
I was at the Bridge yesterday and agree with the above posts. We do lack an aerial threat up front. I enjoyed the punch-up and Palmer doing some exercises while it was kicking off, it reminds me of myself when I was younger on the rare occasions my mates got into a brawl; I would coach from the sidelines as I told them, I’m a lover not a fighter.
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06 Oct 2024 16:39:49
Drogba or Costa would have buried it.
Mistakenly pressed send before ready in last post and was want to finish by saying that my pre-season prediction was 5th to 9th finish. Reckon now we will be closer to 5th than 9th. might even make 4th. but our dodgy defense and ongoing problems breaking down low block opponent at the Bridge counts against us. But we are certainly playing entertaining football and for that I am grateful.
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06 Oct 2024 16:51:27
Not sure the longer post got through. pity cos took a while to write!
{Ed014's Note - I put it up earlier, it finished with the letter I as if you’d sent to early.
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06 Oct 2024 16:56:20
The word is lethal we don’t have a striker that’s lethal, to be fair anyone going forward I wouldn’t class
As lethal.
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06 Oct 2024 16:56:57
Thanks for this Ed014 handn" t checked but a relief. not to have to try and rewrite it!
{Ed014's Note - you’re welcome mate and I bet!
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06 Oct 2024 16:32:39
First thing of, Forest have been good and compact and not conceded many. they're turning into the wolves team santos had with good counter team and not conceding many.
But, and he wasn't bad, but Jackson falls short against these type games. Low blocks with limited space, defences where you need to out muscle and really want to get you toe or head into the ball.
But it's not a terrible day at the office, didn't we lose this fixture last season?
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06 Oct 2024 16:48:10
We did Todd B, wonder how we would have hot on with a Drogba or a Costa in our ranks.
Perhaps this result will bring us back to earth with a bump.
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06 Oct 2024 16:35:19
Some time ago I predicted we'd get more points away from the Bridge than at it because of most ' lower' opponents employing a low block and defending for their lives. While we are still without a Drogba or Costa style no 9 who can outmuscle serried rows of defenders and can dominate in the air in the box.
And so far so true.
5 points from 4 home games ( 3 of them against a Brighton side who played as if they were at home and with extremely high line) . 9 from 3 games away.
And with Cucurella and Fofana picking up their fifth yellows they will now get a audpension. We are picking far too many cards its like we want to break a record.
Sanchez some superb saves makes him my. MoM. even if there was yet another occasion when he could have supplied an assist to Forest. We didn't play badly but just weren't quite sharp enough in or around the box though once Forest went down to 10 men and especially in thec13 mins of added tine the chances came and Nkunku failed to convert superb cross ( from Mudryk I think) that most genuine number 9s worth their salt would have buried. There were other chances that went abegging and Palmer radar not quite its previous nigh perfect self. Mudryk scored that nice goal but also missed other chances though often from tight angles. The less said about the header Felix missed the better . further out than Nkunkus but put ludicrously far wide. Again a zdrogba or Costa
Anyway my prediction pre- season was that we'd finish between 5th and 9th. I.
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06 Oct 2024 17:30:54
Madueke not Mudryk of course!
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