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  4. Posted

    2 hours ago, Matt Juler said:

    I think we'll win.  Birmingham have to go for it, and with our ability to cut teams open on the counter attack, we'll end up winning fairly comfortably.  I'm going for a 4-1 Norwich win.

    I see it like this too. The longer it goes at nil nil the more Birmingham will push forward and we play best on the counter imo.

    Not sure about 4 - 1 though. I’ll go for a 2 - 0 win

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    9 hours ago, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

     

    If they pull this off and it costs Ipswich promotion, I 'might' just about forgive Coventry for the circumstances surrounding our relegation in 1985

    1985 wasn’t Coventry’s fault. They were fighting for their survival and won their games just like we would have done given the chance. They were hardly going to deliberately lose.

    The FA for allowing them to play 3 games after the season had finished and most of all Everton should be ashamed. It’s Everton I will never forgive.

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  6. Posted

    Just now, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

    Having seen both Southampton this week and Leeds tonight, sod it...dont care who we get in the playoffs (if we get there!) , bring anyone on....

    I wouldn’t have said that a few weeks ago but looking at this I think you’re right. Beginning to think us v West Brom could happen 

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    8 hours ago, Worthy Nigelton said:

    What tosh. So I give you tangible, quantative evidence of how (in very good teams) he doesn't produce the numbers and you say "but yeah he is good actually". Try harder.

    Because someone puts forward an alternative way of assessing something, which comes to a different conclusion to yours, it doesn’t mean they’re talking tosh. Just that you aren’t open minded enough to consider it. 

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    5 minutes ago, Worthy Nigelton said:

    Have you seen his goals and assists numbers?

    Oh right and that’s the only way to contribute offensively? How about his long passing, particularly to wide positions? Or how about driving out of the defence with the ball, pulling the opposition out of shape? Both examples of linking defence with attack, I.e. contributing offensively.

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    16 minutes ago, Worthy Nigelton said:

    He's been fine in the sense he hasn't been awful. But that's because he just plays as a sweeper. I could do that. He contributes nothing offensively ………

    Stopped reading when I got to “He contributes nothing offensively”. On a bike!

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  12. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Lazza said:

    If we lose our last 2 by 1 goal, and Coventry win their last 3 by 1 goal, Coventry will be above us on goal difference, so theoretically, we still need at least 1 draw to be clear of them. That's ignoring Hull of course.

    Fair point. Unlikely but strange things happen. Just trying to make the point that we don't necessarily need to get 75 - it's the most we need.

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    13 minutes ago, Creedence Clearwater Couto said:

    Offside will always be controversial. But it’s far more controversial with VAR than it ever was.

    The way FA / UEFA / FIFA persist with VAR some 6 years on is criminal. It clearly hasn’t  achieved what it set out to do. 

    I’m afraid this is right.

    With goal line technology there is no need for a referee, VAR or any other sort, and there is no controversy.

    With offside the VAR needs to choose the frame, decide which part of the attackers body is most forward, the same for the defender, accurately draw both lines and then decide which is closer. There is so much scope to choose/make an error that to then claim it’s accurate to a few millimetres means that it can only be contentious. 

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    37 minutes ago, ricardo said:

    Of course it was  you are either on or offside. Just like goal line technology, it's either over the line or not. Neither of these situations are subjective, they are matters of fact.

     

    Goal line technology is a matter of fact. The sensor is in the ball and is compared to a static goal line with the receiver measuring against a single parallel line.

    Off side is measured against hundreds of imaginary lines where it is impossible for the camera to be parallel. In addition the frame when the ball is kicked is arbitrary depending on which one the VAR decides to make the measurement against. Then there is the exact position of the defenders and attackers most forward acceptable body part, where lines have been shown to have not always been drawn correctly. All this and then decisions are decided on millilitres.

    You have more confidence in the technology than I do Ricardo if you think there is no margin for error there.

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    13 hours ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

    It would help if referees consistently booked players for it. 

    Not just sometimes, but every time.

    I have a lot of sympathy with refs but the power is with them. Consistency is the key.

    Sainz gets a second yellow for waving an imaginary card after being cleaned out (the tackle goes unpunished) and Vestergaard gets nothing for screaming abuse in the refs face.

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    20 minutes ago, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

    However hard Sheff Weds is for WBA , Birmingham is potentially harder for us.

    I can see WBAs goal diff trumping us

    Fair enough. But I’m still hoping that we will be 5th when we kick off against Brum and they need to win to be sure of staying up, which will suit our style of play. They might even be already relegated before we kick off. 
     

     

  23. Posted · Edited by Hairy Canary

    I want us to go up without playing them at all. Southampton in the semis and West Brom at Wembley please.

    Firstly, no first day at Wembley for them. Second we go up and they stay down. Third our 15 years becomes 16 for certain (baring cup draw).

    I don’t buy this West Brom have an easy last two games. Sheffield away is a tough game for them. Wednesday are out of the bottom 3 for first time in months and a last home game win will see them safe. I wouldn’t fancy it. 

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    Definitely Leicester. Firstly it pretty much takes one automatic spot and halves the binner’s chances but mostly because I’d like to play Southampton in the playoffs. Their style can be a bit open and I fancy us against them. We just need to finish 5th

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