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  1. Posted

    2 hours ago, lake district canary said:

    Regardless of us, the race for the play offs is very open (and no I don't think we're in the race now, although it is still statistically possible).

    Coventry are under pressure to win to Birmingham or face having to win at Middsbro.

    Sunderland under pressure to beat Watford or face a difficult trip to win at Preston.

    Millwall to win at least one of their games away to Blackpool, or home to Blackburn.

    Blackburn have a tough run in.

    WBA have a tough run in apart from playing us, so possibly will only get those three points.

    Preston very tough last two games.

    Swansea have tough last match.

    So who will do it?   My money is on Sunderland and WBA.

     

    Also, I see on another thread one or two people still think we could make the play offs, but to do that, we would have to win both our last games. Even if we did, we would need -

    1. Coventry to no more than draw one and lose one of - home to Birmingham, away to Middsbro.

    2. Sunderland have to no more than draw their last two games - home to Watford, away to Preston.

    3. Millwall have to no more than draw their last two games - away to Blackpool, home to Blackburn.

    4. Blackburn have to have an inferior GD so can get three draws or one win and two losses - home to Burnley, home to Luton, away to Millwall 

    5. WBA have to only get four points from two, plus losing to us - away at Sheff Utd, away at Swansea.

    6. Preston could get five points as they have an inferior GD from - away at Sheff Utd, home to Sunderland and we could still overtake them.

    7. Swansea to only get 5 points from - home to Hull, away to WBA.

    Very unlikely this scenario would work out for us, even if we could win two games, but it shows what a competition it is for 5th wnd 6th place. Everyone down to Swansea in 12th place is in it, although we and Swansea are probably just too far back to make an impact, even if both teams could win their last two games.  Positive about our chances as I like to be, I can't see us winning both games - and 68 points would surely not be enough.

    Honestly, no one's bothered.

    Let it go.

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  5. Posted · Edited by CDMullins

    21 minutes ago, Terminally Yellow said:

    No it's not simplistic. You get opportunities by impressing in training. That's how it works. 

    All the players you quote are exceptional, world class talents. To put Tzolis on a pedestal with them is an utter nonsense. 

    No one deserves a spot in the team just because. That's simplistic, naive and entirely stupid thing to say. 

    Marquinhos - by the way - plays on the right and Tzolis plays on the left. So the appropriate comparison is with Onel. Who has been one of the sole bright spots of the Wagner era thus far. So what you're saying is you want to drop the most in form player we have to give Tzolis "a chance" he appears not to have earnt?

    A really bizarre take.

    It's obviously relevant to the level they're playing at isn't it? And again, your only surmising aren't you?

    And again, Sargent or Idah aren't left or rights are they? Yet they been shoehorned on both wings all season, so trying Tzolis at right wing is hardly the most 'out there' call of the year 

    What has Onel done exactly? The fact that he 'has been one of our bright spots' (only in patches by the way, he's been largely as ineffective as the rest of our frontline) hardly makes him first name on the team sheet. Plus we've played a vast amount of games in a short period, so rotation should have been natural. 

     

  7. Posted · Edited by CDMullins

    2 hours ago, Well b back said:

     

    Indeed, this thread is no different to Lakey’s thread 2 games ago.

    Lakey doesn’t go to games, so does not understand how our club is no longer functioning. That’s everything not just results.

    As I've said for years,

    The man is either a really commited and dedicated Troll/WUM or lacks even the most basic self-awareness/emotional intelligence skills.

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  8. Posted

    9 hours ago, Terminally Yellow said:

    It astounds me that players have to be played for some fans to consider he's had a "fair crack".

    He has to earn that "fair crack" by what he does in training. Given three managers have quickly assessed him lacking, it has to be assumed he's not earned the right on the training field to have the privilege of playing. 

    In other words - let's stop making excuses for a group of players and individuals. Each and every player has had ample opportunity to show they're worth a go in a team filled with players who have been found wanting, week in week out 

    Far too simplistic,

    Firstly your surmising that he doesn't train well, neither did Berbatov, Adel Taarbt, Ronaldinho - Ledley King didn't train at all!

    Secondly, surely you'd agree that it makes sense to play a player in their natural position than to shoehorn a Sargent or Idah in there?

    I just want to see Tzolis be given 5-6 games worth of 90 minutes - especially when we have a player who has done nothing and doesn't even belong to us, playing on the other wing.

    He only ever seemed to get a chance when everyone was playing poorly.

  10. Posted

    13 minutes ago, Ian said:

    In all honesty, I hadn't even given it a second thought, and am not really that bothered.

    Players come and go - Pukki has been brilliant for us, but we have also been brilliant for Pukki.

    I hope he gets a good send off, but ultimately he has chosen to move onto pastures anew whilst us fans unfortunately don't have that choice.

    Do we know that?

    He may have been offered a ridiculously reduced contract.

    He's currently not playing and probably not given an assurances that he'll play next season.

    He's watching Adam Idah get a five year deal.

    Watched Farke been sacked.

    Been managed by Dean Smith,

     

    Let's not put the blame on Teemu Pukki

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  11. Posted

    40 minutes ago, By Hook or Ian crook said:

    Sure, but he’s also been on holiday for a majority of this season. He’s done us a good services but don’t make the mistake of thinking he’s not a mercenary too. They all are at the end of they day they are only here cause we pay them and if someone offers them more they will be off in the summer. 

    What do you do for a living?

  17. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Commonsense said:

    To be fair he took off Idah. I sometimes think referring to him as a striker is a breach of the Trade Descriptions Act.

    To be fair he took off Idah. I sometimes think referring to him as a *footballer is a breach of the Trade Descriptions Act.

     

    *Fixed for you

  19. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Ian said:

    To be fair, that would still be far better value to the club than the money spent on Rashica and Tzolis.

    Tzolis hasn't had a fair crack,

    And Rashica is currently playing with Icardi, Oliveria, Zaniolo, Mertens, Mata, Demir, Torriera, Gomis and about to win a Turkish Super League.

    But yeah, you're right it's great news resigning a player who lets be honest, if someone said in August, he was starting week in, week out from January, we'd say you were mad.

  20. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

    Couldn’t see/hear from where I was in the upper Barclay, but my son was near enough to hear - think the guy was having a go at Sara and Onel about how crap we are, he’s paying for it etc. Onel came over at the end of the game to talk to him - something he didn’t have to do.

    Let's make his new contract a five year deal then

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  21. Posted

    2 hours ago, Google Bot said:

    Presuming that Webber won't get a stake in the club, of course.  It's entirely possible that he could move up from this role and someone comes in below him.

    MA will be in America most his time, if we presume Delia/MWJ depart from the running of the club - then this creates a gap for someone to sit in a position that MA trusts, does it not?

    I think the best we can hope for is a years hand over, from Webber to the Attansio's, until they find their own 'football' man.

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