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Post by Bacon on Jan 31, 2019 22:44:46 GMT
He seems to have a purple patch in his first few games for a new club. Fans then get the idea that he’s quality and won’t let it go, even after two full seasons of shite performances. Not sure if it’ll work for us as we’re not strictly speaking a new club. Our fans are impressed if a player can control a football, drop a shoulder and turn a defender a couple of times. That's been the benchmark of a player who's about to be the next best thing as far back as Shaun Murray for me. Oh they're just unlucky with injury, we're not playing to their strengths, he's not fully fit, that pitch was against him, defender kicked lumps out of him, his strike partner isn't good enough to understand his vision etc etc. Payne is the best hole player I've seen in a City shirt who can actually create, beat a man and score. The fact that he's a bit greedy is a benefit to the team overall because the person he might pass to is considerably shitter. Meredith far better in the hole apparently.
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Post by Hoochy on Jan 31, 2019 22:49:23 GMT
Our fans are impressed if a player can control a football, drop a shoulder and turn a defender a couple of times. That's been the benchmark of a player who's about to be the next best thing as far back as Shaun Murray for me. Oh they're just unlucky with injury, we're not playing to their strengths, he's not fully fit, that pitch was against him, defender kicked lumps out of him, his strike partner isn't good enough to understand his vision etc etc. Payne is the best hole player I've seen in a City shirt who can actually create, beat a man and score. The fact that he's a bit greedy is a benefit to the team overall because the person he might pass to is considerably shitter. Meredith far better in the hole apparently. Had my hole inspected today. 😭
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Post by Bacon on Jan 31, 2019 22:51:00 GMT
Meredith far better in the hole apparently. Had my hole inspected today. 😭 Trouble in paradise still?
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Post by Hoochy on Jan 31, 2019 23:18:32 GMT
Had my hole inspected today. 😭 Trouble in paradise still? Camera up the hoop.
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Post by You can't beat a double dip on Feb 1, 2019 7:53:34 GMT
He’s a better option from the bench than we currently have I guess
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Post by Hobhead on Feb 1, 2019 8:19:27 GMT
He’s a better option from the bench than we currently have I guess That’s only because our bench is so desperately weak. Relegation threatened teams who strengthen their benches rather than their first team are asking to go down. Letting McGowan go and not getting a grizzled monster for a centre back on a short term deal will bite us on the arse too. I’m worried.
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Post by Hoochy on Feb 1, 2019 8:43:13 GMT
He’s a better option from the bench than we currently have I guess That’s only because our bench is so desperately weak. Relegation threatened teams who strengthen their benches rather than their first team are asking to go down. Letting McGowan go and not getting a grizzled monster for a centre back on a short term deal will bite us on the arse too. I’m worried. Grizzled monster? Are you forgetting we signed Audrey O'Cunter?
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Post by Hobhead on Feb 1, 2019 8:45:37 GMT
That’s only because our bench is so desperately weak. Relegation threatened teams who strengthen their benches rather than their first team are asking to go down. Letting McGowan go and not getting a grizzled monster for a centre back on a short term deal will bite us on the arse too. I’m worried. Grizzled monster? Are you forgetting we signed Audrey O'Cunter? 😄 How long have you waiting to play that card? I’m going to have to trump that now.
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Post by You can't beat a double dip on Feb 1, 2019 8:55:09 GMT
He’s a better option from the bench than we currently have I guess That’s only because our bench is so desperately weak. Relegation threatened teams who strengthen their benches rather than their first team are asking to go down. Letting McGowan go and not getting a grizzled monster for a centre back on a short term deal will bite us on the arse too. I’m worried. Whilst I agree, you have to (unfortunately) take into consideration the financial position we're in.. Butterfield should improve the starting 11 and if, like some on here think, Hopkin was playing a game of playing shite to show we're desperate for signings we should be able to win more games against the teams around us than we lose.
From the start of December we have managed to avoid defeat against the teams around us, winning more than drawing.. That is usually a good sign.
The defense is crap and I don't think signing 1 CB is going to change that. however hopefully with a proper midfielder in there it can sure things up again like it did when we had JOB in there.
There is still a lot to be concerned about and I would have liked us to bring in a centre forward, however clearly we couldn't afford any of the ones on offer and bringing in someone like Sammon would have been a complete waste of time, energy, money and would have wound up the spacca bus (sorry, I mean fanbase) even more.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Feb 1, 2019 12:16:55 GMT
If we go back to playing football in the high press passy pass pre Christmas sense, he might not be a bad signing. If we keep booting it 80 yards to nobody this makes no sense.
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Post by Nice boy on Feb 1, 2019 14:12:00 GMT
We should have just kept Jones of this was the standard we were after.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Feb 1, 2019 14:19:09 GMT
We should have just kept Jones of this was the standard we were after. What odds would you get on Jones never playing another 900 minutes of football?
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 1, 2019 15:24:43 GMT
Clarke is a better player than Jones. Much more ability. He's a decent player.
When Payne does one of his trademark runs to the byline and pulls it back to the six yard box, I'd rather have Clarke than Doyle, Miller or Brunker on the end of it.
Its not a great signing. But in itself its fair enough. The bigger problem is that we also needed a proper striker and didn't get one.
I think Clarke will do ok.
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Post by benitocarbone on Feb 1, 2019 15:43:29 GMT
Clarke is a better player than Jones. Much more ability. He's a decent player. When Payne does one of his trademark runs to the byline and pulls it back to the six yard box, I'd rather have Clarke than Doyle, Miller or Brunker on the end of it. Its not a great signing. But in itself its fair enough. The bigger problem is that we also needed a proper striker and didn't get one. I think Clarke will do ok. Wasn’t Clarke’s finishing always his weakest point? It was fucking woeful.
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Post by Hobhead on Feb 1, 2019 15:45:15 GMT
Clarke is a better player than Jones. Much more ability. He's a decent player. When Payne does one of his trademark runs to the byline and pulls it back to the six yard box, I'd rather have Clarke than Doyle, Miller or Brunker on the end of it. Its not a great signing. But in itself its fair enough. The bigger problem is that we also needed a proper striker and didn't get one. I think Clarke will do ok. All false. He’s shite.
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Post by Bacon on Feb 1, 2019 15:47:12 GMT
Clarke is a better player than Jones. Much more ability. He's a decent player. When Payne does one of his trademark runs to the byline and pulls it back to the six yard box, I'd rather have Clarke than Doyle, Miller or Brunker on the end of it. Its not a great signing. But in itself its fair enough. The bigger problem is that we also needed a proper striker and didn't get one. I think Clarke will do ok. Wasn’t Clarke’s finishing always his weakest point? It was fucking woeful. Woeful is overselling it, if it improved it would have been woeful.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 1, 2019 16:02:32 GMT
Clarke is a better player than Jones. Much more ability. He's a decent player. When Payne does one of his trademark runs to the byline and pulls it back to the six yard box, I'd rather have Clarke than Doyle, Miller or Brunker on the end of it. Its not a great signing. But in itself its fair enough. The bigger problem is that we also needed a proper striker and didn't get one. I think Clarke will do ok. Wasn’t Clarke’s finishing always his weakest point? It was fucking woeful. Sadly, we're both right. Its why we'll go down.
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Post by Hoochy on Feb 1, 2019 22:00:06 GMT
Get a poll on for hit, miss, meh or Ronnie please Mods u useless set of arseholes.
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Post by skybantam on Feb 1, 2019 22:21:03 GMT
Trouble in paradise still? Camera up the hoop. Never realised you liked Celtic?
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Post by skybantam on Feb 1, 2019 22:21:28 GMT
Flurry of hits.....
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