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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wrexham (a) - Saturday 5th October 2024
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on: Today at 12:13:04
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Only 3 games remaining for this Saturday but if Crawley beat Shrewsbury in the bottom 4 clash that will send us into the bottom 4.
If you take the league position of the teams we have so far played we have had a tougher start than some as the average league position is 10th. The bottom 6 are cut adrift by 5 points but so far we have only played 1 of our 10 games against them.
EFL Trophy games usually means all the the players not getting game time plus some youth team players taking part. I know we don't want to risk injuries in these games but would it be a good idea to play some of our players who have not hit top form (Hoskins, Pinnock etc) and to play a recognised defence to try and get them organised?.
Manny continues his love in with Hoskins and this season he has found another player to continuously criticise which is McGeehan, he clearly doesn't like our goal scorers. McGeehan on Saturday was the only player other than Roberts to get a 7 rating in the Chron with the others were getting 4 or 5 and he has regularly been 1 of the higher rated players. He now has 3 goals in 9 games and it has been a while since we had a player scoring regularly from midfield.
He might have scored a goal, BUT his lack of defensive cover has been partly to blame for us conceding 8 in the last 2. Don’t give up your day job, as quoting the Chronic as proof of performance 😂
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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wrexham (a) - Saturday 5th October 2024
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on: Yesterday at 21:51:46
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I wouldn't put too much blame on McCarron as he is not a natural left back and I think JB got his team selection wrong when he had a natural full back in Odimayo for a game we expected to have to endure periods of extensive pressure.
I would question Burge on 4 of the 10 goals conceded in the last week. The second Mansfield goal he was close to his right hand post but still beaten from a shot from the edge of the area. Bolton's second goal he came for, dithered and was in no mans land when he got lobbed, for their third from a corner the ball came across the face of the goal to be tapped in at the far post and he was at fault for the third goal yesterday. I also thought he should have done better at Huddersfield as their goal was straight across him before going in at the far post. A good GK commands his area but Burge is rooted to his line and if a cross comes over in the 6 yard box he often flaps at it, it cannot instil confidence in his defenders. I don't know what work the GK coach is doing in the week but Burge needs removing from the firing line.
Cutting out crosses has been a problem for a long time and if the opposition have their wide players hug the touchline when they receive the ball our nearest defender is usually 10 yards away, Our lack of pace in central defence was badly exposed by Bolton and maybe time to get Willis or Magloire back in the team.
I think it is rather early to be writing Hoskins off and calling him a second division player, he produced the goods last year and it was probably his goals tally that ensured a safe mid table finish.
I was looking at the players who left us at the end of last season and how few are getting any game time. Sherring we know is injured and I assume that Appere also is as he is never in the Stevenage squad. Simpson after starting several games has been dropped to the bench and he came on in the second half against Posh yesterday but did very little. Evans pursued McWilliams for a long time before signing him but he has been another bench warmer, he was selected for their Cambridge game on Tuesday but promptly dropped again yesterday. Leonard never gets into the Birmingham team now and yesterday was not brought on at all, I wonder if he is regretting his move, perhaps in January they might like to loan him back to us.
Hoskins is past it, we should have sold him 2 years ago, but there were no offers sadly.
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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Max Dyche
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on: Yesterday at 21:48:41
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Has Max been recalled?
Sent on loan to Woking for the season, played every game so far but not involved at all yesterday. Wouldn't be surprised if we tried to get him back if allowed in the terms of the loan. Either that or he too could have suffered an injury that keeps him out. They signed Adam Chicksen on loan from Notts County and he played yesterday, could he be Dyche's replacement?
Sweet Jesus, it will be double figures if Max was in the back four, there’s a reason he’s on loan in the conference.
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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Redevelopment Closer Than Ever?
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on: Yesterday at 09:49:34
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Maybe they underestimated the kW consumption or the diversity factor was wrong, I dunno, this came from a former club sponsor. Or maybe I just made it up for the hell of it ffs.
It wouldn’t surprise me mate, the whole thing is an utter disaster.
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The Hotel End / Cobblers Corner / Re: Wrexham (a) - Saturday 5th October 2024
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on: Yesterday at 09:47:56
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Nail on head Dav, the disparity between the top 12 teams in terms of budget and the bottom 6 is quite frankly ridiculous. JB should never openly criticise his players, but there were too many poor performances, Burge has looked devoid of any confidence, and as for Hoskins, L2 at best, no pace not a natural footballer and now seems he can’t finish either.
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General Category / General Chat / Re: War
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on: October 04, 2024, 18:48:39 pm
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Illegal occupation and murder in the West Bank means nothing then? Also, schooling on apostrophes is available.
Thought 😂😂
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General Category / General Chat / Re: Fûck the BBC
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on: October 04, 2024, 18:46:18 pm
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So the Tories were unable to get the doctors, train drivers and teachers back to work because they did not have the money?? Funny how they slashed National Insurance just ahead of the election as a cynical attempt to win votes.
Have you applied yet? Apparently Huw would be willing to give you a reference.
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General Category / General Chat / Re: War
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on: October 03, 2024, 17:36:54 pm
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Washington Post…..are you serious, them and the NY Times are some of the most left wing papers going, you really are scraping the bottom of the barrel again.
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General Category / General Chat / Re: NHS
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on: October 03, 2024, 17:35:05 pm
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Good to see
Why is it good to see, it’s fcuking rank stupidity from dame kier, they have significant strategic importance due to their geographical location. Labour really are a complete joke.
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General Category / General Chat / Re: War
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on: October 02, 2024, 21:34:09 pm
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So here‘s another question Manny - Israel justified their initial actions in Lebanon so citizens could return to their towns and villages in the North without the threat of rocket attacks - I think that is a reasonable cause of action but I find it somewhat strange that in the West Bank settlers are stealing property and land, murdering the owners all under the watch and protection of the IDF - help me to understand why both sets of actions are correct?
I am not sure what the settlements in the West Bank have to do with Iran trying to wipe out Israel? As I previously schooled you on, you either support Israel and it’s right to defend its borders and people or you support terrorists.
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General Category / General Chat / Re: War
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on: October 02, 2024, 18:35:29 pm
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I think to unequivocally support all of Israel‘s action or indeed Iran‘s (if anyone actually does the latter) shows a massive ignorance of the complexity of the situation 70 plus years in the making.
It’s kind of ironic that the more strident right wingers do in fact unequivocally support Israel when their predecessors of a similar likeness were kicking the s*** out of Jews - but of course one of the controlling mechanisms of the feeble minded is to create a common enemy and the Zionist media has in the west successfully positioned Muslims as the common enemy.
Having worked in Israel over many years I have a lot of sympathy for them and the security threats they face on a permanent basis, although the disgraceful way some treat the Arabs in both the West Bank and Gaza does not help their case. Equally the militant/fundermentalist views and actions of those groups in Gaza and Lebanon do their cause no favours either - but again anyone who has lived in a Muslim country with confirm the vast majority of people do not hold these fundamentalist views.
So when idiots make simplistic statement on victory perhaps they should be reminded it will be the Israeli conscripts and their families, Lebanese, Iranian and Palestinian citizens who will bear the pain of this conflict & certainly not the individual who pull the strings - there is no victory for anyone in the foreseeable future.
It’s not complex at all, you either support terrorists or Israel’s right to defend itself. Just to reset your thoughts and educate you, Nazis we’re National Socialists, the clue is in the name.
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