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Offline dave.woodhall

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Press-ing away
« on: July 24, 2016, 10:56:52 PM »
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Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2016, 11:08:40 PM »
Re the Matty Taylor comment, I would give him a try - Jamie Vardy didn't too badly when Leicester took him.  Agree it is a risk though.
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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2016, 11:16:47 PM »
I liked the reference to our new owners acknowledging the tradition of heading down the M5!

Playing Boro rather than Barca is more useful at this point, I think you're right.
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Offline Desi

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2016, 04:02:24 AM »
Your mention, Dave, of creativity (lack of) made me wonder about Adama Traore!

Has anyone heard what is the situation with hom?
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Offline ldavfc4eva

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2016, 06:30:03 AM »
As always Dave, a nicely written piece. As Desi has posted above, what is the deal with Adama? He seems to have been injured in some way or other since we signed him.
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Offline robbo1874

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2016, 10:28:04 AM »
Nice if we get a decent crowd against Boro.

I once attended a pre-season friendly at Parkhead where Celtic attracted a crowd of 52,000 against Fulham ( mate is a Fulham fan). Doubt we'll get half that number, but we'll see.
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Offline old man villa fan

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2016, 10:50:25 AM »
Quote from: robbo1874 on July 25, 2016, 10:28:04 AM
Nice if we get a decent crowd against Boro.

I once attended a pre-season friendly at Parkhead where Celtic attracted a crowd of 52,000 against Fulham ( mate is a Fulham fan). Doubt we'll get half that number, but we'll see.

I went to the pre-season friendly when we played Celtic up there. Cooper made is debut and Walters was playing. The Celtic fans were not friendly.
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Offline robbo1874

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2016, 11:00:07 AM »
We had a great weekend in all honesty. Made all the better by a mate 'smuggling' a few grams of the good stuff on the flight up.

The area around Celtic Park was a real shock though. Run down and deprived doesn't really do it justice. Only comparable place I've seen in England is Salford.
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Offline darren woolley

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2016, 04:12:52 PM »
Good read Dave.
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Offline dave.woodhall

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2016, 05:42:16 PM »
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on July 24, 2016, 11:08:40 PM
Re the Matty Taylor comment, I would give him a try - Jamie Vardy didn't too badly when Leicester took him.  Agree it is a risk though.

I think Leicester were able to give him a year to find his feet whereas we've got to hit the ground running. 
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Offline Diablo

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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2016, 10:01:59 AM »
Ouch! The 'Premier League giants Middlesbrough' bit is depressing. Add Bournemouth, Burnley, Hull, Palace, Southampton, Stoke, Swansea etc hits home our current position/plight (and that's without naming who we'll shortly be lining up against).
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Re: Press-ing away
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2016, 10:18:58 AM »
Another great piece Mr Woodhall, summing our situation up very neatly.

Agree massively that the most obvious must for our team is a striker with some presence and nous....Gestede is not it!

I'd take Andy Lochhead, Sammy Morgan or Peter Withe without thinking about it!
If only....
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