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Online Sexual Ealing

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1485 on: July 05, 2017, 10:00:31 PM »
It's horses for courses. Brentford away we needed Jedinak in that hole. Teams that come to sit are crying out to be boxed in and dominated territorially. With Terry we can play more percentage football around the box.

There's a reason we're 6/1 on and it's not because this squad is nowhere near good enough.

We can't possibly be 6/1 on, i.e. 1/6, surely?

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1486 on: July 05, 2017, 10:03:19 PM »
Probably more me not knowing about betting. We're favourites why even I can work out.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1487 on: July 05, 2017, 10:16:36 PM »
Fair enough. We're 8/1 on oddscchecker.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1488 on: July 05, 2017, 10:20:46 PM »
I'm really bemused why people think we don't have good enough players for this level. We have a 20 goal a season striker, a back 4 that probably would be quite decent in the prem as it has the well drilled look about it and a pretty decent midfield.

Our big problem is mentality. I know I bang on about it but it really was a joke every time we conceded first last season we seemed to lose. Get a few comeback wins from 2-1 down to 3-2 up in last 20 minutes and that's the missing link for at least a play off finish.

I'd be really disappointed if we don't make top 2 tbh. Last season I thought that was a pipe dream with what Newcastle were signing and just the general state of us coming down from disarray. I never thought at any point last year we'd go up.

This season I don't see anything to scare us so SB must release the shackles and make us play like the dominating team in this division. Just grimly hanging onto 1-0 leads against bottom half team will not be good enough for me or I suspect the owner.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1489 on: July 05, 2017, 10:49:00 PM »
This DaveJenkins56 on twitter has said we have offered to take Hart on loan and it's down to him. I think I've heard DaveJenkins56 being mentioned on here before...bit of a say it and see guy isn't he?

Anyway, I think Hart is crap.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1490 on: July 05, 2017, 10:56:39 PM »
Our squad is good enough our manager is not getting the best out of it.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1491 on: July 05, 2017, 11:16:18 PM »
Our squad is 2-3 players short. The manager has a proper pre season to work with them now. No excuses come November if we are not right up there. We still need cover for Mile, a pace option up top somewhere and a reserve left back. I am assuming Johnstone will sign in goal. Or Hart of course.

Bit of a worry, no sign of RHM on any of the training photos.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1492 on: July 06, 2017, 12:24:26 AM »
Glenn Whelan may be 33 but he was as instrumental with Stoke last season as any of their other players.  He is still an ROI international and well thought of by the Stoke fans.  We need to shed this thought process that once they get to 32/33, their legs are shot.  I bet that John Terry is fitter than most posters on this board and for a footballer, he is ancient!! I'll take Whelan in a heart beat, just like many would take Gaz Baz back. Whelan has know how and is a dirty little so and so.  Just what we need.  I reckon Whelan and Johnstone will both be Villains by the end of July.  I hope for a marquee signing too (not, that was NOT John Terry!).

Why is it what we need?  Our problem is that we can't pass the ball so how does a niggly fucker who can't pass help us improve?  The nonsense belief that we just need to fight a bit more and be a bit nastier to get promotion is years out of date, we need to use the ball better, it's really that simple.

Because Whelan is strong, wins the ball and keeps things ticking over. If we cannot retain possession for longer periods of the game we will not be allowing our better players to do what they do best. Hourihane and Lansbury need to play further forward knowing that they can trust what's behind them.  Whelan is a decent player, especially at this level. I think he'd be an astute signing.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1493 on: July 06, 2017, 08:53:04 AM »
It's horses for courses. Brentford away we needed Jedinak in that hole. Teams that come to sit are crying out to be boxed in and dominated territorially. With Terry we can play more percentage football around the box.

There's a reason we're 6/1 on and it's not because this squad is nowhere near good enough.

We can't possibly be 6/1 on, i.e. 1/6, surely?

They both mean the same thing

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1494 on: July 06, 2017, 08:55:22 AM »
Bit of a worry, no sign of RHM on any of the training photos.

Is the Russian even in Portugal?
I've been looking for a squad list of who is at the camp but can't find any. Veretout, Amavi and Samba are all there according to the Mail. Sevilla are in talks over Amavi.
Gil instagrammed a pic of himself at an airport yesterday apparently.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1495 on: July 06, 2017, 10:40:05 AM »
Joe Hart is ruhmored to be coming have heard he is at 3-1 to come!

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1496 on: July 06, 2017, 11:24:11 AM »
Joe Hart is ruhmored to be coming have heard he is at 3-1 to come!
5/2 now

Some Twitter sources saying a loan deal has been agreed
« Last Edit: July 06, 2017, 11:28:16 AM by VillaAlways »

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1497 on: July 06, 2017, 11:27:40 AM »
Is that on skybet ? They are famous for their " Sky sports understands" link a player to a move, then wait for folk to bet money on the move.

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1498 on: July 06, 2017, 11:33:00 AM »
It's horses for courses. Brentford away we needed Jedinak in that hole. Teams that come to sit are crying out to be boxed in and dominated territorially. With Terry we can play more percentage football around the box.

There's a reason we're 6/1 on and it's not because this squad is nowhere near good enough.

We can't possibly be 6/1 on, i.e. 1/6, surely?

They both mean the same thing

He knows that, hence he wrote "6/1 on I.e. 1/6".

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Re: Summer transfer madness thread
« Reply #1499 on: July 06, 2017, 11:33:12 AM »
It may be hopelessly optimistic, but I wonder if Terry might be our Ruud Guillit signing, a case of "Join us and you'll be playing with him". 

 


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