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Offline bob rowe

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3990 on: February 13, 2018, 04:22:02 PM »
Not
surprisingly they get a mention here.

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3991 on: February 13, 2018, 05:45:03 PM »
anyone know why Derby are playing tonight and not on Saturday? Cardiff are playing their game in  hand but Derby have played 31, hence the question

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3992 on: February 13, 2018, 05:53:30 PM »
anyone know why Derby are playing tonight and not on Saturday? Cardiff are playing their game in  hand but Derby have played 31, hence the question

Clashes with a cup game at the weekend?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3993 on: February 13, 2018, 06:58:52 PM »
Am I the only one who looks at that Boggies squad and thinks that actually they shouldn’t be anywhere near adrift at the bottom of that league?  They’ve got no superstars but in Foster, Evans, that Polish bloke who’s on loan from PSG and diving Rodriguez up front they’d appear to have a decent spine there.  They’ve also got some reliable fodder around that, players like Barry and Brunt and Morrison who aren’t brilliant but are sort of steady and consistent, they've got some classic oafish centre-half support and they’ve got a bit of pace in Phillips and Burke.  They’re not a young squad but they’re not that ancient, and in this situation you’d think that experience would count for something.  Look at our relegation squad in comparison and it’s no wonder we plummeted, with our ragbag assortment of over-the-hill couldn’t-be-arsed wasters, unknown French kids and Championship punts.  There was barely any proven quality in there.  Don’t get me wrong, the Bitters are clearly bollocks and you’d have to pay me handsomely to go and watch them, but on paper they look at least as strong as some of the other teams down there.  Surely it can only be dreadful management that has them cut adrift like that.  Which is an enormous shame, of course.  Haha.


I always have a theory that at least one of the sides relegated from the PL will be a previously solid team who have gone stale. I felt this season that both Albion and Stoke fitted the bill perfectly.


As for the strength of their squad you could argue the squad we went down with a couple of years ago had a few decent players 'on paper' just like the handful of Albion players you listed, but like the current Albion side didn't produce on the pitch. Don't forget we finished rock in bottom '87  with a team that included Spink, Dorigo, Evans, Keown, Hunt, Walters, Daley, Stainrod, Thompson and Andy Gray. Good on paper, great mix of youth and experience but a total shambles all season.
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Offline olaftab

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3994 on: February 13, 2018, 07:51:07 PM »
Oh dear Spurs 1-0 down after 2 mins.

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3995 on: February 13, 2018, 07:54:32 PM »
Oh dear Spurs 1-0 down after 2 mins.

Make that 2-0 after 8 min

Offline taylorsworkrate

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3996 on: February 13, 2018, 07:54:37 PM »
2 down after 8

Offline olaftab

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3997 on: February 13, 2018, 07:55:04 PM »
2-0 Higuain again

Offline Stu

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3998 on: February 13, 2018, 07:56:24 PM »
Sky Sports: 'Yeah, Spurs are a really good side these days, they could do very well against Juventus *shows montage of spurs scoring goals*

Anyway - let's go to the game: "We're 1 min in and it's 1-0 to Juventus, Jeff."

2-0 now.

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #3999 on: February 13, 2018, 08:01:55 PM »
That's a shame.

Offline Stu

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #4000 on: February 13, 2018, 08:04:14 PM »
Denied a penalty now, dive from Kane.

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #4001 on: February 13, 2018, 08:04:14 PM »
Yes real shame and Kane is a useless diver.

Offline lovejoy

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #4002 on: February 13, 2018, 08:04:32 PM »
Sheff weds 1-0 Derby

Offline Stu

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #4003 on: February 13, 2018, 08:05:29 PM »
Get in Wednesday!

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Re: Other Games - 2017/18
« Reply #4004 on: February 13, 2018, 08:07:18 PM »
Park the bus now Wednesday.

 


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