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Author Topic: Pre-season 2023/24  (Read 200914 times)

Offline Beard82

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2355 on: August 05, 2023, 09:00:49 PM »
Think is Bailey or diaby - Phil or emi

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2356 on: August 05, 2023, 09:00:53 PM »
Torres and Bailey are having their own "give the ball away" competition

Understandable with Bailey, disappointing with Torres. It feels like we’re accommodating him in the position he’s playing.

I reckon that's it.

Offline VillaTim

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2357 on: August 05, 2023, 09:00:58 PM »
playing CB's as FB's rarely works

Offline Exeter 77

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2358 on: August 05, 2023, 09:01:07 PM »
I only started watching at 33 minutes but from the 15 minutes I have seen so far Kamara has been immense and Pau Torres looks at bit slow on the turn and out of place as effectively a left back when we are defending (which was a lot in those 15 minutes).

Offline Nev

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2359 on: August 05, 2023, 09:01:14 PM »
They drink a lot of pop in Spain by the looks of things.

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2360 on: August 05, 2023, 09:01:38 PM »
I’ve never known a player to trip over the ball as much as Bailey does.

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2361 on: August 05, 2023, 09:03:17 PM »
Torres definitely can't play LB. Bailey not great. Valencia are really trying to batter us for some bloody reason. Wankers.

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2362 on: August 05, 2023, 09:03:59 PM »
I’ve never known a player to trip over the ball as much as Bailey does.

Or to let the ball bounce so much when he should be taking a touch.

Offline Chris Smith

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2363 on: August 05, 2023, 09:04:41 PM »
I’ve never known a player to trip over the ball as much as Bailey does.

He’s been poor but he’s a bit behind the others in playing time so I’ll cut him some slack.

Offline VillaTim

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2364 on: August 05, 2023, 09:05:09 PM »
Mings doing well again

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2365 on: August 05, 2023, 09:06:22 PM »
I’ve never known a player to trip over the ball as much as Bailey does.

He’s been poor but he’s a bit behind the others in playing time so I’ll cut him some slack.
Didn't he get "game time" with the Reggae Boyz?

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2366 on: August 05, 2023, 09:06:29 PM »
They drink a lot of pop in Spain by the looks of things.

And have a lot of sex as well. The jammy gets.

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2367 on: August 05, 2023, 09:07:21 PM »
Probably next week's team too.
It happened with my horses.

First ever on a match thread?

The horses seemed to make it to half-time ok.

Offline dicedlam

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2368 on: August 05, 2023, 09:07:28 PM »
A couple of times that half Bailey had the chance to use this so called ‘blistering pace’ that he is supposed to have, but nothing.

Please Saudi’s, make us an offer.

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Re: Pre-season 2023/24
« Reply #2369 on: August 05, 2023, 09:07:35 PM »
They drink a lot of pop in Spain by the looks of things.

And have a lot of sex as well. The jammy gets.

They all seem to have taken those big sandwiches with them as well.

Bocadillos, I believe they call them.

Perhaps it's as hard to get a sangria and paella at half time there as it is beer and pie at our place.

 


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