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General Football & Sports / Re: Seals watch - Anything Villa

« on: Today at 07:36:29 PM »

Villa pull 1 back in 87th minute

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General Football & Sports / Re: Seals watch - Anything Villa

« on: Today at 07:25:35 PM »

Lille 2-0 up against the Vile with 12 mins left. If things stay as they are then the vile are OUT

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 16, 2024, 11:11:30 PM »

They've got two huge games that will decide it, Leicester away and Leeds away last game of the season. If they pipped either of those two to an automatic slot can you imagine how deflated Leicester or Leeds could be going into the play offs.

I don't fear Leeds,Ipswich or (likely) Norwich at all.

I think I'd want to avoid Saints and Leicester.

Leicester have the best squad on paper for me but can be got at in defence..

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 16, 2024, 10:03:23 PM »

Agreed. I’ve said it all along.

Best team in the league for me from the games i've seen.

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL LEAGUE 1 and LEAGUE 2 THREAD

« on: April 16, 2024, 09:55:55 PM »

Pompey promoted as champs.

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 16, 2024, 08:36:08 PM »

3-0.

Southampton are still the side I'd prefer to avoid for me

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 16, 2024, 08:31:32 PM »

2-0 Saints now. Good stuff

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 16, 2024, 08:21:41 PM »

Saints take lead against Preston

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 16, 2024, 01:31:07 PM »

Do you mean get rid of arguably the most successful England manager apart from Sir Alf?
I say give him until after the Euros, if he doesnt win it, then part company with him.
With this group of players he shpuld win it.
Trouble is he must sort out the central defenders partnership, and gk.
If he can get thst sorted we should win it.

Don't think anyone is asking for him to be sacked for the Euros but I'd like him gone after.it

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 16, 2024, 01:00:11 PM »

Although i want Southgate gone it wouldn't be fair to say he hasn't done some things right, improved areas etc like Mark says but we have now left his ways behind. He is the 'bottleneck' for the English football team now.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 16, 2024, 10:44:21 AM »

i very much doubt it, hes got too many favourites. harry Maguire etc. hopefully its Southgates last tournament

I think the majority of people are wishing the same

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 15, 2024, 10:10:32 PM »

Doubt it. If the likes of Foden/Saka/Bellingham look ordinary for England then so will he.

I'm trying to remain positive but I fear you are right

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 15, 2024, 09:57:44 PM »

It’s true, but the form of some of our more fringe players under him is frighteningly good.

I agree mate but I don't think that matters so much to Southgate.


Can someone get Gareth a club job please

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 15, 2024, 09:54:54 PM »

Thankfully Palmer is making it nigh on impossible not to take him.

Luckily, a lot of his favourites like Phillips and Rashford are in terrible form so he will have a job on to justify selecting them if he does

This is Southgate we are talking about though. Loyal is his middle name sadly

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 15, 2024, 08:55:05 PM »

I mean he can pick up to start with. But Southgate disappoints for me with how he uses our talent.

He's joint 2nd top goal scorer now in the PL, he's got 19 now same as Watkins i think.

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General Football & Sports / Re: Anything England Football

« on: April 15, 2024, 08:35:24 PM »

Another hat trick by Cole Palmer tonight puts Chelsea 3 -0 up against Everton with 29 minutes of the game gone.

What a talent. Can Southgate find a way to use it?

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 05:06:33 PM »

Is 9 the new ten  ?

I was thinking he had 9 league goals last season and 11 this

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 05:01:14 PM »

Seven in the league last season and two in the FA Cup. His only other double figure season came at Salford in League Two 2021-2022 with 11 in 39 plus two in the EFL Trophy.

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought BTA got 9 league goals last season, my bad

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 15, 2024, 01:24:01 PM »

Whilst trying to avoid fate a Manager of the Year award and those numbers have all the hallmarks of heartache in the Playoffs if they don't make the autos.

I've no issue with that, especially if it's against us

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 01:23:15 PM »

Weimann's stand out goal returns season was 21/22. 22 goals and 10 assists from RW and AM. Other than that nothing spectacular. BTA only has two seasons where he's reached double figures in the league too and this is one of them.

Thanks Dan. BTA has averaged double figures in his 2 seasons with us I think.

Weimann not as prolific as I recall clearly

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 01:22:14 PM »

BTA is a one-man front  line of defence.  He presses for two men.
He gets the odd goal too.  Maybe if he wasn't considered the only striker the pressure would be off him.

Also true. His effort at the front makes it harder to walk through us

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 12:51:24 PM »

Ultimately we’ll never know, all we can go by is the stats from this season as he has played a whole lot of games in the goal scoring position to be only 3 goals more than Swift, five more than Grady and MJ etc.

The eyes don’t lie, his ability, or lack thereof is clear for anyone with footballing knowledge to see, the ball bounces off him frequently, misplaces pass after pass, misses easy chances for fun.

That's why he's 3rd choice though ultimately. He is attitude/application over ability.

CC saw him as a better up front option than Wallace etc so that's what we had/have to run with until someone else is fully fit.

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 12:42:54 PM »

His record is proof of this, he's only once got more than 10 goals in a season during his career.

Really? I thought he had some fairly regular 15-20 goal seasons in the champo. That's surprising. In that case i'm changing to Weimann definitely isn't scoring double figures if he starts most games

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West Bromwich Albion FC / Re: Brandon Thomas-Asante

« on: April 15, 2024, 11:46:02 AM »

I very much doubt Andi Weimann is scoring 11 league goals for us in a season if played as much as BTA

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General Football & Sports / Re: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD

« on: April 15, 2024, 10:55:40 AM »

McKenna confirmed as Champo manager of the season. no surprise , 1 horse race really.

Their record isn't that great against the top 6 sides (10 pts from 30 available , 2w 4d and 4l) but when it comes to beating the fodder of the league they have been ruthless.