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terriersmad
BR.
K3V0
Shedender
It'll probably end in a draw, but please don't bet on that ffs.
Shedender
Or maybe you should have . . .
gfnx25
Given how Bowyer was already under pressure, surely he won't be in the job for much longer, neither will popcorn teeth Lenny
BR.
I think it'll be a dull, low on quality 0-0 with both teams showing why they'll be right down there come the end of the season. Both managers scared to take a risk until the last 10 minutes.
I may have only just posted that now, but it's almost exactly what I'd have replied if I saw your message before the game haha!
Andy Cav
Not for me to defend Bristol City, I find it hilarious that their tax dodging chairman is trying and failing to throw his money about, however I can assure you that Bristol is definitely not out in the back of beyond. It's on of the core cities in England and is very comfortably linked to Birmingham, London & Cardiff via the M4 & M5. Unfortunately, with the refurbished stadium, the money they have behind them and the populus of the area, City should be in a position to challenge the midlands clubs in the Premiership sooner rather than later...
I think you've got the Cotterill effect and the wage issue. City are quite happy to play Billy Big Bollocks with a transfer fee, but I'm not sure they can compete when it comes to the wage packet. Steve Cotterill is a grade A moron, like an unfunny version of Ian Holloway tbf and I don't think a player with true Premier League ambitions would consider Cotterill the right man to develop under.
Shola
There not showing enough Leeds.
LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS
bmg033
K3V0
terriersmad
No way we deserved to lose. No way QPR deserved to win. We dominated, but they stood firm. They created one chance - off a shanked shot which fell to their lad six yards out. To say they've spent hundreds of millions in recent years, they only had Phillips as an outlet who impressed. Austin may as well have not been playing.
We needed a bit more spark, but the result was really unfair on us. We're going through one of those patches where things aren't going our way, and it was the same at the back end of last season. On the other hand, we've only won 3 of our last 23, which is worrying. It's all well and good saying of the last 12 games we SHOULD have won 7 or 8 of them, but should doesn't win points, and we need to start winning games. A win today would have been a bonus, it's true, but we missed chances to win against a dreadful Blackburn side and a Brighton side there for the taking as well as throwing two points away in the dying seconds against Fulham. Frustrating, concerning, call it what you will. Next up: Cardiff away before Charlton away in the midweek.
gfnx25
terriersmad
Sad. Such a good player, but we can't justify keeping him when he's never fit and on £15k a week. He's also no longer the force he was. Injuries have taken their toll, and he's a shadow of the player he was when he joined. Wish him all the best, but I can't help but think he'd be best off retiring and saving his body.
terriersmad
Lolley possibly off to Peterborough.
Three months ago we had the core of a good team. That core has been systematically sold at precisely the wrong time. If Coady, Smithies, Vaughan and Butterfield had gone at the start of July we'd have been able to sign replacements and let them bed in. I have no doubt we'll replace with decent players (Hourihane in for Butterfield, for example), but I worry that it'll be November before we've settled.
Oh, and we're in for yet another winger. Jamie Patterson from Forest. Good player, but YET ANOTHER FUCKING WINGER. WE'VE GOT THE NATIONAL SUPPLY OF THE BLOODY POSITION IN RESERVE WHEN WE NEED TWO STRIKERS, CENTRE-BACK AND VERSATILE FULL-BACK. (If someone at HTFC reads this, I'll happily be Director of Football Operations, seeing as the bloke we've got in to do the job only seems able to spot one fucking position).
gfnx25
Also, Danny Mayor has been linked with a move to Leeds. Rösler was at Gigg on Tuesday so could be true. Whether Leeds put in a decent offer that remains to be seen, but I hope we don't sell him personally.
Davide Somma
Jordan Botaka arrives for a fee believed to be around £1m. 22 year old congo international winger. Could do with shipping out Sloth, Ajose and Doukara but it doesn't seem likely.
Huddersfield are destined to go down now imo. lump on lads
gfnx25
NEGATIVES: We didn't sign anyone
POSITIVES: We didn't sell anyone
So I expect Flitcroft to hit the loan market and the ice bath tub really hard in the next weeks
oh, and beat Accy away 2-1 in the JPT but I couldn't give a toss about that competition
Number 1
With the exception of the winners and perhaps the losing finalists (trip to Wembley and everything), does anyone really care?
gfnx25
Well I would if we were still in League Two. But now as a league one side we can only lose. We had a miserable start to the season so I wouldn't bet on us beating any League One side for fun and losing to League Two sides is annoying in any competition so the sooner we're out of and can focus on the league the better
Vercoe
gfnx25
Peter Clarke outstanding. Nothing got past him and put 110% in, Nathan Cameron has been great alongside him. Rob Lainton Man of the Match for me. His very best performance in a Bury kit, denied Mantom a couple of times, pulled off some class saves and looked really composed. Very important to get a win and a clean sheet to get things going,
Number 1
terriersmad
Ponderous football with players best suited to fast, attacking running between the lines and hitting sides quickly. He sets us up not to lose with a side that can't defend. We've won 3 of 24 and none in the last 11. Yet he can't see the problem. He doesn't change things until it's too late (I knew a goal was coming today about 10 minutes before it happened, and I was 300 miles away). He lets other teams off the hook, such as against Blackburn when the game was crying out for a change against a poor side to really take the game to them.
And he doesn't trust his squad. Joe Lolley could be one of the best signings we've made in years, but we don't really know. He's started just 4 games in 18 months and made a dozen substitute appearances. He's scored and assisted at a rate of one every 75 minutes or so. But Powell never plays him, presumably because he can't defend. He might genuinely not be good enough for Championship football, but we don't know because he's never had a run. When Lolley's had a chance, he's made things happen. He played Bunn (who can track back) ahead of Carayol today for God only knows what reason. Bunn's a decent player, but he's not got Carayol's pace and directness and is more workmanlike. If our left-back was a left-sided Jack Hunt, I'd understand it, but it was Tommy Smith, who's a right-back covering for the unfit Jason Davidson and who was never likely to wander over the halfway line, so we hardly needed the additional defensive cover.
We need to utilise the pace and direction of the side. Without Butterfield we're not going to thread the perfect pass through a tightly-packed defence, so we've got to keep the ball moving quickly, play out from the back quickly and use the width of the pitch to stretch teams. We've got to attack teams and get them on the back foot because that's how we're going to win points, not by setting up not to lose. If we lose 4-3, then so be it. At least we had a go. Not what we have at the moment. We're six games in. We've scored three goals. We've not won. We're one from bottom. We need a positive, attack-minded manager who will change things if they're needed. If he makes mistakes, then at least he'll make them taking positive action rather than letting things change without his input.
Powell out.
gfnx25
To be honest, this game was far from a classic. Many, many challenges, lots of hoofball (especially from United), just not a game really pleasant to the eye but I think they were the better side in general so was pretty happy when it was 0-0 at half-time. Second half we brought on Tom Pope and went two up top and that really changed the game. Pope himself slotted home the first goal for us after some sloppy defending from the United defence. After Sharp made it 1-1 with a pen I thought this was either going to stay 1-1 or we're gonna lose but thankfully Joe Riley pulled one out of 30 yards to make it 2-1 to us again and the ever-lasting running gag of Leon Clarke scoring at Sheffield away made it 3-1 to us for a brilliant 15th unbeaten game away from home.
Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Vercoe
Jason
Bury are the dirtiest side to come to the Lane in the last few seasons, how there wasn't a red i'll never know. Then again, i think the ref travelled with the Bury team, he was appalling.
FWIW it was never a penalty for us, was outside the box, so its not even like its sour grapes, the ref genuinely did have a shocker. never let the game flow..
Jason
I thought you could do that anyway? It doesn't give them an advantage.
ItsWoosey
Genuinely don't know where we'll be come end of the season. One week we look like we'll smash the league the next week we're getting beaten by Port Vale. We need a solid right back and we need to play a consistent 4-4-2. Every time we've played a proper 4-4-2 we've never looked like losing. Dunno why Caldwell loves this idea of a slow build up from the back with one striker to eventually play it to. We're all getting a bit fed up of it to be honest.
I sure hope we get back to the Championship though because some of these grounds I'm going to are absolutely shocking. Oldham next away game... haha.
Vercoe
You can (obviously, they played on with them after a letter saying it's cool). I guess it's just the fact they didn't tell the ref.