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Post by rreckless on Aug 18, 2024 6:01:10 GMT
We did piss the league. Absolutely nothing to worry about in L1. Not just on the past week, based on the last few years when we’ve played supposedly decent L1 teams plus the squad we have. We’ll finish top 6 this year, no bother. I’m with Henry. We're never going to agree on L2. I also think we could surprise a few this season but there's a big jump from top half to POs to automatics, especially with the likes of Birmingham, Peterborough and Bolton. We definitely pissed the league last season. Had we had half the injuries, we’d have had the title sewn up by mid March.
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Post by Nik on Aug 18, 2024 6:10:20 GMT
Before Barry's goal, that guy going " Ahh shit! AHH SHIT!" as he skips past defender after defender 😆
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Post by 3330 on Aug 18, 2024 6:12:55 GMT
After watching the Barry goal again and again the way the Blackpool players were running into each other and totally moving in the wrong direction to tackle him ...I am now convinced we have signed a Jedi knight
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Post by Count de Stockport on Aug 18, 2024 6:59:21 GMT
After watching the Barry goal again and again the way the Blackpool players were running into each other and totally moving in the wrong direction to tackle him ...I am now convinced we have signed a Jedi knight It’s pretty funny when he runs into his teammate. Slapstick football 😂
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Post by ebbs on Aug 18, 2024 7:14:15 GMT
I'm far more optimistic than I was about where we might finish, but the usual 10 game threshold should apply. Let's see where we are then.
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Post by palmersears on Aug 18, 2024 7:19:34 GMT
Skip to 4:45 for the good stuff.
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Post by Nik on Aug 18, 2024 7:29:04 GMT
Skip to 4:45 for the good stuff. The scenes/limbs/etc in that away end is just spectacular.
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Post by bighead on Aug 18, 2024 7:58:56 GMT
Shout out to Collar as well who is playing almost as another centre forward at the moment. collar has stepped it up more than anyone for me at this level so far, he's been a really strong player for us in the two games and looks the part and more for league 1. The challenge is keeping him injury free. Collars freedom is because of Bates and Camps. Was never really a fan of Camps. Always had a him down as a crab (always sideways) but he's really impressed me last 8 of last year and now this. Maybe the players we had hindered him in playing safe. But Bates and Camps being so compact and sweeping up just leave Collar to do pretty much anything he likes. Press, hold or go wide. Very good. Id also say those 2 are allowing Horsfall and Pye to break the press and run beyond the midfield. Doing so yesterday 3 or 4 times which really messed Blackpool up. Get Tanto fit and he's gonna have to come in for Diamond really but it's a good problem to have. Id also say, had we had Powell yesterday for the last 15 minutes it would've been pisstake central. Absolutely the kind of situation he'd just be pinging balls for fun. Collar was on a yellow so needed to come off and he would be the obvious replacement with that kind of freedom
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Post by Mozzer on Aug 18, 2024 8:01:38 GMT
Due to a summer holiday and other commitments that's the first time I've seen our new team playing. I know Blackpool fans are moaning about their own performance but I was pleased to see we didn't look out of our depth at all and after Barry's goal I thought we pretty much bossed that. If there was one player who didn't convince me, it was Diamond, but I always think you've got to give players a few games before settling on a judgement, especially coming into a new team.
The fact they didn't have a shot on target is testament to the work of the midfield and defence, whilst the lads up the park will be getting the kudos for the goals.
Almost goes without saying what a pleasure it was being in amongst it all in that away end yesterday. No-one should get carried away after two games, which I'd be saying if we'd lost them both as well, but we're entitled to enjoy that.
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Post by tgttiw on Aug 18, 2024 8:07:05 GMT
Yeah, so we’re going to be alright this season aren’t we? Terrific away performance today. Very noticeable that we kept switching from a back 4 to a 5 throughout the first half and we largely snuffed them out as a result only the penalty shout for them (and I’m fairly convinced that the ref didn’t give it simply because he’d let the tug on Pye go so had to let the subsequent tug go as well) whilst we hit the post at the other end and Wooton had a decent chance with a header. They started brightly second half but having weathered that pressure we began to dominate and the three goals were beauties (albeit that I thought the keeper should have done better with the first, as he got a good hand to it). Wooton and Bate were excellent, but my MotM was Touray. Kept Rob Apter in his pocket all game to the point where we was subbed off and then dealt with the more direct balls to the lanky guy they stuck on him for the last 20. Looked equally comfortable in a 4 or 5. More of that please, Ibby. Also, I’ll call it now. Jayden Fevrier will play in the Premier League. Quick, strong, direct and skillful. If we keep playing him in advanced positions, the sky is the limit. We’ve had a fairly gentle start opponent wise, but you can only beat what is in front of you. Happy days. I'd say we were always going to be much better than alright. As I and others (mainly suedehead) have banged on about, we pissed the league below. We then strengthened the squad significantly and the cherry on the cake was a player who's going to have a career in the Prem. We've got one of the strongest squads in the league when they're all fit. The only spanner in the works was the injury situation. It seems as though we may be able to tiptoe past it - once we do, we are so going to kick on. Ours odds on promotion were ridiculous. The fact that no pundits tipped us was equally ridiculous. Meh, more fool them. We're going to have a real go at this league with one of the strongest squads. We're going up again. Mark it. I agree we're going up again, but we didn't IMHO "piss" the league below. We had 2 unbelievable runs of wins where we looked unbeatable. Before mk I was worried about getting top 3 never mind the league. One of those chances that Ben saved goes in and we're fighting for third place. My boss a middlesbrough watched that first half and said we were lucky I agree. But after the tranmere game I was worried.
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Post by atmosphere on Aug 18, 2024 8:07:29 GMT
Lewis Bate was and is superb. Don't for one moment think their goalkeeper just threw it to us for the second, it was a risky throw to try and get Blackpool to counter quickly at 0-1 down with 5 to play but Bate read it brilliantly. Such an intelligent and quality player.
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Post by timberwolf on Aug 18, 2024 8:25:52 GMT
We did piss the league. Absolutely nothing to worry about in L1. Not just on the past week, based on the last few years when we’ve played supposedly decent L1 teams plus the squad we have. We’ll finish top 6 this year, no bother. I’m with Henry. We're never going to agree on L2. I also think we could surprise a few this season but there's a big jump from top half to POs to automatics, especially with the likes of Birmingham, Peterborough and Bolton. We only have to play those three twice and could very easily be promoted even if they did the double on us. Was never worried about div.1 from the outset looking at others with less financial clout than us who have held their own easily. If we have some luck with injuries from now on when everyone is back teams are going to fear little old Stockport County. We,ll have players then who cannot even make the bench who would grace many other sides if they had them.
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Post by Mozzer on Aug 18, 2024 8:45:21 GMT
We did piss the league. Absolutely nothing to worry about in L1. Not just on the past week, based on the last few years when we’ve played supposedly decent L1 teams plus the squad we have. We’ll finish top 6 this year, no bother. I’m with Henry. We're never going to agree on L2. I also think we could surprise a few this season but there's a big jump from top half to POs to automatics, especially with the likes of Birmingham, Peterborough and Bolton. This is where I'm at. My natural inclination is that after promotion the first thing you do is not get relegated. However, I do accept we should be much more comfortable than that and we very much have a momentum on our side that goes back beyond just last season. But I feel we've made a step up in some of the teams we're up against in terms of financial clout, experience and building sides to compete at this level. Given our stated ambition regarding the Championship I'd be quite happy if our building process takes 2 or 3 years.
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Post by houldsworthhatter on Aug 18, 2024 8:58:43 GMT
collar has stepped it up more than anyone for me at this level so far, he's been a really strong player for us in the two games and looks the part and more for league 1. The challenge is keeping him injury free. Collars freedom is because of Bates and Camps. Was never really a fan of Camps. Always had a him down as a crab (always sideways) but he's really impressed me last 8 of last year and now this. Maybe the players we had hindered him in playing safe. But Bates and Camps being so compact and sweeping up just leave Collar to do pretty much anything he likes. Press, hold or go wide. Very good. Id also say those 2 are allowing Horsfall and Pye to break the press and run beyond the midfield. Doing so yesterday 3 or 4 times which really messed Blackpool up. Get Tanto fit and he's gonna have to come in for Diamond really but it's a good problem to have. Id also say, had we had Powell yesterday for the last 15 minutes it would've been pisstake central. Absolutely the kind of situation he'd just be pinging balls for fun. Collar was on a yellow so needed to come off and he would be the obvious replacement with that kind of freedom Bate* 😁
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Post by Jimbo on Aug 18, 2024 9:20:00 GMT
Skip to 9:22 for the best bits of this one, that noise is something else!
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