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3 minutes ago, philwhite said:

His Ushited mate Rashford is another waste of space 

He actually looks frightened every time he gets the ball, and smiles less than Norwood !  

23 minutes ago, philwhite said:

What got me about last night and Maguire is why are we passing the ball back to him to distribute all the match ?

All those skilful players and we are relying on him to spread the play

You'd think he was Franz Beckenbauer the number of times he had the ball. When I was playing the idea was to get it to the best players all the time not give it to your weakest.

Having said that he wasn't much worse than Alexander Arnold who surely can't keep his place in the squad as he's not a midfielder and England have more right backs than we've got centre halves.

3 minutes ago, Monty Burns said:

l normally like Dion but l wanted him to stop talking at that moment

Doesn't usually bother me what the "experts" say but Dublin should stick to Homes under the Hammer because he's embarrassing himself on Channel 4. 

Is Alexander Arnold his love child as he consistently talks up his contribution and rarely says anything a four year old couldn't spot.*

* Apologies to any four year olds who post on here !  

Think even the most optimistic amongst us would concede that midfield does need strengthening either permanently or via the loan market.

Whilst acknowledging we have not seen the best of Ward or Lundstram Gardner remains our main attacking midfield threat and his inability to string appearances together is concerning.

I'm sure our manager has recognised this and January will see the problem addressed.  

13 hours ago, mick26 said:

Watching the NL highlights and Gateshead's win I wouldn't have mind signing Kyran Lofthouse on loan from Barnsley.

 

https://twitter.com/GatesheadFC/status/1726208408846565575?t=j2deejcoQF7NP1gDkq-RXQ&s=19

Nah, can't finish !!!  

23 minutes ago, Monty Burns said:

Oldham Manchester bin Company( thats what l thought OMBC stood for)

 

l honest didnt even know we existed and l was born at Oldham Royal.

or Boundary Park as us oldies knew it. 

1 hour ago, Matt said:

 

Is there something wrong? Knock it on the head will you.

I'm not one for feuds but it is a bit jarring when somebody posts a question, it's answered and the original poster seems oblivious to the reply. 

Best to just ignore some people's posts I guess.  

If I'd have been England manager Rashford would have been substituted after 20 minutes, looked totally disinterested. Too much Chuckle Brothers football..."to me to you"...just passing the ball back to the team mate who's passed to you ( where've I seen that before !  ).

Only one's who looked as if they wanted to be there were Foden, Kane and Rice when he came on.

12 hours ago, Littlemoor Lad said:

That's sublime 

Thought he'd be better for us than he ended up being but good luck to the fella

Good goal but it does help when the goalie falls on his arse !!  

Where do they get these figures from ?

Can't be the club and individuals aren't listed in the accounts so it must be guesswork at best.

53 minutes ago, Worcester Owl said:

It’s a great goal and all credit to Rooney for spotting the opportunity and having a go. There is though a reason (apart from the obvious) why goals like that one, Beckham’s and even Pele’s famous near miss are so memorable - they occur rarely.

If the goalkeeper hadn’t been so far off his line, Rooney wouldn’t have scored. I’ll be told I’m out of touch with the modern game, but I always worry when a keeper strays outside the six yard box!

Me too. Hudson seems a bit too keen to come out of the penalty area at times. 

Green's injury may be worse than thought but good luck to Kofi, we need a bit of new blood!

15 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

I still think he’d be better played LM.

Not sure he can beat a man readily enough to play there but he's often our only outlet going forward at times.

I would like to see him vary his crosses a little more, banging one in low now and again like on Saturday to enable Norwood and whoever to make near post runs ( which we virtually ignore as a team).

Kitching is OK going forward but struggles to get back as it seems to take him a while to get his legs moving very similar to a left back we had 5 or 6 years ago whose name escapes me but went on to play for Birmingham? at a higher level. He was a decent footballer but made little attempt to regain his position if caught upfield. Kitching does try but is often caught out of position probably because he's our main forward pushing defender.

28 minutes ago, Pidge said:

I’m not sure your assumption that “coming on as an impact sub means you will necessarily score more and hence have a lower minutes per goal stat” actually holds up to scrutiny.  That needs some real statistical analysis.

Suppose you could argue that the defenders are a bit knackered later on in the game but it'd be a hard thing to quantify.

12 hours ago, mcfluff1985 said:

Apart from get a shot on target and win his headers. 

The "shot on target" was wildly speculative and could have easily been saved by me and any of the other pensioners sitting in the stands and if you can't win a few headers when you've his physique you shouldn't be on the field.

I do think he's well worth his place however, on the bench.

1 minute ago, GKing521 said:

Not good enough.

Succinct and predictable as usual. 

Try posting on the odd occasion when we win ! 

2 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

Christ….where’ve you been?

Designing the new "merch" ? 

1 hour ago, LightDN123 said:

Gardner in for Sheron surely. 

..............if fit ?

Just now, LightDN123 said:

Anyone heard from Monty ? He’s not posted in a few days (unlike him). 

Hopefully just drawing breath.

5 minutes ago, dannyboy55555 said:

You can head hunt and still go through a proper recruitment process.

Surely the one head hunted would have a head start though !   

1 hour ago, League one forever said:

BP- stop playing the victim over something and nothing. 

 

You came on and posted a slightly inflammatory remark- you got pulled on it and it was suggested you go along if that’s important. You then come on playing the victim. 
 

Maybe have another break if it winds you up so much. 

Some come on here to read first then post afterwards, some post first then read some of what's been posted.

It's a lot easier doing the former rather than the latter as you tend not to ask questions that have already been answered. 

32 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

 

Have you any evidence of any of this seasons youths training with the first team? I've never seen any and pass the training grounds frequently.

It's a managers job to personally assess his staff like in any other workplace. How else will he know if some or better or not than others?

I'm asking if he's actually seen them play. You cannot speak for him.

Mid-way through a season isn't the right time to be assessing whether 17 year olds are ready for first team action. If they are obviously ready no doubt an experienced youth team boss like Paul Murray will be in Mellon's ear. 

4 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

Also, has the manager assessed the all the youth team players yet, incuding those out on loan, and if so considered any for training with the first team?

Several of last year's squad are training with the first team whilst on loan.

Our squad is probably big enough without cluttering it up with youngsters who are very unlikely to figure in a team chasing the play-offs.

37 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

 

His dad was a striker, up front next perhaps? As mentioned he's strong and can strike a ball well.

Nephew of Mike.