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Most of us agree it was foolish to let Harding go .. don't we??? I would get Dickson match fit then as we are going to need him. Should have bought Liam Ridgewell. (sigh)

 

Two players of real Prem quality. [/sarcasm]

Fox would have been much better than Yoshida at LB today. If he has been dropped after a decent showing V Fulham and solid international appearances, I'm not surprised he's a bit miffed.

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Fox not happy. Good. He can do one.

 

Yes, that's a wise move. Let's get rid of our only left back; that'll sort everything out. As today proved, our immense defence can easily sort themselves out without a left full back. And Yoshi was flawless there today, he did nothing wrong.

 

Idiot.

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It cleared itself up to allow him to play for Scotland. Maybe the injection ran out.

 

or maybe hes had a reaction to it again and the groin problem has come back,if hes been dropped its probably a fair decision as hes not played that well,mind you he doesnt get much help from adam or whoever plays on the left

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Hope the dressing room isn't dropping, as soon as that happens, we're ****ed.

 

It's hard to keep a dressing room when you lose every week, heavily. I could very much imagine that there are unhappy players which can sometimes create divides. It's down to the captain to help sort that though, but I look at Lallana and I don't see a captain.

 

I would imagine the likes of Dickson and SDR are rightly ****ed off, seeing as that they're not allowed to go on loan.

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To be fair with out fox and ramirez we are fair less dangerous from set pieces. For a team like us set pieces will prove invaluable even when team not playing well as proved last week.

 

Fox wouldn't have done any worse than yoshida yesterday that's for sure. 2nd and 4th goals he was at fault for.

 

Shocking by Yoshida for the 2nd goal, so poor. But he's not a full back, and really shouldn't be playing there.

 

It's so frustrating because over the last few years we've always had a competitive squad, 2 good LB's, 2 good right backs etc. But we're lopsided. I fear a lot of hope was put into the youth players over the summer (Chambers, Shaw, Stephens) which is why we possibly didn't push as hard as we should have for additions.

 

But we're now at the point where it's clear that those players aren't quite ready yet.

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Really? And play with who instead?

 

I believe that some are still labouring under the illusion that Luke Shaw is a ready made Prem Class stand in for Fox, when he isn't injured that is. He's not, takes more than some newspaper talk about a 4 million transfer to make a good player. Saint's academy produces midfielders and the odd striker, it no longer produces defenders. Who was the last academy CB to really make the grade ? Baird would that be?? Ah yes Garry Monk perhaps, a player we had no time for but who Swansea seemed to get some mileage out of. We get the raw materials OK cos we had Matt Mills and Williamson, don't think we know what to do with it though.

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It's gone mate. As soon as we concede its all over. You could see it yesterday

 

I was there and I didn't see that. We were the better team at 0-2 and 1-2 - it certainly wasn't all over as soon as we conceded. It was the penalty that was the killer. It wasn't "all over" when we conceded late on to Fulham either. So I cannot see your point at all.

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I was there and I didn't see that. We were the better team at 0-2 and 1-2 - it certainly wasn't all over as soon as we conceded. It was the penalty that was the killer. It wasn't "all over" when we conceded late on to Fulham either. So I cannot see your point at all.

well, it was over...we were never going to win the game...and we never (which is a fact)

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well, it was over...we were never going to win the game...and we never (which is a fact)

 

Could you rephrase that in something resembling English?

 

That aside, you were clearly trying to imply that as soon as we concede "it's all over" because there is no spirit in the dressing room. This is clearly not "a fact".

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Could you rephrase that in something resembling English?

 

That aside, you were clearly trying to imply that as soon as we concede "it's all over" because there is no spirit in the dressing room. This is clearly not "a fact".

when we went 1-0 down..or even 2-0...IMO that was that..game over...maybe not technically as the game was still going but the points (imo) were decided...and that was right

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Yes, that's a wise move. Let's get rid of our only left back; that'll sort everything out. As today proved, our immense defence can easily sort themselves out without a left full back. And Yoshi was flawless there today, he did nothing wrong.

 

Idiot.

 

Thanks kraken.

 

I don't rate him and never have, certainly at this level, but I'm not suggesting we never play him again. I'm just saying that long term, I'd be happy for him to go, with a superior replacement of course.

 

I thought Clyne did ok on the left with Richardson on the right so there is that option.

 

Fyi, I backed you on a post you were getting digs for recently. Ho hum.

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when we went 1-0 down..or even 2-0...IMO that was that..game over...maybe not technically as the game was still going but the points (imo) were decided...and that was right
I guess you must have been one of the many who walked out when we conceded against Fulham then?
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Two players of real Prem quality. [/sarcasm]

Fox would have been much better than Yoshida at LB today. If he has been dropped after a decent showing V Fulham and solid international appearances, I'm not surprised he's a bit miffed.

 

His international appearances were rubbish so what the hell are you on about ! Also he has been nothing short of rubbish for us this year. He can shut up and face facts he's not good enough!!!

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Adkins rates him so much he tried to get a replacement during the summer and has been happy to play the right-back there instead of a fit specialist left-back.

 

Yes, but we don't have a spare right back available to do that right now. There really isn't a viable alternative as a replacement to Fox at the moment; other than the reserve full backs we do have available.

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Thanks kraken.

 

I don't rate him and never have, certainly at this level, but I'm not suggesting we never play him again. I'm just saying that long term, I'd be happy for him to go, with a superior replacement of course.

 

I thought Clyne did ok on the left with Richardson on the right so there is that option.

 

Fyi, I backed you on a post you were getting digs for recently. Ho hum.

 

Apologies :toppa:

 

That's what happens when I decide its a good idea to login after an evening out drinking :facepalm:

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His dead ball delivery has always been, and continues to be, excellent. He get's caught out of position too often for a defender, but as he enjoys getting forward, why not play him in midfield? Just a thought. i know it would leave us without a recognised left back, but if the club spend on one in January, i think Foxy could fill a role in midfield - good engine, like getting up the flank and can deliver a cross. He just doesn't defend well for a defender. :o

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His dead ball delivery has always been, and continues to be, excellent. He get's caught out of position too often for a defender, but as he enjoys getting forward, why not play him in midfield? Just a thought. i know it would leave us without a recognised left back, but if the club spend on one in January, i think Foxy could fill a role in midfield - good engine, like getting up the flank and can deliver a cross. He just doesn't defend well for a defender. :o

 

He'd be a good choice for when we played against better sides away from home and need to be a bit more disciplined and defensively solid.

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Fox is good going forward, including set pieces. But he has never closed down a wide man and prevented a cross from coming in - he just does not think as a defender naturally does. We got a away with that in the championship when teams don't punish you.

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I can't believe Adkins would prefer to play a right footed CB at left back rather than a specialist left back, albeit he hasn't been in the best of form recently, especially with another right footer in front of him.

 

 

 

Yoshida can play with both feet, as can Clyne. Besides, Harding did well for us when he was filling in at RB and he is very much a left-footed player.

 

I imagine our #1 priorities in Jan will be a LB and a CB from the Prem. But who?

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Two players of real Prem quality. [/sarcasm]

Fox would have been much better than Yoshida at LB today. If he has been dropped after a decent showing V Fulham and solid international appearances, I'm not surprised he's a bit miffed.

 

 

Yep agree with this - Fox is a better back than Yoshida, in fact the forgotten man Dickson is probably better too, but Fox and Dickson's faces do not fit....with someone.

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