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Dr Who?

Dr Who?

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  On 20/04/2024 at 10:03, CB Fry said:

The fans should do a tribute round of an applause on the 54th minute.

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Rather than the goals he has conceded, how about the saves he has made and get the applause out of the way in the 1st minute. 

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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  On 20/04/2024 at 09:55, BotleySaint said:

Yes, we wouldn't want to score a goal in the opening few minutes of the game like last week... 

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Not sure Smallbone would make it that far into the box as a CDM. Although actually he might because he never seems to be in the correct position when Martin plays him there..

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BranfootsLoveChild

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On another note, do you guys have confidence in McCarthy? The ball wasn't being played to him anywhere near as much as Bazunu. Which was understandable last week  but I wonder if they will adopt that strategy this week?

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Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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  On 20/04/2024 at 11:19, BranfootsLoveChild said:

On another note, do you guys have confidence in McCarthy? The ball wasn't being played to him anywhere near as much as Bazunu. Which was understandable last week  but I wonder if they will adopt that strategy this week?

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I was noticing that, as long as McCarthy got the ball to one of the defenders, the auto passing kicked in. They're so used to receiving it under all sorts of scenarios, they can deal with nearly anything. It might not be as fluid, and if team's press high in packs, there may be some scares. But, if they do that, we should have worked on where McCarthy can hook it to, and have someone like Sule waiting to torment opponents.

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JRM

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  On 20/04/2024 at 11:36, Saint NL said:

It's VERY early days in the Leicester match, but West Brom look up for it. 

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Leicester look decent as well though, think they'll win this , reminder of what a tough game it will be on Tuesday as well 

beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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As expected, No Downes…..bugger…..and looks like we’ll try Smallbone there again !!!!

I really don’t get RM, he praises Charles then doesn’t pick him in his natural position !

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tdmickey3

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  On 20/04/2024 at 13:09, egg said:

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Not playing Charles when “he’s close” Downes is out…… stupid 

Downes must be fit for Tuesdays can’t play that one without an actual defensive midfielder 

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trousers

trousers

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Hope we're not being over protective with Downes. If it's "only a knock" then surely better to play him in a "must win" game rather than playing someone inferior and out of position? Unless of course his injury is more serious than we were led to believe...

Regardless.... COYR!!!

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coalman

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That midfield looks.... porous. Brooks isn't going to tackle back much either.

On the plus side we've picked our strongest back 4.

And Che's banjo is ready to continue its end of season feast.

Good to see Dibling on the bench as well.

The Cat

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  On 20/04/2024 at 13:01, beatlesaint said:

As expected, No Downes…..bugger…..and looks like we’ll try Smallbone there again !!!!

I really don’t get RM, he praises Charles then doesn’t pick him in his natural position !

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Yeah, because no manager has ever praised their player in public. 

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Baird of the land

Baird of the land

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I expected Downes not to play. Hopefully it is just precautionary with Tuesday(today's result dependent) being where biggest need for him lies.

Like others the refusal to start Charles, despite him deputising ably midweek, is very odd. Hope the midfield doesn't end up being unbalanced and cost us the game.

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Saint Pete

Saint Pete

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  On 20/04/2024 at 13:13, trousers said:

Hope we're not being over protective with Downes. If it's "only a knock" then surely better to play him in a "must win" game rather than playing someone inferior and out of position? Unless of course his injury is more serious than we were led to believe...

Regardless.... COYR!!!

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Objectively, play offs are still much more likely than top 2 and if there is any chance of Downes injury being made worse, we won't want to risk him being potentially ruled out for a longer spell including the play offs, which would be disastrous. So I can understand the caution to be honest. I just don't understand the choice for his replacement!

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ChrisPY

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  On 20/04/2024 at 13:13, trousers said:

Hope we're not being over protective with Downes. If it's "only a knock" then surely better to play him in a "must win" game rather than playing someone inferior and out of position? Unless of course his injury is more serious than we were led to believe...

Regardless.... COYR!!!

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I just typed this response out then thought fuck it, why try and take the emotion out of it… we need to win today and the pressure we’re putting on the rest will pay and we’ll go up automatically. Win each game and that pressure build so Downes should have been risked.

‘Think if there’s a risk that playing him now that the knock gets aggravated and puts him out for the season, it’s the right call. We need to win all our games including two away against teams ahead of us and even then that might not be enough for automatic.

Probability is we’re in the play offs and we’ll stand a much better chance of we have Downes in the team going into it.’

Saint Matty 76

Saint Matty 76

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Just praying it's not a case of Downes was "close" with a "slight knock" and then is gone for weeks again

Smallbone at DM is objectively terrifying but the Cardiff team is remarkably weak by the sounds of things

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Totton Saint

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Any know why does Saints PLay says it  'is not available in my area'  - my area being in Scotland although it accepted me two weeks ago please.  So I now rely on Convict Colony for a stream.

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Block41 Saint

Block41 Saint

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  On 20/04/2024 at 13:30, Totton Saint said:

Any know why does Saints PLay 'is not available in my area'  - my area being in Scotland although it accepted me two weeks ago please.  So I now rely on Convict Colony for a stream

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Because of the 3pm Saturday black out in the UK. Using a VPN will bypass the geo block. 

Nolan

Nolan

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  On 20/04/2024 at 13:18, DT said:

McCarthy in goal. Christ almighty. 

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It's brilliant. Players didn't want to pass back to him on Tuesday, so it forced us playing a higher line.

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