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    nogs got a reaction from plaidharper in Chelsea (Away) Sunday March 8th   
    Ask Ronald McClownface. How much did he and Walsh spend on 'replacing' Barkley with Klaasen and Sigurdsson again?? 
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    nogs got a reaction from AlbanyNYToffee in Chelsea (Away) Sunday March 8th   
    Ask Ronald McClownface. How much did he and Walsh spend on 'replacing' Barkley with Klaasen and Sigurdsson again?? 
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    nogs reacted to Palfy in Carlo Ancelotti   
    Personally I think today just showed how poor the depth of our squad is, Ancelotti is trying to put a team out with players who just aren’t good enough, and due to injuries and with players who are not properly fit we are being exposed. 
    The good thing is he can see who is worth keeping and who needs to go, and unfortunately we have just as many who are bad than good. 
    Our defence struggled today because our midfield offered them no protection what so ever Davies Gylfi and Bernard were all poor and Gomes wasn’t much better, I would keep Gomes and bin the other 3, Sidibe just isn’t good enough at looking after the ball, and Digne needs to be sold before his value it’s the floor, he does very little as a defender and zilch going forward. 
    So we need a minimum 3 MF a RB a LB and a CD, nothing that another couple of hundred million wouldn’t buy us so it’s looking like a 2 year project for Ancelotti just to try and assemble the sort of team he wants. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Wiggytop in Man of the Match v Manchester United   
    DCL should have won us the game today with a slightly lucky brace (a charge down and a big deflection). But his work rate is absolutely different level. He ran, tackled, headed, hounded and pressed all over the pitch today, and was involved in most of our good football too. He's oozing confidence atm and rightly so, but the example every other player in our squad should take from him is his fitness and work rate. Turning himself into a legend. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Shukes in Manchester United (Home) Sunday March 1   
    It didn't hit him, he moved his foot out the way so it didn't. And from what I can tell from the rule book, he wasn't 'active' either, because the rules distinguish between being 'in the active area', which he was, and 'being active' which means touching the ball or otherwise doing something to influence play. Sigurdsson was just sat there. 
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    nogs got a reaction from MikeO in Manchester United (Home) Sunday March 1   
    It didn't hit him, he moved his foot out the way so it didn't. And from what I can tell from the rule book, he wasn't 'active' either, because the rules distinguish between being 'in the active area', which he was, and 'being active' which means touching the ball or otherwise doing something to influence play. Sigurdsson was just sat there. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Aidan in Michael Keane   
    I don't see what the debate is. He's not good enough. Too slow. Doesn't read the game well. Too easily out fought. Has a mistake in him. No leadership skills. Not a good enough footballer to pass out from the back. 
    I'm 100% confident Ancellotti will bring in better and move him on. 
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    nogs got a reaction from pete0 in Arsenal (Away) Sunday February 23rd   
    We wouldn't be losing this if Coleman was playing. Sidibe has had a nightmare. I know criticising Carlo is seen as sacrilege by some but unless Coleman is carrying a knock its a poor decision. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Shukes in Arsenal (Away) Sunday February 23rd   
    We wouldn't be losing this if Coleman was playing. Sidibe has had a nightmare. I know criticising Carlo is seen as sacrilege by some but unless Coleman is carrying a knock its a poor decision. 
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    nogs reacted to Aidan in Arsenal (Away) Sunday February 23rd   
    On another day we equalise and get back into that game. Leno was their man of the match and kept them in it on several occasions. 
    Richy and Dom simply can not be expected to score all of our goals and I really feel for Dom today. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Bailey in Arsenal (Away) Sunday February 23rd   
    We wouldn't be losing this if Coleman was playing. Sidibe has had a nightmare. I know criticising Carlo is seen as sacrilege by some but unless Coleman is carrying a knock its a poor decision. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Matt in Crystal Palace (Home) Saturday February 8th   
    Thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Goodison yesterday, great to be back at the Old Lady, loved bouncing around with my lad for the goals and we won! 
    First half was pretty poor tbh, Palace barely scraped average all game but we hardly imposed ourselves on them, the goal was brilliant work from Walcott and I felt for him getting injured shortly after, his career in a nutshell. 
    After the break I thought we were going to throw it away, no idea what Pickford was doing for the goal and we looked rattled, Palace were snapping into tackles and not giving us any time on the ball, tbh they looked more likely to get a second. Then the game changed again on a piece of individual brilliance  from Richarlison, great goal, and after that I thought we played our best football, Sigurdsson started to get on the ball and make things tick, even Sidibe started to be a threat on the right after looking lost coming on for Walcott. Easily deserved the second (great header from Richarlison!) and DCL should have added a fourth. 
    Still think we lack quality in key areas, esp in midfield where we couldn't really dictate terms against a very poor Palace, but the mentality is very different to what it was under Silva and in Richarlison we have a genuine X-factor player who won us the game second half. 
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    nogs got a reaction from Shukes in Djibril Sidibé   
    He played like he only had one boot when he came on, nevermind a missing sock. Clearly totally unprepared. Thought he did alright second half once we got on top
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    nogs got a reaction from MikeO in Djibril Sidibé   
    He played like he only had one boot when he came on, nevermind a missing sock. Clearly totally unprepared. Thought he did alright second half once we got on top
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    nogs got a reaction from Romey 1878 in Djibril Sidibé   
    He played like he only had one boot when he came on, nevermind a missing sock. Clearly totally unprepared. Thought he did alright second half once we got on top
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    nogs got a reaction from Btay in January Transfer Window   
    Steve I think Aidan's point is that you can't rely on the manager alone to improve the fortunes of a club. You have to get the right players in, and is there any argument that our recruitment hasn't been up to scratch the past 5 years? We've got a big summer ahead, I think we'll be slightly hamstrung by the amount of money we've spent previously pushing us close to FFP, so we'll have to be smart in the market. But regardless of Ancellotti's reputation, there's no way he's turning this squad into regular Europe/top 5 contenders. He will know that and will be prioritising shaping the squad his way, not just working with what he's been given. 
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    nogs got a reaction from pete0 in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    Went to reacquaint myself with the pleasures of sixth tier football today - got a lesson in how not to defend crosses from my home town club Chester that put our incompetence under Silva in perspective! Went the game in York with a Watford fan, he was patting me on the head after their second goal went in, hahaha!! 
    Looking forward to going to Goodison next week, my first trip with my three year old! 
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    nogs got a reaction from Matt in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    Went to reacquaint myself with the pleasures of sixth tier football today - got a lesson in how not to defend crosses from my home town club Chester that put our incompetence under Silva in perspective! Went the game in York with a Watford fan, he was patting me on the head after their second goal went in, hahaha!! 
    Looking forward to going to Goodison next week, my first trip with my three year old! 
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    nogs got a reaction from Btay in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    Went to reacquaint myself with the pleasures of sixth tier football today - got a lesson in how not to defend crosses from my home town club Chester that put our incompetence under Silva in perspective! Went the game in York with a Watford fan, he was patting me on the head after their second goal went in, hahaha!! 
    Looking forward to going to Goodison next week, my first trip with my three year old! 
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    nogs got a reaction from MikeO in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    Went to reacquaint myself with the pleasures of sixth tier football today - got a lesson in how not to defend crosses from my home town club Chester that put our incompetence under Silva in perspective! Went the game in York with a Watford fan, he was patting me on the head after their second goal went in, hahaha!! 
    Looking forward to going to Goodison next week, my first trip with my three year old! 
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    nogs got a reaction from Romey 1878 in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    Went to reacquaint myself with the pleasures of sixth tier football today - got a lesson in how not to defend crosses from my home town club Chester that put our incompetence under Silva in perspective! Went the game in York with a Watford fan, he was patting me on the head after their second goal went in, hahaha!! 
    Looking forward to going to Goodison next week, my first trip with my three year old! 
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    nogs reacted to Hafnia in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    Wow.... we win and guarantee Delph doesn't play next game.....
     Result. 
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    nogs reacted to Palfy in Watford (Away) Saturday February 1st   
    We’ve had a mental couple of games, that’s why we  love this club 
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    nogs reacted to Cornish Steve in January Transfer Window   
    I really don't get this urgency, almost desperation, to get into Europe. What happened the last time? Martinez did great in his first season and nabbed a spot in Europe. We did well in the group stages, but it affected our performance in the league. Then we were knocked out, but we never regained form in the league, and it was viewed as a bad season. IMO, we should get into Europe only when we have the squad required to support a European campaign and not before. We're not there yet.
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    nogs got a reaction from Shukes in So Why Everton...   
    My first experience at a kiddy football side when I was about 5, I was given a blue shirt to play in. I asked my dad who played in blue and, stupidly for a lifelong Liverpool fan, he said Everton and that was that. 
    To be fair to him he never once tried to change my mind and even joined the family club and took me to Goodison several times a season. 
     
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