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    pete0 reacted to Romey 1878 in Andros Townsend   
    He actually took responsibility for not getting on the ball enough in the first half in his interview. I liked that about him and I do really like him as a person, so I would love for him to be a huge success here.
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    pete0 reacted to Palfy in Andros Townsend   
    I love the complete acknowledgment in the body language and face of no hope Pope that there was nothing he could have done to get near that.  
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    pete0 got a reaction from Hafnia in Rafael Benitez   
    You used trophies won with teams built by other people. Compare what they've both done in the league. Alladyce is more impressive, getting the likes of Bolton into Europe compared to Benetiz who has never overachieved at a club.
    You said similar when I moaned about Silva.
    So Geordies and kopites are your fountain of knowledge. Brilliant. 
    They loved that he won a cup and called us a small club. If he was so great he'd still be there. They've only recovered from the mess he left recently. He's the reason they stopped getting champions League every season.
    Controversial until proven true. Some of us are just more forward thinking than others. Or better yet form our own opinions. 
    What else could you do with the squad he had, there's a reason Koeman got sacked. Look at Alladyce with west Brom playing good football and beating Chelsea 5-2 away. You can only work with what you've got. Alladyce albeit a percentage football manager adapts, he got Anelka and Okocha to Bolton. Players too good for that type of football and adapted away from percentage to use/trust in their natural ability. Whereas we've got a percentage puritan who has turned the fans on one of the most naturally gifted players of my lifetime.
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    pete0 got a reaction from Palfy in Andros Townsend   
    https://youtu.be/IpEUtpF81tY
     
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    pete0 got a reaction from duncanmckenzieismagic in Rafael Benitez   
    You used trophies won with teams built by other people. Compare what they've both done in the league. Alladyce is more impressive, getting the likes of Bolton into Europe compared to Benetiz who has never overachieved at a club.
    You said similar when I moaned about Silva.
    So Geordies and kopites are your fountain of knowledge. Brilliant. 
    They loved that he won a cup and called us a small club. If he was so great he'd still be there. They've only recovered from the mess he left recently. He's the reason they stopped getting champions League every season.
    Controversial until proven true. Some of us are just more forward thinking than others. Or better yet form our own opinions. 
    What else could you do with the squad he had, there's a reason Koeman got sacked. Look at Alladyce with west Brom playing good football and beating Chelsea 5-2 away. You can only work with what you've got. Alladyce albeit a percentage football manager adapts, he got Anelka and Okocha to Bolton. Players too good for that type of football and adapted away from percentage to use/trust in their natural ability. Whereas we've got a percentage puritan who has turned the fans on one of the most naturally gifted players of my lifetime.
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    pete0 reacted to Cornish Steve in Rafael Benitez   
    Let's see how we perform against mid-table teams and above. We're starting the season with a very easy schedule against teams we really should beat (Southampton, Leeds, Brighton, Burnley, Villa, Norwich). I'm reserving judgment on the manager for now. Sure, things are looking bright so far, but so they should be. We were in about the same spot last season after having played a tougher set of teams, so it's too early to know where things really stand.
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    pete0 got a reaction from dunlopp9987 in Andros Townsend   
    https://youtu.be/IpEUtpF81tY
     
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    pete0 got a reaction from Hafnia in Rafael Benitez   
    Because he's never come back from one goal down? Benetiz is no better than Alladyce. Only difference is the fans never gave Alladyce a chance.
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    pete0 got a reaction from StevO in Rafael Benitez   
    Because he's never come back from one goal down? Benetiz is no better than Alladyce. Only difference is the fans never gave Alladyce a chance.
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    pete0 got a reaction from RuffRob in Rafael Benitez   
    Because he's never come back from one goal down? Benetiz is no better than Alladyce. Only difference is the fans never gave Alladyce a chance.
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    pete0 got a reaction from duncanmckenzieismagic in Rafael Benitez   
    Because he's never come back from one goal down? Benetiz is no better than Alladyce. Only difference is the fans never gave Alladyce a chance.
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    pete0 got a reaction from SpartyBlue in Rafael Benitez   
    Because he's never come back from one goal down? Benetiz is no better than Alladyce. Only difference is the fans never gave Alladyce a chance.
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    pete0 got a reaction from Matt in Rafael Benitez   
    Because he's never come back from one goal down? Benetiz is no better than Alladyce. Only difference is the fans never gave Alladyce a chance.
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    pete0 reacted to Btay in Man of the Match v Burnley   
    Keane would have kept them all on. He drops to the same line as Keane as the ball is played in. All 3 of our defenders are naive in that moment.
    Godfrey - initially wins the header which is good but rushes out when Digne was going to the ball.
    Keane - too deep, looks over his shoulder and sees 4 burnley players and just Mina, doesn’t react to get into any sort of position at all. 
    Mina - Drops a yard deeper to get in line with Keane, doesn’t get his head to it and tries to buy a foul but just looks awkward. 
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    pete0 reacted to Romey 1878 in Dominic Calvert-Lewin   
    I hope he's out for a lot less time than the three weeks going round because while Richarlison may fancy himself as a striker, he's anything but. Well, certainly not a main striker, he's more of a supporting act.
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    pete0 got a reaction from Matt in Rafael Benitez   
    You think he was right to keep doing what we were in the first half? It was as bad as any game I've seen, struggling to get out of our half, terrible short corners, and just the one shot. Why not change it at half time?
    They didn't win because of him, they won in spite of him. Kewell injury and Shevchenko misses played a much bigger part. Only thing I was dismayed at was the bookies being closed, I tried to bet on them at half time.
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    pete0 got a reaction from duncanmckenzieismagic in Rafael Benitez   
    You think he was right to keep doing what we were in the first half? It was as bad as any game I've seen, struggling to get out of our half, terrible short corners, and just the one shot. Why not change it at half time?
    They didn't win because of him, they won in spite of him. Kewell injury and Shevchenko misses played a much bigger part. Only thing I was dismayed at was the bookies being closed, I tried to bet on them at half time.
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    pete0 got a reaction from RuffRob in Rafael Benitez   
    You think he was right to keep doing what we were in the first half? It was as bad as any game I've seen, struggling to get out of our half, terrible short corners, and just the one shot. Why not change it at half time?
    They didn't win because of him, they won in spite of him. Kewell injury and Shevchenko misses played a much bigger part. Only thing I was dismayed at was the bookies being closed, I tried to bet on them at half time.
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    pete0 got a reaction from Hafnia in Rafael Benitez   
    You think he was right to keep doing what we were in the first half? It was as bad as any game I've seen, struggling to get out of our half, terrible short corners, and just the one shot. Why not change it at half time?
    They didn't win because of him, they won in spite of him. Kewell injury and Shevchenko misses played a much bigger part. Only thing I was dismayed at was the bookies being closed, I tried to bet on them at half time.
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    pete0 got a reaction from Matt in Fabian Delph   
    Per 90 minutes of football, Delph earns *roughly £500,000. 
    *Assuming he's on £100k a week.
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    pete0 reacted to Romey 1878 in Burnley (Home) Monday 13 September   
    Tactically we got it all wrong in the first half. I hate three at the back so as soon as I saw that my heart sank and what we went on to display did nothing to dispel that feeling. Please stop trying it. We played so deep and let Burnley control the game, and then when we did manage to have the ball we played unbelievably slowly. We were launching the ball up the field for Richarlison to try and win the aerial balls against their grocks. That's just madness. Pickford was hitting the ball long and out wide into two of our smallest players in Coleman and Digne. That was clearly part of the game plan because he was practicing it in the warm-up before the game. The midfield may as well not have been there - Gray had a couple of moments but that was about it. Richarlison tried but he wasn't getting much out of their defenders or anything in the way of support from his teammates. 
    Then we come out in the second half and before we know it we're one behind. I feared the worst at that point because we hadn't looked like we had anything in us to be honest. Then we absolutely exploded for 15 minutes and that was all she fucking wrote for this game. For that period of time Burnley did not know what had hit them. I barely knew what had hit them to be honest! We just went bang, bang, bang. We could have had a couple more as well but after that we just saw the game out in a professional manner.
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    pete0 got a reaction from dunlopp9987 in Rafael Benitez   
    You think he was right to keep doing what we were in the first half? It was as bad as any game I've seen, struggling to get out of our half, terrible short corners, and just the one shot. Why not change it at half time?
    They didn't win because of him, they won in spite of him. Kewell injury and Shevchenko misses played a much bigger part. Only thing I was dismayed at was the bookies being closed, I tried to bet on them at half time.
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    pete0 got a reaction from MikeO in Rafael Benitez   
    He'd deserve credit if he changed it before we went one down. Clear as day it wasn't working in the first half. Why wait until the score?
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    pete0 reacted to Hafnia in Rafael Benitez   
    The manager knows what he's doing.
    To our dismay he managed a 3-0 deficit to win champions League.  
    Im pretty sure he knew what was and wasn't working but wanted to ensure he gathered his data and instructions. 
     
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    pete0 got a reaction from Hafnia in Rafael Benitez   
    He'd deserve credit if he changed it before we went one down. Clear as day it wasn't working in the first half. Why wait until the score?
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