Shukes

Get in Gomes. Excellent free kick they are saying.

I can’t one anywhere. 

I took my U14s to play the top of the league team on so day.

We we’re without our goalkeeper and three others players, so down to the bare minimum. 
 

We were absolutely awesome. No MotM, of Girl of the match… as we have two playing for us. Every player played their part. We were 1-0 up and they had their first shot just before half time… which went in to make it 1-1. 
At half time I let our team listen to them jumping up and down full of enthusiasm as they thought we would roll over in the second half. 
We played the second half exactly as we played the first half. Every plate doing their part. Ten minutes before the end out striker Freddie got on the end of corner, just beating my own son Aaron to the ball to make it 2-1. 
we not only held on to the lead, but very nearly got a third.

The team was bouncing at the end. It felt amazing. I love football again. 
Most amazing sport in the whole world. 
 

A team of 13 players came together and battled till the end.

On 13/01/2024 at 10:19, Romey 1878 said:

17 weeks is a bit less than a year... .

Don’t you start.

Went with Branthwaite. Just watching him go in 100% and win a ball fills me with joy!!!! Not much else does these days, so he’s getting my vote.

He looks like he is a confidence player. We need to get him on the scoresheet and then see what happens.

Having him back coincided with our best run of results for a very long time. And make no mistake, the hardest chance for any player to put away is a one on one, always has been and always will be. He needs to be on the end of balls into the box, that’s where his strengths are. 
 

It doesn’t look like we can use January to find a solution either, so we need to work with what we have and find a way for us to get goals again.

Talisman is back!

I wish we could just live on to the next saga. How hard can it be to say yes or no. You’ve been looking through their books for over a year now.

It feels like an other, let’s drag Everton through the shit only to pull out right at the end. 

Typical just as he starts playing more and looking dangerous…. Ye let him go.

We’re near the bottom of the league with the possibility of more sanctions/punishment. 
We would be absolutely crazy to sell him in January. It would be a disastrous decision. 
 

He is one of our most influential players and our midfield would be lightweight and impotent without him. It’s not that he is an attacking player…. But he is that player that can link with those in front of him.

Am I hearing right? It’s been overturned.

He’s a ghost, does he really exist?

Haha that is true mate. 
We can dream that January is going to throw up a diamond in the rough though can’t we? 
 

Actually now we can’t, that’s unrealistic haha.

8 minutes ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said:

I think he (Harrison) is underrated myself, 5 goal contributions in 18 games for this side is a decent return . Also puts a shift in every game and does a lot of defensive work

100% improvement on the likes of Demari Gray

He is a good player. But when I see 20m being routed as what it will take to bring him in permanently…. I think that’s way to much. 
I don't think he is a player that changes the team much if he plays or doesn’t. 
He is a player that we need right now as we’re trying to change the playing philosophy into a more hard working team…. But that won’t take us forward. 
 

We need a Danjuma type that can finish. We need a new Mirralas.

10 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

I’d still prefer to see him playing before Harrison tbh. He works hard but I just find him so meh and unless he pulls up tress before the end of the season I’d be sending him back to Leeds. 

Same here mate. He seems to be loved and I’m sure he’s a good guy. But he doesn’t offer much on the pitch. 
He frustrates me so much as he loses the ball 50% of the time…. And for a tier 1 player that’s terrible.

It’s good to see a player be so positive. If he could start finishing a few he could be a weapon.

Need a win from the boys today. 
Have a funeral this afternoon for my 30 year old niece, and on the way found out my Auntie is being taken to the hospice as she is end of life. 
2023 can just F off and 24 has started just as bad.

I need our boys to come through and give me a little hope for the coming year.

COYBs!!!

22 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

The fact I thought it was real says what I think of your opinion tbh

Sorry for the rant Haf. Not acceptable. 
 

Taking my frustration out in whoever bites. Just thought we had a real chance of doing these today and I’m absolutely the worst loser on the planet. 
 

Sorry Haf. Wish you and your family the best new year mate.

I would take him tomorrow. Barkley that is. He has looked like he’s matured and turned into the player we all expected him to be.

Agreed Newty. It’s just so frustrating as recently we have been more than good enough to beat these. 
But today we looked lethargic, slow and not up for a battle.

Thats usually the minimum we should expect and the players let us down today. 
 

But all teams have these matches and hopefully we put this behind us and get back into business. 
 

Bring on 2024

2 minutes ago, Btay said:

To be fair I also missed any sarcasm in this post....

Easily done mate.

1 minute ago, Hafnia said:

Prove my point? Put the phone down shukes.  We've been completely overrun in midfield, they have 4 narrow midfielders..... 

I'm unsure what you watch genuinely am. You do understand the game a bit don't you? 

Yes Haf. You have always been the same and always will be the same. You blatantly follow your own story. 
Take that instance I’m talking about. 
 

It’s on the screen for everyone to see. It was a one on one that we lost cheaply and they set off. It’s not my opinion…. It’s literally there for everyone to see, including yourself. 
 

Yet you still argue that the player was overrun. It was him against another player.. Mano en Mano! He lost it weakly. 
 

That’s what I saw, so in the interest of being fair, tell me how you saw it. 
 

Im guessing you’ve moved on.

1 minute ago, Hafnia said:

The fact I thought it was real says what I think of your opinion tbh

Thank you. Appreciate your honesty.

Just now, Hafnia said:

They've got 4 men dropping in to the centre of midfield.... you seriously not seeing this?

Did you not see that one on one and we lost it weakly? You really are blind Haf. It wasn’t four on one at all…. It was one player against another and he lost it and they set off on an attack. 
You are so blinded by trying to prove your point that you can’t see what’s right in front of you.