comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by milkyboy (U12731)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 4 minutes ago
Was Bamford coming off that disrupted us for me. Was immense today.

Defence needs some time to settle, but happy with how we played, save for the ten minute spell where we conceded twice.
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Bamford was great today but, we’d just leaked 2 and were on the backfoot when he went off... so Not sure how his substitution disrupted us. In fact the fresh legs and double change seemed to give us a bit more control in the last quarter.
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Disagree. Alioski and Roberts were poor. We never looked like scoring again after Bamford came off, who gives us a focal.point to build from.
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we had a two on one we screwed up.

comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by milkyboy (U12731)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 4 minutes ago
Was Bamford coming off that disrupted us for me. Was immense today.

Defence needs some time to settle, but happy with how we played, save for the ten minute spell where we conceded twice.
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Bamford was great today but, we’d just leaked 2 and were on the backfoot when he went off... so Not sure how his substitution disrupted us. In fact the fresh legs and double change seemed to give us a bit more control in the last quarter.
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Disagree. Alioski and Roberts were poor. We never looked like scoring again after Bamford came off, who gives us a focal.point to build from.
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Disagree all you want it's largely about opinion but there are some facts. I think it often disrupts us when he's taken off, but hard to make that case today.
The facts are he was taken off when we'd just conceded 2 and they'd hit the post - they were threatening every time they came forward.

All his substitution did on this occasion was disrupt their dominance. We largely controlled the last quarter, and did have some chances - Alioski himself had one. I don't think they had another shot until the last kick of the match.

Regardless of your ramblings, Bamford was fantastic. It's he plays as he is, plenty of folks will be eating some humble pie.

comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 16 minutes ago
Regardless of your ramblings, Bamford was fantastic. It's he plays as he is, plenty of folks will be eating some humble pie.
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yup

Bamford was superb today.

Very relieved to get 3 points as I feared this could have been a banana skin. Well done lads,looking forward to watching MOTD!

comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 43 minutes ago
Regardless of your ramblings, Bamford was fantastic. It's he plays as he is, plenty of folks will be eating some humble pie.
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I know it's inconvenient when the facts don't suit your narrative so i'll ignore the cheap shot.

The first line of my response was 'Bamford was great today'

He runs himself into the ground and gets subbed when he's no longer effective (or a tactical change is required) otherwise Bielsa would leave him on. Or does Bielsa not know what he's doing.

So glad we got 3 points today... will wait till the dust settles before I start giving player’s grief.. but I’ll say this.. keeper should of stopped the penalty, and their 2nd goal.

Bamford, Costa and Harrison have all been excellent these first two games (Harrison maybe less so today). Last season they regularly played well but the end product was often missing and I was critical of it, especially Paddy.

I'm delighted for all of them and for us that they've started the season so well. Confidence plays a big part in top class sport. Long may their form continue. I'd be ecstatic for him and the team if Bamford bagged 15-20 goals this season. And will be delighted to eat my XL portion of humble.

Kiko should be in goal

comment by milkyboy (U12731)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 43 minutes ago
Regardless of your ramblings, Bamford was fantastic. It's he plays as he is, plenty of folks will be eating some humble pie.
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I know it's inconvenient when the facts don't suit your narrative so i'll ignore the cheap shot.

The first line of my response was 'Bamford was great today'

He runs himself into the ground and gets subbed when he's no longer effective (or a tactical change is required) otherwise Bielsa would leave him on. Or does Bielsa not know what he's doing.
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Think seen plenty of times that substitutes is probably the weakest part of Bielsa as coach. You're surely not telling me that you thought Roberts and Alioski changed the game in our favour? Their changes were much more effective than ours.

comment by AndDonRevieistheKing (U7852)
posted 37 minutes ago

Kiko should be in goal

^^^^^

Don, have you heard anything on this?

Just speculating, but, have a feeling MB/club
might be waiting a couple of games and then
bringing Kiko back in. Dust settling and all that.

comment by The Spanish Italians - it came home (U21595)
posted 8 minutes ago
So glad we got 3 points today... will wait till the dust settles before I start giving player’s grief.. but I’ll say this.. keeper should of stopped the penalty, and their 2nd goal.
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Re the pen, my keeper mate tells me that shots low and close can be harder to get to than ones body length or further - kind of a blind spot - difficult to get your body and arms down quickly apparently. So I might cut him some slack for that, but i'm sure he's disappointed.

Think the second was more a 'could have' not a 'should have'. Think the third was probably worse... changed his mind on the cross, couldn't get back into position.

His distribution was a bit hit and miss again. He's just a kid, it's a big ask for him to deliver consistently. Let's hope today was a minor blip and it didn;t cost us anything. He obviously has ability but i think it was a risk coming into the season with kiko and a young lad as our options in such an important position.

Anyway, well done for letting the dust settle before giving grief

comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by milkyboy (U12731)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 43 minutes ago
Regardless of your ramblings, Bamford was fantastic. It's he plays as he is, plenty of folks will be eating some humble pie.
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I know it's inconvenient when the facts don't suit your narrative so i'll ignore the cheap shot.

The first line of my response was 'Bamford was great today'

He runs himself into the ground and gets subbed when he's no longer effective (or a tactical change is required) otherwise Bielsa would leave him on. Or does Bielsa not know what he's doing.
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Think seen plenty of times that substitutes is probably the weakest part of Bielsa as coach. You're surely not telling me that you thought Roberts and Alioski changed the game in our favour? Their changes were much more effective than ours.
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Their subs helped them get back into the game, they scored 2, hit the post - and had other chances with bamford still on the pitch.

Alioski for bamford and a reshuffle countered that and nullified their threat. We had some chances, one for alioski, one for harrison, some good positions we messed up... while they had a half chance for mitrovich that i recall. That's the game I saw.

Costa, Bamford, Klich our best 3 players today.

comment by milkyboy (U12731)
posted 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 21 minutes ago
comment by milkyboy (U12731)
posted 42 minutes ago
comment by Lubo - We're Home! (U14008)
posted 43 minutes ago
Regardless of your ramblings, Bamford was fantastic. It's he plays as he is, plenty of folks will be eating some humble pie.
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I know it's inconvenient when the facts don't suit your narrative so i'll ignore the cheap shot.

The first line of my response was 'Bamford was great today'

He runs himself into the ground and gets subbed when he's no longer effective (or a tactical change is required) otherwise Bielsa would leave him on. Or does Bielsa not know what he's doing.
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Think seen plenty of times that substitutes is probably the weakest part of Bielsa as coach. You're surely not telling me that you thought Roberts and Alioski changed the game in our favour? Their changes were much more effective than ours.
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Their subs helped them get back into the game, they scored 2, hit the post - and had other chances with bamford still on the pitch.

Alioski for bamford and a reshuffle countered that and nullified their threat. We had some chances, one for alioski, one for harrison, some good positions we messed up... while they had a half chance for mitrovich that i recall. That's the game I saw.

Costa, Bamford, Klich our best 3 players today.


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Agree to disagree then. I never saw us look as effective on the ball after Bamford came off, personally. Watching the same game but with different perspectives. Football is a funny old game, eh?

Yeh fair enough, and it it certainly is

I have to say once again that when Bamford comes off we lose something.

He was awesome today. Scored one, won a penalty and one assist.

He’s an intelligent player and I think the others are now getting onto his wavelength. Long may it continue.