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COY Blues, KTBFFH

Point would be very welcome. Chelsea looked very good at times last night against Geordie Arabia.

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Don’t think there’s many tickets available for the game apart from the regular unsold single seats in various parts of the ground. Although there seems to be a few available for resale from season ticket holders who aren’t going

I know there’s been done negativity about playing on Christmas Eve, and I can understand that from away fans, but personally I’d choose that day in preference to Boxing Day.

comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 8 hours, 15 minutes ago
Don’t think there’s many tickets available for the game apart from the regular unsold single seats in various parts of the ground. Although there seems to be a few available for resale from season ticket holders who aren’t going

I know there’s been done negativity about playing on Christmas Eve, and I can understand that from away fans, but personally I’d choose that day in preference to Boxing Day.
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quite right..boxing day is for golf

If we can keep your boy Hwang quiet we should be ok...reckon a draw

Neto now back in full training so hopefully he will be on the bench on Christmas Eve. Be a big boost to have him back

February fixture times now confirmed

Home game with Man Utd is on TNT on Thursday Feb 1st with a 20:15 kick off!
Chelsea away on Sunday 4th at 14:00
Brentford at home on Saturday 10th at 15:00
Spurs away Saturday 17th at 15:00
Sheff Utd at home on Sunday 25th at 13:30 on Sky

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted about 4 hours ago
If we can keep your boy Hwang quiet we should be ok...reckon a draw
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Hwang is always pretty quiet. She is just lethal around the penalty area.

Cunha is probably our must in form forward recently though. He gets involved all over the pitch as well.

No idea why that was autocorrected to 'she'.

Euro super league back on the agenda.

I've warmed to the idea in recent years. Boot all the top six out the league and we can have our domestic game back.

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 minute ago
I've warmed to the idea in recent years. Boot all the top six out the league and we can have our domestic game back.
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Championship A&B....or North & South

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 minute ago
I've warmed to the idea in recent years. Boot all the top six out the league and we can have our domestic game back.
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Championship A&B....or North & South
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I suppose you guys wouldn't have to travel so far if you were in a south division.

Getting back to rumours...I'm not quite sure why we're going for another CF in January. It seems to me that O'Neil doesn't have the confidence in either Sasa or Fabio, to start them or give them much playing time. Fabio might as well play for the U21's. Also, our playing style at the moment doesn't suit an outright CF.

I feel sorry for both them, especially as they were bought with the hope that our scoring deficiencies would improve, but sadly they haven't, to the expected degree.

It's hard to see where our goals are going to come from this season. Hwang has done well and although he gets in the right places at times, he is, in my opinion, not the answer. Cunha is our best froward and is gradually getting on the scoresheet more often.

Neto will be a welcome addition if he can regain his form from his latest injury and I hope we don't rush him back to soon.

My biggest concern is the fact that none of our defenders have scored a league goal this season, despite having had 72 corners and probably the same amount of free kicks worthy of our defenders going forward.

Stepping off soap box.

Some unusual points there Wolfie.

You say you're not sure why we are going in for a striker, but then say we have scoring deficiencies and that Fabio and Sasa aren't favoured.

You say we have scoring deficiencies but we've only failed to score in one game this season. Then you praise a forward for getting on the scoresheet more often but also say that the guy scoring most of the goals isn't the answer.

So our top scorer isn't the answer, our other options are out of favour but we don't need another striker; what we need is our defenders to score more from corners.

You yourself have stated that our system we're playing at the moment doesn't suit a CF. It's plain as the nose on your face that neither Sasa or Fabio are in O'Neils' plans. By the way, we've failed to score in two league games this season, not one.

My jury is still out with regard to Hwang. Yes he's our top scorer, but he wouldn't be in my starting eleven. That's just my opinion of the player. Cunha is far more effective and has started scoring goals now.

You have picked holes in my comments to suit your usual agenda, but not mentioned anything about our defenders not getting on the scoresheet, which is a concern with me. Right now, it's hard to see where our goals are going to come from, despite us being a more attacking threat this season. Hopefully, a fully fit Neto will at least provide more opportunities than we are creating now.

My point about the possibility of getting another striker in January is why bother, if our style of play doesn't suit one.

Plus, I'm sure both Sasa and Fabio will either be sold or go out on loan in January, if there are any takers.

I've never said our system doesn't suit a striker. I've said it doesn't suit Sasa which might be where you are getting confused, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't suit a different striker.

I'm not really sure what you think my agenda is. I can tell you it isn't to start with our defenders when looking for goals though. Them scoring is a bonus I wouldn't rely on. I'd prefer it if they focused on stopping goals the other way.

Can’t see where the goals are going to come from so why sign another striker.

There are things in that comment but logic isn’t one of them

So, at least we know that the seventh highest scorer in the division isn’t the answer 👍

Sasa has just spent over a quarter of a million quid, aka 250mk, doing up a coffee shop in Tettenhall for his missus, I wouldn’t be expecting him to be going anywhere

To get the best out of a CF, primarily you need crosses into the box and either wingers/wing backs getting to the bye line and putting in those crosses. Only Neto has been able to that. RAN's crosses are abysmal and Semedo isn't that much better. We are not doing that at the moment, so it doesn't matter who we sign.

Just for the record, we are the only club un the PL who hasn't got a goal from a defender. So, although I don't expect too much from them, I would have expected them to have scored a few at this point in the season.

So, to summarise.

It doesn’t matter who we sign but none of our current options are the answer. All our wingers and wing backs are useless and our defenders can’t score.

What about the keeper?

Al Hilal won 7-0 in Saudi today to move 13 points clear at the top of their league. Neves got the 6th goal. Mitrovic also scored one and is joint top scorer in the league with Ronaldo. The other marquee signing they brought in, Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio, scored a hat trick today.