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FA Cup weekend fixtures
First game I’ve heard as a bubble other than ours for years.
Why as fans do we put up with this?
I expect this to be a good one, 2-2.
I expect some upsets in other games too maybe Stoke, QPR and Wimbledon
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
Mackems/Mags derby is the one I’m looking forward to the most.......bar ours of course.
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Anyone else struggling to follow the game, awful kit clash
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Seems like a fantastic atmosphere.
Haway the Mackems!
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
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Der Kaiser
Anyone else struggling to follow the game, awful kit clash
I know ones red and ones black, but when they are all together in the box it’s just merges into one !!!!!
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Look at the shorts....Look at the shorts:hehe:
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BLUETIT
I know ones red and ones black, but when they are all together in the box it’s just merges into one !!!!!
Isn't it about time you got yourself a colour telly BT?
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Look at the shorts! I'm actually pleased they are wearing their traditional strips.
Terrific full blooded game so far - and no VAR.....tackles flying in...not sure who I want to win this one.
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MacAdder
Isn't it about time you got yourself a colour telly BT?
Colour be-f uck ed !!!!!!!
It’s like a f uck ing bar-code out there
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BLUETIT
Colour be-f uck ed !!!!!!!
It’s like a f uck ing bar-code out there
oh...and the grass is green....line markings in white in case all is grey....:hehe:
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
That was a penalty wasn't it? McCoist just seems happy players are kicking each other.
Edit: Not so much of an issue now.
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
0 - 1. Newcastle lead through a Sunderland o.g.
But more importantly Maidstone are leading Stevenage. C'mon the non league clubs.
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Mark Harris has scored for Oxford, but it’s not doing them much good.
Sunderland rather messing up their big game so far, they seem a bit overawed by the occasion.
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One thing we’ve learnt watching this is that George Formby’s barber is still alive, Chris Waddle has been there this morning!!
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
FFS Sunderland. Playing out from the back = disaster.
0-2 only 30 seconds into the 2nd half.
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
How long will this playing out from the back nonsense continue, unless you're Man City ?
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
17 year old Miley on for Newcastle having also played in the Champions League
Yet in recent years our managers been scared of playing 20 and 21 year olds "too soon"
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Moodybluebird
How long will this playing out from the back nonsense continue, unless you're Man City ?
No idea why he's tried cutting inside against a top Premier League attacker
Newcastle's side cost upwards of £150m and are a good pressing side even by Premier League standards, you need to be much cleverer than Sunderland have been today
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City123
17 year old Miley on for Newcastle having also played in the Champions League
Yet in recent years our managers been scared of playing 20 and 21 year olds "too soon"
:xmasthumbup:
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Moodybluebird
How long will this playing out from the back nonsense continue, unless you're Man City ?
It’s been debated on here no end of times, some think that we have to persevere regardless of its drawbacks because it’s the modern way and anything else in dinosaur like. It needs to be perfected to the nth degree on the training pitches before teams such as us introduce it constantly on a match day. Accidents waiting to happen, even in our division, attempting it against top Premier League sides is utter suicide.
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the other bob wilson
:xmasthumbup:
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City123
17 year old Miley on for Newcastle having also played in the Champions League
Yet in recent years our managers been scared of playing 20 and 21 year olds "too soon"
Been saying this for ages.....as one who is old enough to remember when we DID play them 16-17-18 years of age.
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Moodybluebird
How long will this playing out from the back nonsense continue, unless you're Man City ?
It's not the playing out from the back that's the problem, as long as defenders know their limitations or potential problems. Newcastle's front men are far quicker in thought and foot than anything in the Championship, so they should know they won't have any time to dwell on the ball. When they can get through the advanced forward line they have a bit more room in midfield.
Individual error, not a problem with playing out from the back.
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Eric the Half a Bee
It's not the playing out from the back that's the problem, as long as defenders know their limitations or potential problems. Newcastle's front men are far quicker in thought and foot than anything in the Championship, so they should know they won't have any time to dwell on the ball. When they can get through the advanced forward line they have a bit more room in midfield.
Individual error, not a problem with playing out from the back.
It’s a massive problem when you haven’t got the personnel to carry out the tactic.
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splott parker
It’s a massive problem when you haven’t got the personnel to carry out the tactic.
Exactly. The equivalent of continually playing high balls up to a 5ft 7in centre forward up against a dominant 6ft 4in centre half.
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Maurice Swan
Been saying this for ages.....as one who is old enough to remember when we DID play them 16-17-18 years of age.
It's not even that long ago that we played youngsters. Aaron Ramsey is the obvious one who played at 16/17, but Cameron Jerome was our starting striker at what, 18? Joe Ledley broke through at 17, so did Chris Gunter and Adam Matthews, James Collins and Darcy Blake broke in as 18 year olds. Even under Mackay younger players like Ben Nugent and Declan John got opportunities. It seems in recent years we've employed "pragmatic" managers with little to no interest in developing players which ends with us loading up on crap journeymen we can't shift
What's baffling is that it's not like our age group sides are uniquely crap, they're actually generally decent and we've seen players poached by big clubs. Swansea, a side who we've generally gotten the better of in age group levels over recent years, played a 17 year old at Boro recently and he did well. I find it hard to believe that he's far better than every 17 year old at Cardiff
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splott parker
It’s a massive problem when you haven’t got the personnel to carry out the tactic.
If he hits it first time into midfield towards a teammate, no problems. He didn't. He made the mistake. If it was a tactical issue, he'd be making the same mistake often.
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Eric the Half a Bee
If he hits it first time into midfield towards a teammate, no problems. He didn't. He made the mistake. If it was a tactical issue, he'd be making the same mistake often.
They are consistently giving the ball away, at a certain point you need to change things or at least mix things up. It's far too easy for Newcastle.
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Originally Posted by
City123
It's not even that long ago that we played youngsters. Aaron Ramsey is the obvious one who played at 16/17, but Cameron Jerome was our starting striker at what, 18? Joe Ledley broke through at 17, so did Chris Gunter and Adam Matthews, James Collins and Darcy Blake broke in as 18 year olds. Even under Mackay younger players like Ben Nugent and Declan John got opportunities. It seems in recent years we've employed "pragmatic" managers with little to no interest in developing players which ends with us loading up on crap journeymen we can't shift
What's baffling is that it's not like our age group sides are uniquely crap, they're actually generally decent and we've seen players poached by big clubs. Swansea, a side who we've generally gotten the better of in age group levels over recent years, played a 17 year old at Boro recently and he did well. I find it hard to believe that he's far better than every 17 year old at Cardiff
When managers can nowadays get sacked after a handful of poor results is it any wonder that many of them have become risk averse and unwilling to put their faith in kids.
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
To be fair, people only notice when playing out from the back goes wrong. However, it’s all about risk and reward - if playing out from the back costs you four goals a season, you have to score five or six from playing it to make it worthwhile. That’s on for the top clubs, but, as you go down the divisions, the chances are that the mistakes will increase and the creativity will not be there to make the plan work, so managers need to be reslistic - City haven’t had a team to play out from the back successfully in recent years, in fact I wonder if they ever have.
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FT: Maidstone 1 - 0 Stevenage
Well done the non league side. Into the 4th rd for the first time.
Wins also for Leicester, Ipswich and Coventry.
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Michael Morris
FT: Maidstone 1 - 0 Stevenage
Well done the non league side. Into the 4th rd for the first time.
Wins also for Leicester, Ipswich and Coventry.
Mark Harris on the scoresheet for Oxford at Coventry
8 goals and 4 assists this season for him and a regular for 5th placed Oxford. Good for him
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the other bob wilson
Mark Harris has scored for Oxford, but it’s not doing them much good.
Sunderland rather messing up their big game so far, they seem a bit overawed by the occasion.
Ben Wilson who has been out of favour for Coventry after being in championship team of the year in goals against his former teammate Harris.
6-2 in the end to Cov.
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
Been disappointed with the televised ties so far, Sunderland have been pretty feeble against a team that must have been fearing the worst coming into the game.
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
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Eric the Half a Bee
If he hits it first time into midfield towards a teammate, no problems. He didn't. He made the mistake. If it was a tactical issue, he'd be making the same mistake often.
Not two or three minutes after the goal a Sunderland defender did receive it short and played a pass forward directly to an oncoming Newcastle midfielder, cue another black ‘n’ white attack.
I’d love us to play out and through the midfield successfully but can you see us achieving this with our squad. We need to mix things up, the long punt doesn’t work as our ability in the air is also sadly lacking, it’s all down to movement I s’pose, players finding space, going wide etc. Don’t get me wrong, I’m quietly happy with our points return, despite the way we’ve played, certainly after the last couple of seasons. But I’m struggling to witness any plans B or C to go with the unimpressive plan A. Is it the coaching that’s at fault :shrug:
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Michael Morris
FT: Maidstone 1 - 0 Stevenage
Well done the non league side. Into the 4th rd for the first time.
Wins also for Leicester, Ipswich and Coventry.
Should we go through today (I know, I know) we could draw Maidstone and get revenge for that 0-5 home defeat on New Years' Day years ago.
:xmasayatollah:
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Re: FA Cup weekend / Sunderland Newcastle
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
It's not the playing out from the back that's the problem, as long as defenders know their limitations or potential problems. Newcastle's front men are far quicker in thought and foot than anything in the Championship, so they should know they won't have any time to dwell on the ball. When they can get through the advanced forward line they have a bit more room in midfield.
Individual error, not a problem with playing out from the back.
It clearly is
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splott parker
It’s a massive problem when you haven’t got the personnel to carry out the tactic.
Don't argue with Eric, Mr total football even if we end up in league 2
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I am underwhelmed by all the games this afternoon....certainly cannot decide which to watch...if any.
...probably QPR v Bournemouth...see how KM fares against a poor Championship side....
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City123
They are consistently giving the ball away, at a certain point you need to change things or at least mix things up. It's far too easy for Newcastle.
They hardly have the players to mix things up against a side like Newcastle, either. To me it was more evidence that the gap between Prem and Champ is growing.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Don't argue with Eric, Mr total football even if we end up in league 2
Let's not start spouting your usual bollocks, mate. You're really starting to piss me off with your all-knowing, everyone else is wrong attitude who belittles others.