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11:05pm ITV1?
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17 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:
And a previous manager of ours was regularly described as a dinosaur…
Evans is a unit though…
Nothing to do with being a dinosaur or not but they don’t shut up the whole game, wouldn’t be surprised if 4th officials debate calling in sick on match day
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Hope the city bench have some earplugs in with Evans and his assistant in the other dugout
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Bairstow sticking his name back in contention, how dead must the pitches be at the IPL though with with all these huge scores
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1 hour ago, petehinton said:
I think he is eligible, but don’t think he will be used
I agree I don't think he'll be used, this will be training with the first team as added exposure
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U21's are on professional contracts and therefore expire same time first team players would at the end of June
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The thing about trying to enter an academy later is that the club will only bring in a player if they’re significantly better than what they already have in that position or they’re short in that position. Being in the system earlier gives that player that advantage
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3 minutes ago, GrahamC said:
The “plan” clearly involves “young, hungry” players.
He says the same thing about six times..
Certainly makes the point that we won’t be signing “31 year olds looking for a last big payday”.
This is a very simplistic answer, the likes of Wilbraham & Wade Elliott show that you can get real value from older players.
Dismisses the question about the value of King & James very swiftly, too..
Is that real?
Christ.
As much as young & hungry is said I don't think an older 'hungry' player would be dismissed if they have the quality & still pull the physical levels we require, more then just a case of are they the right fit.
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2 hours ago, HengroveReds said:
Several in that era at 14/15 years old left to go to bigger clubs:
Jacob Maddox - left for Chelsea, now at Forest Green
Kyle Scott - left for Chelsea now at FC Cincinnati
Herbie Kane - left for Liverpool now at Barnsley and doing very well.
Any more?
Maddox and Kane at least weren’t released though, they were pinched through EPPP
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11 hours ago, phantom said:
Answered my question during the match comms
Kookaburra is machine made, the Duke ball is man made
Completely different seam because of this
Kookaburra seam is 1/4 depth in comparison to the Duke making the ball feel smaller to a bowler
Kookaburra doesn't shine as well, and doesn't swing as well
Kookaburra reverse swings better
Duke is a waxier material
Only England and West Indies use the Duke ball
Still unsure why they are using both though
Think it’s supposedly to get players used to playing against/bowling with a kookaburra before they reach the test team
On 16/04/2024 at 16:34, Northern Red said:Battle of the England spinners as Dom Bess and Jack Leach play in the 2nd XI match between Yorkshire and Somerset.
Michael Vaughan's son Archie is playing for Somerset. Meanwhile Flintoff's sons Rocky and Corey are playing for Lancs 2nds today.
Saw some clips online Rocky’s pull shot looks just like his dad’s. Think the other rew brother was playing and reverse swept Bess very nicely
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1 hour ago, TammyAB said:
Would Korey Smith have burst into the box in injury time against Man United if the League Cup had replays?
Yes because it was the carabao
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Question now needs to be have those representatives from the EFL gone through with it because without consulting the rest of the EFL because they’re the representatives and thought only their voices mattered because of it
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Can’t wait for the managers of the teams in the final to complain about having to play another midweek game to make up for when the final is
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And not a bad goal to boot
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27 minutes ago, Robbored said:
Pre- season matches are obviously very crucial for the preparations for the new campaign but the results are secondary to the real benefits of player fitness and the opportunity to use any new tactics and systems to evaluate their efficacy.
Subconsciously or indeed consciously players really don’t want to get injured before the real business starts and are never 100% committed and precisely why I’ve never ever watched a preseason game.
Coaching staff will pick up on players who are coasting through pre-season and it won’t end well for them if they think it won’t effect their chances of starting the first game of the season
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John Akinde with Colchester's second
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14 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:
I don’t think it was neither team wanted to lose. It was neither team thought they could win from where the game was.
I’m a little surprised we said no to be honest, if we didn’t think Surrey would win from the position we’d just taken 5 wickets in 5 overs, Lawrence was left but if you could have a go at the tail who knows what would have happened, we look like we were happy to just scarper with the draw points
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2 hours ago, And Its Smith said:
Personally I’ve got no issue with it. It’s not football so don’t think the comparison is there really. I’m a traditionalist though!
I think the annoyance partly comes from it being a round where every game was a draw, we had a game that could have seen a win but because both teams don't want to lose we miss out on what could have been an exciting finish.
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37 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:
If both teams are happy with the draw then there’s no issue is there ? The start of Surrey’s innings, Surrey wouldn’t have shook
Should they be allowed to though? Teams can’t shake hands in football after 89 minutes because they’re happy with a point, there was game time left, should the whole time be played and whatever result come what may, would be annoyed as a spectator in the ground at that point
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Genuine question, should teams be allowed to shake hands for the draw when Somerset and Surrey did? Chance of a result was much higher then the start of Surrey’s innings, should the umpire have the power to say it’s still light and we can see the game out?
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Again shows what the ball is like if on a day 4 pitch the openers can go at 10 an over
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13 hours ago, Talk Of The Town said:
Can’t be good for a young players development surely???
The loans like this are more for experiencing the physicality/speed/competitiveness of senior league football over academy football more then anything, needing to take chances when they come because you may not see much of the ball etc, in academy football ‘oh well score it next time’ in league football ‘oh no I may not get another chance and that could cost us dearly’
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2 hours ago, Davefevs said:
According to Brian, LM picks the team, decides the tactics….as it should be imho.
It probably makes a bit of a mockery of manager v head coach role titles too, both pick the team, decide the tactics. This is not a discussion about Nige’s role v Liam’s role.
I’ve usually found manager v head coach usually refers to things like transfers, head coach gets given a selection to choose from whereas manager would work with head of recruitment do a lot more work themselves in saying what the pool is to start with. Then responsibility for the rest of the coaching staff etc, head coaches may more often have staff hired for them or only get a say at the very end whereas managers more involved with the process of whose being brought in to work under them.
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20 minutes ago, redkev said:
Whilst on the subject of academy players coming through has anyone watched enough of palmer Holden to think he would be for a first team squad place next season
Seb's problem will be the intensity of the Championship vs League Two and bringing himself up to the level physically, his physical data vs Wells & Conway is still some way short in most areas except the distance they all cover when sprinting per 90 minutes played, things like total distance & running at say 70% to 80% he's still some way short of the level. Could open him up as an option off the bench if deemed good enough but then its a balance of is his development best served doing that or on loan in say League One or the SPL as a bridge loan for him to get closer.
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Rotherham United at home match thread
in The Havanatopia Match Day Archive
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I'm looking at 9th tough games in hand for Preston & Coventry, Preston then play WBA and Coventry have QPR who've been in decent form with us against Stoke who may be on the beach a little after survival