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Tweet about the Albion and music. Home and away STH and Albion Assembly and Fan Advisory Board member.
Langley, England
Joined February 2009
...the performances away from home continue. Not that I'm panicking, the first 34 minutes yesterday showed me that we have ability, as did much of Saturday. But it feels like we are at a pivotal point of the season. Which side are we? That first 34 min one or the last 60?
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...I am not for looking at negatives. But, Preston apart, there has been too many off performances of late. In such a tight division, it won't take long to drop like a stone and whilst my expectations are fairly low, they are higher than mid table which is where we will be if....
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...although IPs goal was an absolute beaut. But, and I think we have a very good player in Isaac, he needs to offer more than pearlers (I appreciate that may sound a bit Monty Python/Roman sketchlike) His showboating irritates me in tight games. All a bit downbeat from me and...
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...of attacking options. Rome wasnt built in a day but some of it was and laying foundations at the back felt prudent. But can anyone say we look secure back there at the moment? There were a couple of bright spots last night. Diakite played well and...erm.. that's it really...
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... half hearted Grant after successfully winning back fans under Carlos. A big worry for me is that we are getting worse defensively after a decent start to the season. I think most fans accepted that we focused much of our limited funds on defence recruitment at the expense...
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...desire to get something out of the game. Even HeggebΓΈ seemed to go through the motions last night and if you take his work rate and ability to hold the ball up away, there's not really much point to playing him. Don't get me started on Grant who reverted to the vilified...
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...the train station, absolutely soaked through from that "wet" rain, and the mood was very much why do we do it. That was a really poor last 60 minutes or so. Head scratchingly poor. The zip from Saturday has gone. It was slow, lethargic and most worrying of all a lack of...
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How moods can swing in football. After 34 minutes last night we sat in 3rd having started the game the much better side culminating with yet another stunning IP goal. It was an away end purring contentment. This is why we do it. Fast forward 90 minutes, that long walk back to...
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Of the 120 games played so far in the Championship, 97 of those games have either been drawn or won by just a 1 goal margin. Of the 23 won by more than 1, Cov have 6 of those, Bristol City 3. The remaining few shared around. This is the closest championship there's ever been.
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...do you do? I would start AH on Wednesday, and keep JM in reserve. A satisfying win but I'm not getting carried away. I still think we could be end up anywhere between 5th and 12th. I think we can improve on what we are seeing but no hugely without strengthening. It's so tight.
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...his place against Watford. The big conundrum is Maja or Heggebo. I didn't think Maja looked fit yesterday, his hold up play was weak. Compare that to Heggebo who from his 1st touch bullied the defender and retained possession. But we know Maja is the better in the box. What..
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...since Taylor arrived. A mention for the much maligned Campbell. Whilst he looked cumbersome going forward, he defended well. The manager doesn't seem convinced by what he sees from Gilchrist in training and I would imagine GG did enough to convince RM that he should keep....
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...against Watford. The other standout performance for me yesterday was Styles. They are strong down their right but CS stood up well and was also decent in possession, something that often let's him down. That shows the importance of competition, he has to work for his place...
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...address going forward. We do have options to rotate. I like Collyer. He was harshly picked out at Millwall and I thought he played well yesterday. The lad will get even better with a run of games. Hopefully his muscle injury was just cramp yesterday as I would start him..
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...play well. He is such an important player in that respect but it feels like he struggles to maintain that level when games come thick and fast. Do you rest him against Watford and play him fresh for Ipswich? Unfortunately we don't really have a like for like, something to...
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...toes all day, the player we love but frustratingly see sporadically. Although, if he did it consistently, he wouldn't be with us. I thought for the main part, we played well 2nd half. Mowatt, close to MJ for man of the match, once again proving that when he plays well, we...
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...came through his drive. It was no surprise that he made the breakthrough although what Preston were thinking giving him that much space to unleash his missile is beyond me. You don't need to do much scouting work on MJ to know you don't give him room inside. He was twinkle...
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...looked slow and sloppy in possession, Mepham especially looked out of sorts and the increasingly impressive JG bailed us out. But we slowly got a foothold and got on top for the last 25 of the 1st. MJ looked to be having one of his better days, most of our better moments...
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...a far less contented one but whilst we all feared the worst, the players saw the game out well. It was a really good win, against a decent, hard to beat side. Not a perfect performance by any means, but we are doing ok. They looked better than us for the first 20 mins. We...
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A very familiar Sunday morning feel today. Lazy start, bacon sizzling in a pan, Radcliffe and Maconie Show on 6 Music and Albion sitting 5th in the Championship. Those 9 minutes (where the feck did they come from?) of injury time could have changed that Sunday bliss feel to a...
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