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The day we're looking to Pickford to keep everyone else calm is the day we give up.

blueforyou wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 9:28 pm I would look to Pickford for keeping things calm: 30 years old; 7 years with the club; 70 caps for England

All the experience, a mature and cool headed Jordan would help our cause

Pickford cool headed and mature

He should be - give him back the responsibility of the captain's armband, he needs to respect it

Never mind giving up, time to grow up

brap2 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 8:40 pm Leadership up there with passion and desire as some of my least favourite football subjects

Can't measure the indomitable human spirit and present it in a radial chart can you?

blueforyou wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2024 4:40 pm Fifth game in a row, we've scored first, but: no squad depth; new signings bedding in; best player out injured

Makes it difficult to defend our lead

yeah spot on - hopefully branners back nxt week and shore the defence up versus palace and keane can sit on the bench for 6 mths

Anyone else think Pickford should be coming to punch that cross yesterday it is six yards from goal

Kerryblueboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 11:54 am Anyone else think Pickford should be coming to punch that cross yesterday it is six yards from goal

We've conceded several like that already this season and he's just as much to blame as the defenders. Rooted to the spot again.

I was at the game yesterday and for me the first issue was the substitutions in terms of the timings of them…imo another 10 mins before the first sub may of closed the game off…so too early again….the second was more a tactical blunder changed the shape of the team and opened up the pitch for them to take the space hence we went backwards 10yards again….

The goal was down to Keane from what I saw caught under the ball again no strength in him attacking the ball to head it clear it bobbled of him onto tarks and the rest is history…I don’t blame Pickford he had players in front of him including tarks and Keane…don’t think he would’ve got near it …..

Thought overall up to the substitutions we were the better side and looked comfortable both going forward and in defence. Doucoure playing in his preferred role in CM was immense until he got pushed forward then looked like the player we’ve been seeing all this season (dyche again)
Was noticeable he started getting Beto changed to go on then sat him down!! Hopefully that’s the end of seeing him upfront again….

Kerryblueboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 11:54 am Anyone else think Pickford should be coming to punch that cross yesterday it is six yards from goal

Not when Tarks and Keane are going for it plus an attacker, too many bodies in the way and big bodies at that.

I think pickford not claiming crosses is something being targeted by all the teams we're playing. Bit of a pattern emerging.

The Doc wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 1:44 pm I think pickford not claiming crosses is something being targeted by all the teams we're playing. Bit of a pattern emerging.

They always have, it was an issue under every manager since we had Picks, it's just Tarks and Branthwaite have made it not as big as issue as it really is

The David Moyes PR campaign is hitting full swing

Ugh

I'm starting to detest Moyes more and more, I think he's becoming a bit desperate and disrespectful. All these interviews and chats about Everton etc are all done to destabilise and keep him relevant with the hope that he would be appointed of Dyche gets the chop.
I'd be fuming if that rat got given the job. The players might've ran through brick walls for him, but while they were doing that, he was swanning off with Sir Alex working out how to shaft us

Mike Lyons would run through brick walls for us, many would but they are a certain type. We don't have those anymore. It's reported from a shit source (via BBC) that Potter said he'd be interested in us if the job came up.