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Then there is Coventry City and loads more who have fiddled their way to achieve greater things And dont get me started on our friends on the hill Salford and a shed load more Bitter I am You clearly have no idea what the Sky Blues have gone through int the last 22 years. They don't have a mega-ric...

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14 for me. Not convinced many people have ever referred to CTFC v Exeter and FGR as "West Country derby matches." The most-contrived 'derby' has to be the 'M69 derby' between Leicester and Coventry. Sent from my SM-G9860 using Tapatalk Most Sky Blues fans would consider Villa to be their ...

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Lock-down only applies to the particularly vulnerable (eg those with pre-existing respiratory diseases), or those who have symptoms, and they are not allowed to leave their homes at all. My brother has asthma and emphysema and is in his first week of a 12 week lockdown since receiving his letter fro...

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Social distancing, lockdown and self- isolation will "flatten the curve", but will also push the peak to a later date, which if anything will delay any restart rather than ring it forward.

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Well worth a listen to this podcast. If you watch the EFL highlights on Ques you will be familiar with Ally Maxwell. Always well inforrmed and researched. The latest pod is about their choice for top 5 EFL managers this season in which Duff comes second behind Mark Robins and they are very complemen...

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If you think being lied to over and over again in the build up to a very important election by one of the main parties is trivial, then you can't have much interest in what is happening to your country. They didn't lie to me. Of course they did - they can't open their mouths without lying and disse...

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Quite a few ex players were mentioned or spotted in the highlights at the weekend, including those mentioned above there was Tyrone Barnett (Eastleigh), Danny Wright (Solihull Moors), Rob Dickie (Oxford Utd), Elijah Adebayo (Wallsall), James Dayton (Orient), and Mo Eisa (Posh),

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I'd be a bit happier if we did not look so vulnerable at the back, especially on the counter. For all our wonderful play and greater possession, lets not lose sight of the fact Bradford had as many shots as we did, and we were lucky not to concede more to their counterattacking. We've had to come fr...

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That's what's alarming....

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Yet the ‘poor’ Thomas produced what I read was a great assist, so without him we may not have gone in front? Yeovil, Cambridge and Macclesfield all winning away from home. Just five points the gap now between us and Macclesfield. We have to fill the defensive holes. Was Hussey playing in the centra...

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All teams kits this season seem to have a row if spots in the middle of the numbers. Anyone know whats that about?

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Sorry to see him go but its probably the right move for both of us. Form has dropped off since the New Year (same as last season) and GJ seems determined to play him out of position (as he does Winnie).

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I often travel back to Cov by train to visit family. I can't drive due to Parkinsons, but there's no way I would do anything but drive if I could. National Rail Enquiries are only showing bus replacement between Chelt and Gloucester which is not on the route to Brum

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In my opinion, both Sellars and Mo are better than L1 standard. I can't recall seeing such close control in a player in L2 or L1 as Sellars has. As for Mo, a natural goalscorer. The back-lift on his shots against Chesterfield was almost non-existent. That explains why both efforts bounced before th...

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Wrong kind of game for Mo who was too lightweight with balls played in high to him down the centre against two physically strong STFC centre backs. He should have been moved to wide right to help the team get in round the back. His pace would have pulled the well drilled opposition out of shape as ...

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Our free kicks have generally been terrible since Pack left. Other teams seem to able to score against us from well-taken free kicks - why cant we?As a team at the bottom, practising attacking free kicks should be a priority. The defence has yet to register a goal and only Dawson has contributed fro...

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I don't get all this '442 or 352' debate. We need to be adaptable to game conditions and respond to how our opposition play. But at home, we should not be starting 3 centre halves as you lose an attacking option. Away from home, yes maybe. What we want is a squad and formation that makes the opposi...

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Just a warning - yesterday I received an email purporting to be from the Trust. Its a pretty obvious scam asking for payment of an invoice to the tune of £1791.23!!!

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solihullkev wrote:"Cranston has no pace"

That is an extraordinary comment. He can be criticised for many things, but name a quicker first team player ?

If its not his lack of pace that leads him to get skinned then it his poor positioning. Plus he cant cross for toffee.

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The proposals do not seem to address the non-league pyramid below the new L3. There's been suggestions today that 1) it should be regional, and 2) L2/3 should be same level but regional (L2 North and South)!

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Never mind the loss of gate receipts from 4 fewer home games (and for many clubs 'dropping' a division I would have thought lower crowds) I'm also wondering what impact this will have on sponsorship deals. Fewer games means less brand exposure, so surely lower sponsorship deals? Loss of match relate...

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Also he's not afraid to tackle hard when given the opportunity.

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The untruths have already started....

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I didn't think you were allowed to trap the ball between your feet like that? Video, Dagenham v Morecambe - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34855559" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; You're not allowed to use that technique from a dead ball situation (as Willie Carr fam...

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Any new player coming in needs to be on a par with or better than Wright in my eyes. No point signing a player not better than we have. Is anybody better than what we have a)likely to be available in January, or b) likely to want to join us permanently? Assuming we have the money for a signing then...

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Didn't I read last week somewhere that we might have to make cuts to playing staff as we were over budget? How does this fit with that?

On the other hand, if he lives up to his show reel and can get match fit quickly.....

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Not quite Mal - it's about trafficking of people to work illegally in slave conditions in egg factories as that is the only way supermarkets can get eggs cheap enough for the average British consumer. Same as milk where consumers want it below the cost of what farmers can produce it for. I'm not su...

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Don't remember faulting him for effort. Distribution very suspect however.

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Thanks

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Does anyone know if all stands are open tomorrow?

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Does anyone know when the season tickets will be ready?

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Thanks guys. I would have thought the club would have this on the official site by now....

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I can't find a friendlies timetable on the official site. Can anyone post one?

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be nice to have a bit of height in midfield for a change

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That would probably not be unreasonable but you asked four times 'which players...' were approached etc. For what its worth, I don't think the team was dismantled, which implies deliberate action. The best players - Thomas, Pack, Summerfield, McGlashan, Mohammed, Brown, Cureton, chose to leave. I'm ...

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