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Having watched back the goals it was a great finish from Vassell one of a player who looked in form so nice to see him back up his good cameo against Oxford. Not sure what is going on with Evans he seems to have lost all confidence. Should have claimed the cross on the second goal and I would expect...

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Boyle being out for a month is a big loss too. Especially as him, Long and Pollock were looking a strong back 3. Let's hope it is nothing too serious and he can get back asap.

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I think it is also about adapting to the opposition. Let's not forget our goal came from a long kick from Flinders. Sometimes you can get joy from playing the ball in behind the CB's especially when they are playing a high line. What impressed me was how well we defended the lead. We forced Oxford t...

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I think it is very noticeable we struggle most when teams press us high up the pitch and pin our full backs back. MK Dons is a good example of that we seem to stuggle to break teams down who can pin us back especially as we don't tend to play with a striker capable of holding the ball up so we don't...

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Joseph or May as the one up front is a tough decision as well.

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Having seen most matches this season (Missed Fleetwood and Charlton) I would say we have shown we are capable of matching anyone in this league. Admittedly MK Dons outplayed us last week and Wycombe were probably just more streetwise at this level and managed to grind out a result similar to what we...

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Good analysis in this thread. Again it was very noticeable that our wing backs were pinned back nearly the whole game after our opening goal meaning we lacked options going forward when we won the ball back. At the moment I would say that has looked our weakest area on Saturday both Hussey and Blair...

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Reminds me a bit of Lampard in the way he seems to pop up in goal scoring positions in and around the box and how effective his long range shots are. Only thing he needs to work on may be his fitness as he seems to struggle to see out matches but hopefully that will improve as the season develops.

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Does this mean the deal for Joseph at Swansea is off I wonder?

I had hoped we may have paid a fee for a striker and reinvested some of the Tozer money but it is looking unlikely at the moment.

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He is still allowed to watch ctfc so what is the problem with him attending matches? It is inevitable he will be asked by supporters what happened and it doesnt sound like he is going into massive detail. Obviously as fans we dont get the whole detail of what goes on in the boardroom. What I would s...

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As always a lot will depend on the player. There is no point standing in his way if he desperately wants to leave. What I would say if he is happy here there is no way we should be letting him leave unless Wrexham put in a crazy offer something like 400k or over. If we are serious of staying in leag...

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The problem is it feels like this comes up every season. At least with Wilcox he felt like he understood the frustrations and seemed to have plans to make some improvements and wasnt afraid to talk to fans after the game and listen to us.

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I have finally got around to watching it - some thoughts: - Generally, we were competitive in all areas. This match was won and lost by moments of quality. That is encouraging. - Both sides played a similar game structurally, but Wycombe especially were very quick to get the ball forward to Vokes a...

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I agree I can see the sense in their policy of basically ripping off away fans knowing they will pay it due to being a new ground for most and them having big followings. At the same time it is very risky to start alternating your own fan base in the long run. If we go down what happens then when aw...

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Unfortunately not a surprise and it will only decrease as the season goes on. Few things to point out. £28 pound a ticket is crazy for league 1 football even £26 in advance is too much I know people who may have attending today but after finding out the price didnt bother and I dont blame them in al...

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I'm not too bothered about the masks as that is personal choice and we are outdoors also with hand sanitizer it's quite easy to just bring your own. One complaint I would make is the fact there seemed to be 1 soap dispenser in the colin farmer toilets meaning by the 2nd half it was empty and none wa...

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I thought the game was actually similar to last week in terms of we went behind but then managed to get a goal back before half time. May then like last week had a couple of chances at this level you have to to take. If we got 2-1 up the whole complexion of the game changes. The difference this week...

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I assume that means Duff must have another LB lined up. A free agent would make sense as I can't see many teams willing to loan out a player who will be a back up to Hussey.

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To look at it a different way it does help boost attendances. For example come a cold Tuesday evening or Saturday in winter a lot of fans may take the option of I follow rather than actually attending the match which would be a loss of income for the club. I must admit I will miss not being able to ...

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I don't personally think it asking too much to have a card rather than 23 individual poorly printed and barely readable match tickets. I can't imagine the cost being that much more.

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Virtually all the mainstream news articles reviews are based on the size of clubs rather than any analysis. You almost know before opening the article it will be the likes of ourselves and Morecambe to be in the relegation zone and the likes of Ipswich,Sunderland,Porstmouth top 3.

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I think Duff knows he already has the core of a squad who can compete at this level and are comfortable with his tactics and game plans. This means he can hold out and wait for what he thinks are worthwhile signings. Im sure he could have made 5 or more signings already but he knows the players have...

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I fear the deal is dead if he isn't at the ground today especially if we did offer him a contract earlier in the week.

I must admit to being a bit disappointed we are a week away from the season and we haven't yet signed a striker or attacking midfielder the two positions we are weakest.

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I agree with that in this day in age you would expect most stadiums to be moving to the print at home option or tickets that can be downloaded to a mobile device. Would save queues on match day of people waiting to pick up tickets.

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Be nice to hear something about Crewe tickets given it is nearly only a week away....

A few have asked the club but not getting any response.

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He does look the type of player who if he did well could move on for big money. I have always felt we as a club haven't looked at players with re-sale value but maybe this is now changing looking at our transfer business so far this Summer. I would imagine he would be the attacking midfielder we nee...

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I would say that is fair. I think at the moment it is still hard to predict our chances as we are still at least 4 signings away from a full squad and these could be the difference in deciding our season. You would imagine a number 9 and attacking midfielder will be 2 of these and they would be expe...

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Does anyone have any information about buying tickets for Crewe away? Only a couple of weeks away now but havent seen anything mentioned anywhere saying if they need to be purchased in advance or on the day?

This assuming away fans are now allowed to attend matches?

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What positions do people we need to improve the squad/team. I must admit it is not ideal in my opinion to still be needing at least 4 maybe 5 new players and the season is only a couple of weeks away.... Be interesting to see others views and if anyone else is underwhelmed at the moment? Usually I c...

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Interesting others mention the pitch width I often wonder if it is the reason we struggle to be as fluid at home as we are away of if it is more to do with the way teams shape up against us. We probably did enough to win the game in the 2nd half May really missed a sitter with his one on one you hav...

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Certainly no need to panic these things happen and although a game you would expect to win Morecambe wont be near the bottom this season. The absence of a natural rwb didn't help and I always feel having Thomas in midfield helps balance us more. Key will be getting Blair fit to get Thomas back in mi...

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I thought Bonds and Azaz player well and look promising. Reid looked as sharp as I have seen him hopefully a proper pre season will get him firing and 100% fit as he didnt seem that at times last season. The main worry I have is our full back cover if we play 3-5-2 this is such as crucial position o...

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Seems crazy to me that a team may be promoted based of 3 games where all clubs going into it wont have played for months and have no match fitness. Also teams will be missing key players I've seen May and Tozer say they might not play that's arguably our two best players gone already. It will be a c...

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The most sensible option now is to end this season preferably using points per game and then the new season can start to be planned out and can begin whenever is best given the situation. There are still way too many unknowns for football to be starting back up again. What happens if one team get a ...

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We really missed him today. I read somewhere he has the 2nd most passes in league 2 this season for defenders that shows how much he dictates our play. Obviously Greaves is a good replacement although he looked off the pace today I thought. Out of anyone in the team Tozer is probably the worst playe...

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