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Aye, but it's the same gameplan every week which is the problem.

Becoming increasingly obvious that Nolan is a massive hindrance to any attempt to actually play football. His game consists of getting on the end of knockdowns from long balls... and that's it. Offers nothing else whatsoever. It's great he's got those goals, I'll take getting out of this division any way possible. Really can't wait until he's not playing for us anymore though. Would love to see tonights team with Barton starting instead of Nolan and Raylor instead of Simpson, think we could play some pretty good stuff.

Same shit football, lucky to get a draw. If he takes us up I'll be forever grateful to the man, but he's just not a manager really. Good coach and a person the players seem to have time for, but the football under him is completely directionless and has been all season.

Otter's comment is spot on like, it was the most frustrating ending to a game ever because we could have nicked it.

the only diference i see is one will take some responsibility and the other wont. I see what you're saying, one thing you have to commend Butt on is that he doesn't hide and will try and exert himself on the game where others in CM won't (Nolan is a complete disgrace in this regard). However, Butt taking responsibility ends up being completely counter-productive to our attacking football. Rather than actually playing a simple pass, he'll get it into his head that he's David Beckham and start spraying wildly ambitious 50 yards passes up the field. And I genuinely can't remember one of them ever coming off for him. Sometimes less really is more, I'll take Smith passing off responsibility over Butt thinking he's Jan bloody Molby any day of the week. They're about even as far as defensive play goes as far as I'm concerned, Butt reads the game much better while Smith has a better engine. Both of them give away far too many stupid fouls for my liking, and ideally neither of them will be at the club next year if we go up.

He really shoots himself in the foot by every so often deciding "Fuck this, I'm gonna fucking try for a while" and putting in a great shift, usually towards the end of games. Looks like a wasp on coke for about 30 minutes and really highlights how much he's half-arsing it out there more often than not. Still one of our most important players though, only player who stops the long ball business becoming absolutely unbearable.

Not that fussed, would rather a smaller, nippier type if we're gonna bring anyone in permanently. Can't believe people actually thought we were gonna actually spend money on a player.

We won't be getting rid during the season like, would be foolish to do so for the reasons you've said. I'd look to clear out the majority of that players committee in the summer as well, no way for a football team to be run.

We're getting by on a mixture of luck and simply having better players than everyone else in the league. We're playing absolutely shite football despite our players being head and shoulders above the majority of the opposition they face. We'd get absolutely fisted in the Premier League with this team, we'll need massive changes if we go up if we want to actually stay in the league.

Interviewer seems like a twat.

Tough crowd.

Nice goal that.

That and actually having some pace in the team. How often do we have 3 genuinely fast players in the front 6?

That's what you get for folding on a pair. I was first to act at a 10 seat table... Was the lasses fault, really, but I don't want to blame her. I'm shit at poker, tbh. Always end up outsmarting myself. Still, two sixes! Outsmarting yourself. Two sixes isn't generally anything special at a big table. You just hope to see a flop on the cheap and hit trips. Not sure whether there was a big raise pre-flop. I seriously hope so.

fuuck.. when this sort of shit happens I stop playing I'd have probably taken the overall chip lead. 300 entrants. Well done Lovenkrands, btw.

That's what you get for folding on a pair. I was first to act at a 10 seat table... Was the lasses fault, really, but I don't want to blame her.

Neither here nor there, but... Playing a poker tournament online. Got dealt a pair of sixes. Was having dinner, so I folded. Flop was 6, Jack, 6. Two people ended going all in, was an absolutely massive pot in the end. I'm absolutely heartbroken here.

He'll have a great battle with Guthrie for the right wing spot. Nolan and one of Smith or Butt in CM will be what we go for assuming they're fit.

I'm picturing midds sitting at his computer nodding along as he reads the posts.

Bit over the top that like. He's a grand keeper at this level, and a passable one in the Premiership.

Piece of piss saving that free kick like It was pretty much straight down the middle at a comfortable height, had some movement on it but if a free-kick like that goes in then you're going to be livid with your keeper. If the Boro player who the rebound fell to had ever played football before, he'd have scored pretty handily.

Made a mess of a freekick straight at him, then the guy hit him in the face with a rebound. And that was his day. Decent keeper, but no business being anywhere near the England squad tbf.

Under rated? Did you see the side he built at Sunderland? Any man who can get a team that features Kevin Kilbane and Ian Harte on the left side to the World Cup, and more than hold their own while there, is a God as far as I'm concerned. Maybe it's just living in Ireland, people seem to have this impression that the guy is completely hopeless when he's just not.

Got it spot on, fair play to him. Underrated manager, glad to see it work out for him.

Vintage Butt.