Though after they handed Boro the winner
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Bit late to the party on this, but Pulis has got his Pulisball nicely in place at Boro now, they should be play offs at absolute minimum. We on the other hand were trying to play it out from the back with players not capable of doing so.
Some other random thoughts on last night's game. Nuhiu was fucking brilliant when he came on. Still don't get the fuss our fans make over Matt Penney. Ayala should be deported for having the temerity to elbow one of our players. Cracking goalmouth scramble at the end, straight out of the NCEL that was.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View PostA extremely comfortable 2–0 win at Ipswich. Who, based on today's performance and the crowd reaction, are a shoo to win this season's Team Everyone Feels Most Sorry For Award.
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I've always had a soft spot for Ipswich . Should have replaced two champions off the English list, Derby in 1975 and Villa in 1981. Ipswich were the better side both years.Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 23-10-2018, 06:43.
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Might have been better - but lost crucial games in both seasons. Away form in 74-75 was poor and dropped points to relegated teams. Everyone remembers Middlesbrough loss from 80-81 but that was only one of many defeats at the end - 6 out of last 8 as games piled up. Too many draws earlier in the season too.
As I said a few pages back they're gone this season. Just a complete lack of experience and quality. You get what you pay for.Last edited by Uncle Ethan; 23-10-2018, 05:11.
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- Oct 2011
- 26984
- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
This tweet and reply from after Saturday's match kind of summed up where Hurst is at the moment I think.
https://twitter.com/Devereuxxx/status/1053684478823014403
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- Oct 2011
- 26984
- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
I thought it was all about the Nuhiu for the Owls these days anyway?
But in Rhodes' case that was only his second Championship goal so far (his season tally is boosted by a Reindeer Cup hat trick against Wycombe).
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Birmingham under Gary Monk unbeaten in 10, won their last 3 and a point outside the play offs.
Such a shame. I've had my hopes raised for a couple of seasons that Birmingham would be ignominiously cast into the outer darkness where there is naught but the gnashing and wailing of teeth. Or League 1 as it's otherwise known.
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After naming an unchanged team at the weekend, Paul Hurst made seven changes to his starting eleven tonight, with a couple of players recalled from out of the blue. He really has no idea what his best - or least terrible - team is. They were rubbish again, anyway.
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For all that Shrewsbury fans exploded in rage when he left, objectively Hurst both over-achieved and failed last season. The game plan was always to sit back and hit on the break and when that didn't work there wasn't really a plan B. It did work a lot of the time, mainly because Shrewsbury had some good players (as in good for League 1), with most of them on loan.
But he failed in a cup final against a div 4 agricultural side. Once the play offs were secured the team lost every remaining game, which he didn't give a shit about. They then won the semi final against a team managed by an inexperienced manager, then failed to win at Wembley for the second time in 6 weeks. At the end of the season Shrewsbury were still in the same division, and their Wembley record had gone from 0 from 3 to 0 from 5. The team broke up, as loanee dependent teams always will, he took his two best signings and his few signings who have stayed aren't winning plaudits.
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