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Reality Check

Patrick Dimbala

Patrick Dimbala

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Just a few observations arising from tonights game:

-Firstly and most importantly we are a btter team with Patrick on the field. FACT.
-3 goals in 4 starts for patrick this season.
-Dichio (and consequently the team) was gash, utter cack. Whats Brightons phone number again?
-We were fantastic in the first half, barnsley couldnt live with us and aggy in particular.

Face it guys, we have a thoroughbred international striker who is strong, unbelievably quick, with bags of ability who is absolutely on fire at the moment.

Potentially, our forward line could consist of the following:

Patrick Agyemang-see above and his recent stunning form.
Dave Nugent-under 21 international, one of the brightest prospects in the country.
Neil Mellor-done the business ata g14 club
Brett Ormerod-workhorse with no small amount of ability, capable of chipping in with his fair share
Danny DIchio-renowned 50p head and battering ram, better in our area than oppositions, and scores about as often as cliff richard. only useful away from home.
 
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paddy got lucky tonight and wheter you love each other like brothers or not, paddy is not a 90min player who can do something after the 80th min mark. face facts, he is a WANNANBE and always will be.
 
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I admire your devotion to Patrick Agyemang, but surely you noticed the ball returned to our defence a lot quicker in the first half than it did in the second with dichio? If both strikers run in behind the defence then all the clever centre back has to do is intercept, which is not difficult. By putting a 50p head under the flight of the ball you give them reabounds to think about (My opinion is that Dichio knows what he is doing and can direct headers, so I use 50p head as an analogy) meaning the simple interception is not available.

Well done to Paddy tonight, caused problems and will be important in our prgoression this year, all our strikers are offering something to the side at the moment, that can only be good 🙂
 
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strpne said:
I admire your devotion to Patrick Agyemang, but surely you noticed the ball returned to our defence a lot quicker in the first half than it did in the second with dichio? If both strikers run in behind the defence then all the clever centre back has to do is intercept, which is not difficult. By putting a 50p head under the flight of the ball you give them reabounds to think about (My opinion is that Dichio knows what he is doing and can direct headers, so I use 50p head as an analogy) meaning the simple interception is not available.

Well done to Paddy tonight, caused problems and will be important in our prgoression this year, all our strikers are offering something to the side at the moment, that can only be good 🙂
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Call me old fashioned but I like to see a striker scoring goals and Danny doesn't. I think our future is playing wide using Whalley and Pugh with Nuge\Paddy\Mellor up front, not banging long balls up to Dichio. I don't think our second half performance was all down to smart Barnsley tactics last night, we brought Dichio on, starved Whalley of the ball and consequently didn't score again against 10 men with the worst (though improving) defense in the Championship. Whatever Simo is saying now, I predict we won't be seeing much of Danny Boy when Mellor is match fit.
 
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Nice to see the signature update Mr Legend.

'You've been murked, you've been murked, you've been murked....."
 
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The other reality is that - except possibly fleetingly after no more than two or three games into a season - we have never been in a higher position than we are now in over 40 years (OK we may not be there by the end of this afternoon, but enjoy the moment). Maybe Albertan can check this - have we ever been in first or second place in the second tier of English football after more than half a dozen games since we were relegated from the old First Division? I certainly can't remember us being in such a position. Yes, we want to be able to play with style as well, but every team has to grind out results from time to time. But, as I said, in terms of our position in the league right now is as good as it has been in decades.
 
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