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beejaylee

beejaylee

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I have a bad feeling that we are going to get hit hard today. Hope I am wrong and that we pull of a remarkable draw.
Will that force someone's hand regarding AN or will the injury list be blamed?
What has happened to the free running Riis that we loved when he first came here?
 
beejaylee said:
I have a bad feeling that we are going to get hit hard today. Hope I am wrong and that we pull of a remarkable draw.
Will that force someone's hand regarding AN or will the injury list be blamed?
What has happened to the free running Riis that we loved when he first came here?
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I've given up predicting away results - who would have expected wins at Brentford and Reading?

As for Riis, he was one of the better players against Sheff Weds. Against Rovers, Harry Kane would have struggled with the service Riis got. He'll be fine, but he's young and can't be expected to play every single game - which is why we needed another striker in the summer, if only on loan.
 
Schemer said:
I've given up predicting away results - who would have expected wins at Brentford and Reading?

As for Riis, he was one of the better players against Sheff Weds. Against Rovers, Harry Kane would have struggled with the service Riis got. He'll be fine, but he's young and can't be expected to play every single game - which is why we needed another striker in the summer, if only on loan.
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He’s 23, why can’t he play every game. Ivan Toney has played every game and shows no sign of letting off, so he should be plenty fit enough
 
I think we're all expecting to lose.

That said, the Watford fans don't seem too optimistic either.

It's a free hit for me, anything we get is a bonus. Just hope we don't get battered.
 
HunterLionheart said:
I think we're all expecting to lose.

That said, the Watford fans don't seem too optimistic either.

It's a free hit for me, anything we get is a bonus. Just hope we don't get battered.
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Why do people keep calling today a free hit?

The same folk who were having a go at Neil for supposedly giving up at 0-2, have given up before a balls even been kicked?

I’m not expecting much either today, but it’s certainly not a ‘free hit’.
 
MrBoomBoom said:
Why do people keep calling today a free hit?

The same folk who were having a go at Neil for supposedly giving up at 0-2, have given up before a balls even been kicked?

I’m not expecting much either today, but it’s certainly not a ‘free hit’.
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If expectations are zero points, due to the fact that we haven't got a full back and we're playing against a champions league quality wide player, then by definition it's a free hit, because the defeat is what we assume we'll come away with. If you expect a draw or more, then fair enough, it isn't.

And I think it was absolutely correct to give up the Blackburn game once the second goal went in tbh, it could have gotten extremely ugly.
 
HunterLionheart said:
If expectations are zero points, due to the fact that we haven't got a full back and we're playing against a champions league quality wide player, then by definition it's a free hit, because the defeat is what we assume we'll come away with. If you expect a draw or more, then fair enough, it isn't.

And I think it was absolutely correct to give up the Blackburn game once the second goal went in tbh, it could have gotten extremely ugly.
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How under any circumstances is it correct decision to throw the game?
We should play a game to win or it becomes a pointless exercise and in my opinion not worth the effort to follow.
 
tcinders said:
How under any circumstances is it correct decision to throw the game?
We should play a game to win or it becomes a pointless exercise and in my opinion not worth the effort to follow.
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Who said anything about throwing it?

I said we don't expect to win anything, doesn't mean we can't. Just that it shouldn't be seen as a disaster if we lose, because we expect to.
 
tcinders said:
How under any circumstances is it correct decision to throw the game?
We should play a game to win or it becomes a pointless exercise and in my opinion not worth the effort to follow.
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Let’s hope the players haven’t read about some our fans accepting a ‘free hit’, today. It’ll hardly inspire them to put a shift in today, knowing they don’t really need to bother then.
 
A couple of seasons ago a depleted Preston squad battled and fought against a villa side who ended up promoted. Graham Burke had his best game for us and two youngsters came off the bench.

We need the same again today. We had Simpson, o’reily, Walker, Baxter and Callum woods on the bench. They had Abraham, McGinn and bolasie in their line up.

I disagree with anybody who says it’s a ‘free hit.’ No match is a ‘free hit. These next two matches are the sort of games for Niel and the squad to show what they are all about. Win and it’s our biggest result of the season.
 
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