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  1. PLT

    PLT Well-Known Member

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    Another thread where someone, in this case Burns, is being criticised for saying something negative. Like he should just ignore everything going on and praise the way the club is run constantly. He talks positively about CoC because it's great for the City and it's a positive thing. Everything about City is negative so of course he's going to be negative about it.

    This hatred of negativity among some fans is just weird.
     
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  2. spesupersydera

    spesupersydera Well-Known Member

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    <laugh> <applause><applause>
     
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  3. GLP

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    He didn't look a player out wide. So, I'm hoping he plays in a forward central midfield role.

    We have an embarrassment of riches in midfield. I don't know how we accommodate them all?

    Depending on who stays:

    GK

    RB Dawson CH LB

    Hudd Clucas

    RW Mason Grosicki

    Abel
     
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  4. lewisc29

    lewisc29 Idiot

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    Honestly, I thought he looked much better playing in the middle just before his injury. Made each pass count and was very positive.
     
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  5. GLP

    GLP Well-Known Member

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    Looked very much like the player we expected we'd signed. He should never be played wide again.
     
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  6. LeftSaidFred

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    Given Mason is an attacking central midfielder that would be advisable.

    Best of luck to the lad, seems well on his way back.
     
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  7. GLP

    GLP Well-Known Member

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    Phelan signed him and played him on the wing.
     
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  8. LeftSaidFred

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    Yeah I know, played him in the wrong position.
     
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    I thought it was the Chinese who signed him on the recommendation of Mr Bruce.
     
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  10. GLP

    GLP Well-Known Member

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    Wings?
     
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  11. PLT

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    Didn't Mason only play a handful of games out wide?
     
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  12. GLP

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    It was until Silva played him through the centre. He was dreadful out wide, never again. He looked a player through the middle.

    We now have too many midfielders we could actually do with maybe selling one.

    Huddlestone
    Mason
    Henriksen
    Meyler
    Clucas
    Grosicki
    Evandro
    Bowen
    Weir?

    I like Evandro, but not sure why we signed him on a permanent deal - if we keep the rest, I don't see him in the starting 11.
     
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  13. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Impossible. We've only got enough players for 4 vs 4 and we need to supplement 'half the squad' with youth team players.
     
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  14. GLP

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    Adding in Dawson, 3 keepers, Diomande, Abel, Robertson and Elmo who are still at the club - excluding youth players it would seem your Maths isn't up to much either.
     
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  15. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    I think that's what is called a whoosh.
     
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  16. SydneyTiger14

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    Haven't we only sold 2 and released one senior player (Maguire, Davies, Bruce) or am I missing some?
     
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  17. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
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    We've lost six returning loanees, released two, sold two and have one who thinks he's a free agent, but we say he's not.
     
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  18. SydneyTiger14

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    Forgot all about Maloney. <laugh> He may as well retire, seems injuries have got the best of him.

    Tymon isn't a senior player so I wasn't including him.
     
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  19. GLP

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    <laugh><laugh><laugh><laugh>

    Hardly.
     
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    I can see four of those going so that will leave us with 5 including 'Bowen' and 'Weir?'
     
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