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Reply | Ted Hendrix update
at 18:05 19 Oct 2026
Thanks westberks.
Sending love and best wishes to Ted and to all who know and love him xxx |
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Reply | Vale of Tears
at 16:42 19 Oct 2026
I agree, Gazza, at least partly.
There has to be some reason for Madsen's situation on Saturday, but I have no idea apart from guessing.
I can see there might be a need, sometimes maybe, to put a lad on the bench if it's decided he can't do ninety minutes. But I have no idea what that player is still doing there at 1-0 down or 2-0 down. At that point, if you still can't use him, then I'm with you that he should have stayed at home and his place given to someone else.
If it's a case that something happened in the build-up to the game and it was decided at the last minute that he was now unavailable, then I would imagine that he should be in the stand not on the bench.
I don't know. |
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Reply | Vale of Tears
at 16:14 19 Oct 2026
I hear you, but he wasn't picked so he was unavailable to take set pieces.
I'm sure you get my point. |
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Reply | Vale of Tears
at 15:07 19 Oct 2026
With Madsen unavailable last weekend, Vale is next up on set pieces, so that might have been a factor in his selection as well? |
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Reply | Mbengue
at 09:17 19 Oct 2026
Bugger. |
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Reply | Development team.
at 12:30 18 Oct 2026
I'm not even sure they'll recognise me. |
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Reply | Development team.
at 12:25 18 Oct 2026
This is a disaster.
I'm going to have to speak to my family now. |
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Reply | Development team.
at 12:21 18 Oct 2026
We've probably missed our first seven goals now. |
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Reply | Development team.
at 12:07 18 Oct 2026
I've paid my few quid, but can't get the stream.
Is it working for anyone else? |
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Reply | Rampant R's to Brum Rush The Show Match Thread
at 10:07 18 Oct 2026
Fair enough, Nixy.
We agree on most things.
On a by-the-by, I overheard a great one on the recent hiking holiday. I was walking behind two women, who I just KNEW were Irish and who were clearly having a healthy - shall we say - debate!
I took out one earphone so I could earwig, and heard the following beautiful exchange.
Woman 1: "We're basically agreeing on everything, just from different angles"
Woman 2: "I disagree about that as well!"
I smiled, they smiled.
Then they kept on disagreeing! |
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Reply | Rampant R's to Brum Rush The Show Match Thread
at 09:13 18 Oct 2026
I absolutely agree that it doesn't apply to all players, Nixy, which is why I said that I thought the defenders might like an honest word with some of the players who were supposed to give them cover. But it's a team game, so I made a comment about the team.
I also think that it's fair to bring up fitness and availability again as possible mitigating factors for some of the players yesterday e.g. in the build-up to the second goal, neither Kamara or Smyth picked themselves up and sprinted back. That's completely out of character for Smyth, and - based on evidence so far - probably for Kamara too.
Which is why I'm not too down about yesterday.
P.S. It was also a Saturday game after a midweek game, and we often lack drive and belief in those as we know. I thought we did again yesterday (couldn't help noticing that our official comms mentioned yet again the dreaded phrase "three-game-week" in its very first sentence, followed quickly by "difficult place to come to" (Brum's home record before yesterday was W1 D4 L0 and our record in our last ten visits is W3 D3 L4). This is a common theme in the club, and while I really rate Stéphan, it will take him a while to change that culture and raise our belief in ourselves as a team and as a club. So, I'm not getting too down about it, or calling for the stocks for anyone.
Edit - quick grammar check. [Post edited 18 Oct 9:22]
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Reply | Rampant R's to Brum Rush The Show Match Thread
at 19:26 17 Oct 2026
I thought we lacked the necessary hunger, belief and work-rate today.
Defeat looked likely from very early on, and a few players were extremely lucky not to be subbed for their pathetic efforts at getting back to protect the house.
Not getting down about it or anything, but I would think there'd be harsh words by the defenders aimed at some of those who were supposed to give them cover. |
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Reply | Rampant R's to Brum Rush The Show Match Thread
at 16:09 17 Oct 2026
No urgency to protect the house when we lost that ball.
Smyth adjusting his socks.
Kamara staying down.
Vale trotting back.
Poku trotting back.
That video session on Monday will be noisy, you'd hope. |
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