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I own it, it's lovely.
Weird thing about football shirts the material is so thin and full of holes that any bristly chest hair actually sticks through to the outside.

Quality player, will only get better the fitter he gets too.

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Quality player, will only get better the fitter he gets too.

Quality player, will only get better the fitter he gets too.

Morrison best player at the club 

When Bird plays on the front foot going forward he's a completely different player. Great range of passing, sees runs and delivers great through balls.
One more point to make, just shows how much you need the old heads in this league, Davies and Jags were sound and a special mention for Morrison, he's hardly played for a couple of years yet he looked the most composed and intelligent player on the pitch.
 

Jagielka looked a class above in the preseason games and showed it again today. He’s getting on a bit, but he still looks very comfortable at this level. We have to be careful with him, but he still looks agile enough and doesn’t look at all slow. I think he can be an inspired signing, providing we don’t lose him in January.

I think it's often necessary to make defensively minded changes toward the end of games. It's okay to go for the extra goal and a more comfortable win, but when the other team have changed tactic and are pumping long balls into the box, an extra CB isn't going to do any harm is it?

They went two up top with there changes, clipping and throwing it in the box, it worked today, we looked focused and very motivated to keep it clean during the late minutes.

Lovely!
A centre back pairing who may struggle against pacey teams, but I actually feel confident when the opponents have it out wide. Our full backs and wingers have been useless what seems like forever at stopping the cross, but now we have a pair of experienced centre backs who should put up a good fight in the air against most forwards in the league. And although I feel like Baldock will frustrate us quite a lot this season with missed chances, him running in behind seems like it might be perfect for us. He can drag the defenders with his runs and either be found with a pass, or leave a lot of space for our more talented players (Sibley, Morrison, Lawrence etc.) to create something. 
Seems like ages since we've managed to see out a game quite comfortably when leading. It feels strange!

Max Bird take a bow. What a performance! My MOTM by a country mile.
Jagielka and Davies we’re both immense at the heart of the defence.
Baldock ran himself into the ground which must’ve took some doing with his lack of fitness/first start.
Delighted for the coaching staff, players and supporters that made the journey up. They made some noise in that away end and did themselves proud.
 Put that amount of effort and attacking intent in most weeks and we’ll give ourselves a real chance to avoid danger this season. ?

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Great win. Jags and Davies look very strong at the back, Bird and Joz looked completely different players and back to their best, and thought Buchanan was an improvement on Forsyth on the left.
Morrison runs the show and is a classy act. Just hope he keeps it up. Sibley struggled physically today but his driving runs are a huge threat. Him, Joz and Morrison are as good as you'll get on the ball in this division in my view. Cracking interchange between them.
The ball slows down alot with Shinnie which is a weakness in this system. Think we'll see further improvement when Bielik returns. Him and Bird in the middle may not balance though so that'll be interesting to see.
Baldock did ok and got a goal. Works in this system as he doesn't need to create or holdup much. Just run behind and be in the right spot. 
Roos also strong tonight. His drop on Huddlestones head was lucky to be called a freekick but he was solid and good with his feet again.
Gaining confidence that Rooney knows what he is doing. This team is going to grow in stature this season. Think we'll have a positive one.

Easy win? I thought we worked hard and that was the reason Hull hardly had a sniff.
Would much rather give the lads credit tonight than suggest they should have done better, but that’s just me. 

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Brilliant away performance, limited them to very little.
Jagielka & Davies 2 Rolls Royces at the back. Best game from Bird & Jozwiak in a long time.
I am a big CKR fan but tonight has shown a more mobile front man means the whole front 4 have space.

Yes!
At last!
The first half was the best I've seen under Rooney by a country mile ands its because he threw off his defensive mindset and cut out the ridiculous tactics.
Much better,keep it up.

Right, I'm putting it out there now: on paper, that Derby County side should beat that Hull one. There is enough quality in that team to get three points here.
Over to you, Wayne.

Whilst I think there could be something to what Rooney is trying to do, ultimately the proof will be in the pudding. I think the ideas are sound but whether it's the best thing to do and whether we actually complete the picture is a different question.
You are right when it comes to strikers. To be honest I think Stretton looks like he does have an amount of robustness to him albeit not physically dominant just yet but I could see him growing into it more.
I agree with you regarding having a left footer and right footer at DM especially with the positions they are drifting into right now. With Knight I think there is a risk that with this system he is the odd one out as he isn't really suited to any of the positions in it the thing he lacks in that DM role is the tactical nous to pick up the right position and the ability to move the quickly and accurately from those deep positions.

I'd renewed my season ticket last year so nice and easy this time as its all set up as renewed this year now but for those with juniors please note you have to renew that season ticket manually. Just need to go to season tickets then renew and it pops up automatically. My son is 5 so its still free but those with 6+ will need to pay I presume.