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One of the best halves of football I've seen from us in a long, long time. Utterly outclassed them second half.

One of the best halves of football I've seen from us in a long, long time. Utterly outclassed them second half.

I despise Wycombe, even before all the legal shenanigans. I met loads of footie fans back in the days when I went to Uni and will happily follow the results of Lincoln, Swansea, Northampton, even Chelsea. But one of the lads was a Wycombe fan and you would legitimately believe they were the greatest team in football history if you took him at face value. He was a really good lad, but jeez was he obnoxious when it came to his beloved Wycombe. Anyone who played for them was a superstar, they were the biggest sleeping giants in the EFL, they had the most hardcore fanbase in England... that sort of crud. When they lost, he was UNBEARABLE. When we could afford it, we'd travel around the country and watch each others teams and crash at friends houses, but there was no way in hell we'd go to Wycombe on principal.
Second to us winning, seeing them lose still puts the biggest smile on my face. Even more than them lot down the road losing.

Been doing very well at LB. Keeping Roberts on the bench. Best defence in L1 which is amazing when you consider the RB is a midfielder, the LB is an attacking MF whose best position may be at 10, one centre half started out his footballing life as a left winger, became a left half, then a LWB, then a LB and is now probably having the best stint of his career at CH (I wonder if Wildsmith is starting to get worried ?  ) The other CH is the only one of the back 4 who is playing in his "proper" position.

If you'd been in a coma and hadn't seen football for a decade and someone told you Didzy had been a pivotal top 6 player for his entire career, you'd believe them. He makes watching an absolute joy.

If you'd been in a coma and hadn't seen football for a decade and someone told you Didzy had been a pivotal top 6 player for his entire career, you'd believe them. He makes watching an absolute joy.

If you'd been in a coma and hadn't seen football for a decade and someone told you Didzy had been a pivotal top 6 player for his entire career, you'd believe them. He makes watching an absolute joy.

If you'd been in a coma and hadn't seen football for a decade and someone told you Didzy had been a pivotal top 6 player for his entire career, you'd believe them. He makes watching an absolute joy.

Massive probs to Sibbo, he's taken the boss' telling off on the chin and is working his nads off at fullback. He made 2 exceptional covering tackles in the second half tonight, with the CB's beaten, and looks completely at home. The real test is when he meets a competent winger, but well done regardless!

To be fair, going away from home to one of the highest scoring teams in the division with your 127th choice defensive set-up, no fullbacks and a combined age of nearly 70 up top and keeping a clean sheet is impressive as. Rooney looked like he belonged and played some lovely long passes and Cash is made for this level (I worry about his lack of pace, but not much he can do about that).
The gap between Didzy and the midfield was enormous, though. We're desperate for Knight back in there just for some legs. Thompson did alright, but he's not a winger. I wouldn't mind seeing him in with Bird when NML is back.

To be fair, going away from home to one of the highest scoring teams in the division with your 127th choice defensive set-up, no fullbacks and a combined age of nearly 70 up top and keeping a clean sheet is impressive as. Rooney looked like he belonged and played some lovely long passes and Cash is made for this level (I worry about his lack of pace, but not much he can do about that).
The gap between Didzy and the midfield was enormous, though. We're desperate for Knight back in there just for some legs. Thompson did alright, but he's not a winger. I wouldn't mind seeing him in with Bird when NML is back.

To be fair, going away from home to one of the highest scoring teams in the division with your 127th choice defensive set-up, no fullbacks and a combined age of nearly 70 up top and keeping a clean sheet is impressive as. Rooney looked like he belonged and played some lovely long passes and Cash is made for this level (I worry about his lack of pace, but not much he can do about that).
The gap between Didzy and the midfield was enormous, though. We're desperate for Knight back in there just for some legs. Thompson did alright, but he's not a winger. I wouldn't mind seeing him in with Bird when NML is back.

He's got a touch of the Wanchope about him. If he doesn't know what his legs are gonna do next, the opponent doesn't have a clue! 
I'm not entirely sure he's even that quick, but he's so explosive and powerful it doesn't matter. Workrate alone is spectacular.

I’m really concerned for poor Wycombe. I do hope everything works out for them and they get exactly what they deserve. 

Naïve but well-meaning supporters trust owners got swindled by grubby businessman who has summarily stripped the soul from the club in the chase for money. I was almost sympathetic for a second, but f*** 'em. The fans are so self-righteous and don't see the parallels. Hope they rot.

Wildsmith doesn't deserve to lose this, none of them do. What a performance!

Wildsmith doesn't deserve to lose this, none of them do. What a performance!

Wildsmith doesn't deserve to lose this, none of them do. What a performance!

Wildsmith doesn't deserve to lose this, none of them do. What a performance!

Wildsmith doesn't deserve to lose this, none of them do. What a performance!

The Sturridge one wasn't our fault, iirc. He was off to Arsenal for between £8-12m but then he did his hamstring and never got his acceleration back. You could argue we managed to turn average players into good fees too, we somehow coddled Leeds into £7m for Sethlad and West Ham coughed up £5m+ for Christian Dailly who was the most average player to ever be average.

The biggest, most obvious outlier for me is just how slow our backline is. Every counter came down to us either making a perfect tackle or being left in the dust. If Cashin had legs he'd be a superstar.

The biggest, most obvious outlier for me is just how slow our backline is. Every counter came down to us either making a perfect tackle or being left in the dust. If Cashin had legs he'd be a superstar.

The biggest, most obvious outlier for me is just how slow our backline is. Every counter came down to us either making a perfect tackle or being left in the dust. If Cashin had legs he'd be a superstar.