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Equaliser! 1-1

Collins with a header from a Ward corner. Very nice set piece goal. Excellent delivery to the near post where Collins (maybe still a few yards in front of the goal) directs an excellently timed header in. 

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Yates has to give it to CBT there, think these last 2 games it’s obvious the boys have been worked hard this pre season. Will benefit us in the long run but it’s making us look lazy at times. Barkhuizen and Yates not having the best game which makes this system near pointless when the two of the target man can’t link up play.

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17 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Blackett-Taylor has been used there a couple of times under Warne this pre-season. Maybe to encourage him to do more defensive work?

Barkhuizen finished last season in the AM role too

For CBT, we must be in the hunt for a LWB as Elder is mostly injured, Fozzy is not a young man, and we likely guaranteed Osborn a midfield role to have him sign. So it would be crazy to buy one if CBT can do the job. I'd suspect he'd be as bad at it, as Barks has been when played there! 

But, yes, also a good idea simply to encourage some defensive work and build fitness. 

A shame Barks was able to activate a clause as IMHO he wasn't up to a League One promotion campaign. That AM position is so pivotal, I can't see him ever having it during the Championship campaign. Maybe he's in the shop window to sell him? 

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Not a lot of time before the season starts.... definitely lot more needs to fall into place soon.

No cohesion or understanding - not surprising obviously. 

But with more players to still come in, we are clearly a way off where we need to be in the matter of a few days.

Collins,  CBT, Barks and Yates are not a Championship strike force that's clear. 

Decent learning experience. 

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2 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

For CBT, we must be in the hunt for a LWB as Elder is mostly injured, Fozzy is not a young man, and we likely guaranteed Osborn a midfield role to have him sign. So it would be crazy to buy one if CBT can do the job. I'd suspect he'd be as bad at it, as Barks has been when played there! 

But, yes, also a good idea simply to encourage some defensive work and build fitness. 

A shame Barks was able to activate a clause as IMHO he wasn't up to a League One promotion campaign. That AM position is so pivotal, I can't see him ever having it during the Championship campaign. Maybe he's in the shop window to sell him? 

Can we shift Wash and Workshy Corey first.  Barkhuizen is a clever player.  He'll do a job finding space others won't. Our centre forward play is too pedestrian. As with Ward you need the right centre forwards or he has too hold the ball too long.  The closest we've had too that type of striker was Gayle who always seemed to find space to take the ball quickly. 

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HT 1-1

Replayed their goal several times. It is very poor from Vickers. 

It's a freekick that deflects off the outermost player in the wall and trickles into the corner where Vickers was originally standing. If it were an unforeseen deflection, you might say he's unlucky, but because of who it hits he can watch it onto that player all the way. If it somehow misses the defender in the wall (very unlikely, it's halfway up and into the wall) it's not going in the far corner, so he doesn't have to gamble and commit himself. Yet he effectly rushes over to the side of the goal the wall is covering, and can't even try to get back. 

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3 minutes ago, Barney1991 said:

We are like a tiny pulls side tbh we are going to heavily rely on set pieces again this season. Not excited to watch 46 games of being dominated by the opposition. Hopefully warne can bring this into his side to at least play some football 

Auto correct strikes again. 😀

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