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accies1874

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  1. Funny that Dream Scenario lost you after a while, as the trailer actually had the exact same effect on me. It started with the tone of a somewhat unnerving black comedy before giving off "Feel-good movie of the year!" vibes which is why I never bothered with it.
  2. Chelsea v Brighton would've been my pick. Brighton are one of the most interesting teams in the league and haven't had a televised PL game in two months; today was West Ham's fourth in that time.
  3. Sky picking the fourth-most interesting of the 2pm games was strange before today. Now they just look like even stupider.
  4. Don't think I've ever seen as steep a jump in ticket prices as those for the opening game. Kinda makes you sick of football tbh.
  5. Could tell it was his first start in a while as his touch let him down a few times and made some iffy decisions defensively (though that part of his game pre-injury). Still showed signs of what made him so exciting previously.
  6. One thing that could go in our favour regarding Hungary is that I reckon some folk will tip them as dark horses, so an embarrassing group stage exit would be inevitable if they are. Playing in the opening game will be absolutely class, but it will mean that we'll be subjected to the opening ceremony.
  7. Really excellent performance. Queens fans understandably angry but our football has been very fun to watch - best we've been all season.
  8. It tends to have more chat about allocations, venues, travel routes etc than on here which I find quite useful, and the Scottish Players in Action thread tends to pick up some things that don't get mentioned in the TA forum here. I wouldn't post on it, but it does serve a purpose imo.
  9. Another cruel blow for the "VAR works on the continent" losers
  10. After a bright start, I felt that we began to lose control of the game once Annan got one back, mostly because we struggled to hold onto the ball.
  11. Not many positives aside from the result and Falkirk dropping points, but I was happy to see Redfern back, even if it was a strange time to reintroduce him. Providing he's able to get back to what he was good at, it gives us a wee bit more depth out wide and subsequently in midfield as he's most capable of replicating Barjonas' role which should allow Barjonas to move into the middle if necessary.
  12. He's not been great but I think he's brought more to the table than Patterson. He can cross, is dangerous from set-pieces and is a marginally more reliable defender. Everton's results have improved since moving Young to RB and bringing in Mykolenko at LB, and while I won't claim that that's because Patterson's been dropped (they've won the two games he's started since then), I think it's unfair to class Dyche as a "fanny" because he's sticking with a defence that has got him results. I also don't think we've seen it have an effect on his confidence as he put in a pretty good performance against West Ham after losing his place then, imo, generally did well against Norway too (though I know others disagree with that).
  13. I sometimes think that it's part of the drama of football that an inconsequential infringement in the box can lead to such a high chance of a goal, but @velo army is right that it's somewhat devalued drama, especially now that VAR's involved. Getting a penalty in the heat of the moment is a brilliant feeling, however when you see the Stockley Park Marks scouring footage for an unnoticed handball in order to present an ~80% chance of a goal, it just feels a bit shit.
  14. He was playing really poorly at the start of the season when he was starting every game though. He was first choice at the start of the season, but his unreliability meant that Dyche dropped Patterson and brought Young in at right-back.
  15. Arrival is wonderful on first watch and even better the second time around.
  16. Much improved from Villa after the half-time subs, Tielemans in particular. For the first time in a wee while, McGinn's been much better for his club than his country. It's great to see him playing under an excellent manager who's willing to and capable of getting the best out of him.
  17. I think those incidents are hard to give a penalty for because, more often than not, both the defender and attacker are at it. When an attacker gets a run on the defender and the defender pulls them back, that's a much clearer penalty and should be given.
  18. Villa have been pretty crap but their high line and McGinn's positioning are working quite well. Think Spurs have it in them to exploit the former though.
  19. Folk are just daft. They post their banal "when's the penalty coming " chat then pretend to be raging when Rangers do get a clear penalty like today's.
  20. I think the players have mostly earned the benefit of the doubt this season, but yesterday was horrendous and a repeat of some of the issues we've seen throughout the season. Add in the fact that several players dropped absolute stinkers (pretty much all of them except Newbury who acquitted himself really well) and the result was never in doubt. You can see from the lack of quality off the bench why Rankin has been loyal to some of the underperformers, so imo it's just a case of hoping that individuals can improve rather than changing the team too much, as well as Rankin setting them up better to defend counter-attacks.
  21. Think it's to do with inviting a press. Means that the opposition will press and you'll still have the ball centrally to play either way as opposed to it being with a CB on one side which makes it easier to cut off angles.
  22. They got one home draw; the first leg was played at home because they earned a seeded spot (same as us). I don't think them being lucky to beat us in 2012 to ultimately finish 5th in the group is an example of The Luck of the Welsh. Again, plenty of other countries have had a player as good as or better than Bale yet they've at the very least performed equally to Wales. I just think this is all a case of confirmation bias. When Wales succeed folk on here think that they're some uniquely lucky team spanning seven or eight years, but when they don't (like their abysmal performances in the World Cup) I suppose their luck just didn't fancy turning up?
  23. This makes a lot more sense than "omg does anyone else think Wales are soooo lucky?!"
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