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Post by o on Jun 16, 2015 12:34:33 GMT 1
Time to start a new thread and we'll kick it off with the League Cup Fixtures for the 1st round.
Capital One Cup first round draw Carlisle United v Chesterfield Nottingham Forest v Walsall Fleetwood Town v Hartlepool United Scunthorpe United v Barnsley Bolton Wanderers v Burton Albion Accrington Stanley v Hull City Rochdale v Coventry City Oldham Athletic v Middlesbrough Huddersfield Town v Notts County Blackburn Rovers v Shrewsbury Town Morecambe v Sheffield United Doncaster Rovers v Leeds United Wigan Athletic v Bury Northampton Town v Blackpool Sheffield Wednesday v Mansfield Town Rotherham United v Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra v Preston North End York City v Bradford City Port Vale v Burnley Peterborough United v Crawley Town Yeovil Town v Queens Park Rangers Plymouth Argyle v Gillingham Swindon Town v Exeter City Bristol Rovers v Birmingham City Ipswich Town v Stevenage Luton Town v Bristol City Charlton Athletic v Dagenham & Redbridge Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newport County Brentford v Oxford United Portsmouth v Derby County Southend United v Brighton & Hove Albion Milton Keynes Dons v Leyton Orient Cardiff City v AFC Wimbledon Millwall v Barnet Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham Colchester United v Reading
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Post by Paddy on Jun 16, 2015 14:46:20 GMT 1
What's the bold teams for?
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 16, 2015 14:58:53 GMT 1
They are the best teams
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 16, 2015 15:00:09 GMT 1
think they are teams of interest to footie fans on haven, I think Ipswich were overlooked
if im not mistaken its the second year in a row Boro got Oldham away in the first round?
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Post by frag on Jun 16, 2015 16:10:37 GMT 1
Ooh, Brentford v Oxford, tempted to go to that. I still look out for Oxford's results.
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Post by Panda on Jun 16, 2015 21:19:49 GMT 1
if im not mistaken its the second year in a row Boro got Oldham away in the first round? Yes. Won 3-0 last year.
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Post by frag on Jun 17, 2015 13:02:37 GMT 1
The new season's fixtures were announced this morning. The headline opening-day clash is Man Utd v Spurs, while Liverpool will play at Stoke just eleven weeks after ending their season by being thrashed 6-1 on the same ground. Full PL fixturesFirst matchday (Sat 8 August): AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa Arsenal v West Ham United Chelsea v Swansea City Everton v Watford Leicester City v Sunderland Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle United v Southampton Norwich City v Crystal Palace Stoke City v Liverpool West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City Also in August: Man City v Chelsea (Matchday 2) Arsenal v Liverpool (Matchday 3)
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Post by o on Jun 17, 2015 13:27:24 GMT 1
When Sky have jiggered em all up, can someone let me know, so I can get picking them for Footy Predicta, ta Stags have Carlisle at home first game, then Sheff Weds away in the cup, followed by Notts County away which I'd have gone to, if I wasn't on bloody holiday, grrr. Just have to go to the home game instead!
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Post by Tom on Jun 17, 2015 14:38:07 GMT 1
Must admit I wasn't that fussed about the fixtures coming out this year, but first home game against Leeds is appealing, assuming it doesn't get moved by Sky. I wouldn't have thought Leeds being away to a side that finished below mid-table in the Championship last season and isn't expected to be Top 6 this coming season is appealing, but we haven't played them on a weekend for a while so i'm not ruling them out picking it.
Brentford away on Reading festival weekend isn't going to please people! There isn't really an away game that appeals to fans more.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 17, 2015 21:23:08 GMT 1
Bournemouth have an intriguing fixture list. In August, they visit Liverpool, but their other fixtures are Aston Villa and Leicester at home, West Ham away. If they end the month in the bottom three, it won't be looking good even at that early stage.
December is awful, Chelsea and Arsenal away, Man U at home, plus two less awkward fixtures.
They need to be outside the bottom three with five games to go - three of those games are Liverpool and Chelsea at home, plus Man U away.
Last season, they generally responded well to bad results. Next season, they will need to continue that!
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Post by frag on Jun 18, 2015 8:25:50 GMT 1
first home game against Leeds is appealing,
Ah, the Festival Derby...
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Post by Paddy on Jun 26, 2015 11:57:37 GMT 1
Looks like we've sold mings for 8 mill plus pitman and Fraser on loan for season. Pitman is good. Fraser dives a lot.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 26, 2015 14:32:44 GMT 1
Mings has good potential but I hear he has been a bit dissapointing. 8 million plus Pitman sounds like a decent deal to me for both parties. Will let Ipswich strengthen a few areas
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Post by Paddy on Jun 28, 2015 8:01:20 GMT 1
Disappointing in what areas? He's been very good last season. Grown immensely through the season.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 28, 2015 9:19:49 GMT 1
Grown loads and a great prospect but been a bit suspect defensively from what I read. I thought he was 18 or something but he is 22 so 8m plus players is an amazing deal for someone with 1 OK season under him
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Post by Paddy on Jun 28, 2015 10:26:35 GMT 1
We bought him aged 19/20 from Cheltenham town for 10-35k. He played youth at saints and pompey.
He is very good defensively, very good last man and with spider legs can tackle from behind very well.
8 million is very much what he is worth.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 28, 2015 10:52:04 GMT 1
I watched the championship most weeks. Maybe he improved over the season. Looked raw to me, could become a future England player, but so could so many others that promise so much after one season and end up in Dagenham by the time they are 25. The fact Creswell left for an initial 3.5m and tripper has just moved for 3.5m. 8m sounds premium (+a few million worth of players). Tom Ince was worth 15m 2 year ago, now teams can't give him away.
Anyway. If he was gonna move he certainly moved to the right team. If he is good enough he will get game time in the premiership and play under Howe.
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Post by Tom on Jun 30, 2015 12:14:26 GMT 1
Reading have signed Stephen Quinn from Hull and Orlando Sa from Legia Warsaw who was at Fulham in 2011/12. Any thoughts guys?
Also arranged a pre-season friendly against Espanyol. I think that's the first home pre-season game against foreign opposition since Feyenoord in 2006!
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Post by o on Jun 30, 2015 12:30:04 GMT 1
I hope Cheltenham had a sell on for Mings, money like that can really help lower league clubs out.
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Post by Paddy on Jun 30, 2015 13:26:38 GMT 1
I hope Cheltenham had a sell on for Mings, money like that can really help lower league clubs out. We bought him from Chippenham Town. We gave them 10k and played at theirs for a friendly they kept all gate receipts. Don't believe any add ons and the 8 mill is only reported, it's annoyingly undisclosed, I believe that there should be a rule openly saying the price paid on every transfer.
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