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I get the feeling this probably passed by a lot of people that Fox aired it last night too. My series link didn't pick it up for some reason. It was a bit "meh". Especially as far as series finales go. But at least we knoiw the end is in sight.
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14 hours ago, steelmen said:
Are the Texans really that bad? Losing Hopkins hurts but there offence isn’t that bad. Defence looks ok too.
They have had an awful start to the season but they have played some good teams.It's not that we're that bad, but we need some decent recruitment accross the board. It's certainly do-able, but it's going to take a lot of wheeling and dealing, especially without any draft picks in the first two rounds next year. This year's a write-off, next year will be spent adjusting and rebuilding (although not winning our division will instantly make our schedule easier next year), then the following year hopefully we'll be good to make a decent push again.
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I'm as happy as I can be. We've got a very weak roster and no draft capital for next year, and it's going to take us a couple of seasons at least to try and rebuild but at least BoB's gone and can't do any more damage to try and dig himself out of this hole.
There's a lot to be said for getting a GM and HC in together and letting them work for a while without immediate expectation - that could tempt a few, in addition to the whole not having to worry about not having a QB. There will be a lot of people advocating combinations like Borgonzi & Bieniemy, Hortiz & Roman etc and I can see a lot of benefit in doing something like that.
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Ooft, Darnold
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9 minutes ago, King Kebab said:
First ludicrous situation of the season for da Lions, anybody see the ejection???
Yes, here's the footage of him and the ref
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19 hours ago, G51 said:
It's hard, but this year more than ever it's important for Browns fans to look at the process instead of the results. Teams with coaching and QB continuity have a big advantage this year.
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Found we were fairly insipid, definitely missing Nuk but that's not the only thing. I look forward to some better play calling after B'OB gets the chop at 1-6.
Positives
Our D looked much better this year. Yeah, they got rolled by the Chiefs but who wouldn't?
No false starts for Tunsil in the entire game! Well, one, but it was on the wrong player. Wasn't actually him.
David Johnson looked good. Nothing to get too excited about yet, but certainly didn't look like the bust potential he could have been.
JJ didn't break yet.
Negatives
Utliziation of our WR's - we seemed very flat. Fuller's hands seemed better than normal but he was running a lot of shallow routes, and even to be in the slot a good chunk of the time. He did a decent enough job once he settled in, but he's supposed to be the guy taking the top off. I don't really recall any decent deepball efforts/threats - which considering that's where we did significant damage at times last year, seems baffling.
The play calling - pretty much every aspect of it. From the beige game-plan and calls, to the punting on a short 4th down in the middle of the field when you know the Chiefs will roll over you no matter what. It almost felt like we'd written the game off and were using it for pre-season.
I genuinely fear that the two jags games aside, we're going to lose our other opening 10 games - @Chiefs, Ravens, @Steelers, Vikings, Jags, @Titans, Packers, @Jags, @Browns, Patriots.
Tell me where those wins will come? I hope, with all hope, that the scheduling gods have put paid to Bill O'Brien once and for all.
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Really looking forward to this, it's always nice to have Sunday football when the inevitable disappointment of the Texans is already out of the way.
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8's enough to go with though, maybe just up the roster and amount of starters?
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Either works for me
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See, that's the benefit of running on a treadmill for the whole summer. I have a big fan, and don't bother with a top. No nipple issue whatsoever.
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It's been a while since I've posted in this part of the forum. Quick background - I was fat, 4 years ago I lost 5 stone and now I'm pretty lean. Mostly through diet and weightlifting, but I've done some cardio too. I've never been that into running, but over the last few years I'd dabbled in the occassional parkrun - normally around the 25 minute mark for 5k. I've owned a treadmill for years though. So when the lockdown hit, it became my weekday morning routine to go and run on the treadmill first thing to get me going (I was on furlough so needed something to do). I started off doing a 5k in around 25-28 minutes. This time quickly dropped, so I started increasing the distance. After less than a month I was doing a 10k every weekday morning. I've continued doing this despite being back at work now (although working from home). I've got my time down to 39m 16s for 10k - which still blows my mind saying it.
However on Thursday night, when innocuously just getting up from the couch, my foot gave a crunch and a pretty sharp pain on the top. It dulled to an ache fairly quick though. The next morning, I managed to run 5.5k before I started getting a sharp pain again and it lingered all day. I took the weekend off and it felt fine yesterday morning. Again around the 5k mark yesterday I felt a slight twinge again so immediately stopped. This morning, I felt it straight away - so no run at all. I think I'm going to have to take the full week to give it a chance. A couple of guys I've spoken to suggest it's probably a case of needing to relace my shoes (which I did over the weekend) but I guess I should have let my foot recover for longer before getting back to it.
It's infuriating, but I guess these things happen. Presumably the advice I've had on relacing is in line with what folk on here would suggest though? As I said, I think it's the tendon on the upper inside of the foot that's been aggrevated but the foot's fine load-bearing and most of the rest of the time. It's just when I run that it seems to bother me, or when I walk somewhere with the dog/go golfing and have to stand or walk sideways on a steep bank.
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When we planning on fitting this in? Everyone's drafting mega late this year.
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I'm back aye
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I'd give it a whirl again. Struggling to get that excited about this season (and not just because of the Hopkins trade) but FF should get me hooked again.
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1 hour ago, HoustonRover said:
Alright lads - scotsman living in Houston for work so obviously a massive Texans fan.
Hopefully the season starts and the Texans choke the playoffs as per.
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15 hours ago, CountyFan said:
But we have, on paper at least, a squad that could conceivably play several different styles. The question is about Kettlewell's tactical flexibility a) in game and b) with reference to setting the team up to play vs different styles of opponents. As impressed as i have been so far, i dont think we are (or will ever be at this level) the kind of team who plays the same style regardless of opponent.
That's not necessarily what I'm meaning. For example, we could play a 4-4-2 in the next 9 league games, get back round to Hamilton & Motherwell again whereby Ketts has identified they're weak against that 4-3-3 setup, and we're too short on numbers to make it work. That's taking it to the extreme, but we're obviously looking to implement this tactic on an at least semi-regular basis.
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My biggest concern about the current plan, is the lack of options on the bench. Mullin, Gardyne etc. don't do the same role that Erwin or Stewart does, and it leaves Shaw as our only striker on the bench. Unless we have another wonderkid lined up of course. But an injury or suspension to one of our forward three and that essentially rules that strategy out all together.
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I didn't realise until someone pointed it out over the weekend - but Iacovitti is only 22. Seems an excellent addition on the face of it. What a ridiculously young back four we have at the moment, Donaldson is the old man of the group at 25!
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Talking of English, please stop using the word "of" when you mean "have". Once in each of the first 3 sentences is just taking the piss. Also, it's Iacovitti. Not Lacovitti. Everywhere you've seen it's been a capital i not a lower case L.
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That's one soft midfield, you need a Draper or Tillson in there to counteract the attacking setup. Paton is already your forward thinking player in that setup. If Morris isn't fit I'd be tempted to start with the same XI that started against Motherwell. It's not fair to compare him to Stewart, and I think he'd now be the inexplicable target for the boo-boys this year, but I thought Erwin had a good game. It would be nice to see Mullin get a run out though.
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To be fair, anyone that read the accompanying e-mail (so was receiving it that way), it explicitly said it won't let you login until tomorrow night.
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Presumably that'll be one of the guys from the "Russian Staggies" facebook lot. Unless we have a surprising abundance of Russian Supperters.
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I don't think I've seen it mentioned, but I note there's another TWD spin-off launching in a couple of months. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
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Easterby won't stay as acting GM. Joined up thinking on appointments hopefully.