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Match Thread Home V Leyton Orient 23/02, 7pm kick off.

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by bantamdave41, Feb 21, 2021.

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Result

Poll closed Feb 24, 2021.
  1. Win

    101 vote(s)
    87.8%
  2. Draw

    10 vote(s)
    8.7%
  3. Defeat

    4 vote(s)
    3.5%
  1. Ulysses S Grant

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    Why do we need to avoid Hard Ings at all costs, keefly ? It's Lawkholme Lane that needs avoiding, and Braithwaite, and Brackenbank, and Victoria Park, and Lund Park, and Eelholme, and North Street, and South Street. In fact anywher that doesn't get you directly out of Keighley, which Hard Ings does.
     
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  2. Botswana Bantam

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    Crawley were up there somewhere (playoffs?) when we played them and drew too. Now they're just above us.
     
  3. Botswana Bantam

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    Here's the form table from today's football league paper. 8 teams with double figure points totals in the last 6 games.

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  4. JonButterfield

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    Leyton Orient could come looking for a draw, to be honest.

    That would be an interesting challenge.
     
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  5. Bigrod

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    Looking at the Home form, then over the last 4 gams we are top of the table. Orient are struggling big time. So with Sod’s law applying........o_O


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  6. Botswana Bantam

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    What about Ipswich?

    :unsure: ;)
     
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    Wallsall home form doesn’t look great either for next Saturday
     
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  8. Bigrod

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    Yep lets hope something doesn’t happen!

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  9. borderlescott

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    Yeah, on paper, you'd have to fancy us, but no doubt they will come and make it a test.

    How good is is to be craving the next game though? We haven't felt this sort of excitement since McCall took us to Wembley.

    You just look at the depth we've added to the squad and it is comforting given the hectic schedule ahead. Crankshaw and Rowe have so much to offer to this side, yet you can't really justify dropping anyone (unless of fatigue) after that superb performance on Sat.

    Roll on kick off time.
     
  10. trevor

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    Think he will rest Cook and Evans on the bench and will play Rowe and Crankshaw or Stevens depending on pitch condition, We need to rotate to rest the older players and give them recovery time for Saturday
     
  11. XCIV_Bantam

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    Very fair assessment that. Especially with the amount of games we have. Will be good for the players to try and get a permanent place on the first team; Stevens, Prichard and Rowe as of late!
     
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    Be interesting to see Crankshaw now he's had time to train with the others. Stevens had a chance at Exeter and didn't do well so if there's one space to fill then Crankshaw is ahead of Stevens for me this time.
     
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  13. HipswellBantam

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    This is a 'cunning plan' an Orient fan suggested to undermine our march up the table - 'We need to drop freeman for widowson and swoop brohpy for widowson play kemp in centre of midfield and brohpy up front widdowson at left back.' Makes a lot of sense to me lol ... 4-0 to City (haven't said that in a while). Must be dreaming.
     
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  14. hornseabantam

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    Think they'll start with the same eleven from Cheltenham - Rowe and Crankshaw on earliesh in the second half.
     
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  15. Petrov

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    Agree. You don't bench a player that scored 2 in the previous game if they are fit to play.
     
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  16. hornseabantam

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    When was the last time we had so many great choices to start? This is seventh heaven.
     
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  17. hornseabantam

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    Re my earlier post - I wish a fan much better than me with stats could let us know when was the last time a new manager(s) pulled us 24 points out of their first 11 matches?

    (Edited for you @River_City_Bantam@River_City_Bantam is the Stats man)
     
  18. loz

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    think it will be no change unless enforced.
     
  19. ahar964

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    I have been wondering if part of the loan deal with Stevens is that he has to play if fit
     
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  20. Chad

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    Orient play a 4-3-3 and we dominated Cheltenham in the 2nd half when they tried to switch to that formation, hopefully we do the same on Tuesday
     

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