Some Crumbs for the Robins

The Blobster

The Blobster

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This weekend sees us travel to our near neighbours over the water .
Expecting a close but open game with us winning comfortably with a scoreline of 1-2 .
Bristol have bare bones in defence and sickness in the camp which will limit the team they can put on the field .
They are Expecting a crowd of + 20,000 so it should be a great atmosphere .
COYJB let's keep our winning run going .
 
ivoralljack

ivoralljack

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Just back from hospital where I had a cancer (they told me it was not the type that spread) removed from my leg. Should have been a quick job but it was against the shin bone, so I required minor plastic surgery by way of a skin graft that they took from my side. My leg is covered in dressings from the knee to my toes, so mobility is going to be a problem for 8 days until I go back for them to check the graft has taken.

They said I had to spend the week with my leg up which is impossible living on my own. Won't do any cleaning but I have to cook, so I'll be doing my best Hopalong Cassidy impression :LOL: and eating easy 'ping' meals. Meantime, I'm going to have to deal with the sulks of a significant quantity of chocolate dog who'll be expecting his walk nonetheless. No chance!!

Feeling pretty miserable, so I'm hoping the Swans can cheer me up by hammering Brizzle. COYS!!! :)

Yankee_Jack said:
I wouldn’t call 1-2 comfortable. That’s either a come from behind, or squeaky bum ending
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Not necessarily. We could be 2-0 up rolling the ball about for fun and then concede in the last second of added time. Nothing like being an optimist eh?
 
CroJack

CroJack

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ivoralljack said:
Just back from hospital where I had a cancer (they told me it was not the type that spread) removed from my leg. Should have been a quick job but it was against the shin bone, so I required minor plastic surgery by way of a skin graft that they took from my side. My leg is covered in dressings from the knee to my toes, so mobility is going to be a problem for 8 days until I go back for them to check the graft has taken.

They said I had to spend the week with my leg up which is impossible living on my own. Won't do any cleaning but I have to cook, so I'll be doing my best Hopalong Cassidy impression :LOL: and eating easy 'ping' meals. Meantime, I'm going to have to deal with the sulks of a significant quantity of chocolate dog who'll be expecting his walk nonetheless. No chance!!

Feeling pretty miserable, so I'm hoping the Swans can cheer me up by hammering Brizzle. COYS!!! :)


Not necessarily. We could be 2-0 up rolling the ball about for fun and then concede in the last second of added time. Nothing like being an optimist eh?
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Speedy recovery mate 🤗.
 
ivoralljack

ivoralljack

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CroJack said:
Speedy recovery mate 🤗.
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Thanks, CJ. I've been warned to expect a lot of pain 1) from the procedure and 2) from the wounds as they knit together. No special painkillers were prescribed and I've been told to use everyday stuff such as Ibuprofen etc.

Got over the first hurdle okay and pinged a ready meal of chicken and mushroom noodles. I've always got a stock of them in the freezer and the range includes salt and pepper chicken noodles and beef with broccoli. I always jazz them up a bit and tonight I had a bed of egg fried rice and a side of fries with prawn crackers. These are NOT those horrible pot noodle affairs btw but bona fide meals in a tray and make a decent meal - particularly if you use them as a base and add other tasty things.

For UK posters they cost £1.59 from Farm Foods. I enhanced the 'Chinese' experience by using chopsticks and I have to tell you that I'm frigging useless with the things. But I try. :ROFLMAO: Now I've got an irate Hector to deal with who's showing how miffed he is at missing out on his walk. Did he but know it he's got another 8 days of it by which time I'll have a chocolate rebellion on my hands!! o_O:D

Yankee_Jack said:
@ivoralljack ... that'll teach you not to wear shin pads. Ducks probably caused that.
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I always wore shin pads but he might well have done anyway. Those flimsy things had no chance of stopping a full-blooded Ducks tackle, which was usually knee high anyway. :)

The Blobster said:
Glad you finally got the op done , we'll have a game of darts to celebrate when you are back on your feet .
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Absolutely, Blobs. And I'll have an even better excuse now when I lose! :LOL:
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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Our away form over the last 6 away games is W3 D1 L2. Bristol’s home form is exactly the same.

Overall, last 6 games, we are joint top of the form table, Bristol are 17th.

Over the least 10 matches we are still joint top. Bristol are 20th. We have to be favorites tomorrow.

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jackodiamonds

jackodiamonds

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CroJack said:
Nigel Pearson says they'll press us high and counter-attack.
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So it's the default "we're playing Swansea" approach, eh? :ROFLMAO:

I feel like David Moyes never gets enough credit for doing this first, back in 2011 (and every time since) when nobody else seems to have figured out that a high press could defeat possession/play-out-from-the-back-based systems.

Remember how Everton were one of the last Prem teams Swansea managed to beat (I think Guidolin was the first to manage it?). A proper bogey side, along with Spurs. Moyes had the smarts to use an "attacking" player in a man-marking role against a "defensive" player, which is pretty unorthodox - Tim Cahill, at the time a #10 for Everton, on Leon Britton (defensive in so much that he played very deep). Moyes knew if you stifle Britton, you stop Brendan Rodgers' Swans, and he was right.

Nowadays, the same type of tactics are just a knee-jerk response for every other manager when seeing Swansea on the schedule.
 
Yankee_Jack

Yankee_Jack

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Only changes are on the bench. Manning and Paterson displace a couple, strong bench.

but, the important thing is that the strongest XI starts bar Manning. A vote of confidence in Cooper and Cundle.
 
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