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• Player Ratings - Barnet at Home
  Carlisle United FC 16 Sep 17:58 - Piglet_Phoenix, 63 views 1 replies
  Bennett's head must be a cube give the strange angles at which the ball comes off it. He needs time because there's a player in there somewhere. That is ABSOLUTELY the team that we MUST start with from now on, even if Kennedy is only partly fit and has to come off after an hour. I think that Lambe was better than you suggest, but he went up too many blind-alleys today and would be better as an impact player off the bench. Remember, he CAN score goals which we're struggling with. George is absolutely the better keeper. Grand review Piglet.

• Predictocomp Week 7
  Carlisle United FC 13 Sep 10:06 - griff, 187 views 15 replies
  Group A Brentford v Reading AWAY Cardiff v Sheffield Wednesday. 2-1 Hull v Sunderland. 2-1 Nottingham Forest v Wolves DRAW Group B Blackpool v Oxford. DRAW Bradford City v Rotherham. 1-2 Bury v Plymouth. 2-1 Southend v Northampton AWAY Group C Cambridge v Coventry. HOME Port Vale v Forest Green. AWAY Swindon v Stevenage. 2-1 Wycombe v Luton 1-2

• Player Ratings - Accrington Away
  Carlisle United FC 09 Sep 17:13 - Piglet_Phoenix, 495 views 2 replies
  What interview. Locked in the dressing-room and quite rightly. Now, if we can only find somebody to nail it up from the outside we'd be fine. Aye, from the radio I agree, sound fair enough. Perhaps a bit over-generous tbf.

• The earth is a sphere
  Carlisle United FC 08 Sep 08:02 - griff, 119 views 8 replies
  It's more spherical than flat.

• Predictocomp Week 6
  Carlisle United FC 06 Sep 08:54 - griff, 349 views 25 replies
  You're a borderline southerner mate.

• Player Ratings - Mansfield at home
  Carlisle United FC 03 Sep 00:19 - Piglet_Phoenix, 111 views 0 replies
  A very winnable game against a technically poor Mansfield side that saw two points dropped, largely (in my opinion) due to team selection. It makes no sense to me to have the best two finishers at the club on the bench (Miller & Kennedy) when they started and were involved in both goals midweek. If Kennedy was fit enough to start on Tuesday he was fit enough to start today. Miller is the currently the best forward we have at the club, and he's reasonably in form - to not start him is idiocy. Also we have a young international goalkeeper who kept a clean sheet midweek, and a player whose consistent mistakes continue to cost us points - which player started? Anyway, yes - the referee did not have the best of games, he allowed himself to be swayed by the Mansfield players and technical area - which is always a danger when you play a Steve Evans side, however - you can't blame the referee for the poor quality of our finishing and another total howler from the goalkeeper which cost us the win - with Miller on from the start and George in goal - we'd have had a better chance of winning the game... Bonham - 5 - Some decent saves first half, but you just knew the mistake was inevitably coming. His distribution was again - poor. Indeed he saved the penalty, but I'm not being churlish by pointing out it was a poorly taken spot-kick - placed to his right, at the perfect height for him to reach - but he gains an extra mark. Horrific mistake for the goal on top of some appalling flappery. tThere's no need to come charging off your line like a honey-nut loop every time a cross comes into the box (especially when you can't punch the ball) - let your centre-backs deal with balls at the edge of the box, that's what they're there for. Miller - 7 - Solid, got forward well, some decent throw-ins - looked comfortable. Grainger - 3 - Captain? His body language in that second half was disgraceful - he looked like a beaten man, trudging around with diver's boots on. As captain, shouldn't you be trying to urge your team mates forward and inspire them? When Parkes returns, I'd give him the captaincy. Ellis - 7* - Excellent defensive effort again - and he brought the best out of Liddle. Brings home Curle's stupidity in loaning him out last season, if he'd kept Ellis at the club we'd have been playing in tier three now. Liddle - 6 - The best I've seen him play, in spite of some awful distribution and trademark powder-puffery. I can actually remember him winning a header, making a successful tackle and getting his body in the way of the ball - all in the same match - I can almost hear a heavenly choir singing... Joyce - 7 - Unbelievable decision to drop him last week, arguably our most consistent performer this season - works really well with Jones in midfield giving us an effective defensive platform at this level. Jones - 7 - Not quite firing on all cylinders yet, but still - some really fantastic dogged ball winning, retention and hard work... Lambe - 5 - Anonymous for long periods of play, not his best game. Adams - 5 - Looks a bit rusty and out of form - I suspect he's been sitting too much on the bench - we know there's more to come from him... Hope - 6 - It was definitely a situation suited to a Hope type of player this afternoon - and he took his goal really well. It's a shame he doesn't have a football brain and lacks a bit of technique because he's got pace to burn - if only he could show more of the composure he showed when scoring this afternoon - we'd have a footballer on our hands. Bennett - 2 - In the pocket of the Mansfield defenders all afternoon, barely looks Conference standard let alone League standard. I'm struggling to see justification for picking him this afternoon after his truly terrible display at Lincoln, maybe it was all about his size? Anyway, we won on Tuesday starting Hope and Miller upfront (a partnership with pace and intelligent movement) why not start them together today? No they're not the biggest, but they can cause lumbering defenders a whole host of different problems - as long as you don't lump it forward for them in the air... I still think there's a player in Bennett, but he hasn't yet done enough to automatically wear the shirt every week. He needs to be demoted to the bench and really made to earn the right to play by proving he's good enough - at the minute it looks too big a step up in class for him (but that's understandable) Subs Miller - 6 - Showed more technical ability and was more of goal threat in ten minutes than Bennett did in eighty. Deserves a run of starts. Kennedy - 6 - We immediately looked a better side as soon as he came on. Needs to play from the start. Cosgrove - 5 - I'm still not convinced, although in fairness he wasn't given much to work with. However, I'd give him an opportunity ahead of Bennett...

• Predictocomp week 5
  Carlisle United FC 30 Aug 23:07 - griff, 281 views 15 replies
  Group A Doncaster v Peterborough. DRAW MK Dons v Oxford. 1-2 Southend v Rochdale DRAW Walsall v Plymouth 2-1 Group B Cambridge v Colchester 1-2 Chesterfield v Coventry AWAY Exeter v Newport DRAW Morecambe v Accrington. 2-1 Group C Barrow v Boreham Wood 2-1 Dagenham & Red v Gateshead 2-1 Ebbsfleet v Eastleigh HOME Torquay v Chester. HOME

• Team against Mansfield....
  Carlisle United FC 30 Aug 02:14 - Piglet_Phoenix, 114 views 2 replies
  It would be great for Curley to get one over his old club from up the road,I shall have my fingers crossed for you

• Lincoln City - Away - Player Ratings
  Carlisle United FC 26 Aug 17:00 - Piglet_Phoenix, 163 views 1 replies
  Sounded worse than poor and, from what I've seen and heard, I agree that Hope isn't up to the shirt. I'm never quite sure what he's for. Curle's trying to rotate the midfield and it works half the time, which won't be good enough to get out of this league upwards.

• Predictocomp week 4
  Carlisle United FC 23 Aug 09:31 - griff, 278 views 14 replies
  Group A Barnsley v Sunderland 1-2 Birmingham v Reading h Millwall v Norwich h Sheffield United v Derby 1-2 Group B Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood a Northampton v Peterborough a Rochdale v Bury 0-2 Walsall v Bradford City 1-2 Group C Barnet v Stevenage 2-0 Cambridge v Morecambe 1-2 Grimsby v Wycombe a Mansfield v Luton h

• Bas Luck tonight
  Carlisle United FC 23 Aug 01:01 - gaz1959, 86 views 1 replies
  Sounded that way on the radio Gaz. By all accounts we battered them for long periods but they converted a larger percentage of their chances. That's what better players do I suppose. I had a cataract operation yesterday which is why I wasn't there.

• Cheltenham Town - Home - Player Ratings
  Carlisle United FC 19 Aug 18:46 - Piglet_Phoenix, 130 views 2 replies
  So far as Bonham is concerned, I think that his positioning is very good, but if he's going to use the punch he needs to get more muscle/distance in it. Ellis? As someone said, how lucky were we to, ahem, pick up one of a promoted Conference side's better central defenders. If he'd been theirs and wed pinched him we'd have been splapping ourselves on the back right now. Bennett isn't fit enough yet. They had a tall side and he was up and down the pitch a lot. He needs some conditioning before we can expect to see a real player come out.

• Clibbens on the budget and spending...
  Carlisle United FC 18 Aug 06:07 - Piglet_Phoenix, 103 views 1 replies
  Bet it is a cra p job though, even for the money it would make you properly miserable under the current lot.

• Predictocomp - week 3
  Carlisle United FC 16 Aug 09:22 - griff, 528 views 20 replies
  Nice one Lufbra.

• Cambridge United Away - Player Ratings
  Carlisle United FC 12 Aug 18:13 - Piglet_Phoenix, 177 views 3 replies
  Ah, of course, you're using that iThingy. We also fancy a bit of BC at some point. A completely different air route of course (polar?) but Mrsgriff's brother lives in Dundas so we'll hang around a bit of Ontario for a couple of weeks next Summer.

• Predictocomp - Week 2
  Carlisle United FC 07 Aug 08:19 - griff, 507 views 18 replies
  Group A Birmingham v Bristol City D Cardiff v Aston Villa. A Leeds v Preston 2-1 Millwall v Bolton 2-1 Group B Blackburn v Doncaster 2-1 Bristol Rovers v Peterborough. 2-1 Plymouth v Charlton H Walsall v Oldham H Group C Barnet v Luton. A Grimsby v Coventry D Port Vale v Wycombe 3-1 Swindon v Exeter. 1-2

• Predictocomp Table 2017-18
  Carlisle United FC 06 Aug 09:55 - griff, 699 views 28 replies
  Strutting peacock here. Lanky boys rule the roost this week. Cheers Griff ;)

• Five defenders?
  Carlisle United FC 04 Aug 15:38 - Piglet_Phoenix, 575 views 20 replies
  Saw Curley in the Pavis stand tonight along with Denny Cowley sitting not far away,I wonder if they shared the fare of a taxi back up to Lincoln?

• Predictocomp - Week one
  Carlisle United FC 31 Jul 10:02 - griff, 976 views 30 replies
  **** I forgot. If I'm not too late then: Group a D D 2-1 2-1 Group B H H 1-1 1-1 Group C A A 2-1 2-1

• Sean Brisley
  Carlisle United FC 24 Jul 18:38 - irish_pie, 245 views 3 replies
  I don't think it helped him playing in a truly horrendous defence. Also, his injury last pre-season and non-involvement in the Cassius camp put him behind the rest of the squad and he never really caught up...despite scoring one of the best goals with a mis-kick you'll ever see. I actually had reasonable hopes that he might improve after a full pre-season this term, but due to the signing of Parkes and Curle's inexplicable hard-on for Liddle at centre-back he wouldn't have been starting again - and for a player on his wage with a squad our size that's untenable. All in all I'm not heartbroken by his departure, despite the fact there may be a footballer in there somewhere (as eluded to) - and he was a million miles a better player for us than Mike Edwards was - if that's any pointer for a Notts County fan!

• Predictocomp returns 5th August
  Carlisle United FC 24 Jul 15:37 - griff, 136 views 2 replies
  I'm up for it (the Predictocomp). Considering I barely scored any bonuses last term, you might as well hand me the title now :)

• Well Griff that was one hell of a grenade you threw over there yesterday
  Carlisle United FC 21 Jul 20:04 - THE_NORTHERNSOUL, 190 views 1 replies
  I'll clarify shortly.

• At last we sign a defender!
  Carlisle United FC 04 Jul 22:54 - Piglet_Phoenix, 177 views 0 replies
  Shame he weighs the same as all our other defenders combined. Again, I'll be horrified if this signing is Curle's only answer to solving our defensive issues - in the area that (by his own admission now) is the biggest concern we have currently. I didn't think Raynes was any big loss, however I'm not exactly filled with confidence that someone who looks like he's turned up at training via the pub and pizza shop, and was a key part of the worst team in the league last season, is going to tighten us up and improve things any at the back. As a squad player with something to prove, this might be a good signing. He could shed the pounds, work hard, put his career back on track perhaps. However, if we sign no other central defenders and he walks straight into our side - we're in trouble frankly. I'm aware he won promotions with Bristol Rovers, however that was before he ate the weight of the Memorial Ground in lard. Does the fact he's "left footed" mean he's going to be cover for Grainger at Left-back? I fear the worst...

• Curle loses the plot completely
  Carlisle United FC 23 May 16:18 - Piglet_Phoenix, 507 views 3 replies
  Really disappointing news also that Ibehre has turned the contract offer down, can't fault him as a person or as a professional however. That leaves us with a massive gap, in terms of experience and weight, upfront. So the same defence as last season, no Ibehre, Wyke or Proctor - and the board muttering about sustainability and limited resources, it's not looking good. Two centre-forwards the minimum required, (at least) one experienced. However after the last transfer window I have next to zero faith that the manager will be able to pull off anything like what's needed with a reduced budget.

• Just popped on
  Carlisle United FC 11 May 20:05 - alfinyalcabo, 762 views 11 replies
  Down South? Derby? What's a Jilted?

• Predictocomp: Final Week
  Carlisle United FC 04 May 20:18 - griff, 661 views 14 replies
  GroupA 1-2 DRAW 1-2 DRAW GROUP B 2-1 HOME 2-1 HOME Group C 2-1 AWAY 1-2 HOME Bonus 25 Tie-break 6543

• Predictocomp week 39
  Carlisle United FC 26 Apr 11:44 - griff, 463 views 12 replies
  Group A Birmingham v Huddersfield A Blackburn v Aston Villa A Leeds v Norwich 1-1 QPR v Nottm Forest 1-1 Group B Accrington v Luton D Cheltenham v Hartlepool A Morecambe v Wycombe 2-1 Notts County v Blackpool 2-2 Group C Barrow v Dover Guiseley v Sollihull Motors Torquay v North Ferriby York v Forest Green Bonus:5 I've not bothered filling in group c as the matches have already played.

• Predictocomp week 38
  Carlisle United FC 20 Apr 09:24 - griff, 485 views 13 replies
  Group A Bristol City v Barnsley. AWAY Huddersfield v Fulham. 2-1 Nottm Forest v Reading. AWAY Wolves v Blackburn 1-2 Group B Bury v Northampton HOME Gillingham v Fleetwood. DRAW Oldham v Rochdale. 2-1 Shrewsbury v Southend. 1-2 Group C Colchester v Plymouth 2-1 Hartlepool v Barnet DRAW Newport v Accrington. AWAY Stevenage v Mansfield. 1-3 Bonus 6

• This Carlisle United Rumour?
  Carlisle United FC 19 Apr 22:49 - crushalime, 473 views 1 replies
  Well, I gave them the chance.

• Predictocomp week 37
  Carlisle United FC 13 Apr 15:17 - griff, 423 views 11 replies
  Whoops. What a time to forget to enter ;)

• Predictocomp week 36
  Carlisle United FC 06 Apr 16:23 - griff, 521 views 12 replies
  Group A Blackburn v Barnsley H Bristol City v Wolves 1-0 Leeds v Preston H Nottm Forest v Huddersfield 1-0 Group B Chesterfield v Port Vale 1-0 Gillingham v Millwall 1-0 Shrewsbury v Rochdale H Swindon v MK Dons H Group C Accrington v Crewe H Barnet v Luton 1-0 Colchester v Stevenage 1-0 Morecambe v Hartlepool H Bonus: 4

• Yeovil
  Carlisle United FC 01 Apr 19:10 - sandpit, 369 views 5 replies
  Told yer ;D

• Predictocomp Week 35
  Carlisle United FC 30 Mar 16:31 - griff, 636 views 17 replies
  No objections from me if you take it as Bristol city 0

• Messageboard traffic
  Carlisle United FC 27 Mar 14:44 - griff, 221 views 0 replies
  Much discussion within FootyMad last week, and the subject came around to visitors who come to look at the forums, but don't ever post - Virtual Dogging as someone called it! You can see it in the predictocomp table thresd - every week it gets several hundred visits even though there are only 13 of us in it. If we could get even a small proportion of those who like to look at what we are doing to actually participate, it would greatly improve forum activity and enable FootyMAd to further reduce the number of adverts on each page. I'll repeat that, FURTHER REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ADVERTS. I have my own thoughts, but I'm a lazy bugger and would welcome any input from you guys.

• Predictocomp week 34
  Carlisle United FC 22 Mar 17:28 - griff, 587 views 16 replies
  Group A Wimbledon v Southend 1-2 Northampton v Oxford DRAW Oldham v Sheffield Utd AWAY Port Vale v MK Dons 2-1 Group B Cambridge v Stevenage AWAY Colchester v Luton DRAW Crawley v Leyton Orient 2-1 Exeter v Yeovil 2-1 Group C Lincoln v Forest Green 2-1 Eastleigh v Gateshead 1-3 Macclesfield v Aldershot AWAY Woking v Maidstone AWAY Bonus: 3

• Mansfield
  Carlisle United FC 18 Mar 10:57 - chalkyncfc61, 298 views 0 replies
  I passed the Sir John Cockle pub in Mansfield at 10.30am and there was loads of Carlisle fans already there,I've got to admire their enthusiasm for supping,they must have set of at 6.30 to get there at that time

• Predictocomp week 33
  Carlisle United FC 16 Mar 19:48 - griff, 619 views 13 replies
  A 2-1 Away 2-1 Home B 2-1 Away 2-1 Draw C Away Draw 1-2 2-1 Bonus 39

• Carlisle 0 The Fens 3
  Carlisle United FC 11 Mar 23:08 - Psaw, 177 views 1 replies
  You were rubbish Frank, you should have had at least 6. And you didn't brung many either.

• Predictocomp week 32
  Carlisle United FC 09 Mar 09:47 - griff, 519 views 13 replies
  Group A Burton v Nottm Forest 2-1 Preston v Reading AWAY Wigan v Bristol City DRAW Wolves v Rotherham 2-1 Group B Fleetwood v Bolton 2-1 Oldham v Bury HOME Peterborough v Oxford AWAY Port Vale v Swindon 1-2 Group C Colchester v Portsmouth HOME Luton v Stevenage 1-2 Mansfield v Plymouth DRAW Wycombe v Blackpool 1-2 Bonus 12

• Predictocomp week 31
  Carlisle United FC 01 Mar 16:15 - griff, 563 views 13 replies
  Group A Blackburn v Wigan 2-1 Bristol City v Burton DRAW Derby v Barnsley HOME Sheff Wed v Norwich 1-2 Group B Bradford c v Peterborough HOME Northampton v Charlton DRAW Sc*unthorpe v Fleetwood 1-2 Walsall v Oldham 2-1 Group C Blackpool v Morecambe 1-2 Cambridge v Colchester 2-1 Grimsby v Wycombe HOME Newport v Leyton Orient HOME Bonus: 1379

• Predictocomp week 30
  Carlisle United FC 23 Feb 19:46 - griff, 625 views 15 replies
  Group A Aston Villa v Derby DRAW Barnsley v Huddersfield 1-2 Cardiff v Fulham 1-2 Wigan v Nottingham Forest HOME Group B Wimbledon v Walsall DRAW Coventry v Swindon 2-1 Peterborough v Rochdale 1-2 Sheffield Utd v Bolton AWAY Group C Leyton Orient v Cheltenham DRAW Luton v Plymouth DRAW Morecambe v Grimsby 1-2 Wycombe v Crawley 2-1 Bonus: 357

• Predictocomp week 29
  Carlisle United FC 15 Feb 18:09 - griff, 803 views 18 replies
  Hgatenasty will be (as per his request): Groups A B and C 2-0 2-0 H H bonus 8

• Blackpool Rock
  Carlisle United FC 11 Feb 17:16 - sandpit, 252 views 1 replies
  We gave him a start in the game, so I think that it was disrespectful. A bigger player would have realised that and held back. That means that he's not matured yet. It was telling that they improved when he went off.

• Predictocomp week 28
  Carlisle United FC 09 Feb 19:47 - griff, 767 views 17 replies
  Group A Aston Villa v Ipswich DRAW Preston v Brentford DRAW QPR v Huddersfield 1-2 Rotherham v Blackburn 1-2 Group B Wimbledon v Charlton DRAW Bristol Rovers v Bradford 2-1 Bury v Swindon DRAW Oxford v MK Dons 3-1 Group C Colchester v Barnet 2-1 Morecambe v Cambridge DRAW Notts Co v Cheltenham DRAW Plymouth v Exeter 1-2 Bonus - 43

• Predictocomp week 27
  Carlisle United FC 02 Feb 14:22 - griff, 829 views 13 replies
  Group A Barnsley v Preston N.E. 1 v 1 Birmingham v Fulham 1 v 2 Blackburn v QPR HOME Cardiff v Norwich HOME Group B Chesterfield v Oldham DRAW Rochdale v Bristol Rovers 1 v 2 Shrewsbury v Bury HOME Southend v Sc*unthorpe 1 v 2 Group C Accrington v Notts County DRAW Barnet v Mansfield HOME Grimsby v Luton 3 v 1 Wycombe v Portsmouth 2 v 1 Bonus: 4

• University research on our use of screens
  Carlisle United FC 02 Feb 08:34 - theacademic, 134 views 0 replies
  Dear all, I am involved in some university research that is looking at our use of screens in our everyday lives. We have compiled an anonymous survey via the following link where I hope you can spare a few minutes to share your important views. Thanks in advance.

• Transfers
  Carlisle United FC 01 Feb 09:13 - griff, 180 views 0 replies
  So, that's McKee out and O'Sullivan in. One busy midfielder for another. Then Wyke's gone, replaced by Proctor and Waring, so that's two target-men only one of which will play I assume. No defenders in at all so we'll be relying on Liddle to stand in at the back where he has experience. I still reckon we're a big mean defender short though, and I'd have liked to have seen someone lined up. Perhaps a free-agent?

• Hey Griff
  Carlisle United FC 31 Jan 09:07 - Disco Buc, 780 views 13 replies
  Silloth is the place I would recommend as it's not too far from Carlisle We don't really have "seaside resorts" but Silloth is the nearest thing to one.

• Predictocomp week 26
  Carlisle United FC 26 Jan 19:46 - griff, 598 views 14 replies
  Seconds out, round 26. Group A Norwich v Birmingham - H Preston v Ipswich - 1-1 QPR v Burton - H Rotherham v Barnsley - 1-1 Group B Fleetwood v Southend - H Gillingham v Shrewsbury - 1-1 Northampton v Coventry - 1-1 Peterborough v M K Dons - H Group C Luton v Cambridge - H Newport v Hartlepool - 1-1 Notts County v Crawley - 1-1 Portsmouth v Exeter - H Bonus: 4919 .

• Predictocomp week 25
  Carlisle United FC 19 Jan 19:59 - griff, 614 views 15 replies
  Southend v bolton also off.

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