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Webster, JPVH, Lamptey, Minteh or Gomez for me. So not a big choice.

I always think watching football on TV means you see a lot less of what a player brings to the table than when you watch them live. Most of my previous experience of him was in TV games for Leeds, where I thought he’d always underwhelmed. I’m happy to have been proven wrong. He’s a really...

I just watch the games. It’s not that difficult, particularly when that player is the one right in front of you for a half of each home game. But fair enough. You’re entitled to an opinion 🤷‍♂️

Not really, not if you look at the heat maps. I think the first half gave that impression because of how much time Minteh spent covering for Veltman, but second half it was noticeable how much higher up he played. It was also noticeable that Lamptey’s position for the game was right next to...

One of the hot women that used to “star” in it is currently in Severance. On the topic, I used to love Neighbours but I’ve probably not watched it for at least 15 years. I didn’t realise it was still going.

First half or second half?

Considering he’s had substantially less support when playing out of position at LB than our supposedly more rounded, better defensive RB has had, I think he’s doing a fantastic job. If he’d had Minteh in front of him on Friday, rather than Mitoma, I suspect he’d have looked brilliant...

Nkunku was the worst of the lot for them.

It’s difficult to judge based on one game, but it felt like a sea change for our manager tactically (I wasn’t at Chelsea at home, so the tactical side wasn’t as easy to see from behind a TV). Hopefully he’s realised he won’t get away with being totally open every game and sticking one in...

I thought Lamptey was excellent considering he was on his wrong side, and considering he got no where near as much help from Mitoma that Veltman got from Minteh, who basically played as a wingback for much of the game. As for Webster, it’s amazing what happens when you set up a team to protect...

Overlooking your patronising tone, I’ve been to all home league games this year except for Spurs. We’ve had pretty much the same set up in every home game this year, without any real change in tactical shape, our defensive line, how we press or how we play without a midfield. Today was the...

It’s not the personnel, it’s how they’re set up that’s changed.

But what areas are you developing in at Premier League level as a manager? Your tactical ideas? Your coaching methods? Your ability to develop players? Your ability to deal with the media? If you’re still a ‘manager with potential’ surely you should be refining that ability further down the...

He hardly set up the second. Georgino did literally all the work. He played a good return pass for the third though. Overall, he didn’t have a great game. But you’re entitled to disagree, of course.

Tonight was really promising. We looked like a proper team for the first time all season at home, across 90 whole minutes. Criticism of him has been entirely fair, in my opinion, and will be fair again if he resorts to what he was doing up until Forest. But maybe he’s turned a corner - if so...

It was the first time we looked like a functioning team under this manager for a whole game. I’ve criticised him a lot (rightfully so I believe), but you have to give credit when it’s due and he got this one spot on. It’s almost like he’s finally learning. As to the OP: Mitoma’s goal Minteh had...

There’s so much to unpack here. 1. Surely you can see my post was a) tongue in cheek, and b) trying to highlight that we shouldn’t be judging kids for being “dicks”? On a broader note, there is part truth in the statement even though I meant it as a joke. Most peoples’ brains don’t fully...

I’m a dick for not judging a 19/20 year old kid who moved to another country and for not trusting your friend’s opinion, who I don’t know? Right…

I mean this in the nicest way, but he’s a kid. He’s 19/20. Everyone is a dick at that age, irrespective of whether they have a boat load of cash. Plus I don’t know your mate. For all I know, he could be a dick.

I don’t think anyone forgot Bart’s mistake just because we won. And similarly, Weiffer thoroughly deserved the stick he got for playing football like a school child. In terms of the game on Friday, I’d stick with him unless the manager feels that Rushworth has done something incredible to earn...