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Is ABK injured?

That Mitoma fella can play.

it could easily be four or five nil. Easily.

always been his biggest failing, One of the slowest midfielders across the ground in the league.

JWP too slow to keep up and Aribo stands there are watches instead of pushing out and making a challenge.

you could make a decent size list of first team players that are too.

Agreed. He hasn't got clue what he is dojng, where to be, how to play the role. He offers no bite, no physicality, no protection. Useless as DM.

The goal was one of those things. But when it comes to Perraud, everyone seems to love him on here. I don't get it. He's slow, technically limited, terrible in the air...he tries hard...but that's it.

watch Diallo's play during that last chance for Brighton just before half time. Fucking embarrassing defensive midfield play. Pathetic. The whole half was horrible, but his play there has got me fuming. Lightweight....grrr aghhhhhhhhh, Fuck offfff.

not totally his fault for the goal as the Bazunu touch fucked him, but I agree. Limited at best.

Lyanco dives in, again, but got away with it again. He's a liability.

Brighton look miles better than us. Miles Oh dear Bazunu.

Our press is child's play to play through. Going to need to adjust that

Lyanco dives in, but got away with it.

Brighton look very confident. Edozie equally so and makes something happen straight away

A target man would certainly be nice. I don't know Wood's game all that well. I know he's a big guy that wins some headers and scores some `ugly' goals, often against us, but is his hold up play any good?

No its because he's been pretty shit and that's coming from someone that has suggested we sign him while he was at Charlton, so would love to see him be a star for us. He's got skills on the ball, especially in tight areas, but he's been absolutely woeful IMO in the four or five games running up to the world cup. His `display' at Bournemouth was terrible. I don't expect him to charge around, but I do expert him to come alive when he gets the ball.

Both seem to fit our style of transfer (value, wages, etc) and overall position in the football pyramid. It's really hard to see who we will get in this window. Kent might sit tight until the summer Karlsson might just fancy grabbijng the opportunity/contract when he can.

that's the spirit. Things don't look great at the moment, but a a couple of good performances and a few wins and the vibe around the club could change quite quickly. It feels like mission impossible right now, but maybe by the time that game come around we will be in a different place.

Kent has always impressed me when I have seen Rangers and thought he was the guy we should have gone for, rather than Aribo. He always seems lively, direct and causes problems for fullbacks. Hopefully not another McCant.

the word `lightweight' comes up a few times and no one seems to think his ability on the ball compensates. Pretty much the same things I've said abut him when playing up a level.

nicely put. If we are playing someone like City, where our midfielders end up playing almost as defenders, I can understand it, but even then, I'd prefer to see us play 4-4-2/4-3-3 etc and have that extra player in midfield. OK, so you may lose at City, but if you play five defenders and get into a mindset of sitting deep, you can't just flip a switch and start creating chances right left and centre against lessor sides. Chelsea won the league with 5-3-2, so it can work, but I can't recall a performance to be proud of when we have played five at the back.

I have no idea why people keep putting Aribo in their starting eleven. He was a complete passenger in the games before the World Cup.

Yep. Jones has played plenty of our youngsters and when Lavia is fit, he'll be another. Give it a season and he'll be giving Ballard and Jimmy-J games too, I suspect.

Who says Ryan Fraser will deliver now?