Chez

tough to smile after that display, but this comment brought a grin to my face. Thank you sir.

they have received "some from the FL"? Was that a scheduled payment or something outside the normal payment structure? If so that doesn't seem fair on the other sides in the league.

you are right of course, but some of our problems were as a result of his display. Don't underestimate the damage caused by one underperforming cog in the machine. He was woeful and it effected us. I think I am more unhappy at Adkins for bringing him in and playing him out of position. As I have said we didn't need a in the hole attacking midfielder. we have our own nippers to do that, we needed a left winger with pace and tricks and a cross and a goal every now and then...

he couldn't lace FFs boots.

sadly I agree with you. He reminded me of many of the players that graced the shirt in the relegation season. I have to ask who scouted him, because he is never a wide man in a million years, so we ****ed him positionally, but even in the hole his movement and workrate was poor. Massive lack of effort. I have to ask also why we would sign another in the hole central midfielder when we have Ward Prowse and Reeves here. If he was a winger then no problem, but he isn't so why is he here. I hope I am set my self up for a fall here, but I just don't see him contributing to a promotion winning side.

Adkins has to take his share of the blame for this display IMO. Why on earth we are playing Harding at right back when Richardson is fit is beyond me. Harding unbalanced the side against Forest and was woeful tonight. But that was just for starters. When Jos went off, why not put Harding at CB? Fox got done in the air time after time as he is short. Surely Harding would have made more sense? Falque is another story. Quite clearly he can not play on the wing, in fact he looked totally out of his depth full stop, so why the hell did we start with him there? We must have known he is not a wide man so why play him there? We carried the guy and this immediately put us on the back foot in what was always going to be a tough game. It felt like playing with 10 men. Adkins solution was to bring him into the hole as part of a diamond and move Morgan out to the left where he doesn't like it. The diamond has not worked all season yet still he persists with it. We carry Falque for the rest of the half, only now we look even more unbalanced and give the whole right side to Leicester. The solution was simple. Bring either Lee Holmes or de Ridder on at half time. What does Adkins do? Move Hammond to the left of the same bloody diamond, with us still carrying Falque. 0-2 down, playing like chumps and he fails to solve the problem. Instead he waits 15 minutes before making a double substitution (just as Hammond has got his act together I might add) when we only needed to bring on one wide player. But why not make the sub at half time? Very poor management. Yes we have injuries etc. but Adkins made serious mistakes tonight. As I said he must share some blame. As for the game itself, well you all watched it so no need to describe it, but why on earth isn't de Ridder getting more game time, and when he does, why on earth do we not feed him all the bloody time? Just get the ball to the right back, pass it down the line and let him do the rest. Simple. Has to be better than passing it to Fox and letting him smack it 40 yards for de ridder to challenge Konchesky in the air. Crazy and very frustrating. Fox, FFS stop playing that pass. It is ****. Davis 7 couple of great saves, the one against Beckford was very brave. Did he get a touch on the free kick? Harding 2 played out of position leading to terrible positional play, got worse as game went on until moved back to where he belongs. Fox 4 diagonal hoof is still a hoof. Never gets tight at left back and too shirt and crap in the air to play CB. Good effort when he did though I suppose Martin 5 got the run around by Beckford completely and bullied too. Distribution and decision making woeful. Jos 6 thought he also got bullied a bit by Nugent too. Hamstring pull could be very bad news. Cork 6 did nothing in the first half, but tried and tried right till the end. never gives up. Just nit good enough today all over the park. Falque 1 played out of position, but still a lightweight hands in the sleeves waste of a shirt. Carried him from start to finish. Yes dropped in, but he didn't even look busy. He can only get better I suppose. Morgan 5 some horrible misplaced passes and never made that second ball his. Danns showed him the way. Hammond 4 did nothing at all in the first half and just got moving and was subbed Connelly 3 can't kick a ball more than 15 yards. Been saying it for a while now, he simply has no power left in the legs. No threat. No service. This game summed up why pace combined with movement is very much required in my ideal forward line. Connelly moves, but pace? Guly 4 poor touch kills him, but he battled back when he lost it so I'll keep forgiving him. Still had the opportunities to get something out of this game but he didn't take them this time. Not a lot of service but boy did he hide in the last 20 minutes. de ridder 6 a threat, but needs the ball all the time, why nit give it to him. Liked to have seen him get to the byeline though. Holmes 4 one run that will stick in the mind, well it was a one two and then a missed shot on his right foot. Everything else was backwards. Its nearly always backwards. Why? Cos he is so slow and that its the natural route for him. Safe and sounds backwards. Why have we not bought a left sided player. I don't rate him, but more importantly Adkins doesn't rate him. So why have we no left sided player as cover for Lallana. If Falque is that cover, send him back now and try again. Richardson 7 looked his usual self. Why did we not start with him at right back? If you are fit for the bench you are fit for the start otherwise we should have Stephens on the bench.

don't think for a second there aren't people like myself asking questions of our current spending and debt liabilities. nut all the answers I get are that we are fine. Perhaps you could provide some assistance, after all we seem to do all your PFC buyer research for you.

He has 18 months of his contract left. For arguments sake lets say he is on £10k a week including N.I. That's £800,000 we'd be paying for him to sit around doing nothing. Taking the £650,000 offered by Blackpool into account that's £1.5m we would be burning. Your solution sucks.

Paul Smith stuff suits me, but usually I avoid anything that has an oversized label or logo advertising its designer/manufacturer.

can he defend?

is he slow then? Perhaps I'm just comparing him it Lambert when I should be comparing him to Barnard. Actually he ain't quick either

I said lithe, not little.

very very different kind of player to the others in that he is not a dribbler (which makes you stand out especially on TV) he is a passer. What makes him is the first touch, which IMO is more than good enough to play in the Premiership right now. He also now has the build and athleticism required to play in the middle. He is quick. Really quick across the ground (and that will go unnoticed) and he is much stronger and braver then when he first joined. He didn't tackle when he first came and I berated him for that, but he has added that to his game too. People will point to the lack of goals, but he plays a holding role like Makalele did. But as he proved at Forest he actually has a great shot on him, he just needs to use it a tad more. Absolutely fantastic player and he is just going to get better.

our tippy tappy style is going to be perfect for him. I don't doubt for a second that he has the technique but I wonder if he has the powerful finishing young players sometimes lack.

nothing would give me greater pleasure than witnessing that. I would love Jaidi to jump into the fans and the whole place to go absolutely mental...pitch invasion, flares, mayhem, joy, total unreserved joy...calm down Chez.

I'd be inclined to use the emergency loan window. We don't want too many on the books weighing us down financially and perhaps even confusing Adkins. Too much choice might cause a problem we don't have right now. Lambert and Connelly. Guly and Lee as reserve. There are options there and with the lad from Spurs and Lallana offering options in the hole we have the firepower.

I still don't understand posters that say Arsenal paid over the odds for this guy. He's the best young player I've ever seen at SMS and was worth every penny of the £12m. What I couldn't understand is why Manure, Chelsea and Liverpool were killing each other for his signing. Amazing talent and you knew it from pretty much the first minute of his debt (likewise Bale, Walcott and Morgan btw). What am I saying, he's dead to me now...

buy another and we'll not see Lee get his chance. Connelly and Lambert will get us promoted.

ouch. perhaps in the summer? I've backed Kelvin for years, but this guy might improve us next season.

I like your style

Halford is terrible. No idea how to play centre back and no ability to play at fullback. He looked a total donkey at **** park. Decent in the air and a long throw mean he us ideally suited to Stoke.

Craig Gordon available on loan and out of contract in the summer. Lost his way at Sunderland and suffered with injuries, but I thought he looked fantastic when he first joined Sunderland. Might be worth considering now or in the summer so long as the wages aren't crazy (which they probably are right now).

Good question and you might be right there. Actually Connelly drops so deep we are almost doing that already. Can't wait to see him play. Hope he is the nuts. The two Spurs fans I know suggest he is.

absolutely terrible news if that should happen. http://presstv.com/detail/222414.html club rivary is one thing but this could destroy the whole city

Lawrence hasn't done it at the skates. Futacs is worth a look.