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to follow up a bit more here, he has also . made decisions on who he does and doesnt want playing for him he froze out gabbi whilst giving him no chance even though he is certainly better then long and austin at the very least. he froze out cedric last season in favour of giving valery free reign at right back(questionable decision) only to uturn this season. he froze out lemina also who you could also argue is good enough to to be a option for us right now and also froze out austin. so the point is the players who he really saw as not fit for his team he froze out/got rid of. the likes of ward prouse, hojbjerg redmond bednarek are his golden boys his first names on the sheet. even if he does make signings in next window if he lasts that long these players will be the ones he builds his team around. and tries to add to. so im not quite buying this its the players argument he is starting to shape the team in this direction if you agree with his views that these guys are the ones to build around and his weird random tactics then all good

im just not buying this its the players argument, did he not have the summer after half a season in charge to recognise what is and isnt wrong and make some signings that could work out for us? if he wanted toi he could drilled the board for three centre backs or whatever he thought he needed, he has final say on the transfers.. we end up weith a young centre back that ralph now has no confidence in to start, adams who he doesnt now see as better then ings.. and djenepo who does look a good signing but even he hasnt been a lock for first team every game when fit and is sometimes used at left back. do u think these are the type of signings that would have happened under koeman when he was in charge? another couple of worrying things about ralphs aproach is that it was him that apperently wanted a tiny squad, im not really sure whats the logic in this wouldnt you rather have more options if things are not going right. but well done there, and also that he was only looking at young players that he could polish up and turn into potential diamonds, the big problem here is HELLO WE ARE POOR AND ACTUALLY NEED PLAYERS THAT CAN DO A JOB NOW. again he got what he wanted here but now we end up with 2 of his 3 summer signings that could have improved the team sat on the bench and people wonder why we are not improving, again do u think koeman would have done that ?

I mean personally what I think we really need from a manager right now is someone who can identify the problems within our squad and do something about it in the transfer market I mean even a blind man could see what a mess our defense was last season Ralph should of been screaming to the board to try and improve here, yet all we get is Danso who now Ralph seems to have little faith in. This is pretty crazy really.. I’m pretty sure someone like koeman would have recognised this and done something about it. The other thing we need is someone who is again recognising the strengths and weaknesses in our squad and trying to find solutions with some kind of system that suits the players we have. For someone who is supposed to be so obsessed with video analysis as Ralph is you couldn’t tell from watching us play, half the time I’m not even sure what the game plan is supposed to be and can’t think of many times we have been left thinking how tactically brilliant Ralph has been in a certain game

I like that side a lot .. but I think deep down we know there is pretty much zero chance of Ralph dropping prouse and redmond..

For all those wanting to back Ralph, do you really want to persist with a manager whose first name on the team sheet is ward prouse.. a manager that was here for over half a season last season yet didn’t recognise or rectify the defence in the summer, what makes you think he will in the next window? A manager who it seems really struggles to see obvious things like McCarthy being better then Gunn and dropping players who are a rare creative light like boufal. The line ups are bizarre, there’s no signs of improvement or him rectifying the problems or even seeing what is wrong, I keep hearing people blaming it on how poor our players so nothing he can do.. but he was quick enough to freeze out the likes of gabbi and lemina, so in my opinion this is his team and he also finalised the deals for Danso etc No more excuses

But don’t you think the success and top ten finishes we had under her leadership were more the rock solid foundations and awesome squad with ambition that Cortese put together which got took apart bit by bit since.. Mitchell and the black box is part of those foundations also which continued to bail out kat after cortese had gone. Would have loved to see how this panned out if she didn’t interfere and let him carry on. And to those who think he was spending money he didn’t have, think of how much the club was worth when he persuaded the liebhers to buy it compared to to the worth when it was sold.. no way did NC cost them money

Actually I agree with this, I don’t think gao is a decent owner but in my opinion is no worse then kat was, I think they basically sold him the idea that they bought cheap and sold for big bucks and were all self sustaining so his ownership has basically followed on from how it was run under kat...funnily enough the majority on here seemed to be perfectly happy with it when it was kat in charge ?

I assume the majority of jwps creativity stats are based on setpieces.. you really think he’s more likely to open up a defence or produce a piece of game changing magic then boufal?

McCarthy Cedric Bednarek Danso Hojbjerg Stephens romeau Boufal. Armstrong. Redmond Ings This won’t happen but would be my pick... give Stephens a chance to see what he can do in dm role he has decent attributes for this position both dms instructed to prioritise staying back and protecting defence... Hojbjerg did ok filling in at lb so keep him there whilst Bertrand suspended Armstrong in a ten where his movement and engine can help support both attack and defence and then the pace and tricksy of boufal and redmond can give us a bit more in attack then we had Tuesday .

Agree on valery, actually starting to wonder if jwp would be a better option at left back if Cedric isn’t fit,, plus would save him taking up one of the more advanced roles since Ralph is gonna play him anyway

McCarthy so much better then Gunn. Let’s hope Ralph can see it finally. Thought we looked really good near the end when we got Adams and redmond on.. some good pressing in the last twenty minutes or so also.. was a nice solo effort from boufal also unlucky not to score..

Mmmmm kind of mixed feelings with the lineup... really happy to see boufal and Armstrong start and McCarthy ... but defence potentially looks worse then we fielded at Leicester.. jwp starts again .. and Ings and reckon benched not great

If this is true though.. how come they haven’t received the Lemina treatment and been frozen out? My biggest gripe with Ralph at the moment is he seems to have really poor judgement in player selections, majority of the forum was in agreement boufal had been good and looked creative what’s the reward for that gets dropped, jwp slow doesn’t really offer anything from attacking standpoint defensive standpoint or physical standpoint but gets thrown in cm, attacking wide position, left back, defensive midfielder it seems to Ralph it doesn’t matter as long as he’s on the pitch.. then you have Gunn and vestergaard playing crap but he keeps using them.. Danso signed with Ralph’s final say but yet doesn’t try him.. It just doesn’t feel like Ralph is seeing the obvious things everyone else can and he seems stubborn in continuing to pick his favourites and yielding the same poor results

Are you serious? We were in a worse position when Ralph joined last year we would be an attractive offer for any one wanting a crack at the premiership championship managers included.. or do you think the likes of Gary Johnson(not saying I want him) would turn his nose up at us as he’s waiting for big six job lol ?

You have been saying it so fair play for that.. I have to disagree with a couple of points though.. 90 percent of our squad not good enough for the prem seems pretty crazy and exaggerated apart from our centre backs who yes most of them are shocking, we have enough decent options in attack and mf and wide positions as the majority of the rest of the bottom 10.. Also I don’t think it’s deluded that changes like say McCarthy in place of Gunn boufal or Armstrong for jwp depending on formation wouldn’t make any difference etc.this could make a lot of difference. How about trying Danso as well as romeau in dm and trying a 4231.. to protect the defence better whilst still giving us some pace and creativity we could play Armstrong in a 10 with boufal and redmond wide behind Ings in that formation or differnnt variants.. Also Ralph had time last year to learn the squad and know what we need and didn’t need, If in all his time since January he didn’t notice we need a decent cb then he probably doesn’t deserve the job anyway as he is blind. We can’t keep laying this on recruitment all the time.. for example koeman signed the likes of pelle Tadic clasie martina etc and others.. Pellegrino even signed Carillo..there is no reason Ralph couldn’t have signed a cb of his own choice or one recomended by the scouts,as far as I’m concerned he had final say on Danso, and now deems him not good enough to start or he doesn’t have the authority over the board that koeman had, either is worrying

Isn’t it kind of strange that Pellegrino and Hughes got absolutely slaughtered on here but Ralph gets every excuse in the book that it’s all the owners fault or past recruitments fault,, no one was giving these excuses for Hughes etc We also now how lowered our self to blaming the early fixtures, yet the likes of Brighton can give spurs a beat down Newcastle beat utd, really there’s only Liverpool and city to truely fear the rest are beatable if you play a decent game and have your tactics right.. I don’ have any confidence anymore in Ralph even recognising the mistakes in the starting line ups. Jwp being his main man shows how dreadful his judgement is.. so expect more jwp gunn vestergaard brilliance for the rest of the season if he stays..

Ummm even Hughes and Pellegrino wasn’t as embarrassing as this.. I’m not even gonna put it down to this result but his team selection this season is shocking..also summer recruitment was shocking and even if that wasn’t down to him then his authority is shocking.. koeman brought in players he wanted

I’m kinda sorry having to say this as Ralph is a super likeable guy.. the way he took in the last christmas song last year was totally endearing... but even before this game I was starting to think the player selection and other aspects is going totally nuts.to start with I think gabbiadini was better then Austin and long for sure.. but Ralph gave no chance to him.. Cedric probably also better then valery.. but sent packing but now seems to be back in contention.then you got this season with the weird Danso moves.. dropping boufal who was our most creative player.. and to be honest if Ralph being manager means ward prouse is the first player in the sheet and out talisman we are in serious trouble for that alone he looks blind for me

Don’t think there’s any need to say he’s a poor signing just because he’s out of the side at the moment , Ings simply earned his place by starting better then Adams and is in the side scoring goals, so really no need to threat over the striker position if Ings is dining well.. as for Adams he can still be a decent squad member or maybe break into the team later.

The result was ok but this whole Jwp obsession Ralph seems to have is really starting to make me think ralph isnt the answer..Ward prouse is shoe horned into the side at any cost, we dont have any creativity so we need two of redmond boufal or djenepo starting as the midfield trio aint gonna create much service, yet ralph seems to love jwp playing the ball sideways and basically being to slow to the ball defensively and offensively. and to make it worse now ward prouse gets put at right back,defensive midfield or whatever other position when we make subs just to keep him on. we will be subbing gunn next and putting prouse in goal. Bizzare

Yup starting to lose all faith in Ralph tbh.. seems blind to the fact boufal has been our stand out creative player.. same crappy favourites with prouse hoj red fitted in at all costs.. vestergasrd and Gunn still playing my god

mccarthy cedric if fit/valery . bednarek . danso . bertrand armstrong . romeau . hojbjerg boufal ings redmond think this is probably our best side gunn hasnt been great and mccarthy decent in the cup so time to change.. i think armstrong is much more pacy and creative then ward prouse i see no reason he couldnt do better then jwp as he has such a great engine to get up and down the pitch. dont have much faith in ralph to agree with this line up though for some reason jwp and hojbjerg are the first names on the team sheet and will be shoe horned in at any cost. i dont even have much faith in him bringing boufal back to the starting line up even though hes looked our most dangerous player in pretty much every game. i like ralph but its time to start making sensible line ups and getting us results now. i think early on his passion was so contageous it made us fall in love with him but tbh team selection and tactic wise hes not exactly pulling up trees

When koeman was here he seemed to stamp his authority on signings in my opinion you could see that it was him behind the likes of pelle tadic. Clasie martina etc they didn’t all work out but tbh as a whole it worked out great.. maybe koeman was more forceful about who he wanted and what he wanted and acted more like a manager whilst ralph chills back and is a coach to the player he’s given by recruitment as I still don’t understand why he wouldn’t be screaming for a centre back to them. Why take danso and then only play him out of position when our cbs are rubbish ?

I think it’s time to give Armstrong a try in a midfield three .. he’s got the engine and the pace to get up and down the pitch and is no more lightweight then jwp to be honest plus is a intelligent dynamic player that shoots well and can score goals.. I could actually see the working brilliantly and Armstrong could give us the player we wanted from lemina but I just don’t think he’s in Ralph’s plans or that Ralph sees him as more of a cover for the boufal redmond positions