Jack

If it means that the manager isn’t convinced that Bree is the answer at RB, and Suga is only trusted at RWB in a 5, then I’m on board with the decision. Hopefully we’re in the market for a better RB who’s comfortable in a 4. KWP will prove very hard to replace.

The same Russell Martin who played Dibling in some of the most baffling and ineffective formations in terms of attacking intent we’ve ever seen. Bournemouth away still haunts me. Wonder if he’ll implement 5-5-0 seen there or the famous ‘U’ formation at Rangers.

Highlights reel is him going past players with ease, followed by a shot a yard the wrong side of the near post, or a cross to nothing, or down the keeper’s throat. He’s got big potential but we’ve seen very little end product, very little work rate off the ball, some would say questionable desire. I don’t blame the club for hanging out for big payday, but if I was the club in the market for a £45m+ creative player, I’d be very nervous that he was going to be a flop.

If you’d said a few weeks ago that we were starting the Championship season with Bazunu, Bree, Stephens, Manning and Fraser in the first XI, I’d have said don’t be ridiculous. But here we are. Too many squad players. Add in Archer who always does fuck all, Sesay and Quarshie who we can’t really pass judgment on yet, it feels pretty grim.

Pretty easy that

Let’s fucking hope so

I doubt anyone is prepared to come up with the sort of money we’d even think about accepting. He’s looked good in flashes but very little end product or consistency. Only 2 goals and no assists, even if he did make some established PL full backs look pretty ordinary, it’s not a great return. If I was a Prem club looking at him, I’d be saying it’s a huge gamble for the sort of money being talked about. Another full season in the Championship would do him good IMO

Yeah I don’t think it’s a bad move. If we go back up, we don’t have to scramble around for a PL standard keeper, if he hasn’t made the #1 spot his own there

Asking price £60m with a 50% sell on clause. Then he might be sticking around

He’s fucking terrible. Great banter though, apparently

Stephens has been involved in a few conceded in pre season

That’s a shocker

Clumsy from Bree, should be a penalty for them

Fernandas and Charles pretty decent, front 4 absolute garbage. Not a whole lot of movement or ideas

Yeah I don’t like the plain white back on the kit, plain red or stripes would be far less likely to cause random clashes. I’ve never rated Archer based on how little he does off the ball and not seeing any different here. Though aware that nobody has done much at the business end of the pitch

I’m fine with us having mediocre players, that’s going to happen at this level. What I can’t get behind is making one of your most mediocre players your captain when he’s demonstrated time and time again that he’s a liability and will cost us stupid points in big games because he loses his head. Just because he’s apparently got some bants, I don’t know how that makes him leadership material. Especially when most wouldn’t even have him in a starting XI based on talent alone.

Playing to our individual player’s strengths? Sounds almost too sensible after the last couple of years. I wonder what he’ll do when he learns his captain’s strengths are roaming around the pitch out of position and pulling people’s hair.

Some decent moves and finishes in the 2nd game

Multiple more game throwing sending offs to come then. Can’t wait. He’s a liability and not the leadership we need.

Fantastic business getting that much for him. If he had some end product and better work rate he’d be great. But he hasn’t, so good riddance.

Was saying this earlier. Think we’re dying for a bit of a no nonsense hard man who’s been around the block in English football. Too many fannies in our dressing room. Especially the centre backs we’ve relied on the last 2 seasons, they spend far too much time waving their arms in the air and blaming each other. We’ve been missing that kind of leader since Romeu left

Don’t like to point the finger at an individual, but fuck me how many times has Smallbone defended like that and got us in the shit. Stands off one, stands off another, lets Odegard run the long way round him without even bothering to challenge. Seems a nice lad but I don’t want him in the squad next season

Glad to be missing this one. Despite having a season ticket and doing a handful of aways, I’ve seen us pick up 1 single point this season. Dross.

If he managed to get most his shots a foot inside the post instead of a foot the wrong side, he’d be on his way for huge money. As it is, he’s all fart and no shit for me. Looks good in flashes but skinning a player then losing it or shooting wide isn’t helping the cause, and neither is the lack of work rate

That was lost at 13:45, again. Left when the 2nd went in to go and watch the egg chasing, that’s how bad it’s got. Absolute shambles of a performance and a club.