woodsaint1

Well isnt it a good thing penalties and free kicks are an important part of the game then. He is arguably the best free kick taker in the PL. He's never had that penetration in his passing, same as hes not overly renowned for his defensive play, but hes still crucial to our team - when everbodys fit who else would you play as a CM pairing? When JWP has been at his best, we've had a good mix of players around him who complement each other and share the responsibilities. We havent had that for most of this season with Romeu departing and Lavia getting injured (JWP and Lavia were beginning to form a good partnership). We've had to rely on Diallo and AMN (whos still finding his way in the team) to fill the slot beside JWP. Neither complement him as I think they're all very similar. Yes JWP's not having a great season, but then who in our team is. Our fans are quick to slag off last years player of the year (and the year before that) who has single handedly won us numerous games over the years and was pretty much responsible for keeping us up last year. Think he deserves a bit of slack.

Nice to see Bazunu have a good game after he was written off by some of goalkeeping coaches on here

10 goals and 5 assists last season says otherwise. Some pens and fks in there but if we didnt have his contribution last season we would have been relegated

An uninspiring draw against a team who played on Thursday night, with no recognised CBs in their team. Most teams would've beaten WHU comfortably today. Not us, we were outplayed for most of that second half. We desperately need a change of ideas and now

Tell us something we dont know

Will we buy old bodies then, are they more battle hardened? 🤔

West Hams defence looking quite weak. Hopefully we can actually trouble it 🤞🏼

We can put whatever we want on the table, none of those three would want to come here. Domenico Tedesco, Gerry Seoane, Ole Solskjaer or Peter Bosz (in that order) would be my choices, all of whom would be realistic targets

Its not so much the hype around Shields (who only seems to specialise in young players), more so the fact that we embarked on a new recruitment strategy and its back to square one after 4 months

He came across as a billy big balls, more interested in his image and social media presence (#toniclikeleminade) than he was in putting the work in. In his defence, his time here coincided with some of the worst managers we've had so we definitely failed him in that sense. But he also went from Juve to Fulham within the space of 3 years and that wasnt all down to the managers

Mario Lemina. Wasnt so much his debut, but in one of his first few games, I think it was WBA away, he was immense. Remember it getting a feature on the MOTD analysis. Pity he turned out to be a tit

Think the word to describe the last two years has been stagnant. While there have been some good performances/results which have exceeded our expectations, they have been greatly outweighed by many poor ones. We dont seem capable of stringing a good run together anymore, just the odd win here or there. But we're very capable of going on horrendous winless runs. For that reason I think we're sleep walking towards relegation unless SR act soon. I still think our summer business has been good, and a new manager with fresh ideas/impetus is exactly what we need right now to help us push on. Hope for Ralphs sake this isnt dragged out as the fanbase would really turn against him, and he doesnt deserve that. A really likeable guy who has given his all for this club for the past 4 years. For the most part he has overachieved and kept us well away from relegation, with some very average teams and with little financial backing. Thanks Ralph

Laurent Blanc replacing Peter Bosz at Lyon. Wonder if this will prompt a few managerial changes. Seoane also free after being replaced by Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen last week. Would definitely take either here, though not sure they would fancy a relegation fight

He recently turned down Nice who are a much more attractive proposition than us right now (owner, players, location). He's clearly holding out for a top job in Italy or Spain as there doesnt seem to be any top 6 jobs becoming available in the PL anytime soon, although Villa apparently interested

Classic SWF 😂

Harshly criticised 😂. He brought it on by being absolute dogshit. Bazunu hasnt overly stood out, but he also hasnt done anything terribly bad. He deserves to play until the WC break at least. If he starts making more mistakes then we can take him out of the firing line, but not right now

Any lesser known Simeones or Contes out there? While we all want a manager who will bring fast, flowing, attractive football, we could also do with somebody who makes us hard to play against, aggressive, a team of bastards even. For far too long we've been so easy to play against and even bullied by some teams. For all the praise of ABK, Salisu, KWP, Lavia etc, I think we have the 5th worst defence in the league, with the promoted teams making up most of the positions below us. Like a foreign Sean Dyche 😂

No because what they've achieved at lower levels means diddly squat when they get to the pressures of the big league. Many examples like Scott Parker, Dean Smith etc. Cooper now has his chance and so far is struggling. If he is sacked this early, he has hardly inspired PL owners to take a chance on him

With that logic we should just bring back Adkins

When do we play Forest? Please let it be after we've got a new manager in place

Sorry, what? 😂😵‍💫

They've only scored 3 goals this season, yet still managed a win against us 💩

I didnt say that it doesnt, Ralph should go and now. Just pointing out that people were quick to praise Selles as being the reason we turned it around against Leeds and beat Chelsea. The changes to the backroom staff have not made any difference. Either thats because of the level of autonomy which Ralph has, or they're just average

I was waiting for Selles our saviour to come to our rescue today. It didnt happen. After 8 games of the season you would think we'd see some signs of change/improvement with the new backroom team. Nope, in fact we've probably got worse

Has to go. If he doesnt then questions will start to be asked about SR's ambitions. Ralphs record under the new ownership is nothing short of abysmal