James

Got to be someone out there better than this clown.

Got to go.

Pellegrino has to go or we will be in the scrap this year that’s for sure. Awful manager.

Forster again...there we go.

Didn’t say I didn’t want Austin on. I just didn’t want Gabbi off.

He’s much more likely to score than either Tadic or Redmond who continually stay on.

Burnley going two up top and trying to go for it. We continue in our usual malaise. Says it all. MP out.

Quite.

Astounding isn’t it? How Tadic and Redmond have stayed on and Gabbi has been sacrificed I do not know.

Another MP sub booed. Poor decision by a poor manager.

We must be pretty bad at breaking most teams down then...

To be fair, compared to recent games that can be considered regular.

Southampton nil...

Redmond is garbage. That is all.

Yes but this seems to be a leaf out of the Steve McLaren Middlesbrough coaching manual - throw as many forwards onto the pitch at once as possible and hope for a goal. People are asking for more attacking style and intent (ie not sitting back as soon as we’ve scored) rather than advocating a totally unbalanced side.

Agreed. Some pretty odd decisions being made, it has to be said.

Didn’t think it was possible for us to find a more stubborn manager than Puel but, hats off to Les, he appears have managed it.

Think it was West Brom at home where we tried it, it didn’t work and we never tried it again. Some of our best performances last year were with JWP on the right crossing low for Gabbi. We haven’t tried that yet this year I don’t think.

Exactly. If MP is so worried about our defence then why not stick with it?

Redmond, Boufal and Tadic in the same team will be interesting. More attacking for sure but can see us getting bullied by a hard working Burnley.

Odd to chop out Hoedt again. Don’t really understand that.

Agreed. My old man called his major weakness in his very first start for us away at Liverpool when he was slow out/down to that one on one against Sturridge. Not a mistake by any stretch but immediately illustrated his limitations.

Makes his appointment all the more bizarre. Wasn’t exactly raining goats at Alaves last year was it? Reed has a lot to answer for I think. Looking for the next Poch, a man he might not even have unearthed in the first place.

How are you supposed to score doing that? Ridiculous. Seems odd that we sacked Puel because he wouldn’t employ a more attacking style only to employ another dullard defensive manager. Whatever happens I can’t see MP lasting more than a season unless he changes things.

I agree he will do well at Leicester (and I also wanted him gone last summer) but they've got a decent squad of decisive attacking players. Puel played to our strengths which was to keep us tight and try and nick a goal. When we did create chances our woeful strikers contrived to miss them unless Austin or Gabbi were playing. On Pellegrino, it doesn't seem to me like he actually knows what he is doing. Looks a terrible appointment at present.