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Does Armstrong believe he has a chance of scoring with his ridiculous long shots? He shoots from anywhere

I don't really understand this whole it's the agent pushing for it against the player's wishes scenario. Wouldn't you just get annoyed and fire your agent if they behaved like that?

I'm not totally convinced he would have stayed if we narrowly escaped relegation but at least we would have had a chance of keeping him if this season wasn't such a colossal fuck up.

Just too many championship players in this team unfortunately. Not just in their technical ability but so much naivety in how they play as well

They sit so deep it would make sense to have tall Paul in the box more than Armstrong doing whatever it is he does

Thought both uguchukwu and Sulemana were good last game so surprised to see both on the bench. Hopefully sulemana comes on for adarma

I agree he is our best finisher and there's a role for him to play. A front 3 of sulemana, Dibling and Fernandes looked really positive tonight though, so I don't know where you fit Archer in.

Let's be honest, with Juric managing since the start of the season we'd be in and around the 15 to 20 point zone now probably and with a chance of staying up. Looking at the bigger picture tonight for 70 mins we were the better side and have a way of playing that creates chances to score goals, which is something Martin never achieved in the premiership.

Jesus wept. How bad a judge of a player can you be? Him and KWP are probably the only players that can be relied on to turn in a 7/10 performance every week. He is technically very accomplished, usually makes good decisions with the ball, tries to play forward and has a great engine. Has shown he can be a goal threat at times too. A very well rounded midfielder, oh and he's 20 and it's his first season in the Premier league and in a foreign country

Surely Archer would be a better option than Armstrong

Midfield has looked pretty non existent. Thought lesley played alright last week not sure why he's been dropped. Adarma offers zero attacking threat

He was always like this under Ralph too. Grappling constantly and committing unnecessary fouls

Difficult to judge him on brief cameos but he appears to have got worse. I think the fact that he's quick means people think he might come good, but he really doesn't seem to have any kind of football brain

Hopefully one of these goes in for tall Paul soon. First time we've had a big hold up player since Pelle?

I'm not in favour of violent thuggery but injuring two of their first 11 is an added bonus of this more aggressive gamestyle

Couldn't get through the first paragraph unfortunately

No offence but when has Arma ever looked good in this league?

Archer has been ill this week

That hasn't stopped anyone else having an opinion

Great finish from Archer...who called him a waste of a shirt? Great ball in from Sugarawa too, would like to see Tall Paul going for his crosses

Come back Russ, all is forgiven!

Mccarthy has always been awful. What contract is he on, another ten years?

Armstrong should only be used out wide where his work rate and running might be useful. He's like a shit Shane long. Relying on him for goals is yet another sign that Martin has lost the plot

We really need an alternative to Adarma, the guy has absolute no football brain. Perhaps SAA?

That seems plausible. The worry is what that means about the rest of the squad, do none of them have the backbone to question Martins tactics or do they have some kind of footballing Stockholm syndrome where he's convinced them he's a tactical genius