Saint Garrett

Let’s be honest, we’re not going to go with 4 attacking players at Arsenal away, maybe we will be Norwich at home, but they’ll kill us if we attack them at the Emirates. The logic would be to play 352 with Romeu holding and Hojbjerg and JWP linking between the defence and Redmond / Ings.

Ideally, keep it tight and try and hit them on the counter, but we're not very good at containing teams so we might as well have a go.

Absolutely bonkers this wasn't all sorted out back in the summer. Such a mess

When we're at home against teams we should be getting a win...one of the issues is that our best 4 players all basically play in the same position, Ings, Redmond, Djenepo, Boufal, then you have Adams too who probably deserves a chance. --------------------McCarthy Valery---Bednarek-------Yoshida---Bertrand ------------Romeu--------Hojbjerg -Redmond/Boufal-----------Djenepo/Redmond -------------Ings--------Adams

Lets be honest, they either throw the towel in and accept relegation and bring in players and possibly a manager who will be best placed to get us promoted, or we have a go and bring in 3/4. We're terrible atmm and without improvements either within the squad currently or by bringing in new players, we're down.

Absolutely not true...and not what the article says....original article below...

Isn't the bottom line that the players are w4nkers and they're also generally not very good.

Thing is some are probably only struggling because they're in a poor side. I look at Redmond, Ings, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Bertrand, Cedric, McCarthy, and they're all been decent and probably are decent enough at this level, but right now they have such a poor defence, and players out of position, and tactically seem a bit all over the place, they are looking **** poor. And also some of them have downed tools, i.e. Cedric. You stick Hojbjerg in alongside Wanyama in that Koeman side, and he'd look class, but too many borderline average players in the squad, and we're struggling massively.

Not even sure how many of our players are good enough for the Championship and that would stay A core of the below with some additional players (not sure how we'd fund them?) Forster Valery Stephens Bednarek Vokins Reed JWP Armstrong Obafemi Adams Long We'd still be f*cked defensively and financially though, unless we can flog Redmond for £30/40m which is highly unlikely. Squad needs ripping up.

A good listen - What a legend Franny is!

It also shows how far they've improved since 2016 - you only need to look at their team that day to see that...bolds are those that are still at the club... J Hart, A Kolarov, E Mangala, N Otamendi, P Zabaleta, S Nasri, F Delph (J Navas, 64), R Sterling, Fernandinho, (M Demichelis, 60), W Bony, K Iheanacho

McCarthy Valery Bednarek Danso Stephens Cedric Hojbjerg Romeu JWP Redmond Ings

3 match ban, misses the two city games, and Everton (H)

Probably a fair point at the time...

Has there been no presser for this game?

That it?

Nope - ignored all football this weekend after Friday.

Is a "Play Trading Expert" not just a 2019 name for a scout?

It's pretty difficult trying to pick a team right now. Probably more to do with some of their reactions rather than if they're any good. Would be a big call to stick Vokins in away at City, after just losing 9-0 but we have no-one else, hopefully Cedric is fit? Valery had his worst game for us Friday so would like to drop him too but again - who else? Danso at LWB? Hojbjerg? JWP? I'd go... ----------------------McCarthy Valery - Bednarek - Yoshida - Danso - Cedric? --------------JWP----Romeu---Hojbjerg ---------------------Redmond -----------------------Long-------------------- See no benefit of going to a 4 at the back, but we just have such a limited squad right now. Would actually quite like to stick the same team out and make them make amends, and see if they're up for the fight. But also a load of changes wouldn't be a bad idea. The fact I don't even know what system or players to pick is a massive concern and probably one of the reasons why we can't just get any continuity in our performances.

A centre back who has been and done it would be nice. I don't particularly rate the bloke, but we missed a trick with Cahill in hindsight. We need to - cleverly - throw some money into the squad. But if they're going to back the manager, then they need to do it financially and not just in the telegraph.

Should be a weeks wages, but something is better than nothing.

Yup - an interesting listen for sure. Seems it wasn't just a case of him being injured at the start of the season, which we knew if we're honest

Think we have to go with 3 at the back, we're so much better when we play like that as we have another at the back covering one of the inevitable mistakes one of the others makes.

Good on him, we all know he is capable as he's done it before, but his confidence was shot at Saints, similarly to that of J-Rod after his injury. Could never get enough game time to lift his confidence. Hopefully he has a great season, he must just be happy to be playing every week.

Blimey, there are loads available in the chapel end, wouldn't expect to see attendance at more than 28k tonight.