Saint Garrett

Have you not seen these two play. Either of them playing in the premier league for us gives me nightmares. Especially Seaborne, he struggled in L1. I'm happy with how we're playing at the moment and the way we're going about it. Points will come, don't see reasons for the knee jerk reaction. When Arsenal are on song there arent many teams who will stop them, simple as that. If we're still bottom and in danger of being cut away by xmas, then maybe look at changing the system, but we have proved that we can keep the ball, play well, and score goals in this formation, so why would the management team sack it off after they've probably been working on it for the last 4 months.

I don't think we'll hear boos in the middle of the game. Our fans are not that clueless.

3 at the back means that you miss a player in midfield, If we're willing to play 2 in CM, then we'd play 442, not add another CB. Also it leaves huge gaps behind the 'wing backs' and the CB's get in each others way.

Oh come on, Fonte isn't good enough with his feet to play as a CM and has never played there. To have say Lallana and Ramirez in the middle of midfield would get overrun, and playing 3 forwards up front. would give the opposition sooooooooo much space. Thats the kind of team you'd play on FM, not a realistic team thats going to grind out results.

As I said on #2, I just dont see it as 'our way' and essentially conceding that we messed up in the transfer window

Looking through that list, it was impressive to begin with but then the last 3 years spent a lot of money on very average players.

Did he not also contribute to them buying a lot of crap. (Don't get me wrong I do think he's a good manager)

LOL......We would get DESTROYED with that team.

Rafa was the start of their decline IMO, but he jumped ship before it was obvious to everyone else.

Hasnt played for us this season yet though so he can go somewhere else.

Your mates are nicer than mine. All I get from my mates who are all Hammers, is 'hahahahaa you don't have any points and your manager is a pedo'

Lallana is probably our best player. He is our captain (rightly or wrongly). He has recently had an England call up and was very good in our first 3 games. Noone played partcularly well on Sat. HTH

As much as we all want him to succeed, and what point do you draw the line and say we've got to take it in another direction. If Adkins still has no points after Villa/Everton, is that it? Does he deserve more time to turn it around risking doing poorly in our 'easier' games. Do we give him time to turn it around and get results inthe easier games and see where we are at Christmas? It's tough to decide at what point enough is enough IMO. Ideally Adkins will keep us up this year, and be our manager for a long time, but it will certainly test Cortese if we lose on Saturday.

Where Ramirez will play is probably down the the system we play. We have been playing Morgan just in front of the back 4 with the other 2 CM a little higher but hardly a 'no 10' role. If we play with 2 DM's and then have one CM floating like Man City play with Silva generally, I think this would probably be his best role for us. However I've got to say that Ramirez is probably the ideal AM to have a quick player up top getting in behind. -----Morgan-----Davis------ Mayuka--Ramirez--Lallana -----------Lambert----------

What did Hart/Mancini say ?!

We didn't play with wingers last year either.

Is Cork going be another one that suffers from being injured so that the fans are suddenly going to expect miracles from him. i.e. Chaplow, Lee........Cork wasn't great for the second half of last season, yes it would be nice to have another option and I do rate him, however lets not pin our hopes on him.

Don't forget Mirallas either, was hugely impressed with him last night. Anichebe looked like a handful as well, think a point will be a bonus.

He played as an 'inside right' for Bolgona. HTH

Put this on the main board but........ I am going up after work from Basingstoke, (probably around 4/5pm), and coming back on Sunday evening. Would be open to lift sharing as I'll be heading up on my own. PM me if anyone is interested.

Oh right, I've only sat in the home end at Goodison, went there for Everton Vs Chelsea a few years ago last day of the season. Good view from near the top of the side stand, but looked rather restricted from the away end. Liklihood I'll be too ****ed to care anyway! Hopefully it'll be a better result than Saturday !

Got mine this morning in the Lower Bullens. Should be a good day out anyway.

Isn't the lower bullens pretty awful view though !?

I wasn't even expecting us to score against City, Utd and Arsenal, So we're probably one point behind where I thought we would be but the goal difference about the same. I think it's quite funny how people on this board were saying all summer 'wait until after the Arsenal game and we're bottom for the meltdown on here'. Precisely that has happened. I'm a little concerned, but not overly worried, I'd be a lot more worried if we'd got 1 more point, but played WHU's fixtures!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA What have you been smoking? Wake up !!!!!!!!!