Saint Garrett

I'd partly agree with you, that his "xG" is low, but what those stats dont take into account, is where he's shooting from stupid places, shooting when he should pass, etc. He's wasteful in the specific part of the play because he makes wrong decisions, but hopefully he can improve on that. I'm absolutely not writing him off, I just find him a bit frustrating. Hasn't done anywhere near enough in general play so far for me, and we'll always measure him against Ings who is far better than him. All in my opinion of course.

But Ings also had way more impact to others, he has creativity that Armstrong doesn't have.

Armstrong is a huge step down from Ings, the only benefit of having Armstrong over Ings, is that Armstrong will probably be available for most games. But comparing talent, Armstrong is nowhere near. And like what's been mentioned previously, Ings dug us out of many holes because he was incredibly clinical. Armstrong seems to need about 50 shots to score 1 goal.

We have no money... At the start of the window I'd have said, no chance would I take Minamino back, but given we lost him and didn't actually sign anyone, I'd have taken him back on loan for the season, despite him being poor. It's going to be a long season when we have to rely on Walcott, Moussa, Redmond, Elyounoussi to create enough chances for Armstrong to waste half of them.

But isn't this the point....despite those stats, he's still one of the best we have...Redmond, Walcott, Elyounoussi, Djenepo...I'm not sure any of them are good enough to be starters in the premier league.

Agree some of his dead balls have been un-defendable, but when we have no-one in the side that can win headers, that's also a problem in itself. There is no point crossing the ball in to Elyounoussi, Redmond, Adams and Armstrong. The only player we had on the pitch that could head the ball yesterday was Bednarek, which is where pretty much all of JWP's set pieces went yesterday. We are so so blunt.

I think when we get a fully fit squad, Stuart Armstrong on the right, and Tella or Djenepo on the left would be my preference...thought Moussa did more in 10 mins yesterday than Redmond and Elyounoussi did all game.

Works quite hard but that’s about it. No pace, no trickery, no goal threat, no power, no aerial ability….he’s nowhere near good enough IMO

Yup. We really bloody miss him. Sooner he’s back the better.

He’s been really poor, but not sure whether that’s because he is really poor, or whether it’s the complete lack of threat and creativity behind him. Looks completely lost in the premier league so far.

He's got a way to go for sure. Wasn't at the game, but sounded like a bit of a shocker. Hopefully in our "best side" he'll be a bit more comfortable

If we had more of a goal threat I'd be expecting to win, but wouldn't surprise me if this is 0-0 until the hour, then anything could happen. An early goal would make a big difference IMO. Macca; Tino Bednarek Salisu KWP; Romeu JWP; Elyounoussi Adams Armstrong Tella Players in bold are the only ones up for negotiation really. Perraud, Redmond and Djenepo the obvious candidates. I'd like to see Tella given a chance though.

Brentford 5-0 up. Crikey

His first ever goal?!

Well that's absolutely shite. Why?

Whilst there are still humans making decisions, VAR is questionable at best.

Think JWP, Romeu and Armstrong are dead certs to play if fit, and 2 of Adams, Broja and Amrstrong. Leaves one spot for Walcott, Djenepo, Elyounoussi, Redmond and Tella. I'd like to see Tella given that chance tbh, though he won't give us much protection going the other way, which I guess is why Moussa and Redmond are currently being favoured. All hypothetical now though until Armstrong is fit.

Always is somewhere, doubt it's on UK TV though. Should be a stream for it.

I just assume it's actually an intern writing those articles, or they just look at who got the most fantasy football points....

Had the same problem, when trying to purchase a ticket for a mate for next weeks game, next to me. We have 2 spares and wouldn't let me buy one. Had to ring up and then they can do it, but when they didn't answer the phone for 2 weeks, it was very irritating...

Not sure he deserves that, but is a better player now than he was. Clearly a confidence player, but I expect he'll be out the team once Armstrong is fit again.

Ah used to go up there when I was at Uni. Fantastic pub, hopefully it’s all sorted and back open soon

Thought he had a great game yesterday personally.

Expecting something like Forster, KWP Lyanco Bednarek Perraud, Diallo JWP, Elyounoussi Broja Tella Redmond How far away is Walcott? Could Small play LB? Wouldn’t be surprised to see us go with Adams and Armstrong up front and try and get them a goal or 2.

I’d be much more confident against Wolves if we were looking like scoring. This is a big sorry for me, as apart from that I think we’re the better team. Hopefully we can get that first win on the board Sunday, and that would be a very good start this season given fixtures. Need to put a run together.