saintant

Either that or be totally ineffective. He did ok against Grimsby but you wouldn't be starting him today based on that.

Wolves winning ffs

He does it every time he plays. Stands in front of his keeper which is why he scores so many own goals as he waves a leg at the ball.

Make that 3 assists.

Don't watch our games then Cloggy?

Janny B to spend the match blocking Bazunu's view as always.

Smallbone with 2 assists for Stoke.

Oh dear Gunners 0-2 Bmuff. Typical!

Stephens to help Bmuff keep a clean sheet?

The only way we win this game is by playing a high press to win the ball in advanced areas. We will not win by trying to play a slow passing game building from the back because we can't pass the football.

Maybe you're one of the nods on here - you seem to be arguing that consistency of refereeing decisions is a bad thing. If Vardy pats JWP on the back with the same force as DCC used I'll have no issues with that.

Still waiting for DCC to be arrested for GBH.

Yeah, cut out the middle man ie ref going to the monitor because it's a waste of everyone's time.

Very refreshing and as you allude to some of the useless football referees would find it very difficult and also embarrassing trying to explain how they come to their decisions.

Correct.

He had no right to go down unless he physically couldn't stay on his feet. Stop making excuses for cheating.

Have a feeling he might have Lavia on the bench tomorrow.

He hardly lashed out - don't be fooled like the ref was by the fact that their player went down as though he'd been hit by a sledge hammer.It was a frustrated swipe on the back which should have been met with a wry grin by their forward. The ref could have booked the pair of them and got on with the game. One thing it clearly didn't warrant was the award of a penalty kick.

It would have been headline news everywhere if it had been given against one of the elite clubs.

The second penalty ranks as one of the most ridiculous decisions I've seen in 60 years watching football.

Selles seems to be trying to get the team to build from the back and, for sides like us, that's counterintuitive. Good sides full of quality players like Man City can do it but we can't because invariably we'll lose the ball whether through a sloppy pass or a player failing to control the ball. When Poch arrived we instantly looked better by trying to win the ball higher up the pitch through an organised high press. That way we have the ball deep in the opponents half with the chance to create chances. For some reason, and I suspect it's to give us more stamina over 90 minutes, we have gone away from the high press. I think we should get back to this style of play because it's the only time we look remotely like a decent football team playing attractive football with a chance of winning games. The five subs should help with the stamina thing. I've had enough of the slow build up with pointless square and backward passes that gets us nowhere.

Never trust a man who writes the type of bullshit books that Ankersen puts his name to. In general these sort of authors fill the pages with a load of self-indulgent waffle and none of it has the remotest connection to real life. The brains at Brentford is still there and, when Ankersen left, they didn't even bother replacing him. He talks a good game but there is no substance to him.

The first team should watch these young lads and learn how to pass and move.

You make some great points including the one that I've been banging on about for ages - we are too static. Where is the pass and move or the clever positioning between the lines that is the recipe for good flowing football. The coaches must see it's not happening so why is nothing being done. It's basics.

You are missing the point. Show me the directive that says VAR must look at every offside decision no matter how tight. They are there to guard against clear and obvious errors such as someone being half a yard offside, scoring and that being missed by the onfield officials. They are not there to get out a box of slide rules, pencils, crayons and the like to try to prove a player was a fraction of an inch offside when scoring.