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He's had 50 competitive games this season, 17 League goals in 17 matches at home, FFS 9 goals were scored in three games which leaves 8 in 14, what sort of rubbish is that. We are no nearer scoring regularly at home, the man has one plan pass the ball, stop the goals, play one striker and pray. It doesn't bloody well cut it for me. He's had enough time and games, his rotation was ridiculous 200 changes in 30 games with VVD playing virtually every game. He only changed to 4-2-3-1 of sorts before the Sunderland game because we were on such a poor run. God only knows where we would be if he hadn't changed. IMO he is out of his depth and the players are doing their best to play in his straitjacket style.

That's a fact. The bloody rubbish served up by a half decent defence plus four midfield lightweights that couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo never mind pass forward or to each other with one striker trying his best but probably wondering what the hell he is supposed to do with the crap service.

It doesn't matter what the result is, my mate decided last night after the game that he's going to save £1800 for himself, wife and daughter because of the performances at home. He will renew if Puel leaves. I feel like he does but I just hope for something better. We have the players without VVD and Austin that can make up a very strong competitive team. Puel by picking non scoring lightweights all together is causing the lack of goals problem. Pick one or two if he has to, not four or five. Time to give Rodriguez, Long and Gabbiadini plus Austin when available the chance to play together and give Hojbjerg and or Clasie a go because they did well at WBA. We should win this one but it would only paper over the cracks. I'm not holding my breath. It might be a surprise to Puel but I bet the bosses are worrying about the attitude of the supporters. I'd be surprised if there aren't a fair number not renewing. I hope he is on borrowed time.

We had five lightweights in attacking options, Boufal going round in circles, Davis, couldn't hit a barn door, JWP, Tadic and Redmond (maybe we should play in yellow!). A lack of mobility and goal threat is costing us. Rodriguez scores, dropped, Long scores, dropped, Clasie scores, dropped. A pretty good striker neutered. Puel is obsessed with passing the ball around and possession so picks a lightweight team that can't even do that competently. Personally I would prefer more directness with Rodriguez Long and one from, Redmond, Tadic, Boufal, Davis and JWP with Austin available as another option shortly. Gabbiadini playing off Long and Rodriguez coming off the left as he used to play. I also prefer either Clasie or Hojbjerg who played well at WBA alongside Romeu. Both Gabbiadini and Romeu are being overworked by the lightweights who are picked every match but deliver nothing worth having.

Personally I understand why we played like we did at Liverpool and at any top six side who dominate possession and score plenty of goals at home. I endorse the way we played at Sunderland, Watford and WBA all good wins. My problem with Puel is the way we play at home. We have scored only 17 goals in 16 games and watching the mostly own half painfully slow possession game with one striker and three forwards who rarely score it is unsurprising. The way we play allows the opposition to do to us what we did to Liverpool yesterday. This is not the way a team that is expecting to finish in the top third of the division should play at home. Possession in our half for possession's sake is the wrong way to play. We need to up the ante at home and cut out the possession amongst the back six and as soon as we gain possession move the ball forward quickly to the forwards whilst there is still space behind and between the defenders. We need more than one striker in the team at home together with only one holding midfielder. The tempo needs to be intense and give the home support what it craves. At the moment Puel's tactics are sucking the life out of the team and the supporters, he needs to be much more on the front foot at home. It's not as if we are winning much at home as it is. Change is needed now.

Terry was a great player but within the squad he had a few who weren't his best friends, so much so that during match practice they would often try to clatter him but his peripheral vision was so good they couldn't get near him hence 800+ games.

He looked in stroll mode, passed the ball well but didn't dominate and wasn't particularly strong in the air or appeared that quick. We conceded two late goals after being two up. Hassan looked ok and saved a penalty but the rebound was put in. I'm not really sure how good Caceres is.

Kodi is a US site as far as I know. SN/SM take their subscription payments through a Turkish company.

Yes, the save was after Romeu messed up but our third goal was after Davis messed up and Stephens won the ball then the move was as I described after Davis passed to Redmond. Got that mixed up.

It was at 2-2, IIRC Romeu back heeled, messed it up and gave the ball away, the Watford player was through one on one with Forster and he blocked the shot with his right foot, immediately the ball went to Davis who hit a nice pass to Redmond who ran on, checked, passed square to Boufal who shot from about 25 yards, the ball bounced up and came back off Gomez and was tapped in for our third goal by Gabbiadini.

Not only that, he stood up and blocked a certain goal before we broke away and Gabbiadini scored, it could have been 2-3 not 3-2. A more balanced view is required not just picking out the obvious and ignoring the good points.

As for the criticism of Austin, despite having to often track the right back, not being able to play his natural in the box game he was still able to score goals when we were hardly creating anything. Gabbiadini has been allowed the freedom to play his own game together with the switch back to our best and natural system and he is doing it brilliantly. Austin in that system will get more than his share of goals and if Gabbiadini isn't available we need him. I also don't think we should write off Long and Rodriguez as they give us alternatives. Leaving ourselves exposed as we have done with the centre backs isn't the way to go. We need to resolve the CB problem and get in at least one good class holding midfielder alongside Romeu. A scoring, strong midfielder wouldn't go amiss, Sigurdsson or similar.

I suggest you take another look. He had a chance to belt the ball into the back of the stand before the first goal but with his usual lack of guts pulled out and just flicked at it looping it up to Deeney. For the second, initially he picked up Okaka, then didn't bother tracking him, just let him go as he ran ten yards to score. Maybe a look at the final MU goals, staying down on the end of the wall, everybody else jumped, let Rojo go before he passed to Lingard for the second and just stood off Herrera with his hands behind his back and made no effort to challenge as Herrera crossed for the winner. Davis might be many things but he can't tackle, doesn't get in tight and more often than not pulls out of the physical challenge.

Three games ago we were in a massive mess, losses to WHU and Swansea, only one league win in about eight and heading to Sunderland only six points above the relegation spots, the manager had to do something different. Three at the back, 4-4-2, something original or go back to the 4-2-3-1 the players were successful in for the best part of three seasons, albeit with only one reliable defensive midfielder in Romeu. Davis is not the answer there but neither is anyone else but JWP has helped by being a compromise attacker assisting the defensive two. The team clicked, the ball was at last delivered into the box, Gabbiadini filled his boots, four goals, followed by a very good display at Wembley and another four goals yesterday. Credit to the manager after nearly forty games hitting on the formation we had been playing for the majority of the last three seasons. May be we can get a winning run in with the new found confidence. I don't think Puel is a bad manager but he was misguided trying to fundamentally change the way the team played, players that he had never managed, in a league and country he had never managed, with players that had finished sixth the previous season, comfortable with the way they were playing after a magnificent last three months.

Who gave a penalty against Saints v MU in the cup when a free kick hit a head in the wall.

Davis made no effort to get up to the ball in the free kick goal, bent his knees and ducked his head came up after the ball went over. For the second failed to close down Rojo then didn't track him allowing the pass to the scorer, for the third goal he stood off Herrera with his hands behind his back and made no effort to close him down. For the first if he had been braver the ball would have been blocked and for second and third he was the only one that could have stopped the moves but as usual failed to get in close and hard. Davis is a lightweight and appears scared to tackle hard and avoids hard contact. He is not a ball winner.

A lot of people have blamed Forster but one player had more to do with each of the goals that we conceded. For the first Davis was the end man in the wall the other four made made themselves as tall as possible as the ball was kicked, on the other hand once Smalling had peeled away Davis lowered his head and was as small as possible only coming up as the ball went over him into the net. For the second he didn't close Rojas tight then didn't track him and just let him go, passing to the unmarked Lingarde and for the third was in a position to tightly close down Herrera but again just did nothing and let him cross for the goal. It was a brilliant game, the result contaminated by the poor decision to disallow the first goal. The team played well especially pulling back from two down. What a buy Gabbiadini looks. We have some good players, missed VVD, but we need to upgrade and strengthen the middle of the field due to the lack of goals from that department and the fact only one player Romeu can decisively win the ball.

Alfie Jones played midfield in the last U23 game and scored. Gardos and Martina were the centre backs.

I wonder will they announce it or wait until they have the permit. Presumably with the pressure they'll want to quiet the criticism.

The upside to this provided we sign him fit and get him into the team is that it releases another versatile player. Stephens started as a full back played as a holding midfielder and CB at Swindon and now having had a few first team games could possibly supply alongside Romeu the tall holding midfielder option we have lacked since losing Wanyama and also cover the right back position in front of Martina. McQueen was a forward converted to a full back but I'd like to see what he would offer as a left sided midfielder either attacking or holding.

It seems to me the ticket site stays open for the current criteria until 30 minutes before the next criteria opens up. Then 30minutes before it opens, a list of those that log on to sfc on a first come first serve basis in the 30 minutes is set up behind the notice page displayed. At the time of opening those that are high up on the list automatically see the log in home page the rest get the two time boxes, estimated and elapsed and at the appropriate time they enter. Anybody that logs in after that gets the page with the time estimate.

In the last five minutes we put at least four half way up the Chapel. Most of our shots yesterday were just speculative having run out of ideas and were mostly viewed by Randolph sailing into the Northam or Chapel or worse like Redmond's shot last week that didn't even make the goal line shanked over the touch line. We really only should count shots on target and work on improving that.

What is really killing us is the management's obsession with playing deep keeping possession for the sake of it, not pressing and having a slow tempo. Usually when first we have the ball deep, two or three front players make a run and when the ball is passed sideways instead of up to the runners they find themselves with nowhere to go. Offside is usually the result if the ball is eventually played up. There needs to be a fundamental change because the players aren't as bad as the performances. If the manager can't see this he has to go because it stands out like a dog's balls. Whatever the formation we need to start from the front, start pressing hard, close down the opposition and play with a high tempo, lose the ball, gang up to get it back and try and get the ball up to the attackers quickly. Davis, JWP and Clasie physically don't suit, put in Hojbjerg with Romeu then play four attackers, Gabbiadini with either Long and or Rodriguez with a choice of one of Sims, Redmond Tadic or Boufal and go for a physical presence and a bit of height. We have far too many physically lightweight and/or slow players. Boufal for all his qualities can't be bothered to track back more than ten yards before he gives up, Redmond JWP and Davis can't tackle, Clasie can tackle but is slow and negative. We need to change back to the way that suits the players. Puel deserves the sack for unnecessarily completely changing from day one, first the diamond then the 4-3-3. With staggering complacency Puel continues to play the same way even though it doesn't work. Yesterday Rodriguez showed the way with a superb early chip over the top that put Gabbiadini clear for his superb goal. Stephens lost Carrol for the first goal, The whole team after clearing the corner just stood inside the area, nobody came out to press the ball and allowed the shot for the goal, Davis not for the first time waved his foot at the ball and gave Forster no chance for the third. Forster was expecting Carroll to go across him but Carroll finished with his swinger just inside the near post, for the second it looked like with all the bodies in front of him he didn't see the ball until the last second. At the time I thought he was absolutely useless but on reflection he had little chance with at least two.

Where do I stand? I don't rate Puel. I personally like to see a team play as a team because it is the collective spirit, tempo and ability that makes a team. Since the start of he season we have been encumbered by mass rotations underpinned by the best defender in the Premier and now we are regressing into a collection of individuals just aimlessly playing the ball sideways and backwards upping the possession statistics. 70% possession and losing as we have done many times is ridiculous. Our good results have come on the occasions we attempted to get the ball up to the forwards quickly. Chasing the game today two goals down with ten minutes to go we managed to play multiple passes in our own half, give away a succession of ridiculous impetuous fouls and hit a number of speculative shots into the back of the Chapel, demonstrating no plan, thought or composure. The real hole in the team today was Davis and JWP. They buzzed about but failed to defend or attack and slowed the game down every time they touched the ball. FFS there is more to a football game than just recycling or unloading the ball to literally anyone in a red shirt as long as it was unloaded. These two should have been substituted but were left on. Forster looks like a man that has lost his way and knows it. The back four isn't the best without VVD, but is just about good enough. Romeu is fine as a holding midfielder. If we are to continue with this 4-3-3 and I don't think it suits us, I would like to see Hojbjerg, Romeu and McQueen given a go in the middle. More bottle and bite with the ability to support the front three quickly. Gabbiadini is a shoe in and I'd give him Long and Redmond. Boufal and Rodriguez looked injured when they went off but if fit could replace Redmond. I'd prefer 4-2-3-1 or even 4-4-1-1/4-4-2 which I think suits us better. I think Romeu and Hojbjerg or McQueen at the base with Long up front with Gabbiadini and from Redmond/Boufal/Tadic/Rodriguez/Sims filling the wide places. I just think that suits the players better and would probably play less own half possession and serve the ball up to the forwards quicker and play with a much higher tempo which for me is all important added to earlier pressing higher up the pitch. Puel's low tempo, non pressing, slow own half possession is just neutering the forwards.

Go to the second named box, click on the little arrow inside the box on the right hand side of the name, a drop down menu with all your registered names will appear then click on the selected name which will appear in the box. Repeat for all the other boxes. I'm presuming you would want to leave the first box in your name. When you've changed all the boxes just scroll down to the selection boxes at the bottom of the page and select Update Basket. All the details will then change with the correct prices now appearing.