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3 at the back gives us no space for creative players, plus Hoedt and the giant Dane look too sloe to play in a back 3. We don't have a right back, with only a week left to find one. Romeo seems to be the only player capable of staying in positions to sheild the central defence. Long got into some good positions thatwould have led to goals, if he was a profeesional footballer, and Austin was the complete oppossite. We should only play 3 at the back against a 2 man attack as it robbs us of a creative player. If we are to create anything Armstrong , Gabbi and Ely need to start.

I have been trying yo work out why Ted Mac Dougall is playing no 10. Austin has been that bad. No movement, can't trap the ball, can't find a red shirt and a complete waste of space outide the penalty box. Gabbi and Armstrong are our only threat. No pace, no artisrty , no fgkin hope with that line up.

Love the parquet courts song. About 2 months into the last 2 seasons, I thought we should run out to A New Dawn Fades by Joy Division !

He plays very much in the same position as Wallcott and Lookman, so they are not thin on the ground there either.

The next England game, is on ITV, which not only means Clive Tydlesy, but also that England have a terrible record in tournament ganes that are on ITV ( Belgiom, Iceland .....) .

If cedric or Bertrand leave then we should go for Sabaly from Bordeaux, plays Right back for Bordeaux and Left Back for Senegal. Seen him a few times and he is a great modern wing back.

That must be why none of his teammates went to console hime after the game, in case concusion is contageous.

Maybe we can interest Liverpool in Foster, as he s[ecialise in saving shots that are straight at him, unlike their current keeper.

Pretty much this, but if Cedric is off then I would keep Pied as a back up. I can't see many takers for Carrillo, but perhaps Hughes can get him integrated into the squad as a Crouch option, as he has the whole summer to get people to practice crossing the ball to his head, something that wew only managed once, away at Burnley.

Think the team picks itself, unless Hughes decides on having an extra body in midfield and plays JWP instead on Stephens. If Redmond had scored his header in the 96th minute to equalise , everyone would be buzzing, and saying that we are out of the bottom 3 and that our fate is in our own hands. You just know that it is going to be a draw, so that the West Brom narrative continues.

F AAAAAAAAAAAAA C K Didn't deserve that, but bertrand should have just put it in row z

Long for Austin as it is away, and possibly PEH or JWP instead of redmond . Another stressful week.

Monaco. I think part of it is having enough good players to get noticed. Stoke for instance kept hold of Bojan and Shaquiri because they have Tadic levels of consistency . If we stay up, by some miracle, only Bertrand,Cedric and Lemina would have a good enough reputation to move upwards, wether they have earned it this season or not!

Bang to rights on that one, I put lemina in because PEH was subbed yesterday, but our best forward passing usualy comes from PEH. As for calling them Boscombe, I do it becuase my great uncle had the record number of appearances for them when they were Bournemouth and Boscombe.

On todays evidence, Long should only be used in away games that need a lot of his "running around" skills Mc Carthy Bednarek Yoshida Hoedt Cedric/jwp Romeu Lemina Bertrand Redmond Tadic Austin Just get the ball into the box

The only way Saints could get any sort of justice from this is if the ban were to start in the 43rd miute of the Semi final, so Alonso misses the same game time against us .

You know the old saying, It is always darkest just before ... the Apocalypse !

Gutted. For the first hour they did everything right, but that ten minute spell was dreadful. Bednarek did well for his debut, and Tadic had a great first half . Will we have the consolation on Monday of the player whio crossed for the first goal being retrospectivly banned. How the **** did Dean pretend he didn't see that !

And Ashley Young gets away with a potential leg breaker on Aguero, Kane gets a goal without touching the ball. If you ddn't lnow better, you could think that these commitees were afraid of the big 6 ......... DUH!

Only saw the 2nd half, but there was a lot more commitment on display today, and we worked Cech more than any othe keeper this season. Cedric and Tadic were much better today, and JWP was looking forward more often, rather than playing safe and backwards. It was a shame that Long couldn't lift that ball over the defender when Austin was free in the middle at 2 2 , but if we can keep that belief, there is a small chance that we might pick up a win somewhere. Mind you , I can cope with the despair, it's the hope tha kills you.

I think Les Reed was by and large doing a good job, until the two seasons. All clubs and DOF's are a bit hot and miss in the tranfer market but there have been some glaring errors in recruitement 1 - Buying Classie when we already had Davis, JWP and Reed on the books. Four mudget midfielders is too much for anyone other than Barcelona to get away with, and Davis is no Ineista. Either he should have signed someone taller, or sold one of the others to make room in the squad. 2 - Not replacing Mane and Pelle. 30 odd goals to be provided bu JayRod, Austin and Redmond ? 3 - Not singing a proper no 10. Reeds 433 philopsophy is built around a sigursdson/Eriksen type of player, but all we had was Davis. Boufal had played their at Lille and Ramirez was sometimes good in that position, but playing for 4 seasons with a slightly attacking CM such as Davis does not fit with his chosen style of play. 4 - Not Replacing Fonte in the Jan 2017 window. 5 - Not replacing VVD in the Jan 2018 window. 6 - Signing a young CB Bendarek when we already had a young CB in Stephens in the squad, does not seem like one for the future unless they think he will look good in the championship. 7 - Buying Carrillo and not aiming the balll at his head. I have spoken to Monaco fans who say he is fantastic in the air but other than against WBA and the equaliser at Burnley we have never tried it on a consistent basis. Some of the other flops have been gambles, but with a logic to them. For instance Forren was signed in a January window when our only CB's were Yoshida and Fonte ) see points 5 and 6 above). A chairmen who knew anything about football would have had Reed on an improvement plan after Jan 2017 , and had him sacked by xmas.

The prices are ridiculous. I am off to see PSG v Monaco for the League Cup Final in Bordeaux on Saturday. It cost me €35 to sit in the corner, moe expensive if you get nearer the half-way line. The ends, which are kept for the two cluns are €25 a ticket. This is for a FINAL not a semi-final. Interestingly Monaco have sold out their allocation, but PSG haven't ( about 12,000 for each club). Just need to find a bar with Soccer Saturday on so I can keep an eye on the West Ham game.

Totally leaderless, on and off the pitch. We have had it if we don't sack him by Monday. We should have gone for the Fulham manager, who is a perfect fit, in playing style and promoting young players. Now he is going to go past us, and probably take Matt Targett with him.

I have given up watching this one, so poor. At least he has changed it to go for goals, by brining on ............. Long ??????? FFS We are going down unless he goes, although I know that there is noone decent who would take the job. Also, if JWP is on for his set peices, but contributes nothing else, we would be better of bringing LeTiss back instead .

I have given up watching this one, so poor. At least he has changed it to go for goals, by brining on ............. Long ??????? FFS We are going down unless he goes, although I know that there is noone decent who would take the job. Also, if JWP is on for his set peices, but contributes nothing else, we would be better of bringing LeTiss back instead .