richardc

I can think of three positives straight off the top of my head 1. it was easy to get out the stadium at full time 2. we will not have to worry about losing all our players in the summer 3. Our players wont have their heads turned playing for England Im sure there are many more

True but we went from being comfortably out of sight at 3nil in 1st half to 3:2 with 6 mins to go - when we started having a go again scored another 3 goals

I thought JWP and Hojberg have been a disgrace in the 2nd half particularly Hojberg - almost all of his passes have been backwards - most completely unnecessary when he had forward positive options - epitomises the cancer of negative play that is endemic in the club recently

Dont be stupid there not facing the wrong way - he's suggesting Forster up front with attacking support from Hoedt, VVD and Yoshi - did you not see his goal Vs Stoke Its called a Plan B - They cant score any less goals than we've got with our current strikers

When you see MoPe in the dugout he is not talking to Black but to his other assistants - If Black was so influential then surely he would be conferring with him not the other two. I am sure I remember a few murmurings from players that the training was pretty poor last year and i am sure if true that might be partly attributable to Black. In the end of the day success is due to a combination of the managers tactical input or the ability to get this across to the players and also the ability of the players themselves - I would say both are questionable

Does anyone use Kodi anymore other than Sportsmania - I can never seem to find any streams on there

Does anyone feel a little bit sorry for AOC - Left Arsenal looking to play more footy and it is looking likely that he will not get much game time at Liverpool with the players ahead of him and Nivea fan boy still to come back. Im sure his bank manager is happy not sure he will be

Austin up top with gabbi , tadic, Davis behind ( Boufal or Redmond instead of Davis after 60mins

Honestly how many goals are in that team - our biggest issue is scoring goals and people pick a team with no goal scorers

he only came to see utd

Would an out and out striker actually make any difference - other than Gabbi's goal against Wham - i dont think I have seen either Long or Gabbi have a chance to miss. The problem is Davis , Romeu and Lemina are so deep and dont support the striker and Redmond and Tadic are out wide so no a threat on goal we really need to sort out positioning to make more chances

When Gabbiadini joined us I was reading that one of his former managers said he's best position was on the left not as a out and out striker - Therefore I dont see it as such a risk to play him wide instead of Redmond - with Charlie up front then we at least have two people on the pitch that can score goals without upsetting the structure of the team

I thought Tadic was miles better than Redmond today - what did Redmond do to keep his place ahead of Tadic

BREAKING NEWS Virgil Van Dijk has left the Southampton training ground in the back of a blacked out car. Where’s he off too? According to Sky sports

Give me a computer that tracks every league player in the top 40 leagues, a team of analysts and half an hour and I would come up with some names

whats happening with Hesketh?

You are aware we are not allowed to win the 1st game of the season

anyone know if there is a live stream

Combination of bloody spell check and poor spelling

Last seasons lack of goals was not just down to Puel and lack of chances - there were games were it was painful watching Long when he missed so many quilt edge chances (arsenal away in the cup springs to mind) - the same with Jrod Why anyone wants to bin our top goal scorer and replace him with a totally unproven player in the prem league seems a bit of major gamble

not entirely sure people are jizzing themselves - it seems the mood ranges from deeply disappointed to wishful thinking that he'll surprise us like pottichino

Great summary - although Im not entirely sure a Puel Mk 11 upgrade is what this forum is looking for

I know nothing about FdB - is he as negative as some people are making out - can you tell us why you think he would do alright as I enjoy reading your opinions

we could never compete with that watch

We were hoping you would tell us