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I've put him on ignore. Don't feed him and he'll get the point.

Yep, that's massive. We have AA mourners who have been calling for a clear out of the players who've been here before and been part of the failure. I'm not sure how you can want a clean sweep of those players, want a big man up front, and be devastated that AA is leaving.

Ha. I haven't identified anyone - I'm not the armchair expert saying he's a dud. I'm also not one of the people simultaneously saying we're better with a big man up top, that AA isn't the answer, but moaning because we're getting rid of AA. There's a slight lack of logic there.

I'm not sure you get the point that he wants to play 4231 with a big man up front, and the wide men plus Azaz in behind. AA is not that big man. I think it's nuts to sell AA, but I get why they'd cash in and bring in a Stewart alternative to bully CB's and hold the ball up - AA is not that player. You can't moan about AA going without recognising how he won't fit into how we want to play - the Stoke game made the point loud and clear.

Quite. It's easy to say "we can do better than him", but not so easy to say who. The January window is not a great time to be in the window for a CF when you're mid table, and have been through more managers than we care to remember. Clubs will want to offload shite to shift wages - that's the pond we're fishing in.

Wnat physical centre forward are you suggesting we could/should have got in the January window? Please don't talk about what we could/should have done on previous windows - right here, right now, who's the alternative?

Yep. Most of us would have have been up in arms if we'd signed 33 year old Kiefer Moore in the summer. With hindsight he'd have been what we needed.

So if AA isn't the answer, and you'd prefer a big man up top, why keep AA? He's hardly a directive replacement if Stewart is out.

If you agree that we're better with a big man up top, how does thay make AA the answer if we don't have a big man up top?

I'm not sure anyone would suggest that Larin, Stewart, and a kid are the way to go for the rest of the season. Archer goes regardless, but I'm not sure I'd keep AA purely as wing cover. Perhaps we'll see Edozie again...

I take your point, but, it ignores that we're better off playing a 4231, and with a big man up top. Assuming you agree, where does AA it into that? Ditto Archer? AA up top would mean changing how we play, or using him as wing cover. Archer would continue to be Archer. The positive about this move is it shows a commitment to playing a new way.

Indeed. You can guarantee that people will mourn Archer like a lost Grandma, despite having moaned non stop about him since he arrived. Yesterday confirmed that we're better with a bit more size up front. Whilst we can surely do better than this bloke, I'd rather roll the dice on him than persist with Archer or bringing back Downs.

Sadly accurate.

We'll limp to a mid table finish whatever we do. But yeah, it looks a particularly crap bit of business all round.

No outcry, and a sorry attempt at deflection. Saying that people "love seeing kids raped by foreigners" and that "I hate people like you who...fiddle with kids" was as bad as anything I've seen posted on here. As I said yesterday, you're a disgrace, and I'd have booted you off for that. If you somehow avoided that, I'd have booted you for being an antagonist troll. You're lucky that the mods are as generous as Thailand's immigration policies.

Ditto. My daughter grew up while away at uni. She graduated with a lesser degree than her ability, which she hasn't used, plus a shit load of debt, but she had 3 wonderful years that will serve her well. That said, I know lots of people have done incredibly well by taking alternative routes to a decent job or profession, and offer at least as much as graduates. A degree is far from necessary to succeed.

No suggestion that that the 8 Palestinians seen took any action, just that they were seen somewhere that Israel has occupied. 31 now dead as a result. That's well over 500 killed and 1500 injured following the "ceasefire", since when there have been over 1300 ceasefire violations by the Israeli military.

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Mate, you're as tedious on the main board as you are in the lounge. I've said that I'd like to see us play 4231 but we didn't have the players. I said when Brew came back that he gave us that option. Just watch the game rather than focusing on me. Fecking idiot.

Nice. Play off charge incoming...

Let's see if we have a plan b to deal with their plan b.

This has been done to death mate. Until Bree returned we didn't have a RB good enough. We have now. I wouldn't have played a back 4 with what we had. I would now.

Playing a proper number 9 makes all the difference. Let's see how we do 2nd half - fitness still concerns me.

As I said, we couldn't play a back 4 with the defenders we had. We've now got a proper RB, and aren't playing Manning. No gotcha there pal.

Agreed, but moderation is needed imo when lines are crossed.