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Selles is right. I watched the Grimsby match on paramount. The commentators shared my view in Lavia - he's a very classy player with all the talent in the world but he needs too many touches, slows us down, and rarely helps move ys up the pitch. Compare that to JWP when he replaced him - one touch, passing forwards, and moving us up the pitch. He's going to be a superb player, but at the moment I'm not sure he's the answer in a midfield 2. I'd like to see him in a 3 with JWP and Alcaraz.

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You're still basing your opinion on last year's version of the lad. If you've watched him this season, you'll have seen a much improved player. Your post also focuses on what player we'd have had if he hadn't been loaned, but ignoring the player we'd have got had we recalled him in the new year. Who would you have preferred on the left last night. Orsic or this seasons Tells? Off the bench - the improved Tella or Aribo? Edozie with his step overs and nothing else, or Tella?

As have all of our recent signings... Scotland, league 1, kids leagues, France, Croatia, etc. The championship is stronger than many of them.

You keep judging Tella on the raw player he was last season under Ralph. Others are judging him in the improved player that he is this season during which he's had decent coaching and management. Last seasons version of Tella is irrelevant. He's much improved and he would have improved us last night, at the weekend, and at various times this season. Do you honestly think, for example, that he'd have offered less down the ledy last night than Orsic did?

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Agreed re Alcaraz, but he at least showed some urgency. Lavia was frustrating tonight, wanting touch after touch and then mostly playing simple balls. Neither were helped by our strikers dropping off next to Djenepo and Orsic though leaving no option for forward balls anywhere where we'd hurt them. Overall, it's hard to blame two young midfielders for that horror show.

Good shout! May do the same. Vanilla shake as well.

He was part of it tonight. Look how much better we were when JWP came on and used the call quickly and positively. He's a classy player, but he did the team no favours tonight.

Alcaraz at least moved the ball quickly. Lavia needed about a half a dozen touches - a point made by the paramount+ commentators. I think he gets taken off cos he slows our play rather than fitness.

The whole club is an embarrassment to football. We lost, at home, to a club who are only a few places above Eastleigh.

Behave! There is no conspiracy here. The first pen was stonewall, the second arguable, and us undone by our usual shiteness.

He was his usual classy self, but he showed no urgency or creativity...JWP has raised our game.

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I'd have brought Ballard on ahead Aribo.

Djenepo and KWP are the only wants who can come away from this with any credit so far.

Yep. He seems to be a key part of our losing culture. It's almost possible to see why they wanted Jones.

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We're a complete embarrassment. Absolute disgrace of a performance.

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Yep. We're utter shite. Terrible shape. Forward players look confused. Alcaraz awful in the middle.

Yep. Mara and Djenepo are both taking up similar positions. Very odd.

Alcaraz will have more chance to get involved further up the pitch with Lavia in there with him. I like that midfield pairing. Djenepo offers more end product than Edozie, so an understandable pick for me. I'm with you on the new guys. They need time to gel, and to get goals.