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Jones must be the only manager ever who doesn't agree with the concept of starting your best team. Dinlo.

Nope. I just don't get the fuss about him. Heavy touch, no end product. Loads of promise, and great dribbling, but he's a long way from good enough at this level.

Sulemena jogging back there, eventually.

It's not a discussion. It's an easy yes.

To be fair, he'd offer more than Bree at right back.

I've come to the conclusion that we're absolute fucking fucked. And then fucked a bit more.

Yep, but wait for the pile onto Bednarek instead.

We are worse than absolute dog shite. Awful. Just awful. Yesterday's B team line up was better than today's.

That's perfect mate 👌😂

I think people must just post stuff like this to get likes. Bednarek is in on merit after Tuesday night.

Jeez, that's a shocker of a line up. We'll get mullered at set pieces, and have nothing going forward. And anyone calling Bednarek Janny B should be banned.

Yep. Reverse that and it's there or thereabouts imo.

You have to wander what Ralph could do with our current squad. Orsic and Alcaraz as 10's in a 4222 would be excellent imo. Onuauchu and Adams in a front 2 could be Decent too.

That's grounds for divorce mate. (Mrs egg is equally uncultured).

Apologies if I wasn't clear. Salisu is a very good CB, it's more that I don't think he's been particularly good for a while, with my theory being a confidence issue. I'm not sure who our best 2 are - probably ABK and DCC imo. If we had to have a CB at full back (I personally think that we do) I'd prefer Salisu at left back than Lyanco at right back. The height issue probably goes when Onachu can play - him defending corners means we can play full backs at full back. That may mean no place for Salisu though, but on the flip side, hopefully no place for Lyanco!

Your mate is correct. He's been average for a while. I suspect it's confidence. He's still young, and has been played with a variety of partners, systems, and in different positions. He also has a poor keeper behind him, and sometimes little protection in front of him. Not easy for the lad. On the wider CB issue, ABK has been injured, Lyanco is Lyanco, and DCC seems to be inconsistent/not in favour. I can therefore see why Bednarek came back, and as it happened, he was our CB's against a very good Newcastle team. I can alao see why he plays a back 3, or a 4 with a CB at full back. We need height defending set pieces, and our full backs don't give us that. There's also the possible argument that of you only have 2 half decent CB's, play 3 if them to compensate - reasonable theory, but always a terrible execution by us.

Work permits. He had one. Our boys haven't.

The revised predicted team from fantasy scout below. They're predicting a back 3 due to the size of their team, despite it not working against Newcastle. My hunch is a back 4 though, with a CB at full back (Lyanco on the right). The fantasy scout prediction:

As bad as Baz is, he's not that bad.

Force

Defying

The usually reliable fantasy scout are predicting this abomination 😟

Pain

The court system is in disarray. Not enough staff, and not enough judges. Legal aid decline has meant more unrepresented people clogging up the system. It's a proper shambles. It deserves its place on your broken list.

50 this year too, but don't feel ancient. The body has a few creaks and issues, but I feel young in myself, and enjoy life. The biggest thing that's helped give me more physical and mental energy is knocking booze on the head, and trying not to to worry as it achieves nothing positive.