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Our tactical changes are so subtle and slight the opposition aren't hurt by it. Tell me when Ralph last made a tactical switch on game that had a positive outcome. Our changes can hurt us though. Take the semi final. Ralph's big tactical switch (before the mess at the end) was to push the full backs higher and press harder. What happened? Rogers clocked it, got his strikers to split and push into wide areas or the channel between CB and FB. Pretty quickly they got on behind, exposing Bednarek in the RB are and scored. Game over. Other than the above, our changes aren't much more than a striker dropping off, or Bertrand tucking in making it a kind of back 3, or the 10's either going wider or more narrow. The shape essentially stays the same though, as does our way of playing. No going to a 3 up top, or 3 in the middle with a central runner, nothing. It's shit. People can see the changes, and can see that they're not helping us. Our tactics are simple and Ralph has been found out.

Short answer to the question is yes and that's obvious from our accounts. Our outgoings exceed our income and we're having to borrow to bridge the gap. The only solution is to have an owner chucking in millions that he'll never get back (if he has it) so that ain't happening. The alternative is to sell players and use the money to plug the financial gap, but without players we kind of have a problem. Our model of buying players cheap, improving them and selling on has been hit hard by shit player recruitment. There's been the double whammy of players not only failing to improve to make us a profit, but they've not even been good enough so have needed to be replaced. There was always that danger though. So yep, without a sugar daddy with more money than sense, this league is too rich for us.

Everything about it was unfair. Millions of people on social media have been telling everyone that the fella was guilty. Millions of people hijacked it as a reason to riot and cause carnage. It was the catalyst to get sportsmen, our footy players included, to take a knee. It would have taken a brave juror to acquit the fella. Aside of whether he was guilty or not, he had no chance of a fair trial.

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Cracking finish to be fair. The change made no sense though, basically 3 changes from 1 injury. Minamino playing off Adams seemed obvious to me.

You have no idea what most of us are thinking. Enjoy the game treacle.

People like you go and watch the one show and leave footy to the rest of us hopefully.

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Cracking statement from Wolves, including this : “But these individuals have plotted and schemed to find a way to exist in a small and comfortable bubble, free from the challenge of fair competition. And now they have united the whole of the football world against them.” Nice 👍😂

Nice. Hopefully that will be the catalyst for this nonsense to end before any more damage is done.

Pretty much this if we let the dirty 6 stay. The logical thing is to kick them out or the remaining 14 to rejoin the football league with a new 20 team top league. There can still be European competition with whatever top league we have, the French and German league will still be intact, and there'll be a credible competition.

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Nice to hear. You've gotta wander if Sky know they aren't gonna be at the party to allow their presenters to vent. Regardless, fair play to them.

Neville has done well here. Said what all right minded fans think, and got stuck into his own club. Good lad.

Exactly that. Work permit issues will hopefully arise too if players aren't playing for their countries. I suspect the plan was to have this alongside the domestic leagues as a champions league alternative, but hopefully they'll have got the message that isn't going to happen.

Interesting take on it, but it's not much of a "look what we could do" if the Germans and PSG will never come on board meaning there's never actually be able to do something with some of Europe's big clubs.

Yep, but if they want to go, let them. The leagues they leave will survive without them, and there'll be more competition.

Yep, and then he initial change was to press higher up but that left space behind the press which is what led to the goal. For me, one of our issues is midfield. They aren't creative enough to hit runners, not strong enough to turn the ball over, and don't run from deep to break between the lines. Personally, I'd have 3 in the middle and have Armstrong running and creating from the middle of the park.

Apologies - complete sense of humour bypass going on after that shite.

I haven't watched it back but it looked at the time that Vestergaard drifted near post area, and that Bertrand had eyes on Iheanacho but chose to drop off. Looked like shit defending rather than world class centre forward play to me.

Yep, Bednarek could have stopped that but Vestergaard and Bertrand then left Iheanacho. Piss poor from all 3.

Spineless. Clueless. Our thought. Out fought. Shocking performance.

Hoddle saying what everyone apart from Ralph is thinking.

Yep. We had all this nonsense after the last game that they're holding back so they don't injured for this match. Not sure what today's excuse is.

Yep. Plan B is not a like for like sub in the same formation. We need to try something different.