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Indeed. Paddy Power agree too. This says it all.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55845067 Very poor. Our tariff and quota free arrangement is far from it. Tata steel UK employs 8,000 people. With these tariffs and quotas, that looks at risk. Even more worrying is that British exports to NI get included in the quota. Some "free trade" deal that is. The notion that we'll go back and get something from the EU is fanciful, especially after the vaccine stuff.

Yep. He seemed to have the trust of his team mates who fed him the ball (apart from one moment when JWP, I think, made the wrong choice by ignoring him). Always available, used the ball well, looked strong and confident. I hope that he gets more football. He's a big talent.

And my mate has just bought a new Breitling and leased a new Porsche...doesn't mean that I can afford to do so.

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Jankewitz is fitting in very well.

Now obstruction from the ref on Romeu!

As good a manager as Ralph is, playing an erratic left winger at RB against Grealish is completely mad.

Walcott done a hammy now. Blimey.

Are we really playing Djenepo at RB?!?!

I think we've been playing it. A kind of 4231. It hasn't worked.

Yep. Second best save of the half

Mines been good as gold.

Eh? He's been everywhere, linking midfield to attack, dropping back, making runs.

I can't figure out our formation in the front 4. Looked like a 3 at first, but then Ings with 3 behind. Definitely different though.

Wtf!! That was blatant hand to ball. Outrageous decision.

All very valid but I fear that McQueen won't come back, although I hope I'm wrong. I wander whether, bizarre as this sounds, that all this ties in with Jankewitz transfer request. The club would be mad to lose him, so if Diallo or JWP provide the FB cover, that could push Jankewitz up the list as midfield cover. I may be off way beam, but if we see Diallo or JWP at full back tonight and Jankewitz on the bench, this could be the way we're going for the time being.

Agreed. He was out of position for the goal, and at other times. Although Diallo has more pace, JWP has shown that he's at home at full back. I have a feeling it'll be Diallo though.

I don't think anyone has said that they don't mind Vokins being upgraded. The point is that he hasn't. If someone better comes in then all is cool.

I do recall Del. I'd assumed Ralph had seen something and been persuaded by the lad. Seemingly he hasn't, and from what I've seen, I agree.

It's strange because we have 1 left back, a right back who can cover, but only Valery as the alt right back. It's strange that you don't find that strange.

What a strange move. That said, Ralph appeared not to rate him last season, then thought him good enough, but then didn't involve him. It may be that after the other day he felt he wouldn't bother again so let him get games elsewhere. Like others have said though, who's gonna play there if Bertrand can't? Will Ferry has had a few u23 games there but he's a winger, Jeremy Rodriguez is well rated but a kid, and the only other obvious choices are an out of position Diallo or CB.

We have no idea why Jankewitz is being denied involvement. However, he's a great talent, and his being pissed off is understandable if he's been fit but excluded. Slattery was doing boxing training for weeks. His fitness and shape were excellent. The info (leak?) on here was that he returned fat. He wasn't, but let's assume that he was, seeking out a well known boxing trainer and working one to one for weeks on the close season hardly suggests an undisciplined attitude. Obafemi is better than N'lundulu, Jankewitz is better than any other young midfielder we have, Slattery is quality. If all those lads aren't toeing the line and/or putting the work in, and are being denied first team involvement as a consequence then the man management of them has to be questioned.

Yep, 100% agreed. N'Lundulu has something about him, but that first touch is shocking and will hold him back. Tella. I don't see a PL player there. He may have a great attitude, but attitude alone doesn't make a PL player. Sims wasn't quite PL level for me, but I agree he had more than this lad. If these lads are getting game time ahead of better players based on attitude, that's a concern for me.

Whilst we don't know why he's been omitted, if Ralph has overlooked a youngster in favour of a lesser player seemingly for personality reasons, it would seem that a trend is developing. Ralph has overlooked Obafemi in favour of N'Lundulu and having watched both of them play, it's hard to see how that is a football based decision. Obafemi has a first touch for a start. The suggestion though was attitude related. Slattery was cast aside and omitted from a pre season tour then sent to 2nd division side in Belgium or somewhere. He hasn't been near the 1st team squad since. The initial suggestion on here was that Slattery was omitted as he returned fat after pre season training, but that's nonsense as he chose to spend weeks in a boxing gym and returned in the shape of his life. That is a fact. The next suggestion was his attitude and that he'd never play whilst Ralph was at they club. If it is a personality thing with Jankewitz, and ditto Slattery and Obafemi, that may raise issues about these lads but if 3 x 1st team standard youngsters are excluded for non football reasons, I'd start to question the man management.