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It was pretty aimless all told. Very, very little technical ability on show. All rushed and panicked due to poor touches of the ball. Burton looked a little bit more refined with their passing. We did have a couple of chances, but as per our performance the finishing lacked quality and was just panicked.

We lost to Burton albion. FT. This group is hopeless.

I've watched a good portion of that. The standard from us is beyond dross. Burton Albion, yes, Burton Albion, have been better on the ball than us. Everything is poor. We can't pass, can't clear, can't make runs. We just look rushed into everything because we make a shit touch. I have no idea what we have.

They can talk directly to club number 1, but talking directly to the media creates more of a pantomime. That pantomime creates more interest, more clubs having a sniff, that therefore creates more opportunities for the agent to make money. This isn't just how football works, it's how life works. If I have a product I want to offer someone, I don't just go directly to company x. I flaunt it throughout as many business avenues as I can, therefore drumming up multiple avenues for my product. I could even make up a story that Microsoft are interested to make my product seem even more attractive. It's business sense. Football is a lot more murky in that sense, but it happens in the same context. The same way as clubs use the media to appease fans or manipulate fan feeling.

He'd cost us upward of £35m I reckon. We will replace Ings on the cheap as a best case scenario. The most likely scenario is that the club propaganda moves into over drive and starts talking up Redmond as the perfect foil for Adams, and how Adams has developed etc etc. Then we won't need to spend a penny.

There's clearly something in it, whether it's agent talk or genuine 'feelers', there's something going on. We all need to accept he's gone, and I hope the club are planning night and day for his replacement.

If there's a game where we can revenge the 9-0, from either side, this is it. Weird draw in that sense.

Nothing other than a political purchase. Sadly KL saw the money and just ran with it. The fact the league changed their fit and proper tests in the wake of his takeover, and that if he tried now would fail the test, says it all for me. I'll also never buy that LD Sports had nothing to do with Gao.

He's on loan there I think? I don't think he's much cop, and he's 30 I think - wouldn't rate him as any more than a squad player. Would add a bit of decent depth I guess, then we could loan out D'lundulu.

Old news! Fairly sure the FA Cup Winner gets Europa League proper. It's basically a budget European competition, no TV coverage and facing the dearth of European quality and very little financial reward. You get all the lesser benefits such as travel to Timbuctoo and congested fixture list. The reward is games against minnows and the chance of playing in the Europa League next year.

I think for a striker like Adams, around 10 goals a season and 5-6 assists is a fair return. He's on course for that. He's no superstar, but he's a good support forward.

Lol. Now that's an example of piss poor scouting! 40m pissed up in the air on him. He doesn't even move or look like a footballer. They've been done on that one, and the £27m they spent on Almiron is equally shit. (at least he moves, but he's pretty shit - apart from when he faces us). I know the Georgies complain about a lack of funds, but they've had shit loads more to spend than we've had over the last few years. £25m spent on Wilson alone last summer, and they didn't even have to sell anyone to fund it.

Confidence in the main I reckon. He started the game in the same vein (passing backwards/putting us into trouble) - but as soon as he did something positive, and we got a reward for it, his entire demeanour pepped up and he seemed to have a new sense of life. I'm not sure if that's because Bournemouth opened up a little bit more or not, so there was more space, but he certainly looked better when the going was 'good'.

''Larger than ever'' - He's not fat. It's a very lazy remark to make. He's not fat, he's not over weight and he's certainly not unfit. Mourinho was also shown up to be a dinosaur for throwing him under the bus as well. Why does that bloke always have to have an internal nemesis who he derides and pulls apart during his time at clubs? (It's Ali at the moment)

He's probably limited in terms of what he can do financally. These coaches will be in contract I'd have thought, I doubt we can afford a load of sackings and new recruits.

That was a disgrace from Newcastle. They didn't even try. Didn't even run. Didn't put in any tackles. They just didn't want to be out there. Looks to be between Newcastle and Fulham to me.

Start how we did today, what do you mean? Hammered by Burnley? Hammered by Burnley? Really? We played well today for the entirety, solid, comfortable, professional, no dramas, no issues. Job done.

Good game from Redmond. Need to see that from him consistently, maybe he needed a bit of confidence? I've been critical of him a lot, but it's only fair to doff your cap when he does a good job - which he did today.

Well, that was a surprisingly easy game. Christ, how bad were Bournemouth? But you can only beat what's in front of you. Should have been at least 5 (we had two caulked off which should have counted imo) We just had too much power and pace for them today, our movement was too clever. Wiltshire looks like an OAP, I'm sure I even saw Vesterguaard run past him at one point. Massive credit to Redmond, he started in his usual frustrating manor but once he got the assist you could see him grow and come to the fore. He's very much a confidence player, but he needs to work out how he can still find something from within when things aren't going his way. He probably sums up this team in a way, looks great when things are going your way, but when they're not....it all falls apart. Semi Final, exciting times. Will be very tough to progress beyond this stage, but who knows in a 1 off game.

Yeah he is, one of the 7 they're missing. He's quality as well. I'd sign him.

Technically, yes, probably the most skilful midfielder we had. The overriding problem with him throughout his career has been attitude and professionalism. If you are lucky, you get 1 maybe 2 good games out of him a year. This is why he's your typical journeyman footballer. I think Fulham were nuts when they put in a transfer arrangement into that loan.

Leeds games are great to watch, you can always guarantee chances when they play. Their games are so hectic, but it makes for entertainment. I can imagine their fans go through the wringer emotionally during 90 mins!

Thought Fulham were really poor tonight. That had to be a win for them IMO. They had a doomed look about them tonight.

No, he did say that. You didn't make it up. Clubs were being quite vocal about it a few weeks ago, but it's all gone a bit quiet now and we all seem to be assuming that the international break is going to happen as normal. That's going to stitch a lot of clubs up with regards to the quarantine rules.

A lot of fans say this when their team is struggling in the PL. It's just assumed that you'd go down and do well in the lower league, but it's very rarely that straight forward. Did Bournemouth want to get relegated so they could struggle to make the play offs in the Champ? Did Stoke want to get relegated so they could struggle to compete in the top half of the championship? I'd say, no. Relegation for us wouldn't equate to us watching a winning team next year by default. It would mean an enormous fire sale, selling of anything that moves and a team full of players from the academy who aren't actually good enough. It would be a truly soul destroying experience, so relegation would be 'all that'. Not that it's going to happen - this year anyway.