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And Bazunu in goal. The script is pretty well written at this point I'd suggest, and it's not a nice one.

I thought it was a rubbish goal to let in, weak and dumb by Bazunu. But no one is slating his entire career on just that single misstep. This is his game, look at all the goals he's conceded over the last 3/4 years and it will make your eyes bleed. There is no credible reason for him to be a GK.

I don't see really buy this one. All I see in goal is someone who used to be an outfield player and has bene shoehorned into a position he's not truly suited for. He's not tall enough, powerful or strong enough. That wont change with ages, this is how he will always be. Calamity James got that name because he often had slips of concentration, a lack of experience in certain areas, dropping easy claims etc - his rep was more down to a lack of experience as opposed to fundamental physical flaws. Bazunu has fundamental physical flaws and he really shouldn't be a goalkeeper. I don't know why we keep persisting with someone who sits at the bottom of the pile no matter what league we are in. McCarthy is pretty pants these days, but he's still someone I feel much safer with in goal. The most memorable things he's done for us is a goal at PNE, and an assist header against Real Madrid in the U21's - that probably says it all.

There wasn't anything fundamentally wrong with Juric as a manger, he has more credentials than any we had before him. He's a strong defensive manager and has proven that again at Atalanta this season as they've only conceded 8 goals so far - lots of draws, but they hardly let any in. The idea for a guy like him made sense, but the club wholly misunderstood the level of player we had - as we've seen this season as well, we don't have good defenders - so Juric was always on a hiding to nothing, given that his approach is built around solidity, structure and pace on the break. He was probably the only manager who got a song out of Sullemana.

It wouldn't ever be a 3 year deal, we'd do something like a contract until the end of the season. But either way it would be bonkers.

Alfie said on the TSP last night that he's still actively involved, he's Dragan's main advisor on all football matters across all clubs and is involved in all major decisions across the group. He's a CEO for SR and still a CEO on our board. He was at QPR on Wednesday and will be at St Mary's on Saturday.

Gary O'Neil is not someone we should be pursuing let's be honest, it would be a similar context to when Cooper went to Leicester. The fans never took to Cooper, and the first sign of any chink or a couple of bad results it turned toxic almost immediately. The same would happen here. He'd have no grace. We'd be looking for another new manager in February. SR need to read the room here - not former skates, and no kid managers.

Oh that's really sad, he was a good poster on here. Always happy to have good debates and never turned it to bickering. RIP

The electric car per-mile tax is imminent.....

Yeah that was the appeal for a lot, you could customise the feel and make it really immersive with skins, the legitimate club backgrounds when you switched between clubs, or player backgrounds etc. It just made everything feel a little more real. But they've traded all of that out for a more 'real' match engine, which if we're truly honest isn't the great leap I thought it would be. They've made it look like a 'kids game' that's device agnostic, rather than a pure immersive experience for PC as it was before.

Another thing I've noticed is the skins - on the old versions, you could download a load of skins, dump them into a folder and then use a drop down in FM to pick the one you fancy at any time. Now you can only ever have one skin in the folder at any one time, no way to change it in game. The whole UI has been a massive regression and it's not even funny.

Ever since we sold him we've lacked his type, his absence is one of the main reasons we got relegated and have continued to struggle. This was one of the first major, major SR errors - selling him and assuming Lavia and AMN would replace him. Not just in terms of ability, but also his off the pitch influence and the standards he instilled. We went from Romeu to AMN, just think about that for a second! He is absolutely not the player he was back in 2020, it would be foolish to expect that, but you will tell and sense his influence around the place fairly rapidly I think. He doesn't get spoken about as highly as he does at all former clubs for no reason. He's a standard setter in a squad solely lacking any character.

If that was against, I don't know, Man City or Chelsea yep I'd buy that. But that was against a fucking horrific QPR side. That final 15 mins, as well as the first 45, was as bad as I've seen. They didn't show any spirit, they shrunk into their shells for the final 15 mins and panic panic like shit. They got over the line through luck and a Leo worldie, not because of any fricking spirit. Bazunu was lucky he didn't kill us the game. That 'save' he made is irrelevant because of the goals he lets in. He dropped one to almost make it 2-2, and then dallied on the ball and gave away a stupid final corner. That last 15min collapse was borne from Bazunu doing Bazunu things, and it's why he should not be playing.

He's always been a club project, and it won't change. I sense a new contract on the horizon for him too.

People blamed Still for bad subs, but christ on a bike whatever he did ruined it. But I still think the players have to take more responsibility on the pitch.

That was absolutley fucking horrendous, but a win is a win. There is nothing positive to take from that, just the same problems . The only shining lights are those we knew we had - Leo and Robinsion, but other than that the rest are shit. This is a truly horrendous QPR side and we were hanging on, it's not good enough and they shouldn't be patting themselves on the back after that shit show.

Oh just fuck off Manning. Thick as pig shit, like everyone else in this team.

They are both terrible goalkeepers, but McCarthy is more passable as an actual goalie. The fact is that the club screwed up the recruitment by assuming that George Long is the only competition either of them needed. Neither of these guys were ever good enough for the level we are at.

He needs to retire from football. He can't play it.

Someone who should not be a professional goalkeeper.

''Bazunu is fine for the Championship''

Honest to god, what an absolute mess of a goalkeeper he is. He should never play for us again, I've had enough of this shit all the time.

He's quality, defo the only player we have with that bit of x factor.

We did a goal? Fortunate to say the least, but it was positivity from Robinson to battle for that ball and put pressure on it. Need more players to do that.

Probably the same as happened to Dibling in our PL season. Talented young player dropped into an horrific toxic group, and eventually gets ground down.