S-Clarke

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.

It's good to know that they've come out in the 2nd half much better.

Maybe we need Dominc Calvert-Lewin and Tom Davies?

If anyone sums up the current era for the wrong reasons, it's probably him to be honest. Good lad, but he makes me cringe as much as the football team.

Absolutely, we're long past the 'project' phase at this point. The entire football club is broken and it needs leadership at all levels, but a key part is a manager who can garner respect immediately and call out the bollocks, not more 'yes' men who are happy to go with the status-quo. Will SR allow that though, as they seem to want to push their dictact on any manager they appoint. And you'll never get anyone with any gravitas coming with that behind them.

Fabrice will be along soon to tell you that's all nonsense, and the players are fine.

We do, but the partner still needs to inject pace and movement into the team. There is simply no pace to our game, I'm not talking about players being quick - it's just that quick of mind to move and play the ball quick on the run. Jander did that at the start in his first few games, but it's all gone now.