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Agreed, far more palatable than some of the showers of last season.

Wankers, and sadly there are quite a lot of them. I'd say roughly 10% of the population have an "Oh well it's not my fucking problem, I'm done with it. Some other cunt can clear it up" attitude.

Yeah if we think we've got it bad check that dude out. Ridiculous near post inneptitude.

You'll get Long odds on him scoring full stop.

He did play very well, I also like the way he's up for a bit of needle and moaning at the ref. However he continues to have a stupid mistake per game in him. Today's example - in the first half he waltzed out of defence Beckenbaur style (alright, Vestergaard) then stopped for no good reason and sold a poor 5 yard back pass to Romeu which he couldn't collect and which lead to foul and a dangerous freekick.

If you rewatch it McCarthy basically mirrors Greenwood's one star effort with an equally shite effort to clear it.

Well FMOB. After we conceded we suddenly became the better side. Obviously should have scored with the Armstrong chance, but I'm not going to criticise a player new to the Prem too much for that (Jesus, he should've scored though). Overall I end the match far more confident about our season than before it began so no complaints from me. One last thing - we need to work out a formation that has KWP and Livramento in it from the start, and would prefer that not just to be KWP at LB in place of Perraud.

Yeah head down hit and hope. Then didn't even hit it that well. Composure needed.

McCarthy's kicking continues to be utter shite. And looking at that goal again he should have saved it. He just ain't good enough end of.

Well worked goal TBF, McCarthy could/should have done better though (feels like that's been said before once or twice.................)

Why can't we fucking get a head to the ball? There's no way we'll keep getting away with it.

Fuck me we haven't got a kin clue how to defend these freekicks we keep giving away.

I agree with all of this. The overriding consideration is that we were shit in defence last season and instead of going all out to strengthen that area of the pitch - all the more important given the attacking part has lost it's main threat - we are trying to muddle through.

Yes. Let's face it he's more likely to turn out shit than someone with a bit more pedigree and who costs more as a result. It's that simple really.

TBF you can't say that they were and this isn't at this premature stage.

I wouldn't say I was expecting it, but I was HOPING we might actually pull off a signing that seemed impressive and made me think ok we're mixing it and we can compete to an extent, this Caleta-Car (sp) fella would have probably ticked that box. Anyway, let's see how we crack on with this Brazilian bloke that nobody has ever heard of.

Sorry, I work nights and have just got out of my lazy bed. Is this Lyanco fella a definite signing then yeh yeh? If so, how thoroughly fucking underwhelming.

See this has been resoundingly derided and rightly so.

Yeah Longstaff would fit in nicely with Smallbone.

Is he the Hybrid model that can fill in at CM as well?

I withdraw the question. Sorry!!!!

If offered a guarantee of getting promoted next season would you accept relegation this? I think I would. Let's face it we're going to struggle and if we do survive we'll struggle again next season. At least going down and coming straight back up involves a season of wins. *I realise hypothetical also effectively means pointless but fuck it I'm bored.

Yeah and the other one is goalkeeping.

It appears he is just incapable of reading a game and changing it up when necessary. One move from the oppo's manager and he is done. You want to believe that it can't be the case and he'll learn but over and over again we see the same fucking thing so the conclusion has to be that it is the case. How about he changes formation/personnel/tactics at half time to keep his opponent on their toes? Why is it always us reacting and when we do too fucking late?