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Well done lass. How is that Norwegian pole vaulter getting along?

That's cheating.

My friend supports Norwich. "He has been awful for us. Had to play him last year when Gunn got injured, and he was responsible for fair few goals." "Got a new gk coach last year and he recommended we get rid of all the keepers, including Long" "For some reason we gave him a new deal just before that review" Sounds like they need some mugs to take him off their hands!

I'm a good bloke and great to have around the dressing room. I'm not interested in a pay cut though.

I didn't write him off. But based on what I've seen so far, Martin appears to be a better coach.

Aren't you worried that we look like a complete mess? We've had a pretty lucky win and a lucky draw and a home defeat.

That's not what I said, but I'm not going to give a manager credit for throwing forwards onto the pitch when we're losing at home to bloody Wrexham.

The changes are just throwing on forward players, taking advantage of our relatively superior squad, after playing shit and being behind.

Ummmm.....

We need a proper defensive midfielder as we don't have one. Charles and Downes don't want to sit. Plus Downes has zero discipline and is often injured so will miss a load of games

I don't buy that. He's had a whole preseason. Blaming the failings of the previous manager is pathetic. They are set up in a way which doesn't really get the best out of any of the eleven players on the pitch, with the possible exception of the left wing back. Edit: the manager, three managers ago.

Even Bednarek is better than any of our current CBs.

Not really, it's just that he's been crap for most of the time he's been at Saints. Having said that, he earned us the points against Wrexham just as much as Manning did, so fair play.

From a tight angle, with no other options on and ages to get set, and a good yard inside the far post. I'd say a top Champ and competent PL keeper saves that at least 50% of the time.

We've got no chance with our deficient squad and lack of "the correct wingers". Might as well concede the tie.

Huh?

With Adam Armstrong playing in attacking midfield and doing a great job. NOT as a lone number 9 because we haven't "got the correct wingers" 🤪😜

Very unimpressive so far. Clueless on the ball and terrible at the back. Great combination.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cr4e55kg93lt Lol

Its 4231, Robinson isn't in central midfield. If you like, swap him out and play Downes. If you think we have to have 3 central midfielders for some reason, in the Championship against mostly inferior squads (which Still has never done in any of his matches yet) then we could have Charles, Downes and Fernandes behind a front 3 of Fraser/Armstrong, Stewart/Downs and Robinson/Fraser. The point remains the same: the argument that Still is somehow hamstrung and has to play the crappy formation and line up he's played so far is plainly wrong.

Haha, mental. We're not playing against Busquets and Xavi or Modric and Kroos. And swap Quarshie for Edwards or Wood if you like.

I listed 5 players that have a proven track record of goals and assists in the division or, where they don't, are players with massive potential. Smallbone was also excellent as an attacking midfielder last time we were in the division but seems to have been jettisoned (or is he injured?). I'm not surprised Edozie wants to leave seeing the shite we are serving up. Honestly, do you think we couldn't have maximised our options more in these 4 matches? And, on top of that, our defending has been utter garbage.

Zzzzzz...

It's whatever the contract says. If you don't know what they're contract says then you don't know. When we signed Cedric, the contract said we had to pay Sporting something like EUR 50m if we sold him to Benfica.

Some ways our deficient Championship squad that is doomed to failure because it's so shit unless we sign more forwards could line up: Baz Capn/Mads THB Quarshie Well/Mann Charles Fernandes Armstrong Robinson Fraser Downs/Stewart Baz Capn/Mads THB Quarshie Well Man Fraser Charles Fernandes Robinson Stewart Armstrong Baz THB Capn Quarshie Mads Charles Downes Man/Fraser Fernandes Stewart Armstrong/Archer So deficient! The man has no chance without some of Stoke or Coventry or Middlesbrough's players. And that's without even mentioning Edwards, who seems to have been coached from being one of the best CBs in the league to a fucking disaster zone in the space of one pre-season. Honestly, excuses about having the "wrong" players are fucking pathetic, especially as he is also being praised for being a pragmatist who isn't wedded to a system. Absolutely laughable.