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Stephens should have been binned off for Captaining a relegated side and for playing like an arsehole.

Please go Edozie - you’ve got nothing to offer this club anymore.

WTF? Why was Edozie acting as a LB? Is this some stupid inverted inversion position or something? Shambles.

We’re in defend at all costs mode now. Just very poor value.

I’d take off Stephens for a start and put on anyone in the bench. They’d make a better stab at being a credible CB.

What the fuck do they expect? It’s a shambles performance and guess what - all because Stephens can’t kick a ball into row ZZ.

I’d get Fellows off and get Matsuki on for all the good he’s done.

Why the fuck do we revert to attacking 11 players as soon as we go one up? And give the opposition every chance to get back into game. It’s been a feature ever since Stephens has found himself back in the team, regardless of who’s next to him. Don’t like to be overly negative with our players but he provides lots of ammunition!

Looks like we’re in Jack Stephens full and boring pass mode now.

Welington doesn’t set the Workd alight but he’s nice and consistent.

Stephens is so shit at passing out of defence. Not a fucking clue.

Horrible little kick on Scienza and no fk or card. Refs a twat.

If it helps anyone I’ve got the game on Bein Sports 4, although it is a French commentary.

Lovely from Leo!

Trying figure out which SkySports channel it’s streaming on…just a load of studio chat at the moment.

Winner winner chicken dinner - nice one Mr T…that’s thinking outside the box, unlike our strikers. 😉

I’ll give you a proper strange one. When trying to buy two matchday tickets on the website you can’t buy two of three seats in a row leaving the one seat spare. I understand that single seats are less likely to sell, but when choice is limited for general admission sales surely it’s better to allow two supporters to sit together? Just seems a bit daft.

So…this protest then…

Yeah, I’ve seen links to us surfacing. Looks like a good one to replace Stephens. Not so good to replace THB.

What you’re trying to say is that he’s not off the starting line yet? 🤭🤣

I think he was trying to protect Scienza from being marked up by 3 men and getting bullied off the ball. Of course it didn’t work particularly well. One positive is that Tonda does seem to learn quickly about what the squad can and can’t do, so I agree - it’s unlikely he’ll try that one again.

Afraid I don’t agree with this entirely. When there’s the mentality to play slowly and pass the ball backwards or sideways, so they’re able to marshall 11 players behind the ball, it invites those crunching tackles on Scienza. Yes Watford are notorious cloggers who had a game plan to nobble Scienza, but we don’t help ourselves. And it’s not a one off for Manning - he’s shown time and time again that he’s brain dead when it comes to closing down attackers, not helped by Scienza not being a hard tackler himself. And from the reports I’ve seen, Manning repeatedly couldn’t cross the ball past the first defender…again, another trait of his. If Tonda is not willing to use the players at his disposal effectively we’re in for an even more disappointing season than last I fear. And for those who are already looking forward to next season and ‘becoming a Swansea or Stoke’…I fear we may have already got there.

A draw if we’re lucky. Not feeling particularly optimistic and won’t until I see a return to the more positive forward play we saw after January. Would love to see Stephens dropped for Wood and Manning dropped for Welington. Would love to see Scienza back on the left. Would like to see Fellows start on the right to help get us out of defence. Fuck me, just play your best players Tonda!

Late to the table and didn’t get to see the game unfortunately due to other commitments, but I called it right - didn’t think we’d win that. Why? Historical data on season starts said so. Plus the pre-season games didn’t increase in quality to high enough level and the performances were meh. Whoever put together the pre-season programme needs sacking IMO. Despite the squad ending last season on a high somehow that impetus was lost over the summer. The squad has been weakened once again rather than improved and the weakest players are still plying their shit trade - Stephens, Manning, Edozie, BBD. Having Stephens and Manning in defence invites the pass, pass, pass, lose the ball bollox that loses us games. Having said all that, there’s a long way to go and there’s every opportunity to improve. But Spors needs to act fast to sort the big holes left by Stewart and Charles.

Yeah I saw that, but I would have thought he would be on a personal training regime if that’s the case, rather than risking further injury in what was a high intensity session. Anyway time will tell if he’s a Saint at the end of the window and if so, whether he’s a ready for a tough season.