beatlesaint

If the two central midfielders are PEH and JWP then Arsenal will have a field day. Is Ralph trying to get the sack? Everyone fit and that’s what he comes up with? Give me strength

Oh cone on, he had been here for 12 years, there wasn’t much more he could realistically achieve, especially given the board’s unwillingness to spend big - wow, that sounds familiar - it’s not like he ran away at the first opportunity, far from it in fact.

Come about Thursday we will start getting articles about: a good 2 week training window for most of the players, lots of hard work done, working on areas we need to improve, clear the air meetings, everybody showing responsibilty for their job in the team, no hiding, no shirking, standing up to be counted ready to put all the hard work into practice at Arsenal Arsenal to win 3-0

it certainly hasn’t worked out as well as he would have liked, oh well, **** happens !

what happened to the guy on here who thought JWP was THE team and used to come out with all these stats in an effort to prove he was good. Would love to see how he spins his contributions now !

cant argue with that to be fair

Wonder how that big friendship with Kat is working out these days ?

JWP is not, never has been and never will be any good as a central midfielder, opponents stroll past him like he’s not there, which he shouldn’t be. No further proof is needed after Saturday surely? The idea of Stephens as a holding midfield player might work.

Good - Djenepo, Boufal, Ings, Romeu Competent - McCarthy, Bertrand, Hojberg, Redmond, Cedric, Bednerek Poor - Gunn, Valery, Yoshida, Stephens, Vestergaard, JWP, Armstrong, Adams, Long Havent seen enough of Danso or Obafemi really to judge them. And I’m being generous to one or two, especially on current form....yes you Redmond and PEH !!!

I cant argue with any of this unfortunately

well only because you like to be so precise and are usually the first to correct anyone else.....unless as in this case it doesnt suit your argument

Wow, there’s a nail hit firmly on the head. Great post

I’m ashamed of my predictions, 11th, Adams leading goal scorer and Gunn player of the season

this. He must have thought “what the **** am I doing out here on the left while that midfield **** is filling my spot”.......oh sorry that’s what I was thinking If Valery had been right back and RH asked Cedric to fill left back cos there was nobody else then fair enough but to play two people out of position in a **** defence when only one was needed is just crazy.

yes and both Branfoot and Pardew got us to cup finals

first game in six weeks and out of position, not entirely his fault.

I don’t rate Jack Stephens in the slightest. Today he was one of our best players. That’s how fkin bad it was. I too join the ranks of people hating this bunch of spineless, clueless excuses for footballers. When you go into a game with JWP as one of your two central midfielders you know you are in the ****. Fraud of a footballer but he’s not alone in amongst this shower of ****e.

A secondment what a load of bloody crap. If the club thought he was any good he wouldn’t be skulking off to some third rate US team.

Whilst i dont think Gao is right for our club and it would be better if he sold up what in truth has he done wrong ? We spent what ? £45 million this summer on attacking players when anyone with a modicum of sense could see the defence needed sorting. Thats not Gao's fault. Similarly money was made available and spent last summer and indeed the January before it. Its not his fault it was spent on crap ! He was handed a poison chalice by Kat who made it worse by saying the move was to take the club to the next level. He's never said anything about taking the club on to challenge the top six has he ? He's getting a bad deal out of this......not that i trust him mind you, but as i say money has been made available so what more could he do ?

If he is being replaced going by the Danny Rohl news delay we will know by February

funny you should say that, when they focused on him at the start my initial thought was how old and unwell he looked.

yes he lives just down the road from Sandbanks in Poole, not too far from Souness.

Stephens and JWP both playing, that’s all I need to know

That’s Stephens staying in the side then

Boufal taken off for having the audacity to have a shot ! The bastard