beatlesaint

Believe me, knowing several Bournemouth fans I can assure you the words "he did very well" were rarely used.

especially on the rare occasions they get it right before VAR interjects as was the case here.

Yeah I dont really understand who thought moving the away support to the other end of the ground from our only real vocal support was a good idea. This isnt The Kop and we aint Liverpool ffs

I agree, it doesn’t look like a “wall” tbh it looks a bit crap and yeah having it as far away as you can from the away supporters is just a waste of time.

I sincerely hope you typed that with either a sense of irony, under the influence of alcohol or just for shits and giggles........if not i suggest you have a look at the goals we conceded previously.

Well it is, he keeps picking him, this isn’t a one off from Stephens, it’s a repeated offence many many times.

You’re probably right

He’s a great guy, I believe RM has referred to him as a beautiful human being……which is kind of creepy !! But a Premier League first choice central defender he most definitely is NOT !!

We wasted the whole second half doing nothing to be fair

Don’t be a twat, nobody is saying it’s Stephens fault he’s picked. It’s totally on the manager, we all know that, we aren’t fkin stupid pal

He’s the biggest disappointment so far for me. When we signed him I genuinely thought we had signed a player who knows where the back of the net is but apart from upsetting the Geordies he’s done fuck all.

So if we win next week without him does RM put him straight back in when available or not?

I think he’ll drop THB and go with the highly successful Bednerek/Capt Jack combo !

Yeah, he won’t drop Capt. Jack.

He’s back at WBA on loan

We were warned by Swansea fans that RM had his favourites and no matter their ability he would not drop them come hell or high water.

Unfortunately, esp in the case of Stephens thats always been the case, mostly cos by the time he thinks about it the opposition have sussed out thats what hes going to do. Of course we cant say that anymore without being accused of scapegoating him and using him as the sacrifical lamb !!

Bournemouth, they always get themselves overly excited when they play us and usually fuck it up ! 😂

When Bednerek and Stephens are no. 1 & 2 for most touches of the ball you know something isn't right. You dont need any other stats to back that up, the two least technical and capable with the ball at their feet (outfield) is frightening.

Thetes a difference between being out of your depth and failure to learn. Now if he spend the international break tweaking a few simple things that make us less suicidal at the back then fair enough. But if we blindly carry on with him enjoying the good moments in another 3 goal loss to United then Ipswich then yeah, out of his depth and too stubborn to adjust makes him a busted flush.

Calling Lucy Pinder to the forum......

He didn’t exactly shine in The Championship where he should have had 80% of those defenders on toast. He should have made himself undroppable, but he either has an attitude problem or he’s all pace and nothing else. No loss at all I’m afraid

Thats exactly what I've said a few times on here, ponce about near the half way line if you must, not in or on the edge of your own penalty area, thats suicide.

Problem is I think he genuinely believes he’s here to show the Premier League something different……. He will, but not in the way he’s expecting !!

Certainly, im playing - Ramsdale Suga - THB or ABK - JB - KWP Lesley - Downes Fernandes - Dibling - Cornet Archer Obviously ABK depends heavily on attitiude and still being here, if he knuckles down and wants to play he's better than we have. Big IF's admittedly. I'm having Les and Flynn anchoring the midfield with Downes the more likely to move forward when we attack and drop back in when we havent got the ball, this acts as a protection for the 2 x centre backs cos 3 clearly doesnt help us attack wise. I'm not changing the way they play, thats not gonna happen but I would be telling them to forget the pretty little triangles anywhere near the penalty area cos lose it and we are fucked as has been shown already. Less damage likely if you lose it further away from the goal. I'm moving the ball a hell of a lot quicker than we are at present, hence the midfield attacking three all who have either pace or quick feet and a football brain. Im bringing Lallana on as first change there if he's fit and one of them isnt working out during a game. Im expecting Archer to make runs after the midfeild attacking three look to pass the ball through for him to run on, they will then be in the supporting role that Smallbone and Aribo are just not capable of. It might not work, but it cant be any worse than the last two league matches.