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Umm, not just young players I suspect. There’s a reason Redmond went from being a shoe in every week come what may to not even making the bench, why Adams couldn’t get a kick towards the end of last season, the weird reluctance to start Stuart Armstrong etc etc. He is indeed a stubborn sod. I just wonder if he’s like that with his coaching staff how long the new First Team Coach will either last or run off and tell the owners that RH is impossible to work with? I wonder if Maitland Niles has upset him already? Might find out tomorrow.

its both BUT without the creativity the strikers situation is almost secondary except on the odd occasion they do get a chance there is even more pressure on them to take it.

He's had two weeks to think about it, so its almost guaranteed 🙄

Especially when you’ve got the whole county to pick from, what’s the point of him going up and down watching matches when he picks the same old same old. To have so many fullbacks in a squad then play Saka left wing back is just weird.

Well he is too big for us. From PSG to Southampton? Do me a favour

I do wonder what the owners will make of a manager who stated last season that he didn’t have enough quality or options yet when he is presented with 8 new signings to pick from (not counting the injured Lavia) he chooses a team that consists of 9 players he had last season and one signing apparently not good enough for the bench cos he doesn’t play Ralph’s way.

Yes, yes he does. Let’s not view him through rose coloured glasses now he’s gone. In matches like last night he was always as bad as anyone.

Long wait though, after Everton our next Sat 3pm game, at home, is 21 January……against Villa 😂

100%. When Ralph has time to think about things it all goes tits up. The owners have invested a lot in exciting, young players. Last night we play against a team low on confidence and quite frankly, awful. But instead of giving these young players their heads and telling them to give it a go what happens ? We revert to the players who werent good enough last year and leave them on the bench. The only one I felt sorry for was Djenepo. He's been covering at left back, learning the job and doing better than anyone expected. So what does Prof. Smart Arse do? Plays him as right wing.......unbelievable. He's now got another two weeks to think about things.......Everton away win incoming ? Please God no ! Cant stand them, cant stand Lampard, but expecting Ralph to learn from his mistakes is clutching at straws.

If you're Maitland Niles and you've sat at home watching that last night and listening to the pillock of a manager say you're not ready to play in that team what the hell must you be thinking ? The temptation to go into training and say "you want me to play like THAT????" would be too much for me.

It took the genius manager 79 minutes before he decided to hook him off that pitch tonight. I would love him to explain what he saw to keep him out there for so bloody long !

Well at least JWP will get a decent rest at the end of the year cos playing like he is at present I’ve got more chance of going to the World Cup and I’m 55 with a dodgy knee !

He’s just a nothing player. He isn’t awful but he isn’t a game changer or match winner either.

Gonna struggle to take any positives whatsoever out of that shower of shite. Woeful, as bad as I’ve seen for many a year, and boy there’s been some crap in that time.

Harsh, it’s only defending he’s shite at ! 😂 Really exposed at present with VVD off form.

Well he’s been effin awful as a right back this season so he can’t do any worse!

That’s one hell of a middle name Kyle Walker Peters carries around with him !

I think games in London will be very doubtful with The Queen lying in state and the Police resources stretched to cope with the crowds for that. The rest will, or should go ahead.

Well it was the PL and EFL boards who made the decision but never mind.

Er, no, they missed out because on Thursday it rained all day then on Friday and Saturday a lot of things were cancelled because of the passing of The Queen. You have some weird ways of looking at things sometimes. Even if the game had been played he/she still missed 2 days cricket. That costs a hell of a lot more than a football match ! What a shame she couldn’t have hung on another four days to placate your mate !! FFS. For a historian you have a rather contrary opinion on tradition and the total historical magnitude of what’s going on at present.

To be fair even the horse racing, which was her sport, have cancelled Saturday although they are starting up again on Sunday. Maybe the Premier League could have kept the four games scheduled Sunday and Monday on the cards but I suppose the “big” clubs playing Saturday would have created about unfair fixture congestion which others haven’t got !!

Games off, confirmed by Sky Sports

Well given that the Prem League won’t cancel this weekend, too much money would be lost !

Are you completely stupid or have you been practicing? This is not unique to the U.K. Whenever a leading figure be it monarchy or presidential etc pass away IN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD there is a period of mourning. Everything gets cancelled as a mark of respect. In the more religious countries (India as an example) they go to lengths that will outstrip anything we see in the coming days. Wether you like, approve, support the Monarchy or not The Queen served this country for 70 years……70 years !!! To put you out by cancelling a bloody football match which, if we didn’t win no doubt you would moan about for days, is small beer compared with the enormity of the event. FFS.

That’s three players who have left this month, Romeu, Valery & now Redmond who have shown Bednerek up !