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Happy he’s playing Ramsay - no point shuffling players out of position when we have a RB, even if he’s not up to it. Plenty of average players can have good games, it’s maintaining that level that’s their problem. Excited to see Jankewitz.

Think he’s ineligible due to signing after 12pm yesterday

I hope he just chucks Ramsay in there, if he’s the backup RB. No square pegs, we can then be strong everywhere else.

We currently have 2 senior, experienced GK’s, 4 senior CB’s, 2 quality full backs, 3 good quality CM’s, 5 senior attacking midfielders, plus two senior strikers. Beyond that we also have N’Lundulu, Obafemi, Tella, Jankewitz, arguably Caleb Watts too, all regarded as first team squad players to all fill in where required. I’m not sure how much depth people actually expect from a team in two competitions?! We are in the midst of an absolutely freak injury crisis, and we’re still fielding a full senior 11 - I doubt most clubs outside the top 8 could manage that. We clearly tried to get a backup fullback, but AMN wanted to play CM so turned us down, Ole wouldn’t let Williams go, Liverpool wouldn’t let Neco Williams go. So instead of saying ‘oh well, we tried but never mind’ and saving the pennies, we’ve just gone and signed an attacking player that all of this forum would’ve been absolutely creaming their pants over had he signed for us directly from Salzburg. Strange place at times, this place.

The one thing we’ve always missed under Ralph is that little bit of craft and precision when it comes to the final ball. Plenty of guile, plenty of graft, but missing a Tadic/Lallana type to thread a tight pass to break a packed defence. Minamino has a little bit of that quality.

I think the key with Maitland Niles is that whilst he wants to play in midfield, no one else wants him to... He wouldn’t get a sniff in our midfield but for a huge injury crisis. Minamino will.

Surely we can’t pull this off?

Mike Dean confirmed as ref for this game LOL

Can play RB and CB i think? Not sure about LB, but looks a good player so wouldn’t surprise me if he can play both sides.

Romeu is better, no doubt, last night he was sensational. Winning the ball, beating players, driving us forward, he completely dominated the Aston Villa midfield from start to finish (when he got subbed). Diallo looks really exciting too.

Having calmed down about 0.5% from last night, I would like to say Oriol Romeu was absolutely fucking awesome, yet again. What a player. Fuck the referees, fuck Mike Riley, fuck Matty Cash who should now have been sent off in BOTH games for deliberate handballs denying clear goal scoring opportunities.

Peter Walton vs Leeds at home Kevin Friend vs Liverpool at home New addition to the hall of fame, Lee Mason vs Aston Villa at home. Astonishingly bad.

Feeling pretty disillusioned with football after tonight, it’s been something keeping us going but actually on nights like this when it leaves you even more angry and frustrated, it’s more damaging than it is good.

Robbed

I’d be very happy with Williams or Maitland-Niles. Both quick, energetic, and both very versatile which is exactly what we need.

What about Kyle Walker-Peters who joined us at 23, having only played about 13 games for Spurs and being written off as not good enough? There are countless examples of players taking a while to make an impact in their career, or having to drop down to come back up to the top level later on. Age is just one factor.

I think we’re missing Romeu more than people realise, as good as Diallo has been. We looked soft as shit against Arsenal the other night. Romeu has been a wall this season.

Bednarek playing them all onside - #StephensOut

Bednarek and Stephens both make the same mistake, we conceded from Stephens’ - abuse incoming.

Some people used to praise the same on here. I remember being told we wouldn’t get an upgrade on a European Championship winner - turns out we could, in the shape of a lad who’d only played about 10 senior games.

Valery won’t get many easier opponents at full back that Cedric, so hopefully he can step up and show he’s good enough to be competition. I’ve liked what i’ve seen from Vokins.

It’s more a complete undervaluation of Haaland, and presumably was a factor in him agreeing to join Dortmund over other clubs. Benteke, Joelinton, Andy Carroll all cost upwards of £30million within the last 10 years and I reckon Ings has almost outscored them all combined just this season alone!

Their ‘miles better form’ has been against teams in absolutely horrendous form - Chelsea, Newcastle twice, Brighton, West Brom and a 0-0 draw against a poor Palace side. They’re still miles off being a top team at the moment.

Just go with Valery and Vokins, not perfect but if we go as strong as possible elsewhere then we can still get something. We didn’t have Ings at their place, he would’ve put that game to bed before the equaliser. At the moment, we are better than them.

The assist for Che Adams against Newcastle was a decent cross..