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That’ll do - get the monkey off our backs and hopefully build from it. No stand out performers, Djenepo poor and Armstrong was a let down not playing potentially goal scoring passes on a few occasions.

Djenepo is so Jekyll and Hyde, just seemed scared to take anyone on tonight

🤣 I’m bamboozled as to how our bench can be so shit.

Traditionally Dyche has got it in him to make a sub and change the system which bamboozles Ralph - perhaps we should do it first.

Decent save that!

Fuck off Dyche you prick

I’m certainly missing it that’s for sure, probably over 20 years since I was away from live footy for this long. Probably going to go and watch sholing tomorrow to help fill the void.

Home banker - comfortable 2-0. Our back 4 won’t have the fight needed against a dogged Burnley side.

Appreciate the point you’re trying to make but your post is a bit of a contradiction. Opening with calling people bed wetters due to their opinion of Ralph you then try and stick up for him on aspects of our game that is entirely his fault. Members of the squad not being fit or up to speed is down to how he coached them during the close season, we were meticulous during lockdown and returned fitter than most teams in the league, so why didn’t it happen again this time? The high line doesn’t work with unfit players, especially ones as average as ours. Again the buck stops with Ralph on that one, what was wrong with the way we’re playing post lockdown when we pressed players and caught them on the break? Why change it!? Failures to mark Kane and Son again come from the coaching staff, we all know the threat they carry so why not play a man marking game today instead of pissing about with the high line? I don’t want to lose Ralph that’s the last thing we need, but the man is culpable for displays like today, After all this time we still don’t have an identity with the way we play.

There was a full “A team vs B team” match at St Mary’s which was never reported, but I’m not sure that really counts as a competitive friendly.

Are we rewriting history again? Peak Clyne was far far better than KWP is, that’s why a team like Liverpool came in for him. Wouldn’t be able to say how good a fit Clyne would be - probably still better than Valery though.

Just seems that all the effort we went through during lockdown making sure the players had all the equipment they needed to stay super fit was not repeated during the close season. We saw photos of the players relaxing on their holidays and it doesn’t take long for fitness to go backwards so it’s a mystery we there weren’t more friendlies as per of a more intense preseason. Did they watch us smash Swansea and think that we were up to speed and didn’t need any more games?

Shambolic. Simple as that. Not bed wetting just yet, but the Palace result I could take, first game, opponent sat back, wasn’t surprised at all. But that performance tonight, with pretty much a full strength line up against championship opponents? Fuming.

His weetabix legs were always going to go wrong at some point this season, I can’t believe it’s happened in the first game - didn’t even make it to HT!! Wonder if Brighton were savvy enough to put an injury clause into his contract.

44 minutes - nivea boy injured already

If he has another season like last then he’ll be gone next summer, regardless of whether he signs a new contract or not. We know how this end so let’s not stress about it just accept it!

Loving the comments from Spurs fans on Twitter about Hoj, it seems the penny has dropped and we truly weren’t being bitter when we said they were welcome to him 🤣

Weird stat, where did you hear that? It’s been 7 seasons without a first day win not 8, and we had a worse run from 99-00 until the 2011-12 season

I used to think that JWP was too lightweight but Smallbone takes it to another level. Whilst MLG is right in what he says about being way above League One level in terms of ability, he needs to go out on loan purely to get the experience of fight and physicality. We can’t afford any passengers in this league, teams will wipe the floor with us otherwise.

What happened to the Romeu we saw in the post lockdown games last season, he looked like a player reborn. Today he looked like the usual Romeu!

Great - enter the donkey.

We look the opposite of how we started against Watford post lockdown. Have to search for a new stream at half time, can’t stand that fucking scouse twat Mcmanaman.

Sorry I should have specified, they had put the money back into my bank account as requested but had said they would be in touch to confirm when it would happen, didn’t hear a thing.

Called up today to find out when I can expect my refund from last seasons unused games - turns out they had already done it days ago, just haven’t told anyone it seems....

Second and Third round draw is due to start in about 45 minutes on sky after Brentford vs Wycombe. Unusually due to the pandemic they will be drawing both rounds one after the other to allow clubs and broadcasters to forward plan ASAP. Skates at home is my obvious choice for the second round. Also incidentally how have Brentford managed to build a new ground that looks dated already!?