Exiled_Rover

For anyone reading this thread wondering who we got - it's Norwich away.

Nobody has run in behind him yet. The better teams will.

I thought Shaw was by far our best player. He put in two delicious set pieces - Kane missed an absolute sitter.

I hate to say it, but Bale and Ramsey looked old.

Imagine not taking Ryan Hedges. Wales are a poor, poor side.

Beale is off to Rangers, apparently. Loyalty.

Agree to disagree. I think he unbalances the formation. He's a great player, but he's meant to be the tip of the spear. How often do you see him dropping deep for the ball, or floating out to a wing? Too often. He's too used to playing with Son making runs beyond him.

https://twitter.com/LouieAnnesley4/status/1595015991670763521?t=BAtBgWL_o_yh471rLKe6Pg&s=19

Back 4 isn't good enough to win this tournament. Bellingham is good, but he's desperate to play as a 10 which leaves us short in midfield. How Foden doesn't start is beyond me too.

Are you ever not miserable?

Why did you think Qatar would be better than that? How many professional football players does that country even have?

Looks like he's found his level - hopefully we can get a fee for him in January.

I thought Leonard looked quite tidy when I saw him play in pre-season. Is he not highly rated?

He's the best player I've ever seen.

That's a no from me.

We pump £3m a year into the Academy, it'd be foolish not to use it.

I've only cried twice about football - the first time we were relegated from the Premier League and when we were put out in the semis of Euro 96. I don't care as much as I used to about England, but I'll be watching.

He'll need to improve the midfield and forwards to truly play how he wants to play. At the moment he's making do with what he's got. There's no way he came here to play 3 CBs and Pickering as a WB (or indeed Hedges), but here we are. He finds a way to squeeze Hedges into the starting XI because he's one of the few players we have that finds space and can control and pass the ball in tight confines. If we're serious about promotion this year (I don't think we are) we'll go and find a Keinan Davis on loan in January (we obviously couldn't afford him outright) to lead the line - the ball sticks to him and he brings others into the game.

No.

The amount of people throwing their toys out of the pram over a football game is bizarre Did you sleep though the last decade? Burnley have established themselves as a PL club, meanwhile Ewood Park is desperate for a coat of paint. They've completely eclipsed us financially thanks to the Venkys.

I don't know why I bother. I agree. JDT out! Bring back Mowbray I say.

To be fair S. Wharton has been off the boil for a few weeks - and he was rewarding Mola for a fine performance against West Ham. I don't think he over thought it - we got mullered when we went to a 4-2-3-1 (with everyone's hero Dack playing as a #10 btw) and tried to be more attacking.

And he'd reply with "ok, give me £10m in January to buy some attacking players". He's hamstrung by the squad he's been left with. People in one breath are saying losing to a squad assembled for £30m+ is completely unacceptable and puts JDT in the last chance saloon and in the next breath wondering why our 18 year old Academy graduate (who was just a promising player 5 months ago) wasn't on the field to save us - and don't see the hypocrisy.

Mowbray would never. Good on JDT telling Chile that he's unavailable.

Well Brereton was brought down illegally when through on goal from a counter attack. He also fired one straight at Muric (I suspect 2021 Brereton slots that home - he's not quite been as clinical this season), also on the break. Garrett is going to be a complimentary, Ball Winning Midfielder / Box-to-Box Midfielder - someone that can do the neat and tidy stuff, put in a tackle and get about the pitch. He's not going to dictate play like Wharton does. Hence he's another in the mould of Travis - hopefully with a better range of passing and a harder tackle (which he has so far).