Exiled_Rover

£15m + Obafemi is an absolute steal. £15m for Armstrong is crazy money.

Yes, we're a shockingly run club. Well identified.

I envy their recruitment team. I still hate them.

They have no Academy. They're a leech of a club.

I'd genuinely rather break his legs than let him go to Brentford. I hate their model with a passion. It's killing football.

That's their problem, not ours.

This is why I can't understand our stubbornness over the fee. The player's head has been turned. We have no leverage as a club as he's in the last year of his deal. We'll never get such a good offer for such a limited player (there's absolutely no way he's a PL player - and you can quote me on that every time he scores fro his new club). If £12m is the best deal on the table, take it and move on - it's the best for all parties involved. Loan in a striker to replace him.

I'm fine with that as long as he's happy being 5th choice and used in a midfield rotation. I'd much rather play Buckley, Rothwell and Travis with Davenport off the bench. We need depth there, not starters.

You jest, surely? He lead off with this pearler.

That was a shot by Rothwell that their keeper got something on, right? He really should have passed.

This ref loves his yellow card.

I'm yet to see a FK hit the man lying behind the wall.

3-5-2? Far too ambitious. 5-4-1 with our new Chilean CF playing on the right of the 4. And a 21 year old 5'6" lad playing upfront on his own. Brilliant.

Changing to his vaulted 3 at the back now. From 4-3-3 with a 5'2" CF (and two 6' advanced forwards) to 4-3-3 with a False 9 to 5-3-2. He's a tactical mastermind.

When did this lying down behind the wall become a thing and how long until football realises that someone is playing a practical joke on them?

Yes. He moved Buckley to a False 9 and moved Dolan out wide right.

For what it's worth, Ayala has been fantastic today. Of course he won't play more than 5 games for us this season.

He's playing Buckley as a False 9. Mental.

This is where Mowbray is at his weakest (and it's a long list) - Swansea have changed things around and are dominating. We need to adjust. He won't.

He's trying to do too much this half - think the first half success went to his head.

Not in the slightest. Boy who cried wolf I'm afraid.

This Smith guy is everything wrong with modern football. Dived three times, won a free kick two times - and screamed and cried loud enough the third time to have the game stopped due to an injury. Watch him 'jog' it off in a moment.

Shockin' keeping, that.

He's a damn sight better than Bell or Douglas.

I mean he's never a #9. He provides nice energy out there, but he should never be leading the line at this level.