bluebruce

That means pissing around here for another year and a half though. A low ball clause would probably get him out earlier.

Which highlights show it? It wasn't on the usual YouTube ones.

Think he'd be happy to sign a new contract on the same pay with a release clause... Would work for the club. 'See, we can sign senior players to extensions...oh dear he's gone to Boro for 3 million 2 weeks later, well there was nothing we could do, he insisted on a clause'

The most baffling thing about De Neve's continued selections with all these mistakes is we absolutely have other options. Options that did well enough for us last season.

You know what...I think I've had enough of this shit.

If Ismael thinks Tavares is disciplined in any sense of the word, he should look for a different career.

Then TGH should. If neither is fit enough for a full 90 surely they should play a half each. We are going to be wide open in the middle.

What in the fuckity fuck is going on with that midfield pairing? How are Tronstad and TGH on the bench but we have decided the team doesn't need a spine today?

I think we are all in the same boat then.

What do you see him as?

Yeh absolutely not ruling him out. But needs to keep developing for now.

It does sound like his form has petered out. We should keep him out on loan and buy a proper seasoned CB or two.

'If a multi-million bid comes in' has to be some of the stupidest phrasing I've seen in an article. Nearly every team in the Championship would pay 'multi millions' for him. Practically every move in the Prem is multi millions.

They haven't, for all the reasons I outlined.

We've already punished ourselves by losing possibly up to 5 points, getting injuries unnecessarily, bookings to count towards suspensions unnecessarily, national embarassment and having to play 2 more league games this season than nearly everyone (except Ipswich and Sheff W, for who it's only one more). Talk of any further punishment is daft.

If he carries this game on later, he really hasn't helped matters with this fannying around.

When you posted that, they hadn't had a shot on target, so I should hope so!

Sounds like that's our biggest problem area, a recurring issue. Perhaps because it gets the most footfall.

Is that the same area the ref dropped the ball when he called off Ipswich?

Can see a repeat of Ipswich coming.

I feel like you didn't read/understand my post so I'll just leave you to it.

Some people have a very low bar with Pears, and think he's doing well when he just isn't dropping absolute clangers. Which by his standards I guess he is doing well. But I'm pretty sure the lack of clean sheets is due to having to play him instead of Toth. Toth is just a superior goalkeeper to Pears. He was making exceptional saves on a routine basis he had no right to, and Pears isn't doing that. There's also the communication aspect mentioned earlier that may be a factor, and the increased confidence a defence has when they know the man in the sticks is a good un.

Nah it's a little low at times because he plays forward, progressive passes that can carve chances, not constant safety first sideways passes like most midfielders.

I love Wharton, and the eye test is more important, but I'm not sure why they're presenting those stats as if they're something amazing. Statistically, the defensive work aside perhaps, they represent a pretty standard performance for most midfielders.

Strange. I read an article on this interview and it described him as being a present tense Blackburn Rovers scout