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20 minutes in. Can anyone think of a positive contribution gouffran has made yet?

He's just shit man. Nothing to do with the league.

Mitro looks knackered.

Teams against us pass the ball around with ease. We make about 3 passes then attempt a Hollywood ball or just lose it. How are we 2nd??

So shit at the back. All caused by a stupid foul by gouffran. He offers zero to this team.

Win or next? Quite.

We better fucking not have. On a serious note, it would be better to invest big money in midfield and keep the same CBs IMO. None of them are awful. You are right. Give the defenders less to do by putting a decent midfield in. The midfield has been such a weak area for us for years now.

If we don't beat these at least 6-0 it's time for Rafa to go.

Hazard and Alli then.

Did they find his passport too?

2-2

Beardsley?

We have an absolute shit team right now, we're hanging on by the grace of Rafa IMO. A manager can do wonders, and I fully understand Bradley did not exactly do that in his time in charge I would've however have wanted to see what Bradley could do with a transfer window to create his team as he's very fickle about his style of play, and going in you did not have players suiting his system - which in itself was a bad move by Bradley taking the job as he should know that. Once given the job, however right or wrong the process of him getting it was, he should've had some more time, even with the initial bad results/defence - especially as you replaced him with Paul Clement. When Rafa leaves in summer after Ashley screws him over will you be campaigning for Bradley to take over?

Way to ruin the rest of the weekend anyway. Ffs.

Don't think they have more quality, think they have more bottle when going behind though. They played much nicer football last night than we have for months.

The argument could be that he didn't replace the shit, but we all know he's not to blame for that.

Because the same people have been saying it even though we've been way clear of the play-offs since about October. But they're only saying we've got loads of shit players. We have. It's not knee jerk because we've lost. Everyone on here can see who is shit and who isn't.

That's also a load of bollocks. I don't see how. We hardly have a player fit to play in the premier league. Burnley, Bournemouth, Leicester, Hull and Boro have gone up with much better squads recently than what we currently have. Excellent way of explaining it. I have faith in Rafa in replacing the shit but no faith in Ashley letting him.

It's not knee-jerk, but if people say we haven't had a good season or aren't going to get promoted they're just wrong. Is anyone saying that? I see posts saying we're shit but still going up?

Why is it always classed as knee jerk even though the same people have been saying the same thing since the start of the season. When people celebrate a win is that knee jerk too?

The squad is miles better than all the other squads in the league Don't agree at all. We have the best striker and best midfielder, one of the best wingers. Our team is good, our squad is fucking shit.

He's bought a few of them tbf. Like who? Hanley I'll give you and probably sels.

Looking at our players, Rafa is a fucking genius getting what he has from this season. So much shit in the squad.

Is gouffran a professional footballer??

What a shit league this really is. We'll get slaughtered in the premiership without changing 7 players.