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Just enjoying it me. I couldn't care less if they've been cack (and they have) you still have to do the job. Agreed Even Bruce is looking more presentable these days. Maybe it's the sweater.

Not to discredit our performance, but these are awful. Definitely going down.

Who'd have thunk that a bunch of ex-man utd and Liverpool players would like a potentially new title contender to have the worst possible manager

Definitely nostalgia for me. I'd love to see the clubs back in the PL such as Nottingham Forest and Leeds from the time where my interest in English football shot off, watching every match that was sent on TV, playing CM 96-98, Fifa 94-98, collecting and trading cards & stickers, play football outside pretending to be players you'd seen score nice goals on sunday goals when parents or friends partents threw us out for being inside too long. That being said, it is only a nostalgic wish that they come back up based on merit.

What do you mean by reactions? From here or from media? Most people on here I would assume aren't against the approach given our personnel, but: 1. react on the fact that the approach gets different reactions from media based on who the manager is and 2. react on the fact that one manager was honest in his approach, while the other says one thing and does another

May not have heard about him?

All players makes passing mistakes that eventually indirectly leads to goals man They scored from a fucking corner!

He's changed my mind and think he has justified a contract extension no matter who owns, manages and plays for the club next season. I think he's a good addition to the team. He's a senior player in a relatively young squad, knows the club and the people within it well. As far as I can see he is a good communicator on the pitch and assume he is the same in training as well, and he's a good option to have on the bench - look at the way he took down the ball, controlled it, looked up and passed the ball to Gayle against Villa - excellent play!

Serves Bruce well for not bringing him here.

Lazaro, Bentaleb and Schar on for ASM, Shelvey and one of the CBs please.

Game master Bruce with the game changing subs

Tragic?

Tbf it's not easy getting rid of someone as bad as him, on as big wages as he was on. Clubs that would have seen him as a useful addition in f.ex the championship would never have been able to match his wages. Wouldn't be surprised if he's had numerous offers to leave on a free the last three years, but has turned it down because the money he was on here was way better than he could get anywhere else. Edit: Must be one of the worst "free" signings in top league football history.

I wasn't old enough to really appreciate the quality of players properly at the time Ginola was playing, but I never really understood why he's held is such high regard as he is. He wasn't particularly fast, wasn't particularly efficient (not many assists or goals - 6 goals and 1 assist in 67 games) or hard working. I've watched a few matches that has been out on youtube to get a feel of his general play, and while he was good, I'd personally put him behind both HBA and Robert. Won't be long until I put ASM ahead of him either if he continues as he has second half of this season.

Ben Arfa esque in that regard.

Agree. Any decent manager would. At this point I'd sub Almiron as well. Every other player is more or less replaceable in this team. Very important to keep those two as fresh as possible for remainder of the season.

2-0 up against 10 men, 5 substitutions available and we've used none of them 75 minutes into the match with a ton of games coming up.

You say it like it's uncommon for him to blow big chances. Miggys finishing is poor for an attacking midfielder.

Norwegian commentator joking that it wasn't a clear goal scoring opportunity because it was Joelinton who was through.

Agree he's looked pretty average, but he's a central defensive midfielder being played out of position in this team.

Would like to see Muto, Lazaro and Schar on for Joelinton, Ritchie and Lascelles.

I don't even understand what he did. First time it looked like he kicked the ground in front of the ball, but didn't look like it in the replay. No idea how he managed to hit the ball that way and fall over in the same motion.

Fraser has been nowhere near as good as he was last season. They won't miss him that much, he's scored 1 goal. Isn't it the case of them not playing him much this season because he wouldn't sign a new contract? Havent checked the stats so could be off on that one.