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GAYLE FUCKING SUUUUUUUUCKS!!!!!

Don´t agree with the selection once again but howdy, let´s suffocate these canaries! If we start bad and Rafa needs to make changes, any substitution will arguably improve us which is a positive as well.

For as good he was 1st half, shelvey was a shambles 2nd half. Can't remember, but did Villa by any chance deny him time on the ball in the 2nd half?

Yeap. Good. Also is there netting above the pitches? Not that there should be any long ball crap mind. Is there grass on the ground? Will the ball contain any air after injection? Will he play with back to the sun?

1-1 is a good result. We´ll end up topping the league eventually.

Thread could have ended here.

Totally potty idea, he should be blooded with late bench cameos when games are already won. The goal this season is promotion not to experiment beyond what is necessary. Was just about to say this. Mental idea. Guess it's just a difference of philosophies. Applying your method, in my mind, just delays the process. This isn't some 16 year old academy player, so we shouldn't spend 6+ months easing him into things to see if he is up to it. He has a much higher skill ceiling than Dummett, so a couple of bad performances is worth it in my mind if he gets up to speed quicker for the sake of our long term results this season. It showed yesterday that we can get results even if he doesn't play particularly well, so why not persist with him for a few more games even if his performance level is inconsistent/poor?

Sels Yedlin-Lascelles-Mbemba-Lazaar Hayden - Shelvey Ritchie - Perez - Gouffran/Gayle Mitrovic Will never happen though.

I don't understand how he is going to gain any sharpness, get used to the league/tempo and gel with the team if he is not given game time. He absolutely should start the next 5-6 games or so, regardless of how he performs. We should be able to carry some players in this team and get results at the same time. If not, we shouldn't have signed him in the first place.

We'll win the league regardless of Saturdays result, so this match is more important to win in my eyes. Looking forward to hearing what changes Benitez has made to counter the bad performance, and hope that there is a clear attitude change from the players on the pitch.

Probably just that Diame has experience in the championship while Lazaar has 0. Not that I agree with it being a good reason, but I think that´s why.

Season over.

Yeah Seems to be in good spirit though looking at Dummets reaction.

True mark of a liar.

Didn't see the game yesterday, but if he gets time on the ball and space he will absolutely destroy teams as we've seen earlier as well.

Any gambling sites streaming the match legally?

Colback benched I know it was expected, but I can´t help myself

Who would have thought shit players play better against shitter opponents I agree with you by the way. Love how Rafa is building this team.

Hes like the real life high expectations Asian father meme

This Sels discussion is so absurd. "just waiting for him to make a mistake that´ll cost a goal" applies to every fucking keeper in the world "not sure on his kicking" seemingly applies to every fucking goalie around where people are unable to find any other glaring weaknesses If we can get through most of the season without noticing Sels much, while at the same time we keep a lot of clean sheets, I would say he has done pretty fucking good job.

Jack Colback

Long shot, but does anyone know of a place in Haugesund that shows the match?

Maybe you saying "it" should have got me thinking, but I just googled Fanduel to find out which club he plays for, and why he supposedly should be good to start on my team

By "English players" he really means Jack Colback, right? I liked this bit: “I watched my matches several times with a specialist. “I wondered why I did not play more.” I agree, and I like the fact that he did this to improve. Wouldn't mind giving him another shot. Seems like a decent guy.