The guy's nearly 25 and his last two loans to Championship and League One yielded no interest, so he's predictably back here. It'll be nothing short of a disgrace if he gets another contract.
Textbook set Ronaldo off on one post
Ronaldo would be calling Lloris if he was our keeper. No keeper is allowed to make a single mistake without being dismissed by the wise one.
Darlow is bound to make the odd error on crosses because he takes responsibility for so many of them. I - and I bet our centre-halves - would far rather that than have him stuck to his line. It's the mark of a truly brave keeper - and the mistakes will lessen with experience.
I haven't even criticised Darlow.
A good option for us? My word. Sammy's a nice lad but he's failed at Championship level and barely had any impact in League One either. In truth he should be absolutely nowhere near the bench of a side with PL aspirations.
In for a rude awakening if you think Rafa is going to play him and Ritchie imo.
One of them would be on the bench.
He's started Ritchie and Atsu together. No reason he wouldn't play Townsend with the former.
We've lost every game in which we haven't scored first, though. It's a fair point to make.
As said, though, we're not really in competition with Brighton as far as this thread goes.