Chris_R

If they don't care, field your U18s and stick Salah in goal. Thanks.

Just start the new season with 3 stands open. Finish the 4th one as you go. Put a big board up at that end or something and carry on working behind it. No reason that can't work if properly thought out. If we're going to 75k-ish, then we shouldn't see a drop in capacity either.

Giving 100% doesn't equate to attempting to push someone's head off their shoulders. It's not a contradiction to expect players to give 100% but be cross when they do what he did. That said, as I posted in here when it happened he's a young lad who's fucked up and I'll not pillory him for it. Shit happens. He seems like the reflective type who'll learn, so if he does then great.

Targett is far better going forward on the left but that won't be the role on Sunday. Tino will not get out of his own half you'd imagine because leaving Salah V Burn is just suicide and his role will almost entirely be to keep Salah quiet - easier said than done but he's probably the one in the squad I'd trust most to do it. If we're behind, sure bring Targett on.

I know we're bemoaning Tino's lack of a left foot when going forward, and it is annoying, but next weekend I doubt he'll get out his own half. His job will just be to follow Salah round and stop him playing. Last thing you want is him marauding forward and leaving Salah v Burn.

Yeah having 2 right footers on the left is a bit rubbish, just so obvious what we're going to do every time the ball does down that side. Perfectly happy for people to play on their "wrong" side but you've got to be prepared to use your weaker foot to get an early cross in every now and again, even if just to keep the opposition guessing. Also there's absolutely no reason why a professional footballer can't kick a ball at least competently with their weaker foot.

Have to. League is our best chance of getting into Europe.

Knowing our luck, none.

D feels harsh, C feels generous. Going C though to move the needle slightly that way overall.

Wasn't that what we said about this season?

Meanwhile we're crying out for someone mobile at the back as Schar and Burn lose the ability to run, and Botman's leg has seemingly fallen off. Only at this club.

Hands up if you never fucked up in your early/mid 20s? He's a young lad who made a mistake in a high-pressure situation. Let's not overreact. It's shit and it'll have a big impact on us in the final, but it's still just a human being doing something stupid.

Probably played about 75 minutes today.

Do us a favour and turn it off again you jinx.

Shows how slow our defenders are when you can knock it past them and rub round the other way when clean through on goal. Crying out for some pace at the back.

Agreed. I don't even think he's that slow.

He has, by a year.

Looked a great player on YouTube and was great in his first match but then his hamstring exploded on his debut and he was forever shit. Was basically this club in human form.

They've already been here over 2.5 years, What's the odds we get to 5 years with them still deliberating, then they announce they're not doing anything because it takes too long?

Sure. But avoiding Chris Waddling it is somewhat harder than just chipping the ball down the middle. Once everything is factored in, middle is apparently best.

Actually, statistically penalties are best placed down the middle as goalkeepers almost always gamble and dive out the way. Obviously you look like a prize twat if the keeper just stands still and catches it, but mathematically it's the best option.

We're not beating them twice in 3 weeks so I'd rather we save any miracles for March 16th.

Isak at Arsenal or Liverpool

Will this be the first time the mackems have parsnipped a thread before half time?

There's a difference between reporting tickets of people who've not turned up through illness etc who might make up a hundred or so fans, compared to sticking 8,000 tickets in a skip, muttering "well someone might pick a few up?", shrugging, then adding every single one of them onto the gate. It's not so much what they're doing, but the sheer scale of it to the point where, as has already been said, their average price per ticket is about a tenner. Compare that to all the other clubs in the league.