Hughesy

Zeman or Terim would be good

My standard 'Bielsa' plea.

So frustrating to think there is a manager out there like Bielsa who is unemployed (and has been linked to Swansea) and we are stuck with this bloke.

Stupid challenge.

Fully agree. His technique just isn't good enough.

Totally agree with this.

Even I think that's funny Well I'm off to pour a beer and get my tissues Don't think there's any need for that..

Yep.

I'd just write 'Bielsa please'.

Not sure there is much comparing Robert and Ben Arfa. They are playing in completely different teams in terms of personnel and set up and under managers with different footballing outlooks. Put Ben Arfa in the SBR team and he'd have thrived and Robert would have struggled hugely in the current team.

Not really sure where the Dummett-storm has come from. I can't speak for everyone who doesn't rate Dummett, but from what I have seen it appears that quite a few people don't think Dummett is a Premiership quality LB for very justifiable reasons and think that Haidara is a better LB. This has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Dummett is local and Haidara isn't and that Haidara has therefore bewitched us with his Gallic charms - it is simply an analysis of their respective abilities. For example, I think Haidara possesses many of the qualities you want to see in a modern day full back that Dummett lacks - Haidara is quick, mobile, has good technique and can put a good cross in. To assume that views such as mine are some sort of anti-Geordie bias is ridiculous.

I'm not sure how people pointing out that Dummett shouldn't be playing instead of Haidara amounts to an attack on the North East.

He's young and has plenty of time to improve. He didn't have the best game last night but he was up against a quality winger. Give the lad time: yet more knee jerk reactions on here: no surprise there. People are saying throw in the youngsters and then immediately expect them to be top PL players. Ridiculous. I am not sure people are saying that at all. People are saying that we have two young left backs who are both better than Dummett and should be playing instead.

The difference being that Dummett never looks good on the ball at all, whereas Mbiwa usually does.

Paul Dummett is basically Paul Huntington. In disguise.

I won't - because he is clearly a better player with a lot more potential. He actually has some of the attributes required of a Premiership footballer.

If Swansea go down, I'd love us to go after Bony.

Exactly - I can't think a single thing he does well. He is slow and has poor technique. He just doesn't look like a footballer.

Haidara is far better.

This.

They haven't really been any better for a side everyone on here seems to admire so much.

Wish they would stop talking about Stones' gash.

Game is made for Ben Arfa.

Probably picked for his brilliant corners.

Dummett is so shit - god knows what Haidara has done wrong.