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Just seen the score fuckng get in, I've been utterly depressed for the last couple of hours

FWIW I fully agree that someone like Wagner could have achieved more this season, but it's not a given, and it's far more compicated than picking a formation. I just want to see what Rafa can do in the Premiership, and hopefully Europe. If we want to win a trophy there isn't many I'd trust more.

The squad clearly isn't suited to the formation that he loves to play. The number 10 position has turned into a complete farce imo, Diame and Perez are terrible in it. You'd need a complete reform in the way we play though, it's not just going 4-4-2 and suddenly playing fast and direct. The way we play is tied to who he is, we have to take the rough with the smooth. We're seeing the negatives of his management for sure, I just hate reading games being deduced to "he should have played x over y"

"the formation is the problem" is the most Champ Man Manager response ever like, we don't need to constantly pretend we have any fucking clue what we're going onabout yee kna. In laymans terms we've been completely shite since just before Chrismas, we could easily have picked up less points playing the beloved 4-4-2. Atsu and Ritchie is a partnership that people get hard over yet they were again absolute fucking rubbish.

I don't know what it is, but I don't think his tactics have changed too much. We were completely dominating games before December. Now we just look utter shit. Maybe he's panicked and is becoming more concervative but we fucked Leeds senseless for about 75 minutes a few days ago, I just cannot see him looking at that and changing his approach 3 days later. It's pretty clear teams no longer fear us like they did last year and, unless we're at our absolute best, we just look easily matched on the field.

Our modus operandi isn't to grind out results, we'll have approached this game the same way we did Leeds and previously QPR. We're just not 'that good'.

Was their 2nd not offside? Couldn't really make it out and the pub had no sound.

It was patently clear that we needed atleast a winger and a CM in January like, even if they were just a couple of those 'championship cloggers' Villa bought. Such a pointless risk for the sake of £20m or so, which we could absolutely afford.

Thought it was for touching kids in Gateshead?

We played wellagainst Leeds, but we cannot use that as a marker, we've done that numerous times this season. Played really well and then looked aids the next game. Gayle and Clarke are the only players we need back in the side as they're genuinely lightyears ahead of their competition.

Do people honestly think we'd have been any better with Mitrovic and Mbemba?

They can switch it up too like they did with us at home and Huddersfield, no idea how they aren't higher, they've looked class every time I've watched them.

2 assists in 2 games and largely been influential in our attacking play, but let's labour the point of him being a shite goalscorer. We obviously miss a fully fit Gayle.

Anyone critising that performance man He's not a Rafa striker, even when performing like that tbf, but he'll do well for a team who can afford to play him.

Thought we broke them down well tbh, finishing was poor. It wasn't like Blackburn where we camped in there half and did nowt. Absolute sickner in the end, it's the best we've played in a long time.

Why wouldn't we keep Dummett?

No chance anyone wouldn't be affected by it like. I was really suprised it was less than 24-hours when the released the kick off time last night.

He can take longer if he wants to like, or ever ask for assistance from his staff. I'm not saying it was easy, but the broadcast angle is a bit deceptive. It was pretty clearly outside the box from closer angles.

We all saw it from the same angle from the other end of the pitch where it looked a stone waller though. It's the referees job to be in a position where he can see if a player is a foot outside the box or not.

It was a dive though, not just an exagerated fall. No way you can give a pen for that shite. If he stayed on his feet he would have been fouled.

Mahrez is a fucking idiot like, if he keeps going it's a pen.

scientifically, is there anything gayer than that?

Ikon does not appreciate this, lads.

Maybe Stifler just has mystical healing powers via this forum. Stiffy, go into the Dwight Gayle thread and post that he's dead, please.