ryanegg

Brentford done alright.

Great today, just makes me wonder why it’s taken so long for change though.

Just spike Dave's pre-match pint and we should get a few songs out of him.

Said it before and will say it again, we need to play him up front. Looked like he was for the goal yesterday.

He said in an early interview that he found it difficult to go down a bit easier when fouled. It wasn't in his character (there or thereabouts). Maybe he's being told to play to tactics that don't suit his game.

If we get £70m plus for him, we've done very well.

He was on the bench for Liverpool. Not been on since I think?

This. We looked better, but not great. Brighton had a lot of near misses. Pope’s dodgy number in the first half too. Papering over the cracks for me tbh.

Just cannot fathom why there hasn’t been a potential partnership sooner. Shocked he’s considering a change tbh.

Fair enough, "a lot" may have been a little much. I've just checked, he's played 9 games in midfield according to Transfermarkt. You may want to look in yourself before trying to correct someone. He has definitely been mismanaged. When he came here, he obviously played much more to his natural game. His stats were good, even though those around him were not playing to his strengths. Howe has obviously tried coaching his system into Woltemade, which neglects his natural attributes. Howe has shown no sign of changing his system to accommodate Big Nick.

Maybe, but a lot of them in a position he's never played in his life. We're not all football managers, but it's clear to see he's been incredibly mismanaged.

For what it’s worth, didn’t Gordon get player of the tournament in the U21’s playing up front?

This is it. If there were any signs of any intent to change, I'd give him some more time. It's just so frustrating atm as our squad on paper is very good. The tactics and in-game management are so poor.

Someone mentioned it before, but I wonder how/if at all, the illness he had to take a few games out with last season has affected him? He doesn't seem the same bloke this season, and the team has followed suit. The number of points dropped over the season is due to poor tactics and partly, the players' concentration. 15 points from what we have lost with better game management would have been attainable, I reckon. That would have taken us 3rd.

You can’t blame ownership for the same mistakes that are happening on the field. Losing the most points from winning positions in the league isn’t fully down to the ownership. That’s mentally in the squad and/or game management. I’m not fully Eddie out, but the majority of the blame is on him.. not the ownership.