Shays Given Tim Flowers

According to who? Steve Bruce managed 1000 games lest we forget. It’s a good job you’re so humble otherwise you’d come across like a right prick.

Wingers give the ball away all the time though. I would imagine that the most creative wingers often give the ball away the most. Bournemouth pressed Bruno, Schar and Burn and goals came from those presses. Brighton in the fa cup looked to press in wide areas particularly targeting Murphy but nearly always in our defensive third or half. You’ll note against Liverpool in the cup final we looked to clear the ball rather than play out and then win the second ball. The problems we have faced against Everton and West Ham were much more to do with the defenders not being able to match up with the opposition attackers than anything else. Playing a 4-3-3 will leave us vulnerable to the press but also able bypass it (see league cup final). It’s a system issue as much as personnel, if we sign better quality of players and increase our depth we will get over the line in the more difficult games without reinventing the wheel. I simply make the point that Elanga will give teams a different problem to think about than Murphy (whose numbers this season would have him as one of the most creative wingers in the league) and may help us gain greater effect in the way that we play our most effectively.

4th highest goals scored this season. Imagine if Isak played since the cup final. Doesn’t scream it’s a massive problem in fact it may be a reason why we score so many. Having raw pace on both wings would also significantly limit teams pressing in numbers higher up the pitch.

But we play direct so we shouldn’t be high up on that metric.

I think there is a pretty lazy narrative developing regarding our shortcomings. Everton and West Ham at home we struggled not against the low block but the fact that these teams had strong physical players able to match our centre backs who then led quick transistions. Brentford away illustrated this again but in a game where we had plenty of chances to score. Bournemouth at home was our inability to cope with the press not the low block. Similarly Brighton home, combined with our inability to score chances in that game. I understand the clamour for creative wingers but we forget that we have good ball playing full backs, centre halves and midfielders (Bruno & Tonali). I expect to see greater output from our fullbacks next season.

Is he just, you know, not that good?

Sad to see Gazza back on the drink.

One day I swear there will be some definitive proof that the decisions that are made at the club, whatever they may be, are made with considerably more information than we know.

@Rich can we ban AI yet?

It’s not that grim we just need depth and a couple of studs. Eddie will have people performing better than their more expensive counterparts.

Fly round shite you.

Its Deuce.

Who are you, my fucking secretary?

Come on man. It would be the forums 9/11.

What are you Dominic Calvert-Doin?

RIP Uncle Phil

Before I created this thread I PM’d @Richstaking my forum membership on it. Been a blast lads.

Not for me Clive

I’m never going to fuck you, Stephen.

I have done it before. It is going to my fucking lawyers. So are about three others. If they can find something in it that is a court case it is going to court. I am not fucking about. I don’t talk to fucking anybody. It is raking up stories. You are so fucking slimy you are raking up posters that Id have gotten rid of. Posters that I had fallen out with. You are not asking Rich, because he is sensible. You are not asking Gbandit? No. Because he is fucking sensible. Anyone who had posted with me for 10 years at any level…but you will find some cunt that I said wasn’t good enough.

Yeah I’m launching a cyber potato at your head right now.

Yeah it is massively helpful to them. We should lobby for it to be banned. It is absolutely not on.