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As I said after the west Brom game we papered over cracks, need a proper manager asap

Please leave.

Big test for Shelvey today I feel, he really seems to lack defensive awareness so we could be exposed defensively as Tiote will struggle to cover all of the space around the pair of them.

He's full of shit.

“It is a problem (picking up points away from home) we have had all season, it is down to the way we play, we tend to play on the front foot. “Which is good when you are at home, but away we have been exposed, and haven’t ground out enough results. “If two or three of our away games had been draws then we would have ground out a few more points and we would be in a slightly better situation. “It is something we need to address because we can’t afford to rely on our home form because then the pressure on those games will just become too much. “In our home games we are starting to get a consistency in our performance and the way we play. “We need to start transferring that to our away games and picking up points away from home, we owe it to the fans.”

Given our sit back and play for a draw bullshit I'm not surprised he hasn't either.

Drop our top goal scorer? I'd rather we just attempted to get at Chelsea instead of playing for a draw.

Too good to be true[emoji38]

Also Perez back to warming the bench but Andros starts[emoji38]

We need Tiote to be disciplined today, hold station and cover the ground in front of the defence, not sure he's got the legs for it personally.

Saivet binned off already[emoji38]

West Brom will be watching with interest.

It's not all its cracked up to be

Exactly. I'd love to believe we'll just turn it on when it really matters but that flies in the face of nearly all evidence to date. I guess some people are just very optimistic about things. You have already accepted we are getting relegated then? So you won't be commenting on tactics or players or anything else because none of it matters? Nope, haven't accepted it at all, but I feel we continue with Steve and we increase our chances of relegation. Not sure how your question relates to optimism though.

Exactly. I'd love to believe we'll just turn it on when it really matters but that flies in the face of nearly all evidence to date. I guess some people are just very optimistic about things.

Sorry but that performance was an anomaly, our performances all season have been rotten. I don't agree. However I wouldn't argue that we have been good. My main issue is with the use of the phrase, "papering over the cracks." A win might hide bigger issues but "papering over the cracks" is wrong. It certainly isn't, particularly for those of us who didn't want him in the first place.

One decent performance all season I think that constitutes papering over the cracks personally. It hasn't been the only decent performance all season[emoji38] Exaggeration on my part but personally speaking I'm far from happy with how our performances have been this season and never wanted Steve in the first place.

One decent performance all season I think that constitutes papering over the cracks personally.

Another papering over the cracks win

If a gimped 3 at the back is the best we can do we deserve relegation Townsend at right wing back is the worst part of that abortion of a formation. Well since he's naturally a right winger, giving him the chance to attack on his natural side would make sense, would it not? We're playing WBA, not Arsenal or Man City. Our first priority should be attacking the game before anything else. Townsend is only classed as right sided due to his ability to cut inside and shoot from range.

If a gimped 3 at the back is the best we can do we deserve relegation You're right, we do but thats this club all over. I'd rather have that and wingbacks then a flat back 4. We always have looked horrendous playing 3 at the back, and this system makes 3 players play out of position instead of 1.

If a gimped 3 at the back is the best we can do we deserve relegation

Because him saying we were tremendous when we weren't creates a losers mentality and gives the impression performance which are below par are acceptable. That comment after the Watford game was embarrassing but aside from that I think he's been fair. In that article I linked earlier he said something like he can't be positive after what happened at Everton. Today is massive for him. Disagree mate its only a couple of days ago he said we have deserved to win the majority of our games or something along those lines. He's full of s*** and a crap manager to boot. Haha! Fair enough I bet the want to give him a chance which he's more than had at this stage but the fact we ended up with him in the first place is a travesty