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Standard attendance for them really.

Can't wait for them to be back in the championship in front of 20,000 again at the stadium of plight

He's not even hard either seen him back down and crap himself when confronted more than once

Has to be the year surely. Best thing is the way they were all going on when we went down like they were going to do something other than gag for a 17th place finish by September

West brom and Stoke next 2 games. Going to be great if they don't win either of them

Looked really heavy and overweight too. Wouldn't write him off just yet and while I can't see him getting 15 goals this season he will have a part to play for us overall. Not half as good as he's made out to be though

There support is fucking shit though to be fair. I don't like that either usually but seeing as they think they are some huge supported club it was appropriate when there was 10,000 empty seats for there cup final

I can see Murphy moving ahead of him in rafas plans

Would be so much more effective playing them passed from 10-15 yards further up the pitch. Maybe Shelvey as a number 10 behind Gayle threading balls through for him and out wide for Ritchie and yedlin would be an option

Atmosphere sounded so quiet from our fans. Surprising as the last 5.30 away game at Derby was bouncing. Wonder what the reason for been quiet yesterday was? Mitrovic with one of the worst cameos I've seen in a long time for us. And regarding the poster at the top of this page saying its a disgrace we are 5th with our resources. Spending money and having the best players and manager on paper doesn't always guarantee instant success. We will be top 2 by the end of November though I am confident in that

Playing them together might help them, i'm really not a massive fan of the one up top. Possibly yeah. I just can't see that happening, Rafa is very much a 1 striker man. Can get away with it away but at home I think something will have to give. What I'm not sure as we aren't overloaded with options in attack

That's why Rafa signed Murphy as he knows he can't rely on Mitrovic all season. We are going to be relying on Perez gouffran Ritchie Shelvey getting ghete fair share of goals as I can't see mitrovic and Gayle getting what we need from between them

Maybe. But I've seen some smart finishes for Gayle in the past so hope this was just a one off. Yeah that's not knocking Gayle just a dig at Holloway

Ian Holloway knows fuck all about fuck all mind. He also said de jongs leg breaker on Ben arfa was fine

Horrible fans horrible accent horrible club Looked as many empty seats as there was vileans

This. Looked fat slow and lazy. Mitro this and mitro that, no way is he getting 15 goals this season which we knew ages ago. All down to Gayle. Still handy to have to play off when he can get hold off the ball but he is far from a goalscorer even at this level

He's never a number 10 or playmaker in a million years. Like one of the posts above says we should of signed someone more nimble and skillfull who can thread a pass

Good post. We have had a tough start and our fixtures over the next 2 months look a lot kinder. We were always going to struggle breaking teams down when we failed to sign a creative player in the summer.

Me too. But he's got a good record on paper

People need to chill. Even a draw midweek keeps us up there with some favourable fixtures through October and November. 100%! Faith Rafa will have us top 2

Agreed. Cant understand why he insists with one up front. Diame is in very poor form and needs to take a step back for a bit. Bring him on later in a game or something. You would expect to be on the front foot most of the time. Put them under pressure. Gotta try it at some point. Literally all of the strikers are in p*ss poor form. There's literally no discussion to have about formation though, Rafa has never and will never play two up top. Unfortunately you are right. Just seems questionable when your supposed to be the cream of the crop and you dont want to be on the front foot with two up top in this league. You mention mitro but he came on and looked lazy and lost the ball for there goal.

Mitrovic to blame there for me lost the ball for there goal last demeanour looked overweight and slow. See why Rafa Dosent like him as his lone striker now.

Looked so organised and solid again till the end. Gayle on his own Dosent work and Mitrovic looks so slow so don't know what the answer is up front. Still look good enough for top 2 though

Changed since Mitrovic came on he looks immobile and so slow