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Must have went to the same guy as I did on NYE

Does he have a song? I can't recall one being sang directly about him from the stands... Edit: Oops, I hadn't read the last few comments before posting that.

Huddersfield signing Kongolo of Monaco (formerly Feyenoord) on loan. He's looked good to me when I've seen clips of him playing for Feyenoord so it will be interested to see him in this league.

Illuminati confirmed.

Well I hope the team don't share your attitude! No reason why we can't beat these.

Plenty around me. In fact I looked round to the sides and behind where I was sat and I was the only one applauding out of a good few rows. Strange, really. We really need to stick behind the team more than ever, as Rafa iterates over and over, so it's sad to see some of the more fickle bunch giving up at an important part of the season.

The first save he made was the most impressive from my position in the stadium, the angle I had on it made it look like he had no right to stop it. But again it's probably unreflective of the actuality. Don't really fancy watching the highlights, though

Joselu has been playing quite well lately I think. He seems to win nearly everything fired towards him which is as much I as would ask from Mitrovic. He just needs to improve his decision making around the box and I think he'll be a solid back up striker to whoever we buy.

Our best winger after coming on yesterday

He had a decent game but world class is pushing it. I would expect most 'keepers this level to save both. The deflected one from Hayden was travelling painfully slowly so he had the time to get to it and the one from Gayle was relatively regulation but did look good. Both good saves. He's miles ahead of what we've got mind and seems to have recovered from his early season howlers. From my angle in the Leazes they looked like absolutely outstanding saves. Haven't watched the TV highlights, may change my mind.

My only real takeaway from yesterday’s game was that Mathew Ryan made two world class reaction saves which were appreciated by myself and a few of the blokes sitting near me. Shelvey, Merino & Lascelles were not bad, everyone else pretty bloody poor to totally abysmal unfortunately.

Cheers

Anyone ever had any trouble taking a camera into the ground? Got mine on me & would rather not go home just to drop it off...

I think you've missed the point...

...are you... Shelvey? He wishes I have a full head of beautiful thick Geordie hair and my pass completion is higher.

Absolutely.

What areas of his game are second to none? He's a good passer, that's it Erm, you said it yourself - passing... When we're actually playing on the front foot and have possession for decent stints, Shelvey is comfortably the best & most talented player in our squad. Ah right, I thought when you said "areas" which is plural you might be talking about more than one area. Silly me Terribly sorry friend. Vision would be another, which is a separate attribute to passing, although they go hand-in-hand. His vision is out of this world at times. Brilliant.

See my other point, "chance creation" Shelvey creates plenty of chances tbh, his passes from deep out to the wings for Yedlin/Ritchie create such a high percentage of our goals in the last year. I'd like to know more about this chance creation stat you're referring to, and more so how it's decided. Say Shelvey finds a killer ball for Yedlin on the wing who crosses it into the box for one of our attackers. I would hazard a guess that Yedlin would be attributed with creating the chance, when really it wouldn't have been possible without the initial pass from Shelvey.

Again, stats can be misleading. Jamie Carragher's pass completion was 90%+, doesn't mean he was finding killer balls or springing his team forward with quick decisive passes. High pass completion doesn't mean the player particularly excels in the passing area of their game. I bet Colback's was canny high too, all backwards.

What areas of his game are second to none? He's a good passer, that's it And even then, as mentioned, his pass completion percentage is lower than Hayden, Merino and Diame. And this is a perfect example of why stats don't give you the full picture. Which is why I use my eyes as well. Can't wait until he's stinking up another team instead of us. And using your eyes, the best passer in our team is? Merino, by a country mile. Really? I reckon there's much more evidence pointing to Shelvey like, Merino looks good, but bar 2 or 3 passes I don't think you can really base your statement on any tangible evidence thus far.

What areas of his game are second to none? He's a good passer, that's it And even then, as mentioned, his pass completion percentage is lower than Hayden, Merino and Diame. And this is a perfect example of why stats don't give you the full picture. Which is why I use my eyes as well. Can't wait until he's stinking up another team instead of us. And using your eyes, the best passer in our team is?

What areas of his game are second to none? He's a good passer, that's it And even then, as mentioned, his pass completion percentage is lower than Hayden, Merino and Diame. And this is a perfect example of why stats don't give you the full picture.

What areas of his game are second to none? He's a good passer, that's it Erm, you said it yourself - passing... When we're actually playing on the front foot and have possession for decent stints, Shelvey is comfortably the best & most talented player in our squad.

Just so blatantly wrong that's it's not even worth engaging you on why