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Wliilock's soft as shite, no heart whatsoever. He could be half decent, but he never will be. Get Anderson on. Longstaff. pure average. We desperately need at least one quality midfielder.

Darlow would be fine on the bench, imo he's nowhere near as bad as some would have him. Just like Dubravka imo is nowhere near as good as some would have him.

Can someone explain to me the significance as to why some words are written in a mixture of lower and upper case? I've seen it in a number of posts and I know not why.

Dubravka keeping up his record of never saving a one on one.

Excellent player, he'd be a great signing.

Marc Cucurella would be my choice.

If we sign him I hope my memory is wrong, but I recollect him being pants when he replaced de Gea for that spell.

Managers spitting, there's just no need. Wonder if they walk round the town with their wives, spitting as they go. Don't understand it at all and seems to have just started in the last few seasons.

Definitely a useful squad player, we wouldn't have gone 1-0 up against the run of play if it had not been for him and his pace.

Good performance today. Underrated by many. Solid squad player.

I now, I know, early days, but he didn't look very athletic to me, which is bit worrying? (Ducks for cover.)

0-2. Everton will be too strong in attack for us. We're are going down, too many key positions still need a serious upgrade to stay up (striker, centre midfield and centre back) and now it's too late. Ashley + Bruced, no new manager bounce and an average transfer window. Championship winners next year, no doubt, but a year wasted. Just how I see it and I hope I am completely wrong.

Sorry if this has already been asked/answered, but when does the revised squad have to be submitted to the premier league? Ta.

This one has gone very quiet?

And I'm sure there's many a lower league player that has spend hours trying to perfect their craft, but they are still in the lower leagues. Natural ability and mindset/attitude can go together. Guess we'll just beg to differ on our opinions.

You can't give someone natural ability, but you can improve fitness and mentality.

My main gripe with St Maximin is his apparent lack of fitness and the fact that he looks injured every time he gets up from being tackled. Contrast that with Declan Rice, for example, who bounces straight up and still looks like he could run through brick walls after playing flat out for 90 mins. If St M had that sort of fitness and mentality, he could be one of the best.

Almost true though! Unfortunately, he's nowhere near good enough for the premier league or championship.

Maddison spitting during the Last Post. FFS.

Benitez is bottom of my list, it would really take the gloss off the takeover if he came back. Wasn't keen on him when he was here and to turn his back on the fans that did love him and pleaded with him to stay for China/money, enough said.

Soon, hopefully, he will no longer be the big fish in a little pool, so he now needs to decide how much he wants to play for a top team and win things. He's capable, but he needs to toughen up mentally and play at 100% otherwise the team will overtake him and he will look back wondering what might have been.

Bang average at best. Can't control a football, can't pass a football and panics under pressure slicing the ball anywhere.

I was in until I noticed "there".

Decent interview, both questions and answers. Certainly reflects how I feel. Bruce out, Ashley out and 3 points tonight please.

A home victory and plenty of abuse directed at Bruce. Perfect.