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Fernandez has been a really superb signing considering he was a last minute buy and we wouldn't have signed him if Lejeune hadn't got injured

 

Up there with Dubravka & Saint-Maximin for value, for sure. I was pleased when we got him but didn't expect him to turn out to be such a crucial member of the team.

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Jamaal should work on his ball carrying into space more - he's a freight train when he gets a head of steam, should look to push the ball into space more before laying it off. He may not be able to pass the ball like his defending partners but if he worked on his confidence pushing into space with the ball before passing it'd def be a good thing for him.

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Jesus wept

 

“At 1-1 when Darlow saved we thought 'Is it one of those days for us' but I think we pushed on too much. We maybe should have realised we're playing against Manchester United and kind of just shut up shop a little bit more and gone for the draw and looked to counter attack them a bit.”

 

Get in the fucking sea.

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They had so many bloody shots because we were sat back. Push up a bit and I guarantee there's less pressure on the defence. Not sure why our beloved manager and captain refuse to see that.

 

We had SEVEN shots, it's hardly as if we were playing like Barca.

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You can sit back and protect a 1-0 or 1-1 against a top team if you have a Head Coach who drills organisation into you.

 

We sat back the whole game though and were awful at it, and they're talking as if that wasn't the case. It's terrifying.

 

They're acting as though the last 3 goals came about because of something different we did. They didn't. We were getting pulverised all game.

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You can sit back and protect a 1-0 or 1-1 against a top team if you have a Head Coach who drills organisation into you.

 

We sat back the whole game though and were awful at it, and they're talking as if that wasn't the case. It's terrifying.

 

They're acting as though the last 3 goals came about because of something different we did. They didn't. We were getting pulverised all game.

 

That’s my point. Lascelles is saying we should have sat back. That’s fine if you’ve got a top manager who drills into them what to do. With Bruce that’s ridiculous, he has no idea how to do that.

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As stated, to sit back you need to be organised and well drilled. No matter who you play. To play attacking football, in the premise you're keeping the ball from the opposition thus diluting their offensive threat, you need to actually keep the ball.

We can do neither. Hence the number of shots we concede etc etc

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You can sit back and protect a 1-0 or 1-1 against a top team if you have a Head Coach who drills organisation into you.

 

We sat back the whole game though and were awful at it, and they're talking as if that wasn't the case. It's terrifying.

 

They're acting as though the last 3 goals came about because of something different we did. They didn't. We were getting pulverised all game.

 

That’s my point. Lascelles is saying we should have sat back. That’s fine if you’ve got a top manager who drills into them what to do. With Bruce that’s ridiculous, he has no idea how to do that.

 

Yeah. For sure.

 

His idea of sitting back is even ridiculous. It's just having everyone camping out deep in our half.

 

There's no plan whatsoever of what to do when we get the ball.

 

We will go down this season.

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The reaction to his quotes on social media is absolutely embarrassing from our fan base. He’s right. The gaps, especially between the defence and midfield is absolutely massive at times. With the forward players we have we’d been way better suited to the low block, counter attacking system we had under Rafa.

 

Whatever it is we’re doing doesn’t work. Whatever we were doing against Man U didn’t work. He’s also right, man for man they are way better that us and making it difficult for them and countering fast is exactly what they’ve struggled against in recent weeks.

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The reaction to his quotes on social media is absolutely embarrassing from our fan base. He’s right. The gaps, especially between the defence and midfield is absolutely massive at times. With the forward players we have we’d been way better suited to the low block, counter attacking system we had under Rafa.

 

Whatever it is we’re doing doesn’t work. Whatever we were doing against Man U didn’t work. He’s also right, man for man they are way better that us and making it difficult for them and countering fast is exactly what they’ve struggled against in recent weeks.

 

No. He's not right about anything.

 

He's talking about how we started well, and how we played good for 70 mins.

 

We didn't. We were open the whole game and they ultimately got 4 goals. Just because they ended up getting them a bit later on, doesn't mean they weren't carving us open throughout.

 

His quotes are shocking and completely clueless.

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The reaction to his quotes on social media is absolutely embarrassing from our fan base. He’s right. The gaps, especially between the defence and midfield is absolutely massive at times. With the forward players we have we’d been way better suited to the low block, counter attacking system we had under Rafa.

 

Whatever it is we’re doing doesn’t work. Whatever we were doing against Man U didn’t work. He’s also right, man for man they are way better that us and making it difficult for them and countering fast is exactly what they’ve struggled against in recent weeks.

 

No. He's not right about anything.

 

He's talking about how we started well, and how we played good for 70 mins.

 

We didn't. We were open the whole game and they ultimately got 4 goals. Just because they ended up getting them a bit later on, doesn't mean they weren't carving us open throughout.

 

His quotes are shocking and completely clueless.

 

What’s the lad supposed to say? He’s said we started “pretty well” we did start pretty well. He’s not saying we were amazing. He said we maybe should have realised who we were playing and shut up shop and played on the counter. He’s right. He’s said things like they’re angry and themselves and thinks they should do better. He’s right. There’s some spin in there too that I don’t agree with but it’s a balanced set of quotes from an honest captain who’s always tried to do his best. The reaction is pathetic.

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It's better he doesn't say anything IMO, or just say the team needs to bounce back and do better.

 

We were really bad against Man U and sat deep all game, so coming out and talking about shutting up shop was never going to be received well.

 

It's painfully obvious we look so bad defensively because we cannot keep the ball and are not a threat going forward so the opposition can just push up against us and take pot shots at our goal all game.

 

His quotes just emphasize that the team do not appear to be in any kind of mind state to rectify these issues if the prevailing thought is that we need to shut up shop.

 

We're in major trouble.

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The reaction to his quotes on social media is absolutely embarrassing from our fan base. He’s right. The gaps, especially between the defence and midfield is absolutely massive at times. With the forward players we have we’d been way better suited to the low block, counter attacking system we had under Rafa.

 

Whatever it is we’re doing doesn’t work. Whatever we were doing against Man U didn’t work. He’s also right, man for man they are way better that us and making it difficult for them and countering fast is exactly what they’ve struggled against in recent weeks.

 

No. He's not right about anything.

 

He's talking about how we started well, and how we played good for 70 mins.

 

We didn't. We were open the whole game and they ultimately got 4 goals. Just because they ended up getting them a bit later on, doesn't mean they weren't carving us open throughout.

 

His quotes are shocking and completely clueless.

 

What’s the lad supposed to say? He’s said we started “pretty well” we did start pretty well. He’s not saying we were amazing. He said we maybe should have realised who we were playing and shut up shop and played on the counter. He’s right. He’s said things like they’re angry and themselves and thinks they should do better. He’s right. There’s some spin in there too that I don’t agree with but it’s a balanced set of quotes from an honest captain who’s always tried to do his best. The reaction is pathetic.

 

Did we ever open the shop, though?

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Lascelles seems desperate to erode all of the goodwill he built up back when he broke into the team like.

 

Chalk and cheese from the comments he made after a defeat at Southampton, which made Rafa sit up and take notice (and eventually make him captain)

 

It's pathetic brown-nosing of cabbage-heed.

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The reaction to his quotes on social media is absolutely embarrassing from our fan base. He’s right. The gaps, especially between the defence and midfield is absolutely massive at times. With the forward players we have we’d been way better suited to the low block, counter attacking system we had under Rafa.

 

Whatever it is we’re doing doesn’t work. Whatever we were doing against Man U didn’t work. He’s also right, man for man they are way better that us and making it difficult for them and countering fast is exactly what they’ve struggled against in recent weeks.

 

No. He's not right about anything.

 

He's talking about how we started well, and how we played good for 70 mins.

 

We didn't. We were open the whole game and they ultimately got 4 goals. Just because they ended up getting them a bit later on, doesn't mean they weren't carving us open throughout.

 

His quotes are shocking and completely clueless.

 

What’s the lad supposed to say? He’s said we started “pretty well” we did start pretty well. He’s not saying we were amazing. He said we maybe should have realised who we were playing and shut up shop and played on the counter. He’s right. He’s said things like they’re angry and themselves and thinks they should do better. He’s right. There’s some spin in there too that I don’t agree with but it’s a balanced set of quotes from an honest captain who’s always tried to do his best. The reaction is pathetic.

 

Did we ever open the shop, though?

 

I don’t think we do either. A defensive counter attacking side is entirely different from putting 11 men behind the ball like Bruce does. His attacking set up just leaves massive gaps between the team with little benefit to attacking returns. It’s awful and a damning indictment of his management and coaches.

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We need to get anyone with this fucking mindset a million miles away from the club, the bunch of horrific negative cunts. Fuck off Lascelles you whopper.

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Lascelles seems desperate to erode all of the goodwill he built up back when he broke into the team like.

 

Chalk and cheese from the comments he made after a defeat at Southampton, which made Rafa sit up and take notice (and eventually make him captain)

 

It's pathetic brown-nosing of cabbage-heed.

 

100%

 

The usual suspects are basically talking for him - Shelvey that other saying we play good football and not long ball like we used to under Rafa FFS!

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