Fabrice29

Good for you. Again though, you wouldn’t be saying we had their number if we had won because of a handball goal and a missed penalty. So you were overreacting after 10 minutes and now.

Little reminder of why we lost that 1. 1.07

I’d check McCarthy’s history against Norwich if I were you

I really think if we won a game because of a handball and the opponents missing a penalty you wouldn’t be claiming our manager had sussed theirs out.

Would Scienza play off the left, Fellows up the right, Armstrong down the middle with Azaz trying to link things up? Sounds similar tbh. All it does is take away a CB into a right back position and mean more responsibility on 2 CB's who are struggling with help now let alone on their own. I can see the desire to defend crosses better but we need the personnel to do it rather than some fancy graphic loaded up by the club before the game showing a formation you like.

That'll be a promotion on the cards then. Lovely.

Okay so literally nothing changes with how we currently attack then.

He's part of a squad 8th in the PL at the age of 19. Don't think disaster is the word I'd use tbh.

Who are you playing at right back then?

We don't have a fit right back. Nor does taking out a tall CB feel like a particularly wise thing to do for a small 11 in relation to set pieces. We also pretty much attack like this anyway.

He came off injured.

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said but again, why do we have to think so matter of factly? Armstrong is the best therefore he’s number 1 for the whole season. Injured, form and different tactics have to be considered It’s perfectly reasonable to want a squad of strikers, especially with different attributes. So yes, Archer can step in, I’m with you on that, he’s more than capable of stepping up in a competent side at this level but what if we want a different profile of attacker? Something different against Millwall might have been nice. So that’s where Downs and Stewart step in, if fit and firing I’d say we’re all good in that area but if for whatever reasons the club feel they can’t contribute this season, another striker is a must because I’m not convinced the youth strikers have a different profile either. What I would actually suggest the club do is offload Aribo and bring in a physical presence that can play wide and down the middle. That makes most sense to me. If it’s a permanent transfer then I see no reason you can’t find somebody who you think will contribute in the PL over the years too. That’s the whole point of recruiting permanent players. Yes we aren’t necessarily going to sign a PL ready player who is knocking back those clubs for us but no reason we can’t sign somebody for the long term and now.

This guy is not the upgrade people think he is. We should be recruiting better if we’re focusing on that area.

Why do they have to play 2nd fiddle to Armstrong? Why can’t we squad build to have options? Why do you think Armstrong is set in stone to be first choice all season now? This isn’t the way a serious club would build a squad. It’s perfectly possible to recruit a player who could challenge Armstrong and improve to become an option long term to be an option in the PL too. That’s what Downs was supposed to be, the trick is getting it right. Or the club could back itself to make Downs a success.

Charles is back fit at Sheffield Wednesday. Given the amount of times he’s watched us in person this season I’d be surprised if we haven’t made a polite enquiry.