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My bother is a West Ham fan and he said this about JWP this afternoon, please please please sign him. I’d rather we kept Soucek than JWP, who is such a poor technical midfielder. We spent a whole season watching his ineffectual passing, always passed either sideways or backwards, never took the ball on the turn ready to drive or pass forward!! Sound familiar.

You’ve not decided to read my points and picked up on the point that proves your argument, even though I said we need to be better in the final third. There is no way Russell is coaching the front 3 to stick to their positions regardless and we did not provide enough opportunities for AA or BBD to try to get on the end of. this is a decision making issue not the style of play. Numerous times the playing out for the back broke through the Forest press but we were too laboured in the midfield to profit. To which Russell was getting frustrated. The style is not the problem, the problem was the tempo and bravery once we got into the opposition half. Other than KWP and Downes the players played with too much caution and fear and hopefully once Russell gets the team to analyse the videos to highlight this we will radically improve. The alternative is what, lump the ball forward and hope we get a few chances from the knock down or defender hesitation. If that’s the case is that Welsh manager available?

I didn’t hear much of this kind of comment last year when we were on a 20+ club record unbeaten run. Which started immediately after a 4 game losing streak. You may not like it, but we have a manager and team (on the whole) learning to perform at a higher standard and this will take a little bit of time. This knee jerk reaction every time we have a negative game or spell is pathetic. It’s always easier to criticise than have patient and support something especially when you do not understand. Having played at semi-pro level I see exactly what the plan is with playing out from the back. When it works it will provide positive results as long as we do it at a high enough tempo and are more clinic in the final third. I believe Martin has the capabilities to be a success and as a weaker team in the league the supporters need to get behind the team even if we find the style frustrating and not to our taste. it will make a big difference as it did in the West Brom play off game and years ago in our great escapes. COYS

I’d have Charlie Taylor at LB for this one and rest KWP to bench. I’d also have Dibling in for Armstrong. The most important thing to see, will be that we increase the passing tempo much higher and have intensity from minute one. We had it against Newcastle but never got going against Forest. i hope that many of the doom and gloomers reflect overnight it was simply a bad day yesterday and hopefully we put it behind us and have some solid performances with better results starting at Cardiff. The support yesterday was a bit disappointing and we will have to be the 12th man despite who we may add to the team/ squad this week. I do wonder if Steve Grant needs to have the forum sponsored or supported by the Samaritans in light of how negative and miserable a number of members are when we have a disappointing performance. As we are told, don’t get too high or too low following a game. We will have good days and bad days during the season so let’s just enjoy the good days. The modern mentality is to react instantly to situations and want change instantly. We do need to remember that Russell is learning the Premier League as we play, it was similar when Adkins was in charge and when he was replaced by Pochettino there was outrage at how he’d been treated but after the first few games large numbers were calling for his head. Modern supporters are so fical. Remember, there are much more important things in life and supporting a football team should be a way of unwinding and enjoying some quality time away from these stresses for a few hours. If you want unfiltered success you need to find a different team to support, I for one love my team and will support them come what may, hope we can have success and trust the club to find the solutions. To me Russell is part of that solution, he just needs help with transfer funds/ backing and time to refine his playing style to get it to work.

Or any of his other appearances on 2022/23 season. As with Archer on Saturday he was brought on to find a goal and the closest he got with a header was hitting the bar with a header that seemed as perfect to score with as you would get. It’s another example of a player not playing suddenly being presented as amazing and the saviour. Seems to be a fans eye view, almost like nostalgia, where the memory creates a better version of the historic events. On a forum, these ideas seem to build a head of steam and most forum uses then start to believe the memory/ concept and reinforce the false memory. He really looked hopelessly out of his depth and well below a premier level footballer, who through no fault of his own had been bought in by a struggling Premier League club. It suits him and the club to find a suitor and sell him before the end of the window so he can play in a league more suited to his attributes.

Where is this idea that BBD has suffered concussion. The laws clearly state that a player has to be substituted under the concussion substitution if this occurs. He clearly was not assessed as concussed during the Newcastle game.

Doesn’t change anything IMHO. They have never been in the plans, they simply provide more transfer funds once they are sold. The more important factor, is whether Stewart can become fit. Unlike a vast majority on here I believe if he gets fit he will Be like a new signing and will do well in our system.

Why does everyone think that we will sign a further CF when we bought Archer. People need to appreciate that was the business we did for this position. The remaining business will be a goalkeeper (on loan) and an AMC and winger (probably Fraser). This would mean only needing to spend transfer budget on the AMC.

Except all the names players, except McCarthy showed yesterday exactly how they are premier league standard! We are bound to have games line this, through the season but if we dominate possession and territory like yesterday throughout the season we will get plenty of positive results. Yesterday’s game hinged on lots of last ditch blocks and tackles from Newcastle. If one of Armstrong’s attempts had been a goal, Hall’s clearance and Pope’s save then we would have gone on to win. Also Diaz’ shot that deflected off the defenders thigh when going on target. Let’s judge after next weekend when we have played Forest at home. I was very pleasantly surprised to see us against a team expected to finish top 4 be so competitive and able to control possession as much as we did. Bodes really well for the remainder of the season in my eyes. This is not necessarily aimed at you Mr X but we do seem to have an extremely negative fan base who almost want us to fail and only Pick up on the negatives. By 1st September I expect us to be very competitive and assuming the team continue to fight for one another and play the way they are, along with the additions that inevitably will arrive I feel positive now as to how this season will go. It will be a fight as always but we have a real chance of survival and then building on it next season.

But it may “cut it”. Team spirit and momentum can be a big factor. Why people aren’t expecting exciting (or key) signings is odd when in the past dozen or so transfer windows our most significant transfers have happened in the final few days of each window, mostly due to the domino effect of other deals completing near to or on deadline day. The negativity on here and Facebook is embarrassing. Many of the players who played for us all last season are going to be more confident and likely a better player thanks to that experience, which is being ignored.

And these signings have historically and will continue to be made between first game of the season and transfer deadline day. We are a small fish and we have to wait for the chain to start before we can then have our move happen. People seem to have lost site that good team spirit and confidence can help at the start of the next season, just look at Ipswich last season. People also need to be realistic, success this season will be avoiding relegation.

Maybe a 6 month loan to a championship team would be beneficial. Preseason will tell us a lot as to whether he has recovered and how he is with the pace/ match sharpness

He played a number of times when he first arrived, whilst we were in the Premier League, and looked very promising. I, for one, thought he looked like he had quality, good ball controL and looking to play forward when possible. I expect him to be reintegrated through pre-season and wouldn’t be surprised if he is challenging for a starting spot during the coming season. Some forum members seem to write off players after 5 minutes. Injuries do not always mean the player is a shadow of their pre-injury self. Kevin De Byrne had a reasonable spell out injured when he was in his late teens, what happened to him?!?!?

How do you know?

Loads of forum members did the same with Bednarek 18 months ago and yet he proved his desire to play for us and improved last season. ABK could do the same if he is our player come 1st September. Some of the comments about his ability and performances are laughable actually. It is a bit like a player who suddenly becomes a world beater when they aren’t playing for us, in reverse. I would want to give him a chance if he decides to stay and work with RM. He showed glimpses of the type of centre back we are crying out for in the RM system. You also have to remember he was playing alongside Salisu and Perraud who it may be where both a disrupting influence (possibly) and weak to perform with causing him to perhaps make mistakes he wouldn’t usually make such as away at Forest. There were examples of times he saved certain goals in other games too.