Charlie Wayman

Some of the posts on here are pretty unfair, so not sure if the posters actually went up to SMS last night to watch. Hojberg played very well especially in the second half when he had found his touch and was strong on forward runs to their box. Carceras was excellent as you might expect, read the game well, good movement. Always alert and moving to cover / intercept and great on the ball. Always running into space to provide an out ball for the goalie. It looks to be a case of strength and stamina now his quality is assured. Alfie Jones looks a prospect. McQueen was in and out certainly better in the second half but poor in first when all he did was pass backwards and did no runs down the wing. Boufal got really badly done by the Chelsea No 6 right on his recently injured foot, it hurt him and he was ****ed off with it, understandable as the Chelsea guy had given him the roughhouse treatment all night. If it turns out his foot has been injured again having maybe not properly healed then no wonder he stormed off as he did. Could be a season ender for him. Having said that he was off at 58 minutes so that must have been pre-arranged to give him match time. Our strikers were nothing short of inept all night, they created absolutely nothing between them people will focus on Rodrigues who was very poor indeed and lazy, gave the impression he couldn't be Rrsed. The academy boys fared little better just a couple of good moments from Sims but little else. Harry just zipped about all night running and crunching, he seems tireless.

We play our own game of set attack and out-pass and out-think them, that's how we win not be sitting back and inviting them to showboat at our expense. Redmond as AMF and Boufal on the left switching with Tadic.

Free entry is a very good price indeed to see tomorrow's stars in action. Big crowd up there tonight please to get behind Carceras.

There are two U23 fixtures before the Spurs game so let's get Carceras out there and up to speed in time for Spurs... and yes, Boufal in for JWP..

Yep! You've nailed it. Can't see Austin getting back into this squad but we still have to find a position for Boufal. Maybe drop Redmond back to attacking mid-field with Boufal on the left? Neither Hojberg or Les's poster boy are good enough it seems. The great thing about Redmond he is can chase back all day, tackle and defend so give it a go.

That's not what he said after the match was it, he said how well he and Ryan get on with all their banter and support for each other.

We'll take that but Stephens out of his depth really, we must play Carceras against Spuds. JWP knackered all match should have been replaced at HT. Need to get Boufal on much earlier.

See, this forum is not such a bad place after all.

LOL

Crunch talks, aye? Showdown at the OK corral? I don't think so, who in their right minds would want to live in Glasgow. If he is that good why not offer him DoF here, Les. More pertinently our club is about more than individuals these days as the last three years of coming and goings have shown, now who was that Paul Mitchell bloke who used to work here.....

Maybe we adopt the red shorts with our stripes? Just a thought.

People need to tread carefully, creating fixture congestion could well be a ploy by UEFA's top leagues to reduce Premier Divisions to 16 or even 12 elite clubs. Recent suggestions that the gaps between matches are "more fair" for some than others might not be accidental. The way to defeat this is to deliberately play weak teams in unimportant competitions so that you get knocked out early. Even for a club like us maybe we should adopt the attitude that the only competition outside the PL worth taking part in is the Champions League There are a lot of old romantics in the fanbase who think competitions like the FACup are still worth winning but they're not if it results in a low league position so that when the inevitable down-sizing occurs clubs (like ours) get stranded below the cut-off point. We should aim now to be always in the top 8 and sod the Cups!

I agree with you, there are still a lot of limitations in his general play that by and large cancel out much of the good things so you end up with an average player who looks more like journeyman than a real talent in the same mold as Henderson & Berkley. He still cannot tackle effectively or cleanly after well over 100 odd games and still falls back too often on the very simple 5-yard off-load pass to a nearby team mate or a back pass to the CBs both of which stall our forward thrust and as often as not leave our strikers running into off side positions. For me he is no more than an off-the-bench player not a first team regular but all the time Les is at the helm we'll be stuck with the Academy boys mentality that he has instilled in Puel. You've got to ask what Clasie & Hojberg have done wrong to always be behind WP these days and hardly get a game. They must be mightily ****ed off!

Forster seems to have very slow reactions and lacks agility due to his size and ungainliness, the two characteristics that seem to be of the utmost important at this level. Too many fans are grumbling about his performances match after match for it to be a knee-jerk response to the disappointment of last Sunday. The question must be asked what the coaches think about his situation as surely they cannot be unaware of the mood of the fanbase. Indeed the fact that they brought in Hassan in the transfer window might suggest they are concerned. Maybe it is time for a change. Hart would not be a bad option but is he a team player? If we do need to find a replacement let's go for that Burnley lad even if they stay up.

Strange as we couldn't find a decent pie all afternoon.

Somebody has to be the first effing **** to find someone to blame as is so predictable on this website. As others have said go find another club to support.

Give it a rest mate, what was there to criticise about yesterday's performance. This was the best team performance ever seen at Wembley, just be satisfied with that.

An amazing performance from all our players so well done to Claude and everyone this morning. The future is bright, the future will be red & white!

Did you actually read what he said at his pressie or just pick up on the uninformed bile stream and it has nothing to do with him being Dutch by the way?

I guess most people on here are going to Wembley to watch a football match not stand around in a boozer all day - hence no replies. Still, each to his own aye?

Let's face a few facts before we slag this guy off as a panic buy who has nothing to contribute. Ordinarily if he had been fully fit and playing regularly at his best level and he was a free agent when the transfer window opened we wouldn't even have got a sniff at a guy of this quality let alone be able to afford to outbid the rich clubs of English football for his signature. If he settles in well, plays well and decides he likes it enough here to stay on a longer contract we will have stolen a march on the big boys; with the prospect of a fit again top notch Carceras lining up alongside van Dyke next season what is not to like? This could be the start of something great! He will be a boon to young players as a teacher and of course as a challenger for a place in the team. Not only that but he is a "name" that can only be good to attract other top players and persuade the stars we have here to stay. His entry may have been unorthodox and unseemly but he might well be one of the signings of the century

Nah!

Now Gallagher has picked up an injury

Good to see such decisive people on here! It's only a guessing game for fun, nobody will go to jail for getting it wrong.

We are allowed 25 squad players so we must have a clear out of flops before we can hire new flops. Lay off Clasie will ya, you're like a bunch of flipping' parrots