Sheaf Saint

He looked like he really had something about him in his early cameos, but he clearly wasn't utilised properly by Russ.

The way shooting stats are recorded irks me. Suga's effort apparently doesn't count as being on target 🫤

Jimenez is bound to score isn't he.

Bournemouth 3-0 up at OT now.

Ball keeps coming straight back. If only we had a big, strong forward player who can hold it up and bring others into play.

Absolutely no need for that.

3-0 now

That's bollocks. Got the ball. Not even a foul, let alone a yellow.

I don't mind us doing it sometimes, as long as we switch it up and keep the oppo guessing. It's the fact that we were doing it literally every time under Russ and never being unpredictable that became so infuriating.

I believe it was reported that Archer played through illness on Wednesday, so that probably explains why he's not starting today.

Armstrong's 'pressing' consists of running around the oppo half like a headless chicken and watching their defenders pass it around him.

Well the good thing is that, just like the rest of us, Fulham won't have the faintest idea how we are going to set up and play the game, which might work to our advantage. The lineups may have been a bit of a tombola under Russ, but he would literally tell the opposing manager that we would never play any differently, so it was like an open invitation to take advantage of our inevitable mistakes passing around the back. I'm glad we don't have to worry about that absurd level of naivety anymore.

This is what Co-pilot has to say about Juric... So the key takeaways for me are defensive solidity, high intensity and physicality, and tactical flexibility - everything that Martin wasn't, and exactly how a team in our position should be playing. Whether or not the players are up to it and can make the adjustment from Russball to make it work - that's another question entirely.

If he couldn't see the defender's arm all over Fernandes, it begs the question: where on Earth did he think his arm was?

Simon Hooper, take a bow.

Absolutely mental that we've had that in our locker this whole time, but Russ obviously wouldn't let them use it because there's too much chance of losing possession from them I suppose.

Well I really enjoyed that second half. A great goal from Archer, some good positive attacking team intent, and generally looked much less apathetic. Awful refereeing, from the ref and linos.

Ref obviously has a bet on Liverpool. That is a fucking shocking decision.

How the fuck is that NOT a foul?

I think his problem is that he's such a big unit, he can't slow down once he's got going, so if the ball is ever so slightly behind him and he's going full tilt, that's going to be the result.

Indeed.

Like the Terminator?

Oof. How did we keep that out?

Archer has had so little of the ball so far, so it's great to see him show what he can do when he does get it where he wants it, even if it came via a deflection.