captainchris

Excellent call ...

They had several very decent players not least their goal scorer.

Dreadful reffing it would have been a very harsh yellow let alone a very odd red card. Unlucky as we were on top at the time against a very technically gifted team. Very unlucky..

There is a very weird football thing that goes in often in games and one we are near the top of the league in. Jockeying, this is the art of not engaging the opposing player or more importantly the ball. There is a culture of this method of waiting for man with ball to make his move and not the defender first. Weird and unecessary.

You are an extremely rude bitter individual.

Ha ha - Loved watching that team....

You rate Gallagher and want Ralph to give Carillo a chance!! Made me smile broadly....

Great result... Now let me see - Gallagher or Sims errrrrrrr.... Gallagher should be nowhere near a premiership team. Apart from everything else his lack of effort is alarming....

Three weeks training and we still sit deep after going ahead and then wonder why we throw so many leads.

What can Ralph do to ensure we are ‘at it’ after a long lay off. We seem to be off the pace straight after gaps in fixtures?

Errrr not sure but didn’t Sims score two with asssists too in his last U23 game? How many first team minutes has he actually played to be very fair to him. In any case statistics don’t tell the whole story. Wins and general contribution count too. Sims does tend to affect games pretty well and shows very well for the ball which is massively important in momentum terms when in possession. Armstrong is still often not involved enough in that phase so he can quite often be anonymous for long periods. Hopefully he can become more consistent in this regard. By all means be offended by that analysis though if you wish. Btw Valery similar and to be honest Ralph is coaching him more in occupying space rather than being marked so it’s coming along and two goals is obviously superb stuff....

Errr weird logic.... They don’t ever play because they are useless, st least Ings plays and plays well as and when it’s better than never !!!

This is not a game for Armstrong to start. Sims a better option, he has more awareness and energy ...

Well you sound very sure he is good enough. Personally I haven’t seen anything to suggest he is. I’m doubtful that he is actually as good as Long and Austin either and I wouldn’t throw him in just for the sake of it. He just doesn’t put enough into his game .... A game of opinions though....

Whether they have a hard game or not we are usually dreadful after a long break. It better to be playing that endure long lay offs often resulting in lethargic performances.

Yes true but Gallagher really is short of the requirement and Ralph clearly agrees as he isn’t using him.

This statement is just plain rediculous in its absurdity.

To frank it is BS that we are a pressing closing down team. Most games we do not do that at all !!!!

Certainly need something very different. Hodj not really been playing well for a while and should be replaced however Armstrong is not good enough yet for this level. Back four needs to be a serious consideration....

Ahhhh sanity - very well put... Agree I saw 20 mins of the under 23s last night and Ramsey played well in that period. Didn’t see the penalty incident.

Sue You read posts like you watch a game, forgetting the detail and extracting your basic agenda only.

Very true post without hype and only actually assessing the player in all he does and that’s very little! Nowhere near good enough for this team. No positional sense outside of his own half. Man U will block off the service to Bertrand and Valery will be nowhere to be seen. Not so bad at defending but the rest is plain terrible.

Objective opinion outside of the extreme ‘Happy Clappy’ rose tinted glasses spectrum is strictly forbidden on this site.... You make a very valid observation born out by the number of late goals and pocession we concede in the last 15 - 20 mins of games but don’t let that get in the way the occasional happy ending masking the aspects of our game that are there for all to see which are causing us problems.

Do people actually watch games in any depth? Valery touched the ball about 4 times in the first half. He is never available, he hides by standing next to usually their left back so he is marked .... He does one or two decent things in a whole game which stand out because he actually does very little else at all... Apart from that a good win with a better personnel selection. Yoshi and Bertrand make a big difference. Would like to see Sims on the bench as might as well bring him in as Long or Elly...

This is what will happen-Valery will pushed far too forward pushing their back line deeper and thereby preventing our forwads from running into the channels or having any space.