Baird of the land

Yeah if you said blond, neat.and tidy cm I’d have no clue whether you meant downes or jwp, which is a problem imo, especially when there’s a brown haired variant on the bench.

See Shea is starting for Fulham.

After the excitement of securing peretz and larin the transfer window really went sour for me. Schlotterbeck the only other signing I’m remotely impressed with.

Maybe the drop off is because 4 key players were taken away (3 sold and 1 injured) and replaced substandardly..

lol, a sideways pass that Welington turned into a worldie. Just like I loved dowie’s assist to le tiss back in the day. If he hadn’t of put the ball way behind le tiss he never would have flicked it over his head, over the Newcastle defenders head and past hooper.

Guess we’ll see if they invest in a proper midfielder and a proper striker in January, or stash the cash.

Yep drove me crazy how crablike our midfield was.

I’d describe today’s performance as functional/competent, certainly not a standout performer. Not his fault he doesn’t offer any of the attributes Charles provided, that’s on the club for cheapskating it.

Or maybe sign a cm who can run with the ball like the one we lost. That opens up space for players in front.

Made me laugh when just before ht the now commentator brought up his touch map and said he just seems to be playing the ball sideways and back.

The problem is the midfield and attack had already surrendered the momentum. Not sure a straight swap would have worked any better. I’d have marginally preferred a third crab in cm, which is saying something given how much I dislike our cm.

I’d say spors decisions for the season are looking terrible. Not replacing Charles, Stewart and likely Thb properly and prioritising a player the manager only turned to in the 80th minute.

I don’t see how anyone can walk away from that and go it’s because Stephens played. The funny thing is it’s wood who gets done in the air for the goal.

He’s weird (held the ball up well in the corner, wins a header from a corner), but when the ball is hit up to him he seems to have no idea how to use his body.

Our Cm area is just so poor. you look at the club splurging 9m on dobbin(who is behind Edozie in the pecking order) rather than a proper Charles replacement or more ready Stewart replacement. tonda’s subs were poor too.