11 Nov 2026 17:16:03
Does anyone else feel like Farke doesn’t know how to utilise a squad and keep the fringe players happy?
He’s definitely a manager who likes to play the same eleven week in and out, unless results fall off and then he might change one of two.
Every other team seem to make regular changes weekly including the newly promoted clubs, yet we trot out the same team time n time again. Surely for fitness and tactical reasons the lineup should be changing more than it normally does?

1.) 11 Nov 2026
11 Nov 2026 17:47:49
And Corkey
We will lose 2 CBs next summer
Tarek and Bijol.the latter will be Farke's fault.

2.) 11 Nov 2026
11 Nov 2026 19:08:56
I think thats pure nonsense, you can't play the whole squad on match day !
Farke picks the players who he thinks will win football matches, it's not personal and absolutely nothing to do with favoritism.

Bijol will have to knuckle down and prove he is better than Elvedi, Tarik and Rodon, that goes for any other fringe players.
Even Joe Rodon in my opinion has his work cut out to better Elvedi and Muharemovic.

That's football and damn right it must be competitive to earn your place.

3.) 12 Nov 2026
11 Nov 2026 19:28:15
OP backs Farke yet again. there's a shock ?.

4.) 12 Nov 2026
11 Nov 2026 20:29:43
I get behind my football team, not against it especially where we are now. This is not 1970 !

5.) 12 Nov 2026
12 Nov 2026 08:33:26
Thing is, a big part of our defence is the relationship between Gary and Elvedi, alas Bijol is a victim of that. As OP says i think Rodon is gonna have to fight to get back in. Makes sense to keep a winning formula and the form of our defence at the mo suggests it is set in stone, there is no profit in changing players for the sake.

If we are gonna experiment it needs to be in attack.

6.) 12 Nov 2026
12 Nov 2026 14:01:32
Maybe OP is right Baz ? The current back 3 are playing well, it's always a struggle for players to dislodge them, like DJ !
It would be daft to play him just to make sure he's getting minutes if it risks a result ?
Not saying he doesn't deserve a place in the back 3, I am a huge fan, but it's probably why he is frustrated and possibly why he may look elsewhere, but that's the same for any player not playing.

7.) 12 Nov 2026
12 Nov 2026 15:06:33
MG.JR comes back in all day long into our defence for me.

8.) 12 Nov 2026
12 Nov 2026 15:32:55
At the expense of who Baz? There is the dichotomy, surely would have to be JJ or Elvedi and how can you drop either?

9.) 12 Nov 2026
12 Nov 2026 16:10:54
Davey. Easy
JR is a better defender than JJ imo.
JJ was asleep for the Mbuemo Man U goal.