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04 Dec 2025 09:32:26
They say fashion goes round in a circle. 2 big lads up front, 3 at the back, with 2 wing backs getting up and down the pitch, long throw ins, taking a shot from outside the box, some good fair crunching tackles, smiley badges on football jerseys. 3 deserved points and entertaining the masses. Get in about Liverpool in the same manner please.
03 Dec 2025 23:32:25
First class performance and great result. DF stuck with the formation we all hoped he would, and it paid off big time. More of the same against Liverpool. Sod possession based negative football and give us more of that. Well done all.
09 Nov 2025 09:04:35
If Willy is fit, I would start him, James on the other wing and put Okafor through the middle. Possibly 3 at the back, with GG and JB wing backs, and get BA in the dressing room peeling the oranges for half time.
1.) 09 Nov 2025 09:44:26
Second that CandJ. I said a few days ago that I'd try that pairing Okafor with DCL as the front of a 4:4:2 lineup, and Nmecha instead of DCL is an alternative. Think 3 at the back might be a bit risky if Chris Wood is back fit tho.
I'd go with the regular back 4, Willy, Longstaff, Stach and DJ in the middle rank and Okafor with Nmecha up front.
2.) 09 Nov 2025 11:01:12
Willy, Longstaff. ?.
3.) 09 Nov 2025 16:16:07
Sounds like the name of the star in a porn video don't it. ?.
4.) 09 Nov 2025 16:37:10
That would certainly look a lot different if available C&J think Amps is the key player, he’s clearly the captain and the player that dictates tempo, he was far from his normal level at Brighton and consequently he predominantly played slow, backwards or sideways.
Need bravery today, Florists are a team short of confidence and will be desperate to get out of the bottom three, six points to date shows they are clearly beatable, but can we get the mindset right, time will tell.
No score prediction I just embarrass myself.
05 Oct 2025 17:18:47
The games against Fulham, Bournemouth and yesterday against spurs all come down to not taking our chances. We miss too many chances that the opposition don’t. We had more attempts on target than Bournemouth and spurs did, and had the same as Fulham had, yet we have came away with 1 point from these 3 games. DCL is a handful in the air, but he’s missing bundles of chances. Although BA had a shot on target that Òkafor tapped in, that’s his total offensive contribution. DF is as stubborn or loyal to him as he was with Meslier in goal. He clearly doesn’t think Bijol is up to replacing pascal, similar to his refusal to give Rama a chance in the championship. Longstaff has been a plus. More forward thinking than I expected. Midfield in general too negative for me, but that’s how DF likes it. Was Bogle injured yesterday? If not, why take him off on89th minute? Get him up the field Daniel. Where’s Willy?
1.) 05 Oct 2025 18:39:16
Not sure if Bogle was injured C&J, but I would have taken him off way before 89 minutes, he was poor (relatively) yesterday. He seldom tried to take his man on and his crosses were all poor.
I don’t buy the continued Farke stubborn narrative. He didn’t play Rama because Solomon and Firpo was ripping it up every game. Who’s going to start ahead of Aaronson really? Gnonto and James are injured.
2.) 05 Oct 2025 20:08:05
Ani, I'd prefer Harrison over BA. Those dozen minutes he was on left wing until Noah went off, him and Bogle looked more of a threat down the right than the whole game.
3.) 05 Oct 2025 20:36:50
Granted it wasn’t his finest game for us ani, but I thought taking him off a minute before injury time was a strange substitution, hence I assumed he had picked up a knock on his injured foot again. It must be loyalty with DF then. As for who should start ahead of BA, I think and have said numerous times I would have Bogle there and Justin into right back. Just purely on Bogle’s usual decent attacking ability, coupled with his defensive skills getting back to help Justin when needed. I think it’s worth trying. I know DJ and Willy are both injured, but what’s Willy’s injury and what timescale we looking at for him returning? As I said in my previous post, it’s the missed chances that’s the problem. We are more than matching our opponents. Here’s hoping it will start clicking and we start banging in the chances we create.
4.) 05 Oct 2025 21:03:02
C&J, that’s a good call re Bogle and Justin, likewise ILK’s suggestion is a decent shout. I’m no particular fan of BA, other than for his nuisance value. He did lose the ball a lot yesterday to be fair, but it’s his scatterbrained effort that sometimes pays off, e. g. his shot yesterday and likewise the suicide pass to DCL against Wolves that led to Stach’s free kick.
I thought a few were off colour yesterday, but they all tried very hard and I genuinely thought we would get something from the game (we deserved to) .
I understand Gnonto might be back after the international break.
5.) 05 Oct 2025 22:20:46
Interesting you mentioned Harrison Koch.
I said during the game when we were slowly passing the ball around waiting for the red carpet to be rolled out for us 'look the only one making runs into space with purpose is the Bielsa boy'.
I was annoyed by our slow pace when chasing the game.
6.) 06 Oct 2025 14:54:27
Farke said Willi's problem was "just a calf strain" and that he will "return to training soon".
14 Sep 2025 18:35:54
Not once have I said Farke should be replaced. Not last season when we stuttered, or some wanted him given his jotters before this season started. I thought, he’s earned his shot at the premiership, and deserves a chance. But if he continues to persist on playing BA and having a 6’4” player taking corner kicks, (what’s that all about?! ) then that’s enough for me.
1.) 14 Sep 2025 18:55:27
Kane took corners for England, Declan rice takes them for arsenal and they score the most from set pieces. Think you always put your best set piece taker on your set pieces, in my opinion.
2.) 14 Sep 2025 18:58:44
Aaronson a total mystery to me as is dropping Gnonto who at least has looked dangerous without any goals or assists.
Looks like DF is playing not to concede and HOPEFULLY nick a goal. That’s relegation stuff.
3.) 14 Sep 2025 19:25:17
After four games, nothing from open play.
Are loans still a possibility, or is that it until the Jan window?
Anyone but a Villa striker, as they're the the only team in the league on zero goals.
Dick Emery might be on the slippery slope.
But, if you use that much hair oil, on you're own head be it.
Does anyone think we can go 4-2-3-1 a bit more often, with a shift to 4-3-3 out of possession?
Of course that would mean having a creator in the 10. Could Okafor play there?
Or Willy, with NO/ JH/ DJtake your pick, either side?
Rotate/ shuffle Stach, Amps, Longstaff, Tanaka, Gruev. oh, hold on. too many CM's.
DNA my backside!
MOT, proudly back to the Champo.
In fact, is Champo an out of contract Uruguayan striker? Sign him up!
{Ed001's Note - no loans, but you can sign out of contract players, so long as they were free agents before the window closed in England.}
4.) 14 Sep 2025 19:30:02
LAD2, It was equally mystifying and generally criticised when Kane had his corner bout for England, and rightly so IMHO.
Rice seems OK swinging them in, but I think he's in the closet, as he's no Outswinger.
I'll get me flag.
5.) 14 Sep 2025 19:33:13
I can forgive playing arronson to some degree. He did slow down their winger, even if he offered no outlet for Bogle.
Gnonto looked like a scared child on the pitch.
I can't forgive the like for like subs though. We went into defence mode when okafor came off, doubly so when James was injured.
Why did we persist with 4-3-3 and not drop to 4-5-1 or 5-4-1 with bijol and JJ coming on?
Very bizarre.
6.) 14 Sep 2025 19:51:29
Huge farke fan however even I can’t argue with each of those points.
7.) 14 Sep 2025 20:42:22
Gnonto was on the pitch for SIX minutes mate.
8.) 15 Sep 2025 09:56:07
Totally agree re Wiily, Corkster!
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07 Dec 2025 18:10:43
I think he could Bri. He’s also a good striker of a ball. Definitely has the ability. What about Willy G? Linking with the front two. He can also strike a decent shot. Just needs to stay fit.
06 Dec 2025 12:15:42
It was just a thought Aus, that if a new coach had came in when we were all shouting for it, and had the team playing like we have in the last game and a half that, we would all be thinking what a breath of fresh air. And I agree his hand has been forced, hence jokingly posting that he obviously reads the banter.
(Not! ) but I’m not giving a monkey’s chuff if farke’s granny is sorting out the team and tactics, carry on doing it. No tippy tappy backwards passing, no BA, just going at the opposition from the off. Hopefully we assume the same against pool today.
06 Dec 2025 08:30:32
Yes vid. Funny old game really. It got me thinking of a hypothetical scenario, where if Farke had gotten his jotters after the villa game, like a lot of fans were calling for, and we had appointed some other coach for the city game, and after watching the first half of the city game, thought bugger this, and completely changed the formation for the second half.
We win the second half 2-1, then go on and completely out play Chelsea with a 3-1 victory, the new coach would be hailed as a tactical genius and our saviour. No more of the desperate Dan type football, welcome to the tactical Dan! We’re a right fickle bunch. I certainly am!
06 Dec 2025 08:10:29
My sentiments exactly JR. salah like shearer did, immensely talented goal scorers, always seem to up their efforts another notch against us. Hopefully Rodon, Bijol or pascal do an old fashioned Norman Hunter on him, and let him know you’re there son, type of tackle on him, early in the game.
05 Dec 2025 18:07:13
Pressed send too quickly! Slot hasn’t been dropping him to the bench, he’s been keeping him fit for the Leeds game.