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I can't help but think with Klopp in charge we'd have won the tournament. Southgate didn't win anything as a player or manager, I Heard him interviewed on Saturday morning and he said getting to semis and finals was an achievement. That's a loser mentality. Even if the FA replace him it will probably be with Potter, another with a similar "not won anything" record and we'll be having the same conversation in ten years time.

Even his dogs trying not to be photographed with him.

To think we were looking nailed on to qualify for the Champions League just three years ago!

I think our system struggles when we go behind. Against Leeds, we took a fifteen-minute lead and that is exactly why we created chances, we were able to wait for the right times as Leeds had to try to score. Once Bristol had scored I don't remember us creating anything. I definitely agree with you on the fact we could go 50/50 a lot more than we do but I also think we would have had a lot more success this season if we had Ulloa type striker as @StonyFox mentioned. This system also creates a lot of opportunities for the wingers to pull the ball back but most of the time there's not enough space and you can see the opposition setting up for that Fatiwu to Ndidi five-yard pass as it is the only option. Imagine how much more space we'd get to do that if the defenders also had to worry about someone who could get a head on a cross as well as the pull back. I just think our system of controlling the game would work so much better with a big striker who could head it.

I think the system we play would be far better suited with a big physical number 9. I think Vardy touched the ball 4 times in the first half of the Millwall game. The way we control the game at times is brilliant but you can't always rely on the cut-back into the box. In the Birmingham game, we put so many balls into the box it was crying out for someone like Soutar playing centre forward. This system doesn't need a fast forward. When I think back I can only think of the Cannon goal which was a quick ball through to the forward. When we've broken forward at speed a lot of the time it's been Dewsbury Hall, Mavadidi and Fatawuw, even Winks I remember scoring like that once. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we just lump the ball up. I'm saying we play almost exactly the same but with the ability to put a cross into someone with height and physicality. It means the opposition isn't just expecting the 8s or wingers to cut lowballs back all the while. Even Man City play with Harland. I'd love to see us play exactly as we do, but with Soutar as a striker. Come on Enzo, just for one game to prove me wrong!

Could we not argue that point, you can't choose when you do or don't enforce the rules.

No we don't, we just hide it better.

Well, you did use the phrases "cries of corruption", "quieten conspiracy theories" and " then talk of corruption is nonsense".

So although there is corruption in every other organisation, the more money and power the more corruption, you think there is none in football?

Hope so, all the best.

I respect your opinions Ric but surely you can see some resoning in your points. 1) It's about all he's done since he's been here, did you see that shot on Saturday, I'm not saying he's an awful player but you can see why others have had time there. 2) I think this was because we were getting the opportunity for Fatawu to put crosses into the far post. Playing him there gave us the opportunity to keep a central striker and have someone to capitalise on the crosses. 3) Ricardo has been so good I can see why he's had to play him. 4) I don't see what the problem with the talking was. We dominated most of the game and missed a number of chances that were easier to score. We also had a perfectly good goal ruled out. The finishing and officiating were hardly his fault. 5) If he makes changes he gets criticism as well though. We should be scoring far more than we have been. Look at the XG for the last few games and the opponents. We've created loads of decent chances. It's not his fault if we miss them, it's not been one player but most of our forwards and wingers have missed sitters. 6) But who would you drop? I give you after Saturday, Faes, but before then he'd had some good games. You have some foir points but I think you're being a bit harsh on him. It's his first season. Look at how bad we were before came and were still top. We should have beaten Middleboro and Leeds easily, QPR scored with their only 2 on target shots against us. Even on Saturday as bad as we were, Hull only had an XG of 1.2 to our 2.03. Luck and officiating haven't been going our way recently but I can't see that Enzo is doing too much wrong.

What has he done that's been so bad this month?

Looking forward to the game, I just hope Craig Pawson doesn't spoil it.

I'd aim to smash it at the player lying down's face. The wall jumps and smash, right in the face. Imagine if it was Richarlison. Seriously though. if you were to hit it at the wall about a foot high imagine all those deflections off the top of the player lying down or the feet of the jumping wall. I'm sure it would be better than curling one over the bar.

Hopefully, that gets better with experience and better decision-making There was one occasion on Saturday when Daka dropped deep to get a pass from Hermansen, did a great turn to get past his man then played a good pass to put Dewsbury Hall through. Dewsbury Hall took the ball forward drawing three defenders around him. He moved the ball to his left a hit a long shot high and wide under pressure however Ricardo was in space to his right and Fatawu was in ten yards of space in front of the goal. A pass to Fatawu or Ricardo and then Fatawu and it would have been an even better goal than our second. Have a look at the replay if you get a chance.

I honestly think that the people who currently attend games aren't anywhere near as passionate about football as the crowds of years ago. Maybe the old passionate fan has been priced out of the game to be replaced by the rich who just have a passing interest. There was a group of about 20 lads in front of me, all knew each other and spent nearly all the match talking about work, hardly looking at the game. They left 10 minutes before half time and about half of them returned 15 minutes into the second half. The rest didn't even bother to come back. I honestly wouldn't bet that they even knew the score. I don't think it's the game, the style of football, the results. Anything. It's the people who watch it that are the problem.

Transfer window closes Thursday 11 pm.

I thought all the championship midweek games were on the red button, this one is not mentioned anywhere.

Ah yes, it's Birmingham on Saturday

I honestly can't remember any player we signed on a Friday who featured at all the day after.

Player's injury records can vary depending on whether they want to play or not. It's like the attendance record between employees who get full pay when they are ill and those who don't.

I don't see much sense (no pun intended) in that, considering they want a fee for a player that's out of contract in the summer, with a not-great injury record and they want to take the risk to get another game out of him! It would be like us getting someone to sign Praet and pay £2m for him on a permanent deal and us saying we want to keep him for the Swansea game because we're short in midfield at the moment.

I don't think they'll stop Newcastle, just delay them.

Its thats the case we'd be better off breaking the rules and taking the points deduction.

When was the KDH Mark Selby snooker filmed, was it after the Coventry game?