dmayne7

What a weird clause. Is it some kind of glitch/error? Otherwise Rudders needs sacking (again)!

I see it completely differently. The goals and assists might not have come but I think that's because he's too conservative and not taking risks. However, his quality in terms of deliver is generally excellent. He's got quite a unique technique and able to dig out a 15 yard cross with some dip and bend

A tiny change to a player role that should make a big difference I think. Would imagine the output is a bit different to the inverted winger. I've heard that most AI teams are employing both the inverted defender roles which will hopefully be tweaked as very few teams actually play like that

If ever there was an example of why people don't get art (me included), here it is. Genuinely could have been done by a 5 year old.

Sounds poor but certainly doesn't sound 'barbaric'

I meant to post this earlier but as a bit of an insight into our culture. Now obviously winning helps the mood about the place but looking at the coaching staff and backroom staff, you just get the feeling that there's a much warmer and more inclusive atmosphere within the club. I'm certainly not pointing the finger at guys like Stowell or Sadler but all those guys come across really well and it seems like there's been an effort (led by Enzo) to change the culture. Looks a great place to be.

Definitely. Much like the idea we've always been a 'small' club. No we haven't. Never been a big club but outside 8-10 clubs that have always been in the top flight over the past 50 years and have won things, we're probably then in with another 15-20 clubs that would reasonably expect to have plenty of top flight football with the occasional cup and league (in years gone by) success. Reality is, out stay in the PL grew out profile a lot and given the size of a club also relies on international fans in this day and age, it's no longer unreasonable to see ourselves as a mainstay in the top flight (the reality is of course different).

That's actually what I thought it was going say in the blurb

Quality

Quite decent so far. Unfortunately feels too much like Valhalla reskinned. Definitely more focus on stealth which is great but the general combat suffers as a result (need to have both at their peak going forward). Some horrific screen tearing which was also the same as Valhalla on launch.

Why does that set alarm bells ringing? It's RRP is £45 I think. It's advertised as a shorter game.

I'm guessing you own FIFA outright and your question is about whether it stops you playing online? I'm pretty sure that core effectively replaces the old gold so you can play online

Agreed. It's effective in the system but you want to see him have free reign, especially as he was always good at underlapping naturally anyway. Hope to see it mixed up next season

Still a million miles from his best and I think that sums up why so many of us thought he'd destroy this league. Was really isolated in the first half and given he will always show for the ball, I think that shows it was the role he was asked to play and that the team weren't great

And then he followed up with his woeful lack of pace getting him booked and bailed out by Hamza 1 min later . He's been excellent the last 5/6 games he's played but let's also be fair in that his role isn't the most difficult in this team. He doesn't get put under any pressure so you would expect him be able to make those passes but his decision making has generally been good. To be clear, it's night and day between what we saw before so he deserves his place in the team but let's not alos ignore the fact that if we get exposed in the PL like we do at least once a game, the opposition strikers will get in every single time. Now, that's not all on him and the system will need to change defensively but you'd have to question whether a new deal is a forward thinking move.

Yep, bloody difficult that. Touch wasn't great but equally he had to let it run across him and leave himself with the tight angle.

Great. Got to listen to Radio Stoke on this specific type of water flow

Yeah. Not like Southgate gave him all his current caps... oh wait.

2 places? How did you get to that number. JJ and Doyle in for that LB/LCB option and the other 3 vying for the 2 traditional CB roles. Should throw in Souttar as well. Fantastic quality at this level but we're clearly a full back short at the moment.

Jury'a still out for me. Tries to do too many things so can't quite decide what kind of game it wants to be. Classic Bethesda I guess. Still, objectively, there's no way it's less than an 8. Plenty of good content and in depth systems (which are never explained!) and whilst there's plenty of filler, there's still plenty of good stuff that doesn't take too long to get to. Think if they had streamlined some bits and been more focused, you'd be looking at a definite 9 maybe a 10 on some metrics.

First 2 cases, fair enough. Your last point is just lazy and it's disrespectful (not a massive issue before you think I'm super offended by it) When you've got a name that people can't spell, it's bloody annoying. A stupid thing but a thing nonetheless. Personally, it just makes people look thick when they can't be bothered to get their own players' name right. Chris Woods was the best one

He really is the most unlikeable golfer on the planet. Unfortunately, his ability to not care is also why he's so good in majors because he doesn't get sucked into the pressure.

Jesus. It's worrying that he doesn't understand basic economics. If you decrease the price, you are likely to get that increased volume and therefore make the same profit or possibly more. Or, you could never try that and then cry that your 'volumes' aren't high enough. Big club that has been destroyed by useless ownership.

Pretty certain that was in there last year. Cool at first then gets annoying when it's all you hear for the whole match ha.

Look at those minutes though. Pathetic. Equating to 3 full seasons at best. And that's not including assists so you can't use that as a stick to beat him with (not that per 90 is a perfect measure). Somebody else said it, but it's mentality and concentration with Iheanacho. It's all there but does he have the desire to fulfill his potential or just happy with his in and out role? With the game time, I think that was fair earlier on in his career but after he bailed Rodgers out, he was then quickly back on the bench the next season. Doesn't matter if he'd been crap in training because he should have been completely undroppable. Love the guy but there's no debate he's been a massive disappointment so far this season. Fingers crossed it changes.