dmayne7

Yep. He's the cause of all the issues and that will solve everything

Hamza laughing and joking with the oppo manager says everything you need to know about the culture at this club

No it isn't. Body angle made it very hard to get it on target

Vestergaard with a his second dummy in his own area. Quality

We don't sack managers when they are failing in record breaking fashion, let alone when things are just not good

All the defenders had a shocker there. Faes is in absolute no mans land. Carranza was obvs the main catalyst.

Vestergaard dummying the ball in his own area

Was just about to say how anonymous Ramsey has been, then he almost gave up a great chance for Pompey, then he bloody scored. Classic

The wording of that statement says it all. Not even a token (albeit it hollow) thank you for his effort. Blows my mind that their are actually Forest fans who think he's not mental.

So glad we've never been so silly...

Granted these are snippets from 2 matches but I've watched a decent chunk of a couple of their games this season and he's been attacking and defending on the left wing in both of those, so has definitely played some mins at least on the left wing. It's why things like transfermarkt always have some limitations as you do see some strange omissions and inclusions when it comes to player positions. Obviously you might have watched all their games so would bow to your knowledge

But he's been playing on the wing for Stuttgart?

Don't think he is from what we've seen. He's clearly very talented and got something more than just ability on the ball, but he struggled with the pace and physicality of the game when he did play. Hopefully get him involved a little bit but maybe even throw him out on loan so he can adapt to men's football. That could fast track his development

Similar timespan to you and it's not even close. In terms of ability/impact, peak Ricardo is at number 2 all time for me behind Kante (don't worry, Vardy is quite clearly still the GOAT in terms of Leicester players but I think those 2 guys were better footballers, just got nothing on him in terms of longevity, backstory and the full journey). If he hadn't got crocked, no way he wouldn't have been playing for the big boys now. He's a shadow of the player he was but still has so much class and you see flashes of where he's a cut above most players, and I'm talking about playing in the PL as well.

Most effective player I've seen, outside of Messi and Ronaldo (at least when used properly). Single handedly made so many teams much better.

Crazy that I had ultimate for 3 years at just £40 a year. Will be paying more than that in 2 months. I've never really made full use of ultimate but even on the current pricing, 2/3 games on day 1 and online play access meant I was breaking even on it. I'll probably drop down to premium or maybe cancel all together as it's so difficult finding a list of games that will be available on premium. The reports claiming they lost £300m on COD sales which is the big driver. I played it via GP and actually bought the season pass since the base game was 'free', same thing I did with FH5. 2 games I otherwise would never have bought outright so it's clearly not as straightforward as they make out. What they've added in as benefits are absolutely crap as well. Some ubisoft games that many interested will have already played and some Fortnite pass that I would imagine must ultimate subscribers aren't going to get use out of. Would make more sure sense to have these things as discounted extras

It's funny because I gave GoT 2/3 goes before I could finish it because I was so so bored at points. I think the Tales or whatever they were called were great (with the characters from the main story) but hampered by how slow they were at times and the length of time it took to travel to missions. That sentiment was mirrored with the open world as the concept of how you explore was fantastic and immersive, but the reality was that it was a very bland open world and tedious to explore with the distance between things/fast travel points and how slowly the fog on the map was removed (pretty sure I just wore the outfit that boosted that the whole game). Funny, as a historical based, 3rd person action game sounds like my perfect game almost. Still, probably pick Yotei up at some point.

He looked refreshed and more mature when he came in at the back end of last season. But for some reason this season, he's looked even more timid and lacking in confidence than before

Generally speaking, there is not an agreed contract. Think of it like a release clause. The option price is set at £5m let's say, which means that Rennes have to accept a bid of that value or more from us, but could reject it from another club. However, we still have to agree the terms with James and he could turn us down. Rennes could even offer him a new deal if they wanted. So we would obviously have had that conversation with him, and it is possible that we've soft agreed a contract with him if we're promoted but nothing legally binding. Fatawu was a deal that had an obligation to buy (thought of course depended on us being promoter), same as BEK to Stuttgart (which has no conditional causes for that to take effect as far as we're aware). In these cases, the contract is agreed with the player as part of the loan and is considered legally binding, being enacted as soon as the transfer is completed. Now I guess you could also have a deal where you agree terms with the player and make that binding then decide whether you want to confirm the deal but I think that's a bit trickier from an employment rights point of view as the transfer is not legally binding/does not come into force if set conditions are met, but only if the buying party wants to do the deal at that time. It's also a bit of a halfway house because it's neither one nor the other. First option to buy (as it should be called rather than just an option) incentivises teams to take a punt on a player, pay a higher loan fee up front or potentially less as a buyer and also gives the parent club the chance to still keep the player if they do well and can better a contract being offered elsewhere. Obligations allow teams to have the security of a deal done with the flexibility of accounting periods/cashflow/registration rules etc.

A good number 10/attacking mid would be far more impactful that a new left back. Also, we'd need to ship out VK for us to considering moving in that area and given the potential of Aluko, not sure we should be making a move for a new LB.

Signed a new contract I believe.

I meant the EFL survey to be clear. It's admirable that they want to tackle so much but it's just too long which dilutes the quality of it

Exactly what I thought he'd bring in terms of that proper box to box role. But that goal today and just generally he's more technically gifted than I imagined. Long overdue but looking like a great deal

I've had a mare? I gave you evidence, you have me nothing but the laughing emoji yesterday, still none of these stats and waited until after today to then bring up the reply. Absolutely pathetic . I think that's all the validation I needed that I was correct and you were wrong, so thanks I guess He had a pretty good game today, and? He also dropped one absolute clanger on the edge of his own area in the second half. So my original assertion that he's decent at this level but has made multiple mistakes holds true.

The guy has no where to go, and arguably wouldn't even get to the ball. Should have just shepherded it out of play. Awful decision, and even moreso because it ended in a penalty (rightly or wrongly)