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Even through the Luke tinted glasses Marti must have seen how cack he was tonight. To not bring Aluko on in his place was criminal

You were talking about his performance today and used the manager's decision making to back up your argument which isn't very credible. Been crap most of his time here but if you think he's only had 2 games recently where he's 'been good enough', then that's just silly (almost as silly as us paying £20m+ for him)

Needs to work on his right foot and then he's got serious potential

Yeah because this manager's decisions are spot on aren't they?

Booking for that with what he's let go the other way . We're shite but these things make it worse

Eh? He was about the only player that actually tried today. None of his teammates trying or being able to pass a football are his fault. Him and Nelson the only performances at an ok standard.

My apathy have staved off my desire to see him gone but this is just bollocks again. Those subs sum up that he has no clue

Hahaha

Yeah only a couple that have been even ok but these 2 have been a total liability

Mavididi and BDR got to be hooked

How the f has Soumare not been booked. Small things like that can have a big impact as he can't make tackles like he did on Skipp because of the risk

Pathetic as per. Couple of players trying but that's it. Watching the replay, 4 players unmarked that are goalside. Never seen that

So basically relying on Skipp to be the only guy putting any pressure on the ball and Nelson to be in the correct position every time. Solid plan

Think your keyboard might be broken

With you on this. Has a pretty good delivery

There's no redemption for them. That would require us to return to being clearly the best of the rest in the PL, challenging the Top 4, having a young squad worth 100's of millions etc. They driven us so low in such a short space of time, that returning us to a yo-yo club or even a lower PL team is not good enough from where they were. They've also dragged the club's name through the mud with their inept financial management. A new owner gets a fresh start and we might be content with those kinds of positions, but not under this regime.

Failed with the very first player . VJ was not an academy player and in fact we only got him when he was 20 or very close to it. I know you've missed a few but that list sums up how crap our academy has actually been until recent years.

Hate to break it to you but that's pretty much been every player in the existence of this football club. Understand the point on his lack of on the ball influence but you're comparing Apples (Skipp) to Oranges (Winks). His role whilst the deepest is to cover defensively and help move the ball on when he can, whereas Winks' was to dictate play. Reality is, he's having far more influence on the game than Winks has been doing this season, by doing his main job

On his performance today, 2 accurate statements, 1 extremely inaccurate. He was absolutely dire in terms of his quality today but he gets some leeway as he absolutely worked his socks off. Not sure how anyone could watch that and think different. Monga got to be in for him now and given a run of games.

1 more appearance and some more money maybe? Very odd

Not really wanting to defend him but I can only assume you don't watch/see him during the game. Goes absolutely mental telling the players to get higher up the pitch, which in itself shows the problem is that he can't influence these players.

That's what I meant with my last sentence (badly articulated). Definitely had a little more about him today.

Terminate the loan either way (if we can). He's barely featured and that's valuable wages that could be spent elsewhere.

Don't think he looked anywhere near it physically earlier in the season but you can see a massive change in just a few months (which is likely to happen at his age). Looked way more up to the pace of the game, stronger and didn't stop pressing when he was on the pitch. Already had high hopes for him but looks like his all-round game has a lot more maturity already

It's more that he's getting in ahead of Monga which is baffling. And then there's an actual striker (albeit looks crap) sat there on the bench. Then of course Evans not getting a look in. It's just odd all round.