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There was little difference between us playing Man city and ipswich playing Chelsea in terms of difficulty. Except they are getting 3 points and we took 0.

Agree but there’s still a difference between Chelsea and Bournemouth. Ipswich against Chelsea is very unexpected. Us versus Bournemouth is points we should be getting imho.

Enzo meltdown once again. Stubbornness vs. practicality

Bottom two for us by New Year. Gulp!

Yes it’s the most important and pivotal January ever because its next month and past Januarys dont matter. My concern is 1. The lack of quality we have and 2. The mental fragility, we can’t hold on to a dog collar let alone a lead. We simply fold like cards when under pressure or conceding a goal. Need more than a couple of decent players, we need a team of psychologists and some steel.

Always 8 for Amazon.

If it’s odds then they’re being very stingy at 33/1.

I remember Steve Coppell resigning from Man City with Frannie Lee the chairman sat beside him. It was after about 4 weeks because he felt the job was too difficult for him. I have a feeling Ruud could do the same given this squad and our situation.

So the crisis club is murdering us. You couldn’t make this up. No fight or brainpower in this team.

Need to seal up this defence. It’s hopeless as we’re rarely going to score 3 or 4 to win a game. So 1. New defender in January, 2. Keep Mads fit and 3. A shrewd signing who can get us a few key goals.

Has to be a win. It’s the must win of all must wins in given the following three matches, with zero points expected.

Maybe the last two match results papered over the cracks. We should have lost versus Brighton but didn’t and we’re still conceding mid twenty chances per game. No side will keep a clean sheet or win too many doing that. I think we’re just a poor squad and poor side regardless of manager, Ruud or Coops. We’ve slipped back to the level of performance against Man U and Brentford recently and I’m wondering if that’s the norm. It’s a toothless and a defeated attitude that is pailful to endure

Imagine this thread now if Cooper was the manager.

this is getting horrendous with Mads out aswell , just need some respectability now.

We’re going to have to shothouse another result somewhere. A little unfair on Hamza really seeing as it’s his first full game. We’ve got to play more together to get anything here. Bring on Facundo for Kasey and see if we can magic something up.

What! So you're saying there's no Winks, Wilf and Wicardo? in true Monty Python Life of Brian style

Don’t worry, they’ll be like Barca in two weeks time.

Think we have to give up on the whataboutery or we’ll never get past GO. What matters is that we have fun enjoying the games we play, and the last minute goals to grab a point or a win or two.

Looking like the bottom 6 are a fair bit detached and worse than the rest. I rate Wolves and Palace being the best of the six, so I reckon we’re in a scrap for 17th versus Everton, Ipswich and Saints. Given that a 1 in 4 chance of staying up. Not great odds and hoping Ruud can do some magic.

Damn site more fight than their richer county cousins.

I think they beat Torquay in the first round 2-0 and then lost to Stevenage inRound 2 after a replay. The first game at home was on BBC with Lineker/Hansen etc.

The idea of the Copenhagen party given the form that they were in at the time was a joke. Look at what has happened since. It's the players I am not happy with primarily, they've not done the basics and given a 100%. There's a malaise among them and they're paid enough and flippin' professionals, so sort it out between you and stop blaming the manager.

hold your horses we haven’t started the game yet! But you may be proved right.

I thought Kristansen would have been better in a 5, but there you go. Maybe there’s a surprise in store but I’m not hopeful. That back 5 has more leaking in it than a Wetherspoons gents toilet on a Friday night.

phew it’s going to be a long afternoon. 3 at the back is interesting so could be 5-2-2-1 and if we attack 3-4-2-1. But I’d be surprised if we get anything given Brentford’s fast starts and free scoring at home. I can’t see Soumare and Ndidi controlling or creating much, there’s a massive reliance on Facondo.