foxfan92

Right now I'd take any of these over our current centre backs, and I am well aware most of this list are full of pentioners or players who've sadly passed on, and yes some like Konchesky mostly played as full backs, but beggars can't be choosers and I feel even in death they'd improve us at the back over where we are now. Graham Cross, Steve Walsh, John O'Neil, Adam Black, Wes Morgan, Gerry Taggart, Richie Norman, Frank Sinclair, Steve Whitworth, Peter Rodrigues, Dennis Rofe, Simon Grayson, Gary Mills, Paul Konchesky, Ian King, David Nish, John Sjoberg, Jeff Blockley, Robert Huth ... my Nan ... (I'm sure there are obvious ones I've missed from this list).

Although I'm not keen on the system, we have a load of central defenders all better when playing in a back 3, yet we insist on playing a back 4 and wonder why they don't look comfortable defending.... (Not me defending them, but maybe we need to adjust the system to one that suits the players strengths ...)

This is depressing reading ...

I am certain we must have watched different games. However effective or ineffective he may have been out wide, I don't think he ever looked lazy.

Ayoze Perez was a good player, but we never played to his strengths. (I was actually sad when we sold him).

No need for a ban when the muppets in charge couldn't complete a decent transfer in time if their lives depended on it!

We have no money for new players but keep rejecting offers for our own homegrown talent like McAteer and Thomas which would give us instant profit and are hardly players who are playing regularly in the first team. What am I missing here?

I know you've agreed terms with PSV, but why not consider Leicester City instead? What can we offer? Guaranteed to be playing in the Champions (hip) League next season!

Cue the optimism 🤣

Lol. Beat me to it

Never in doubt!

We should have paid the release clause for Corberan even if that gave us a smaller transfer budget. We could have saved £25 million on Skipp and £3 million for Ayew, for a start.

I get your points here and agree with them, but I think Ruud is trying to make us hard to beat away and against the better teams and will go more attacking against those teams he feels we can beat and when at home against most teams. I've no evidence yet this will be the case, just how I view the bizarre decision to drop Buonanotte. Assume he feels Ayew may offer more defensively against these oppositions and I think we have looked more organised at the back generally under Ruud ... and we're clearly trying to counter attack (but then I'd definitely have Buonanotte in the side to do this, and don't think he's that much different from Ayew defensively. Like I said I agree with you, just voicing why I think he's doing it. I can't understand the 5 minute from end cameo by Okoli either. Surely that's just a waste of a sub, when, if losing, we could be bringing on someone more attack minded.

Actually leave Ayew on ...

Get Buonanotte on now please

I thought Soumare did well, especially first half. Ayew was too slow on the transition and Jacub was a million times better than Ward.

It's tricky. I think there is a decent player there but he needs a goal or two because he's not looking confident in front of goal right now. Should have done better with that one (and only) chance we had in the second half.

Think we looked better at the back than last 2 games, which to be honest isn't saying much, but we couldn't get the ball out of our half. Yes it was against a rampant Liverpool who've been turning over everyone (except Forest) but we need to be braver going forward. I don't know why RVN can't play Buonanotte and El Khannouss at the same time?

When things are looking bleak.... When you're losing games, and looking clueless... When you're conceding goals against poor opposition, and struggling to score yourself... Don't worry Man City, you'll manage to put your season back on track when you put 5 past us!

Soumare has looked good the last few games, shame there are too many of our players around him who haven't. I'm not talking about today necessarily, we were always likely to lose this, but against Wolves last game and Newcastle before that.

Just the sub we need with 5 mins to go. Forget about the exciting young player on the bench.

Doh.

Yeah I was about to ask why is he doing that? It's not like we've been in their half that much.

To be fair he's a hell of a good player, but I swear JJ looked a much better player before this season. Not sure what's gone on. He seems to be a player who's getting worse each season.

I'd have kept El Khannouss on