Paninistickers

Disagree totally. We absolutely DO need players who are bigger and better than LCFC.

Sorry mate, but what total tripe. Even worse, you've attempted to patronise people whilst posting such tripe.

That's a really really weak riposte. We are all armchair pundits here. And if you have half a brain, you know exactly the point that was being made.

He'd want to stay if we'd offered him Ayews contract and the game time of Ayew

You can fit Wilf,.Skipp,.Ricky and JJ all into the same starting xi.

The lack of strategic thinking at the club is astounding. We could've kept a 27 yo Kels on the same wages + and saved ourselves a 5m fee. Not suggesting Kels should've stayed, but there's heullva argument he's better than Ayew. Or at least very little in it, at worst. But nope. Lets.lose Kels for free.and pay a rival club more of our money

He ain't 32

Agree almost completely.. I take a different view on VK today. First he stuck at the task with Traore, even when he got done. second, there were six or seven occasions he received the ball wide in his own half with two men closingnhim.andnhe didnt panic nor look for the easy ball down the line. Went inside or back and held his nerve. Wasn't great but thought he could be pleased with his day's work

Ok, what was ok today?. We were resilient in a way not seen for nearly an decade. At times we took the sting out of the game nicely. And, I thought Vesty, Faes, VK (tho noone else seems to) were ok, Winks Mads about par and first 25 mins aside, thought Wilf was excellent. Thought Skipp looked really tidy when he came on.

I suppose the ball bouncing 5 yards offa him when he's trying to control it does t count as a .misplaced pass.

The whole front line is wrong. Far too much laid on Buonnotte shoulders. He should be a bench option. Vards cannot lead the line. It's absurd. Again, he can come on as a psychological weapon later on on games. BDCR, enough said.

I think is magnified that it was all so predictable. I KNEW he'd be like this. Vaguely competent pro bit wholly ineffectual. He has absolutely no USP,.nothing stand out. Absolute beige in the extreme. sickening three better players - significantly better too - are playing second fiddle to such invisibility.

We've just paid 10m fee and wages package for a 44 year old Ayew..more money than anyone in the world would pay for him, even Saudi FFS. 15m on a centre half that isn't good enough to play. And we let another centre half worth 15m walk for free this season. Another 4m on wages for a new Ryan Bertrand 29m spunked. More than enough money to make a fist of this. We've just chosen not to.

I want to like Cooper and he seems a nice enough fella, but he's not conducting himself well in interviews. He's ultra beta. And his comment about 'leta see what Ricky is made of this season' (or words to that effect) have irked me. Ricky's earned his respect here Steve. You haven't. An elite full back cruelly hampered twice with major injuries. Yet still he managed to get to a European semi (scoring in the quarters) and then a key player and a winner's medal in the championship (rather than a shithouse play off win that cooper managed) Play him. Personally I'd have him at Attacking right midfield and coordinate with JJ.

Seeing as we won the league last year, you'd look at videos right? See what was good and bad, right? It's mind boggling. Like someone stepping in at arsenal, watching last year's Odegaard and Martinelli, and coming to the conclusion to drop them both. For BDCR!

Well done Owen PA btw

Agree with your take. Rank bad management. Some people just don't switch on until the lights are on. Good managers know that. Plus, they clearly train to a certain level, otherwise they'd both been rumbled by previous managers It's a grotesque lack of professional respect and of leadership intuition.

He was just 'there'..Not anonymous quite. Not appalling as such..Just there, around,.kinda being professional on autopilot but not actually contributing. It's precisely what I thought he'd do when we signed him. To drop two of our best players for him is a tragedy

I would no way sack Cooper. But I would insist i pick the team from now on.

Iargely agree. Thought we were resilient and tidy at times But the frustration is we could be soooo much better. Good players sat twiddling thumbs on the bench and garbage out on the grass

It seems unpopular to say so, but I thought Wilf was excellent

Exactly. Quite a few on here try and justify their existence by gaslighting us the BdcR is doing stuff that the great unwashed can't see. Pathetic individuals.

You know what, I think we have just about enough to get away with avoiding relegation. Problem is we have two of our best players on the bench and maybe two more who could start.

Don't care where they came from. He offered nothing.

All those professional scouts. All those stats and video analysis. All those people who dedicate their professional and large part of their personal lives to studying football .....yet they couldn't predict watch your average mug punter can see. This guy is harmless. An absolute waste of time.