honeybradger

Evans has really not been given a fair chance at all. It's not like he is competing against prime Vardy. Ayew and Daka are completely stinking it up at the moment. Yes he didn't blow the doors open in pre season but he only got 60 minutes in what I consider as his preferred position, that being striker. He's still massively talented and I dont like the fact that Cifuentes hasnt even put him in a position where he can stake a claim against Ayew and Daka. With all being fair he should at least be rotated in with those two, who are proving time and time again that they dont have what it takes to be our main striker this season. Aluko has also been left out in the cold for absolutely no reason. Based on his performance in pre season he should really be on the bench at least. Monga and Page will undeniably force their way into the first XI over time due to their level of talent. With Page not even getting off the bench today and Monga being arguably our best player and starting on the bench I feel like Cifuentes is giving them less than they deserve. The fact that we probably win today with them starting means that im not impressed with the prospect of Cifuentes bringing them into the team eventually as their lacking involvement is hurting us now. It feels like the youngsters will only get chances under Cifuentes due to the underperformance of the senior players forcing his hand which is not how it should be in my opinion.

That's just your opinion though which you have yet to provide any tangible reasoning for. I feel like I have given a fair assessment of how Cifuentes appears to be unfairly keeping our academy at arms length. Unless there's a rational argument otherwise as to why the way Cifuentes is managing the academy players vs the senior players is correct then I won't change my opinion.

Andy King had us feeling like a far more cohesive and fair squad in less time if we're being honest. 4 weeks ago we were arguably in a better position with our academy players getting a fair shot and taking that opportunity to impress. It felt like we were ready for a proper rebuild. Now Monga is the only one getting minutes and is getting less than he deserves. Cifuentes has made us a closed shop where the same experienced pros who have screwed us over for years get free reign again and have clear playing privileges over the academy based on their seniority in the squad rather than ability. I won't accept that it's too early to judge Cifuentes as I saw a brighter future for us when he was out of the picture, what he has done in terms of the way he has set up the squad since he has been here has only damaged us.

He doesnt get time, we need points now. I am convinced he's not putting out our best XI or best bench, irrespective of whether they are academy players. I think it's fair to criticise him on the basis that I believe his decisions are costing us points as well as damaging the long term trajectory of the club. Shit ownership or not the manager does have an impact on the direction of the club and instead of offsetting the damage of the likes of Rudkin he is compounding that damage by backing the same old crap experienced players over the academy ones.

He has opportunities for us to be better: He's not giving minutes to the like of Nelson, Aluko, Page, Alves, Evans. He's not starting Monga who is our best player. You cant tell me that Evans would not be better than what Daka and Ayew showed tonight. Vestergaard will constantly let us down. Yes Nelson wasnt good the other week but he is a young developing player whilst Vestergaard is at the end of career and still puts up clangers just as bad as Nelson against Huddersfield like he did today. I know which player I would rather start but i also have a strong hunch which player Cifuentes will back. Aluko was so so impressive in pre season and has received 0 (zero) minutes this season. His ability to drive with the ball was one of our best attacking outlets and he was very good defensively. Justin and Thomas were poor today, Cifuentes is again shooting himself in the foot by not giving Aluko a chance. Page has impressed with every chance he had, including against Huddersfield. 0 minutes today, he is a similar talent bracket to Monga who was our best player, not a far reach to suggest that given a chance Page would be one of our better players as well yet Cifuentes is not utilising him. Instead he is playing the mardy Winks who has given up on this club. Alves didn't show much against Huddersfield but he was a good impact player on loan at Cardiff. Cifuentes should be utilising that instead of leaving him at home. Would be better than Ayea in the role that Ayew played in the second half as well.

Van Nistelrooy was absolutely right about him and was right to freeze him out. The best time for him to never play for us again was after the Everton 4-0, the second best time is now, he's a rotten apple.

As is typical, Nelson written off after one bad performance whereas Vestergaard gets unlimited clean sheets at this club. Should be the other way round, Nelson should get as many clean slates as he needs to establish himself here here as he's young and still developing. Vestergaard will forever produce clangers like he did today, should have been out of the door yesterday. This entire situation shows how rotten this club is, including the fanbase. We really need to be backing Nelson as a starter over Vestergaard yet you see how ready everyone was to write him off after one bad performance and to make it seem like Vestergaard is miles ahead of him. This is despite Vestergaard consistently putting in performances like the one Nelson had against Huddersfield.

Page is on the bench. He subbed off El Khannouss at half time. Cifuentes really doesnt help himself. Too scared to give the youngsters the minutes they deserve. If any young player had the performance Ayew had today i have no doubt he would drop them from the first XI and even off the bench. Alves, Evans Page etc would be frozen out. Ayew on the other hand will still be involved next week.

He's miles too good for us. Let's not kid ourselves. We're worried about Fatawu and El Khannouss making Premier league moves but Monga is better than the both of them.

Please god can we stop giving Vestergaard clean sheets. Not good enough.

Hopefully Monga starts from now on. How Cifuentes saw him being our best player in pre season and decided to bench him ill never understand but hopefully lesson learned.

Our best player, idiot

He's not helping himself. Taking off El Khannouss and keeping on Jordan Ayew or Soumare is such a terrible decision. Yet another manager who enables the crap here by playing the senior pros and not giving the more exciting young players a fair chance.

Saved from conceding a second last week. He's not the problem.

Cifuentes is seriously clueless. Why take El Khannouss off. You could always taken Soumare off and player Khannouss deeper.

Hermansen had plenty of gaffs when we were at this level last time. Short term memories on here, watch our highlights from last season in the championship and you will see plenty of goals/chances conceded as a result of misplaced passes from Hermansen. To be clear I like Hermansen and I like Stolarczyk, mistakes happen, no need to pile on Stolarczyk who has on the whole been good enough for us.

He's barely had a career, weird argument. He was our only properly good player against Huddersfield, if you couldn't see that that's your problem rather than Monga's.

Monga on at half time for Ayew and Mavididi up front. Cifuentes is a coward for not starting him.

Seems like you finally caught on from our debates in pre season

They will get battered by stoke. We made them look a lot better than they are.

I thought he was good in pre season and showed a lot of quality in the limited minutes he had.

I guess the thing with Wrexham is that if they struggle they generate more drama and more views for their documentary so even if they do badly they still end up with more money. Their worst nightmare really is to do a Bristol by staying midtable for a decade with no threat of relegation or promotion and lose all momentum on their TV show.

That's why I mentioned him, very much looks like the same profile of player to me.

No one will buy Woyo or Kristiansen though. Justin was one of our weaker players last time we were down anyway. I have high hopes for Aluko, big fan of the way he likes to drive with the ball.

He does look good tbf although I would rather we just play Page. Hopefully he is the player that Casadei should have been rather than another Casadei.