honeybradger

Nonsense, he was arguably the best player on the pitch in the spurs game and he did also did well in every other game he started. He gets underrated because he takes some wild shots which look ridiculous but the rest of his game is very good.

They thought they had the draw locked in when he came on and fell asleep for the corner.

We are as close to top 5 as we are to the relegation zone. Cooper is quite frankly turning water into wine.

Best manager we have had in a while. This strategy of leaving our Fatawu/Mavididi on the bench and have them force their way into the side has seen them perform to new levels.

Would have been an easy goal without Ayew trying to block it.

Anyone expecting us to compete with PL teams are reactionary. Look at Burnley, Sheffield United etc last year, class in the championship but crap in the PL. We simply arent able to compete financially with teams at this level and Cooper isnt to blame for that

To be fair Kasper has always been incredible for Denmark. Even after he dropped off for us he was still in his prime for them. At club level Hermansen is definitely the better goalkeeper currently though.

Southampton are crap by PL standards but we are also crap by PL standards. We could be their first win of the season.

No one is going to be asking questions about Mcateer, Ayew or Bobby Reid starting Cooper. The reason questions are being asked about Mavididi and Fatawu starting is because they are our two best options, people arent asking questions for the sake of it.

That cant be right? Foxestalk has decided that because he doesn't offer much going forwards then keeping possession must be a strength of his but here it says that holding onto the ball is a weakness. How odd.

No, think that record was academy players not playing, this one is them not being in the squad.

Edouard is a 26 year old experienced player playing for a PL side, Simms was 22 years old playing for a championship side. Simms has more margin for not performing to a good standard because he is young and playing at a lower level. Players at Edouard's age usually stay around the level that they are at, they dont suddenly come good. I also wouldn't want Simms playing for us any time in the near future either, he's pretty bad.

Not sure what point you're trying to make here? Yes, all of those teams' managers will be sacked over the coming weeks, unless the Southampton ownership has already accepted they are going down and keep Martin for the championship.

Very strange that people are using Edouard being crap as an opportunity to slag off Daka for not being as bad as Edouard. Maybe Daka actually isnt that bad and we have a skewed perception of what a decent PL striker looks like after having Vardy for a decade.

Game to game Hermansen is probably as good as or even better than Schmeichel but Schmeichel had some massive moments for us like the Sevilla penalty or the FA cup final. You cant really compare Hermansen or any future goalkeeper we have to Schmeichel until they step up for us when it really matters like Schmeichel did.

He's 19 years old playing in a car crash of a team. Hard to consistently play well given that.

Under Maresca he would have Vardy dropping deep, Dewsbury Hall, Ricardo, Ndidi etc to pass to, now all our other players struggle to find space. It's not just him taking the easy option, the players are no longer in the right position to receive a pass.

Winks doesnt suit playing under Cooper. He's not a player who is comfortable out of possession and relies on having passing options which the system doesnt provide for him.

To be fair Kane also does have a tendency of scoring loads in one game and going missing in others.

To be fair to Cooper Cannon does need a season as a starter in the championship if he is going to reach the level required.

Is it right that he's 15? He wins that physical duel with the defender quite comfortably who i assume is 18+ years old. Having two 15 year olds already competing at u21 level is very exciting.

Watch us sack Cooper then sign Scott Parker.

He might be a top 5 goalkeeper in this league playing for a team that would be the league's worst without him. We probably wont even get big money for him when we're relegated.

Is that something we offer? It feels like we have the best academy products we've had in years and the quality of the players that we are signing are some of the worst we have had in years. Yet the gap between our first team and our academy hasnt felt greater.