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Yeah, "Premier Ambitions, Amateur Decisions" should never leave the side of that van. It's perfect.

Yeah, to add to the positive side the discussion, "Premier Ambitions, Amateur Decisions" is a spectacular line. Simple, puts the message across loud and clear, catchy. Props to whoever chose that.

Completely agree. Throwing petty attacks around like that is more likely go have the opposite effect, and have the club rally behind Rudkin in defence against the "childish fans attempting to bully a man out of their job". The base image of Rudkin with the red line, and the message Rudkin Out should be more than enough. If you want to add more, instead of petty, personal remarks, state established facts that have gone wrong at the club that were his responsibility. "14 seconds late" "X players gone on a free, £xm lost since 201x" I haven't got figures to hand, but all this stuff has been posted in here over the last week. But stuff like that. That van is the perfect way to demonstrate to outside eyes exactly what we are angry about, but like that, it's just going to demonstrate that we're all entitled fans lashing out because our team is a bit bad.

I don't think the intention is to overthrow the King of Thailand! Not unless Rudkin has really worked his way up the ladder...

You need to speak to Rudkin about that one.

Hermansen Justin Faes Okoli Kristiansen Soumare Ndidi El Khannouss Ayew Vardy Decordova-Reid That's not the team I want to see, but that's what I expect it to be.

But they can't prove that, because you can. It's also very difficult to prove a negative.

Why do we have a new thread for a Liverpool player? Move on, this is looking needy.

Highly disagree. He's very raw, was regularly struggling to beat his man against Stoke, and the glimpses of talent on display does not mean that he's ready for the PL or can add anything to our squad. Right now, as players, all of our wingers are better than Will Alves, which is to be expected at his stage of development. Regular competitive game time at one club in the Championship is exactly what he needs right now, and if we don't get relegated next season, there might even be an argument in the summer to send him out on loan again, depending on the next 6 months.

I thought they were about to go into his breeding pedigree then and I had to check that it wasn't the Racing Post...

brb, getting DeepSeek to write a 5000 word essay on Tete...

Damn, I got the minute he was subbed wrong...

Nope, just very bored

They should. For a young player, probably still a bit nervous, in his first appearance for his club, at a critical moment in their cup run, he did great. I tried to be objective, covering both positive and negative as I saw it. I'm not trying to be a downer. He's got plenty of room to improve, and if that's his floor, I look forward to seeing where his ceiling is.

Can't believe he didn't push JJ off the pitch, cover LB and RB single handed, and go on to score a hattrick. What a terrible signing.

Stoke v Cardiff FA Cup Subbed on at 80 mins, + 9 minutes injury time + 30 minutes extra time RW for 34 mins, LW for last 15. Off the ball movement seemed great, he was always finding space or dragging a defender wide. Weak in the air, most defenders were taller than him and he struggled to win headers. On the Right Wing he seemed to struggle to dribble past defenders and often had to pull the ball back, but didn't lose possession often. On the Left Wing he was a lot more successful in beating his man, worked the ball into the box a few times, and got a shot on target, unfortunately right into the keeper's arms. He didn't seem to show much creativity on the ball, but showed a good work rate when taking on defenders. I don't know if he was more confident on the left, he got used to the pace of the game by the time he switched, or if he was against slower defenders, or a combination of the above. He was a big threat in the last 15 minutes. Wasn't too impressed with his defensive movements and pressing, but that could be due to manager instructions to stay forward when possible. He did not get involved in defending set pieces either, likely due to his height. The score stayed 3-3 for the entire time he was on the pitch. I wouldn't say that he had an impact on the game, but he certainly wasn't invisible either.

I wonder what happened at the 60 minute mark that seemed to cause us to revert to our bad form of the last two months while Ndidi has been out...

I could be wrong, but something tells me that Brighton can't recall him, and that we would have to agree to it, but what do I know...

Daka's pace against Vestergaard and Coady...? He would treat us like we're Spartak Moscow.

Is that not the entire point of this forum?

Que?

Can the Wimpy kid play CB?

I take it that this is going nowhere?

They reportedly had a 17 year old Haaland and his dad in Goodison ready to sign.