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Shite and our subs almost guarantee we won't score again.

Mavididi can't keep starting and doing nothing, Wrexham are one of the worst sides we'll face. Yeah I'm serious about dropping Stephy for a game and starting BDCR. I'd rather bring Monga on vs tired legs than BDCR, and it would be one of the two starting there if Mavididi isn't.

Stolarczyk Ricardo - Vestergaard - Okoli - Thomas James - Winks Fatawu - Ayew - BDCR Carranza Monga on for BDCR around the hour. Mavididi on for Ayew a little after that. Let James play the full 90.

Hamza was on for Ricardo, I think Ayew dropped into JJ's role and Carranza came on to be the 9

What did Ricardo just catch and throw?

Bit more power on that and that's a goal

Lazy of Ayew to fall over there

Looking bright. I think we will score

****ing hell how do you miss that

Starting to feel a bit bad for Stephy but you can't not cut that back across the box

They'll wait until we qualify for play-offs or promotions just to twist the knife a little I reckon.

The host manages to get an extra 1.5 syllables in Middlesbrough somehow

I feel like we're getting there? I see why he's picking Ayew because he can hold up and get out of tight spaces with the ball but the problem is he basically blunts every attack that he enables by doing so.

Hahahaha, they still have Netto over here in Germany so this tickled me

DaSilva being put through the wringer hahaha go on Abdul

Really tenacious there to get and keep the ball and then shows up in the box after letting Fatawu do his thing. Really good.

Strange that Winks is playing deeper than Soumare, feel like their strengths would be the other way around. Also, Lampard always looks like he's caught a whiff of something unpleasant.

arjen robben made a career off of that to be fair

Rudoni is the only player in their starting XI I really rate - anybody else there to keep an eye on?

Can't remember the last time the club posted about something like this?

Didn't Aluko and Evans play yesterday?

Really strong squad, and without having seen Carranza yet I can't really judge if he'd make an improvement. Batter them

Haven't really played since FIFA 18 - have they bothered to improve career mode at all in the meantime? That'd be the only reason I picked it up tbh, I sometimes liked the more arcade-y career mode as opposed to tryharding a FM save.

Much prefer this to letting him leave on a free. Does a job for us, local, academy graduate, and probably worth about 8-10m on the current market. I'd rather keep him then use our limited funds to sign somebody for 8m to replace him.

Obviously he wasn't a good signing in the context of promotion to the prem and wanting players to build off of long term, but he hasn't been nearly as bad as people make out. Good player to have in the squad at this level and has been a consummate professional in my opinion. Wish he would pass the ball a bit sooner, though. Would like to see him start as a second striker/10 while Ramsey is out and have him link up with Carranza.