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I do t think he’d work on the right side as he’s so left footed. He literally hasn’t got a right foot it seems (not a criticism, every player has weaknesses) I think if you put him him on the right it nullifies a quick to ball to the right winger because he has to go across his body to use his left foot. I know that sounds silly because he obviously has to come inside from the left at times but a defender always shows you the outside. I say this from a place of being totally one footed myself and if I’m put on the left I’ll cut in on my right every single time and get found out quite quickly. I just want to clarify I’m also not comparing myself to a professional footballer in any way haha

Horrible little cretin.

Well that’s Stoke sh*thousing a 0-1 at our place next week then….

I wasn’t suggesting any of those teams I just meant generically a team at the lower end of the table. But now you’ve mentioned them, I fancy Watford to come good but could easily be West Brom or Coventry as you say so it just emphasises my point that there will be a late arrival.

Bang on. you can guarantee at the end of the season you’ll see a team in the top 6 who are currently lurking in about 18th-14th who everybody has already wrote off. Happens every year, a decent couple of months after Christmas for a nobody teams and they find themselves 5th.

I wouldn’t say it’s weird. I really don’t usually have sentiment for players and I’ll clap them etc but couldn’t really give a toss, once they’ve gone they’ve gone. King won league 1, the championship and the prem with us. As a fan base he never got a goodbye he deserved due to covid so he’s my exception to the rule. I don’t think it’s strange that I’d like to pay respects to somebody who did so much for our club (as I’m sure others will) - ok hoping he scores is a bit far but if it meant nothing for the result I’d be all for it.

For all the stick Hamza has got over the years I think he was the best player on the pitch last night. Didn’t put a foot wrong and by no means am I saying he’s better than Ricci P but you could argue he’s better at that role.

Devastated I can’t go to this. Pearson simply has to bring Kingy on with 10 mins to go to get the standing ovation he deserves. Hope we’re 3-0 up and he scores a consolation goal just so he can get what few players get and a cheer from the whole stadium!

I like how 3 of his 4 goals have been ‘harder to miss’ Seems to be in the right place at the right time and that’s not a coincidence. To have that at such a young age is a real, real positive. Plus he grafts and all the technical stuff will only get better, what’s not to like.

This is a good post about him. As a fan base we need to remember we’re in the championship and if he had all the attributes he wouldn’t be here. He’s raw and will frustrate for sure but will have the ability to win matches and over the course of the season will gain us points. Its Enzos job to make him a better player, I’d be dragging him in for a meeting on Monday morning to praise his performance but show him numerous clips of where he should be more composed and making different decisions, telling him even with a MOTM performance it’s these fine details stopping him from furthering himself as a player and it’s his choice if he wants to make it to the top because he has all the attributes.

I’m going to go with an unpopular opinion. Everybody is crying out for Ndidi to be replaced by Casadei but I actually think he’s so important to the way we played on Friday, that high press was obvious from the get go and I think Ndidi’s press was so pivotal in us winning the ball higher up the pitch. I know he becomes a bit brain dead on the ball in the final third (although he’s scored 3 this season to be fair to him) I think he has to start if we want to be winning the ball high up the pitch. I think enzo appreciates neither Ndidi or KDH are really that good on the ball technically but they’re both so good off the ball and it’s the wingers job to create in this system.

I appreciate Salahs quality and by no means am I saying he’s a bad player. Like you say, you simply don’t hit them figures without being a brilliant footballer. He’s just not the kind of player I like. That’s purely personal though. I’m not talking about city because we all know even at our best he walks into our teams and we’d all love him. I never really saw it with Riyad, I always just thought he was magic and never really felt he was greedy. Maybe I had my city shaded glasses on though. It’s easier to dislike players who don’t play for us though isn’t it so maybe I’d be like that with salah if he ever played for us (which obviously I’d always have taken)

Unpopular opinion from me but I still think his decision making is atrocious. He has all the attributes to be world class but that lets him down. He’d frustrate the hell out of me if I was his manager even more so because of his ability. He just seems to care more about individual accolades than the team. I always said I’d pick Mane over him any day of the week (granted he’s not as good as he was now) loads about Southampton V Leicester in my statement.