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Yep. Came on this thread to say basically this. A decision in isolation is just that. In that game in that spell, he single-handedly took it upon himself to fvck us over. No other way of explaining it. Left the ground that day more angry at a ref than I'd ever been, and have ever been since.

He isn't though, not anymore. Enzo didn't fancy him in the Championship, and he looked awful on the ball the few times we saw him at that level. This is more than just a temporary drop in confidence. In terms of options, while we don't have a natural right back, I'm confident that a centre half in his position wouldn't average an error leading to a goal each game. I do feel for him a bit because he does seem to be of a bit of a nervous disposition. However, ultimately he's not good enough and the limited alternatives simply have to be utilised at this point.

The only thing I can get angry about really is his insistence to keep picking James Justin. And Ward, before he thankfully realised his mistake. The style of play is better and we've had mostly tough fixtures of late. Two signings to give us anything resembling a Premier League level right side and we should start to pick up results against bottom half teams.

I'd rather start games a goal down than start him. He's a guaranteed goal against anyway and at least we'd have 90 minutes to turn it around.

Two or three turns in his own box as he backed himself into a corner, before passing it straight to their winger. Winger duly obliged and pinged it into the box for an easy finish.

Literally anybody else. Please, for the love of all things holy.

He's a good keeper, but that was a mistake today. It wasn't actually the parry that offended me, it was the way he reacted in the 1 on 1. When you're closing the ball down in a 1 on 1 at the near post, you don't dive in the direction of the centre of the goal. His torso, the biggest part of the body you can block with, was leant away from the angle rather than into the angle of the striker. The biggest part of the goal at that angle is the front post, and all the striker had to do was lift it over his leg. I think he just panicked after a bit of a soft parry. As I say I think he's a very good goalkeeper, and it is not a mistake that I'd expect from him. Mistakes happen - it's still immediately obvious that he's worlds ahead of Danny Ward.

* The British implementation of VAR

Can't see Pereira at Wolves being a good fit. They were terrible against us despite the easy win. More misplaced passes than a Beaumont Leys Mastermind Christmas Special. I appreciate the flawed logic there in that we still lost to them despite them being so poor, and we need to be better than them. But they're not going to be gifted 3 goals every week, and neither will we gift 3 goals a week. Mads will be back soon. Look, we're pretty shit. But we only need to be less shit than a poor Wolves side to stay up. Ipswich and Southampton aren't going to trouble us. Our fans can't complain about a lack of effort and belief while simultaneously throwing in the towel themselves.

Yes there is. Listen again.

Anybody suggesting it was more Justin's mistake than Ward on the second needs to watch it back with the sound turned up. There's a loud shout of 'keeper's', which is why Justin leaves it. I'm not trying to defend Justin. He's needed to be dropped all season. But that second goal is mind bogglingly bad from Ward. Not content with fumbling powerful shots off of *checks notes*, the chest of opposition players, he's completely created the chance in the first place. It's one thing to shout and not get there, but he's not even close to being there. Worse, he ends up completely wrong-footed as though surprised that the ball ended up where it did. How can you be shocked about the ball ending in the box when you've just shouted for it? He lacks ability. He lacks concentration. He lacks confidence. What does he offer? How can be possibly be selected ahead of any other professional goalkeeper? 50. Thousand. Pounds. Every single week. Unbelievable.