funkyrobot

Sounds like a good plan 😂

So watch it back then. The club might be able to send you a video. If you don’t want to then you’ll have to take my word for it. Or not. Whatever you prefer to do mate.

Find a video of it and watch it if you’re that bothered mate. I’ve moved on, I didn’t appreciate the staunch defence the lad would get on here!

Presumably Ramsey not ready to play a full match after Saturday. Ayew is the only fit option to give Monga a break wide. James is the best alternative as the next back up number 10, Soumare is the best back up to the position James has had to vacate. Hence Soumare starts. Unless you’d prefer Skipp? 😬

Fair play, you’ve certainly provided a spirited (and slightly smug) defence of the ref. I thought he was poor. You liked him. I thought his warm up was a bit preening and indicated it might mean he likes to be the centre of attention. You don’t agree. Let’s move on.

Due to the way he kicks the ball, which is pretty much always a backward curved hook with the inside of his left boot, he would’ve had to had his body facing the steward I’ve circled to get that shot on target. Never known another footballer with such a strange technique.

Ipswich have a stronger squad. Coventry and Boro aren’t that different to us and have a better mentality having not had a season of being absolutely battered in the prem week in week out. They also have better strikers, as do most of the division which means we are going to struggle to win games without that threat up front.

Reid has tweaked his hamstring

I think there’s plenty of sides with a better centre forward and a better back up centre forward which is absolutely key to scoring goals. I also think there’s a better left back and better back up left back in lots of teams. After that we aren’t significantly better than the other teams around us. This squad is significantly weaker than Enzo’s from 2 years ago.

I agree that Thomas is one of the more limited fullbacks in The Championship. I don’t think it’s delusional to state that. Two failed loans at Boro and Sheff U back that view up tbh.

I judged him over the 90 minutes. He worked hard.

Underserved bias influenced bile? That’s a bit heavy mate wow - are you the ref’s mate? I’m didn’t say refs can’t warm up, that’s you making that up for likes. What I did say was the warm up was extreme and a bit preening. It worried me that it looked like a ref in the warm up who wants to be front and centre and he proved to be that in the game. Fussy and inconsistent, he certainly didn’t help the spectacle.

Winks is definitely not the problem in this team. It might’ve not been his best game but for me he was working hard, even when it went to 💩 in the second half. There was a real drop off with James and Rambo 2nd half, both knackered for different reasons and the arrival of Hamza and a quickly crocked BDCR meant he had a thankless task at the base of the box that Cifuentes likes to build play with.

Bobby Reid has tweaked his hamstring. Not convinced he’s an effective winger anyway. Doesn’t have pace or obvious dribbling ability. Hopefully Mavididi is fit!

Ayew has scored!

Great pass the end but before then he was having all sorts of trouble. He’s slightly lower priority purely because he’s only ever going to be a back up to Ricardo. If Riccy gets injured or when he’s rested (Tuesday?😬) playing Hamza and Thomas as our fullbacks is a real weakness in our team.

Thomas hasn’t got pace, he’s not outstanding defensively and he offers very little when he gets forward. His whole kicking style ensures he favours a curved back pass with the inside of his left peg. That’s why he missed that chance at the end. Kicking the ball straight or curving it the other way and with the outside of his left foot is just something he never does and so I wasn’t surprised he pulled the ball well to the right of the post. It’s how he kicks every ball. 4 years seems a long contract for someone who will surely become a squad player. I wonder if the contract length is a sweetener that enabled the club to get him on a significantly reduced wage to what he was on previously to get us more in line with PSR.

He’s playing because he’s our only fit left winger in the first team squad.

Going to sleep when you need a poo is downright reckless advice.

He’ll be the first one to put his hand up and say it didn’t happen from the off today. He’s 16 and he’s a winger, at that age and playing in that position, he will be inconsistent and today it wasn’t his day. It’s probably harder for him when he’s not got Mavididi available to rotate game time with - the pressure to make the impact as a LW is currently entirely on him. Tbh being a left winger in this team is very difficult anyway and it’s probably fair to say Mavididi has found it even more challenging than Monga. As a LCFC left winger you get the ball less than the right winger and you get less support from the full back behind you because Luke Thomas is not an attacking full back, and as I’ve said before, Luke’s kicking technique and body positioning is almost predisposed to hooking the ball backwards or sideways. He’s just not going to be a foil for Monga. Hopefully Monga will forge a good understanding with Rambo - It wasn’t there today, but they’ve not played together much due to the red card.

Terrible ref, was keen to be the centre of attention. Before the match him and his team were warming up, preening and stretching as if they were the star players and sure enough they all performed like they were the main men. Inconsistent with free kicks, bookings, throw in positions and free kick positions. Let time wasting go by with no problems. Linesmen making crazy calls on free kicks and throw ins. The ref was pernickety and ensured the game became slow and disrupted.

Looks Premier League quality. I can imagine he would’ve been underwhelmed with a bid from The Tractor Boys at the start of the season.

Rambo to replace Reid in the next game for me. Bobby did well against Wrexham but reverted to his usual anonymous self against Swansea. Rambo came on and whilst he looked like a player who hadn’t played a lot of football for a while, he was involved way more in the game.

A combination of playing in a better team and the Bundesliga not being at the same level as the Premier League is defo working for ELK

I’m holding back on criticism yet. He got into good positions frequently when he came on and certainly impacted the game. Should’ve scored, but also has a running style that looks a bit slow and a bit awkward. I like the shithousery. Give him a chance