Jimmy

Riccy has been captain in both cupboard games

He started all those games in a less physically demanding role than the one JJ is playing at RB, with his age and injury history I don't think he can play that role now sadly, a prine Riccy would beade for it

a couple of hamstring strains where he missed a game or 2 and don't forget Enzo would rotate a lot which would have helped and that was without the physical load of being a wing back

he was getting muscle injuries last season I don't think he can race up and down the wing anymore but yes he could and should have been used off the bench

he still got hamstring injuries last season in a much less physically demanding role than the one we are asking of JJ of late, if we had the Ricardo pre injury there is no doubt in my mind he'd be in the team but sadly I think age and injuries have changed how he has to play, I'd be looking at him as an option at 6 more than FB so long as we are asking the RB to be more of a wing back. He should have been used more off the bench though to close out games even to defend on the right wing in front of JJ.

also do people not remember Justin playing on the left all last season and completely refusing to use his left foot making us lopsided? we have so much more balance to us with a left footer there and he is building a good understanding with Stephy. I'd like him to be more aggressive with his passing but that was the same with a lot of the squad and even the same last season, its a modern football thing, players get hammered for their passing stats so get drilled into them about the percentages and end up turning down the attacking pass.

she posted a pic of him on her Insta stories a few weeks back when they were out walking, that's all she posted that I saw

it wasn't just about that it was also the cost of getting Potter's staff out of Chelsea and possibly his wages that affected that and the cost of getting Corboran and his staff out of WBA as we needed to make sure we didn't breach FFP for last season

Such as who? If Cooper left right now who is better that is available? We tried to get Potter and could get it done. Moyse? I'd bet he'd keep us up but those moaning about Cooper's tactics would hate Moyes. I'm genuinely asking, I have no attachment to Cooper if we could get a better manager I'd do it tomorrow I'm just not convinced we can

he has similar level shot stopping abilities with much better distribution, he will never achieve what Kasper did here but that's a different issue

The drop off from the first 2 games is stark, their level is higher than this it's very disappointing

I think Thibaut needs dropping, Tierney unusually poor, I like Missy Goodwin but she struggles for impact when starting games. Cayman is quality but not sure she can show it at left back

Oh look a Palace player fell over and the whistle blew, again...

Has Deanne Rose done something to them? They seem to be booting the ball at her rather than passing

We've played like we thought all we had to do was show up today deserve to be 2 down

Palace have a penalty

Hannah Cain posted about graduating rehab so she might be back soon, if she can be the player she was pre injury that will be a boost

I think it's more simple then that, given his age and injury history I don't think Cooper thinks Ricardo can get up and down like Justin is being asked to

Too many players having an off day taking 1 touch too many and losing the ball also sorting off too much. When we do play with some speed of passing we create

Shocking pass from Thibaut no where near any city players she's been awful today

If Rantala goes down there I think that's a pen

This has been a tough watch they haven't woken up yet

congratulations on completely proving the point made in the post you quoted

yes he does, but you've clearly decided Ayew can't have a good game for us, probably just as another stick to beat the manager with, its pathetic. Still I guess there has to be at least 1 player getting undue stick at all times on here

yea not sure we needed another DM option there with Riccy and Winks who can both play there but maybe there's an injury with Kasey, think if El Khannouss was more up to speed he would have come on but he's looked quite lightweight so far but its very early days for him