Nods Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 29 minutes ago, davieG said: Begovic' expression is all of us reading that line up.
Chelmofox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 8 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said: Glad to see a flood of youngsters on the bench . . . . . do or die today win or he gets sacked surely? What youngsters could he have played. Only Aluko is really but not a lot of the better ones available right now.
VLC86 Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 6 minutes ago, Nods said: Begovic' expression is all of us reading that line up. The face of a man that’s seen untold horrors in training. 1
Fox85 Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 People need to lay off marti. Atleast he is given the youth a chance game after game after game. 1
TrentFox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 9 minutes ago, Pliskin said: He needs to stop trying to play football. He needs to go back to basics again and look to place more emphasis on transitional football. He needs to think about putting in grafters….. Skipp to some extent falls into that category, but he lacks grit, he works hard and covers the grass but that’s about it. I’ve said it before as undesirable as it sounds, sticking Hamza in midfield to be a destroyer, be aggressive and give us a bit of something nasty is probably what we need at the moment. Unfortunately we simply can’t play how Marti wants us to, regardless of how poor we are at the moment, there’s enough experience and ability to play in a different way….. The real example was on Tuesday. Boro just spent the last 10-15 minutes smashing balls into the channels and getting balls into the penalty area, and lo and behold, we crumbled and conceded. We try to carry on plodding along, slowly ambling around the pitch and failing to keep control of the ball, and failing to even counter when it’s on. That is a tactical thing, not so much a personnel thing. I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with any of that. The football we play, currently, is abject. Marti gets an out card by virtue of us not having a forward worthy of starting. But what he is getting back - either due to his strategy or the personnel - is frankly abysmal. Personally, I’m “Marti out” as I don’t think he has it in him to turn this around. If today is a genuine 3-5-2, then I think this is the last roll of his dice. 😞
Tommy Fresh Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 3 minutes ago, Chelmofox said: What youngsters could he have played. Only Aluko is really but not a lot of the better ones available right now. This works if he was playing them before doesn't it, but he wasn't so.
RoboFox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 Just now, Sly said: Positive - Crapanza isn’t starting Negative - Daka is.
oxtonfox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 Oh my God, relying on Ayew on the wing and Daka to score to save his job. 😢
Chelmofox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 Just now, Tommy Fresh said: This works if he was playing them before doesn't it, but he wasn't so. He did play page. And I am pretty sure if page was available he would be in the team. Personally think Aluko must be close. It’s a process with the youth.
splinterdream Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 Think he should have persevered with carranza. On a side note. The midlands club league looks grim with us at the bottom with West brom 1
Sly Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 3 minutes ago, splinterdream said: Think he should have persevered with carranza. On a side note. The midlands club league looks grim with us at the bottom with West brom He’s woeful, rather play Daka 1
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 7 minutes ago, Chelmofox said: What youngsters could he have played. Only Aluko is really but not a lot of the better ones available right now. He could be putting plenty at least on the bench Aluko is the obvious one but also Jake Evans Lorenz Hutchinson Louis Page Silko Thomas Armani Richards Darren Motsi and plenty of others deserve at least a sniff of the first team squad instead of these overpaid has beens not winning game after game after game 1
The Doctor Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 should be a 3-5-2, will be an Okoli right back, Ayew left wing disaster class. get this ***** sacked
jayfox26 Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 2 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said: He could be putting plenty at least on the bench Aluko is the obvious one but also Jake Evans Lorenz Hutchinson Louis Page Silko Thomas Armani Richards Darren Motsi and plenty of others deserve at least a sniff of the first team squad instead of these overpaid has beens not winning game after game after game Evans and Page are at the u17 world cup. 1
Freddy Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 46 minutes ago, TrentFox said: As it stands, I’m not sure there is a better starting eleven available to this manager right now, or to anyone that might replace him. It is what it is. But Marti has to get some sort of performance from the dross available to him. I was thinking the same 46 minutes ago, TrentFox said: As it stands, I’m not sure there is a better starting eleven available to this manager right now, or to anyone that might replace him. It is what it is. But Marti has to get some sort of performance from the dross available to him. I was thinking the same thing
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 1 minute ago, jayfox26 said: Evans and Page are at the u17 world cup. Yeah my bad I forgot about that in fairness
Kp1984 Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 I’ve stopped caring at this point if we lose or not 1
Chelmofox Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said: He could be putting plenty at least on the bench Aluko is the obvious one but also Jake Evans Lorenz Hutchinson Louis Page Silko Thomas Armani Richards Darren Motsi and plenty of others deserve at least a sniff of the first team squad instead of these overpaid has beens not winning game after game after game Anyone who saw pre season could see Evans wasn’t ready. Doesn’t mean he might not be very soon but you have to get this right. Evans far more use to us getting it right and playing at World Cup helps him. Presume you’ve seen Silko play before. You’ve listed 2 15 year olds who have only just started playing for the u21s. You are clearly off your rocker. Edited 8 November 2025 by Chelmofox
jayfox26 Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 Just now, Kp1984 said: I’ve stopped caring at this point if we lose or not I think many have to be honest. Not worth getting pissed off and ruining your weekend with this bunch of wasters.
Filbert Fireworks Posted 8 November 2025 Posted 8 November 2025 44 minutes ago, winteriscoming said: If you had Monga or Mavidi starting instead of Ayew at least you’d have pace centrally and wide. Instead of which we have Ayew slowing our attacks down. Absolutely clueless. I’d like to see Mavidi off Daka and Monga and Fatuwo out wide. Yeah it would be good to see. I completely get the idea of having a strong bench so as long as we do see Mavs and Monga come into against tired legs but with plenty of time left in the game say at 55-60mins then I can be on board. If its James or Fatawu off though or something else conservative then I'm absolutely out and monga and Mavs should be starting from the off.
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