boroinbishop

Thought I'd chip in with my thoughts on this. I agree with the OP, I used to be a massive contributor to the board up until a few years ago, there has always been an element of silliness to the board (especially the transfer threads) which was and still is great to see especially as times for our club recently haven't been great so it's good to lighten the mood a bit. However, the main reason I stopped posting was because I felt the quality of conversation took a massive nose dive, you used to be able to have a good discussion with someone and if you still disagreed at

I agree, but I think the timing makes sense, if he wins the league cup at the weekend and they sack him after that it leaves them open to an unfair dismissal case, similar to the one with Conte, they brought him in to win a trophy, they can't then argue he was a failure if they were to win it while he was still at the club.

Completely agree, one of the best performances we've seen in a while from Johnson aswell.

He was key in the build up to the first goal, brought the ball down well and ran at their defence creating space for others, you don't get the kind of play from Britt. In terms of linking the play up I think he has done well. The chance where Tav played him in was difficult, the ball was played the wrong side of him meaning he was at an angle when shooting, ball should have been played inside him more centrally.

My question to people who aren't happy with the way we're playing at the moment is do you really think the squad we have are capable of playing expansive football, playing out from the back etc.? We've seen countless times this season teams trying to do just that against us and they've paid the price for it. We don't have the technical players to do it, personally i'm quite liking the tactics at the moment in terms of picking up second balls, and trying to create overloads using the CB's stepping up into the oppositions half, it stops players doubling up on our wide players as often as we h

Both sides really struggling to pass the ball, so many turn overs in dangerous areas, then instead of countering whilst they are out of position they check back into a deep lying CM, doesn't seem to be a tactical plan from either team atm.

What an underwhelming team, all the videos on the Facebook page have been of Britt and Fletch working together as a partnership and they're both benched. Can only think he's wanting to play on the counter using the pacey lads off gestede. With a view to bringing on the other lads when we're chasing the game.

It's poor management, there's a couple of players in poor form, a manager with any idea if what they're doing brings them out of the limelight for a couple of games.

Not really, all he did was hold his ground, pears has to be stronger and a defender needs to see that coming and drop back onto the line

I'll be honest I didn't see the Leeds game, I'm coaching on a Wednesday night, I agree for 21 he's good, but not a championship level keeper atm for me, in a year or two maybe but not for a team that is supposed to be looking to finish top half.

Still stand by what I said, pears isn't good enough. One good ball out doesn't make him a good keeper.

Biggest issue we have is that we're trying to play football that the players just aren't good enough to do, the few times we've tried to pass through the lines quickly our players have either passed it into the stand or straight to a defender.

So where is Stojanovic? Pears is not a championship gk, jeez, even I would have saved that, it trickled past him, no excuse for allowing that much space on the edge of the box though.

Please please please please please let it be AK. I know he wasn't great in the prem for us and fell out with some of the players, i'd hope he learned from those mistakes, and to think a lot of us have been resigned to settling for woodgate, it would be IMO a much better appointment.

Scratch my last post, I've just managed to get to it by pressing the black dot, my fat fingers must have accidentally hit the thread title when I opened the first thread.

This, Iove the new look of the forum but an option to go to the first unread post is essential, a lot of people don't have time go go through and find the last post they read.

I'm away on a cruise at the minute and thought to myself when ajax went 1 up I may aswell just go catch some sun up on the pool deck, kinda wishing I had stayed down and watched the rest of the match, absolute madness but great to see an English final.

Good to see them following through and banning him, although IMO two games isn't enough of a punishment.

I think the braithwaite thing is a very good point, he is obviously a talented player and if only he didn't have a heart the size of a pea i have no doubt we'd have secured a play off position by now, he's exactly the type of player we've been missing.

I heard a couple of weeks ago that he was back training but thought it was a bit soon, hopefully he has fully recovered and isn't being rushed back into it.

Randolph with another wonder save to keep it at 1-0

Changes needed at half time if we're to get anything from the game, I've no doubt he will wait until the 75th minute before switching fletch for Tav.

This is awful to watch, Clayton lays the ball off to mikel then makes a run back towards his own goal to receive it again, how do they think this is going to help us score?

Looking at the table goal difference could be very important with 3 teams on 9, could do with scoring a few more for that purpose if any.