Discussion Forum

Many thanks for your usual excellent opener, OFB. In fact, I think you’ve taken it up a notch this time around with a lot of detail and additional tho...

@deleriad I don’t agree with some of that Brighton analysis. The glaring error is the idea that Brighton keep their fullbacks back, when anyone who...

@pedro I think Hackney, McGree and Engel can be creative for us. But we've got to them all on the pitch and as far forward as possible. That Enge...

@k-p-in-spain I’m not sure about the back three but I do think we need to look at the players we’ve got, what they can and can’t do, and setup acco...

Real problems emphasised today. One thing that really stood out to me was that our chief creators in today’s 4-2-3-1 - Silvera, Rogers and Jones - a...

Great stuff, Werder - a very fair summary of the position as we head into what has become quite an important game. Thanks most of all for stepping i...

I have a vague recollection that Payero was recommended by Leo. I assume more research was done but, if it was also Leo that recommended Carlos de Pen...

My original response seems to have gone missing.... Anyway: Fantastic, Len. A Masterman masterpiece of an opener. My only complaint is that, havin...

@lenmasterman Hi Len, I've just tried adding a new topic and had no issues. I'll email you and you can send it back to me.

It certainly is a bizarre turn of events. I too had wondered whether it might be some sort of role play but if so, why would she post it all over soci...

I heard the recording of Greenwood posted on social media and saw the photos. I suppose it’s possible that they were staged in some way but I have t...

Perhaps it was midfield pace. Howson, Hackney and McGree are all very good on the ball but none have pace or are particularly physical. More importa...

Watching the final episode of the Sky documentary “Mission To Burnley” charting their promotion last season. Naturally the game at The Riverside whe...

@exmil Virgil Van Dijk, Bruno Fernandes and Erling Haaland would suit our needs quite well.

@jarkko If Engels is ready to go then I would stick with McNair for now at right back. He can stay back and form a back three when we're in possess...

For all of our (often justified) grinding of teeth over recruitment, other clubs will view our funds raised by Tavernier, Spence and Akpom with some e...

We'll have to wait and see regarding quality, consistency etc but what seems far more certain is that Engel and Latte Lath look identikit types of pla...

Let's hoppe he does better than the Americano we've just sent back on loan.

@selwynoz On top of that, you can factor in that our peak last season had SIX players unavailable to us now - Smith, Giles, Howson, Akpom, Ramsey a...

I like Willock. Always looked a good technical attacking midfielder who can make things happen and score the odd goal. Very similar to Aaron Ramsey in...

@pedro Possibly, Pedro. He may also feel that changing the tactics up for the short term might cause more damage in the long term. We have a lot of...

@pedro I think a lot of that frailty is tactical. We play a risky game at times and commit bodies forward. I think that, in a more defensive setu...

I think the recruitment policy is a lot more right than wrong. In the past two seasons we’ve had a half and half approach of players for now and oth...

Interesting stat shown on Sky: Carrick’s first 27 games: Goals, shots on target & shot conversion - first in the division Last 6: bottom for g...

Hmm. The comparisons with last season’s start are fair but in fact we’ve been worse this season so far. Last year we made a couple of howlers in t...

Many thanks for a brilliant opener, Deleriad. I was quite impressed with Coventry in their defeat away to Leicester and clearly Mark Robins has a bl...

Think I agree with that, OFB. I'm starting to wonder if - like Crooks - he's a no. 8 in a team that plays 6s and 10s.

Good to get a win and score some goals. It's always difficult to know what to take from these games with two much changed sides. The early sending o...

I like McNair in a back three but nowhere else tbh. Needs must though, as has been the case for about three seasons somehow.

Brilliant, Clive. Many thanks for your comprehensive opener which I enjoyed as much as I appreciated.