Gruev and Kamara aren't really goalscorers very true. Gray can be more attacking as anyone whose watched the u21s can attest? All I'm saying (and I'm just repeating myself and getting accused of bashing Farke blah) :lol: Is our midfield doesn't attack, hasn't all season, doesn't take shots, doesn't...

That is a new one..

One thing we can be sure, VAR wouldnt overrule it if the ref gave a goal

I agree but what I'm saying is the common denominator in multiple teams who get few goals from midfield and struggle from set pieces is the manager. So the first place you look isn't the players it's the tactics surely? Archie Gray by his own admission sees himself as a box to box midfielder who se...

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SG90 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:18 pm Another Ten Hag I suspect

We courted him last season iirc.

Continuing the trend of baldies in the Pl.

Yeah that would not surprise me - think they are terrified of relegating a team due to points deductions You do know that it isnt the FA who are making these points deduction decisions dont you? Or the Premier League. It has been handed over to an independant commision to bring the charges to bear.

Phillips as the holding midfielder and Gray as box to box, what is not to like about that? Obviously it is bull but there ya go.. Ipswich will not lose tonight and will go a goal up on Saturday withing 10 minutes to completely dampen the mood at our place. Meslier is in my opinion not a big game pla...

Ellandback1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 7:29 pm I'd say the expectation is there

It really wasn't, we had hope but it wasn't based on anything but how well we're were playing on the second half of the season and on the fact that our rivals had loss of form.

Yes and no. 90 points is more than we expected to get, but look at the squad we have. Bamford £70k pw, Rutter £70k pw and Firpo £60k pw (£10.4m) is more than the whole of Blackburn Rovers (£9.6m), Coventry City (£9.9m), Plymouth Argyle (£7.3m), Rotherham (£9m) and Sunderland £9.4m) So Premiership w...

Yeah, and yet it's a conundrum that we've been able to beat Leicester and Ipswich home and away? But those feather's in Daniel's cap mean nothing, same as his 90 points, if we don't get promoted. Id suggest a very large section of the fanbase will be more forgiving than you mate. 90 points is over ...

And when he wasn't back 4 weeks later, and we didn't bring cover in? That was during the time of Cresswell dad kicking up stink and DF giving him ( the player) a chance to prove his worth to us. The fact he has failed to do so is just one of those things. I think we had at least one headline on Cha...

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A point re Firpo. He was brought in to put in those crosses that we have witnessed this season, an wing back- not a full back - preferably with 3 CBs ( you know the system MB used) it it has just taken this long (injury under Marcelo, headless chickens under Marsch) to actually see some of that come...

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I'd rather this was over. Now it is final game heartache.

It's irrelevant, it only means Elland Road will be filled with heartache next week instead of defiance.

Some personal thoughts on our players suitabilty ahead of the playoffs: Negatives. Gray. Inexperience, playing in a system that doesnt suit him, does ok at RB when we are not attacked. That wont happen in the playoffs. Ampadu Two relegations was it? Serial failures there. Some people are just not wi...

He is a kid mate - he is no worse than Gruev and Kamara. He is suffering like a lot of,players with patchy form. For me - Gruev has been hiding in the last few games. When we are on top he wants the ball when we need an outlet he is anonymous. He is worse than Kamara and Gruev. Because he doesn't k...

Tbf to Archie he isn't and never has been a defensive midfielder. Same as he isn't a right back. Didn't Eddie himself say in an interview Archie is a box to box midfielder? I doubt Bellingham would have had the season he had at the same age playing solely in positions he isn't natural. And aside fr...