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Dan James with the most psycho eyes I’ve ever seen tonight. Total nut job.

and we should have beaten them after being 3-1 up. Leeds are undoubtedly weaker without the three players I mentioned starting.

Leeds basically missing their spine (Cooper, Phillips and Bamford). At best, Bamford and another may make the bench. Bamford didn’t even get any minutes last weekend off the bench.

Yep, Gerrard stated yesterday that he has a full squad to choose from, apart from Nakamba.

I think the part in bold might be the case. Our branding and any commercial enterprises could include him going forward. World Cup year as well, he’ll get plenty of exposure. I reckon we’ll agree a deal with him of around £200k-£250k a week.

Scored again this evening.

Can’t see Bamford, Phillips or Copper starting this one, with only Bamford returning to the bench yesterday but not coming on. That has to be a plus. If we can repeat the performance of yesterday we’ll be too much for them but showing some consistency is key now.

Incredible that this guy has come in on a free or some ridiculously low nominal fee. 27 years of age and can probably give us 5 plus years service. Fantastic signing.

I knew it. Gerrard Out.

Just got in, anything happened or is it another yawn fest??

Steer down and looks bad.

Strange start to the game where both sides looked devoid of confidence. It then got a little feisty, we scored and the ref lost control. Second half we were ok and scored again. In truth, Brighton didn’t really lay a glove on us and I can’t remember Martinez having a lot to do. Positives: Two goals scored and a clean sheet. Hopefully no injuries and no one sent off. McGinn MOTM.

Clean sheet and no injuries will be the icing on the cake now.

Lovely goal

Chambers on for Luiz. Need some control in the middle.

Someone is going to see red today. Ref is losing control.

Something to build on now. Both sides looked devoid of confidence but hopefully we’ll be lifted by the goal.

Out of nothing

One word: fragile

Firstly, many thanks for the detailed post and thought put into your response. It’s good to hear some reasoning from another teacher. In answer and in short, it’s the head. My wife has worked in the same school for all her 26 years and worked her way up to gain TLR and UPS3. However, the new head of 4 years is very driven and has bought a lot of previous staff from her old school with her and continues to do so. My wife feels very isolated now. The head also expects blood and very long hours with it. Being in our middle to late forties now, she just doesn't want it. Rightly or wrongly, she has been advised by the head that if she wants to drop her TLR/UPS3, then she needs to either leave the school or drop to some form of basic teacher/assistant rate because she needs a committed management team? The head also won’t allow her to go part-time because she needs full-time staff/management around her. She is now considering sick leave or waiting until the summer and not returning in September. The plan would be to go on sick until early next year and then quit, and register with a supply agency. Whatever happens, it’s only money and I’d rather have a happy home. Cheers again mate, much appreciated

It’s been a little tense in our household this week. Mrs F and I have both had the week off work but we’ve been bickering about our jobs. After 26 years in the teaching profession as a primary school teacher, Mrs F is ready to quit. She’s had enough of the micromanagement and constant criticism. It’s not what she went into teaching for she says. She leads in certain subjects and is middle management (TLR) or something but she’s heavily stressed and wants out. My concern is her wage is significantly better than mine and even if she does supply teaching from September, it’s a worry with bills increasing all the time and two young children. Any current or previous teachers on here that are thinking of leaving or have left teaching completely? Supply teacher work seems very hit and miss, with no holiday or sick pay. I’ll accept whatever final decision she goes with but not working at all is just not an option for us.

Well over the last few weeks we’ve seen poor some really poor performances and results. It feels like I’ve said this a couple of times this season already but we need to stop the rot. Win or draw, I’ll take either right now. Konsa comes back in for me but I really would consider using Chambers in a defensive midfield position for a couple of games and see if this helps us take a bit more control in the middle of the park? Ramsey definitely keeps his place but I still wouldn’t be surprised to see Luiz and McGinn starting yet again. Ings I think will get the nod to start this one again but Bailey and Watkins should certainly be used at some point. I thought we would beat Newcastle and Watford, so I’m not going to predict another win for us here in case I jinx us again. Will take a 1-1 all day long. Martinez Cash Konsa Mings Digne Ramsey Chambers McGinn Buendia Coutinho Ings