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1 minute ago, Mic09 said:

Didn't we sign a Bournemouth reject that's our captain now? 

wait, Tommy Elphick is our captain again? 

Just now, Zhan_Zhuang said:

Barcelona are playing a cup match tonight, no Coutinho to be seen...

He’s already in Julie B’s basement serving his quarantine period (I understand).

1 minute ago, Follyfoot said:

Scored a fluke in the 2015 FA Cup semi-final  not been seen since

Great, just another “Togolese Zidane” then! 

I dunno, has anyone actually heard of this guy and seen him play?

Haven’t been this excited since the Darren Bent meltdown of January 2011.

All media services went down for several days when the national grid exploded (allegedly).

Bring back Wes as well and play them all  

He really isn’t my type of character but Jesse Lingard on a loan til the end of the season?

Certainly did the business for West Ham last season. 

14 minutes ago, villa89 said:

Needs to pick a surname and stick with it if he's to make it as a footballer. If he keeps the double barreled nonsense then his career is over. 

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall says hi  

Gerrard hasn’t come here with a five year plan but with the intention of success within the next 2/3 seasons.  All of our first team eleven are under 30, with only Ashley Young in the squad over this. We do lack experience.

If he wants some senior pro’s in right now, I’d have no problem it as long as we don’t do any “Shay Given” type contracts. Under this regime I don’t think we will. Digne would be a fine addition.

15 minutes ago, tinker said:

Started it last night, the first episode was ok but did fear it would fall away as most BBC seem to. The Fall had a good start but the end was a complete farce, like a group of 8 year old kids had written it. 

I’ve given up with it now. Got to the end of episode 3 and can’t be bothered with the rest.

Jack Butland? Had a pretty high stock a few years back and talk of a £30m plus price tag.

Should be in his prime at 28, but now just a back up keeper for Palace and probably won’t play more than ten games a season.

I think he should stay with us now and play some U23 games for the rest of the season.

Then sit down with him in the summer and decide whether a new loan is best for his development.

The Tourist (BBC1 or all episodes on BBC iPlayer). Probably divide opinion this one because it started ok but has sadly gone downhill rapidly for me. 

Anyone think this guy will be ready to challenge Cash next season or will he need another season out on loan (Championship perhaps)?  We obviously think a lot of him to give him a 5 year contract.

11 hours ago, ferguson1 said:

We do need competition for Targett but also someone that can upgrade us in the position.

Owen Wijndal would probably do that immediately. Aaron Hickey or Borna Sosa possibly but I haven’t seen enough of them to really know? 

In addition to the above, there is also Antonee Robinson? Pretty sure he’s good enough to challenge Targett. 

With Axel going/gone, then surely we need an additional CB this window. The Connor Goldson links will no doubt ramp up now. Question marks about whether he could step up though but Gerrard replied on him a lot at Rangers and he is a local lad.

In the Championship right now there is also Tosin Adarabioyo, Ben Cabango, Chris Mepham, Lloyd Kelly and Harry Soutter, although Soutter is recovering from a bad injury at present. Any of these guys would settle quickly into the squad though.

We do need competition for Targett but also someone that can upgrade us in the position.

Owen Wijndal would probably do that immediately. Aaron Hickey or Borna Sosa possibly but I haven’t seen enough of them to really know? 

1 hour ago, Zatman said:

I do think the football under Gerrard has been very conservative even though not easiest fixtures. Its a bit Rafaesque

I agree but after five consecutive defeats, he needed to stop the rot and steady the ship. By and large he’s done that.

We do need to be more expansive though. Our final ball is largely appalling. 

Being a Black Country fella, I’ve had many an orange chip. I still eat battered chips occasionally because the kids like the novelty when having a chippy tea but quite honestly I prefer a regular chip shop chip. Nicer to eat with a cod or a kebab. 

If just out the fryer, battered chips can be swimming in grease. 

Completely self inflicted. Lacked a ruthless streak in the final third but we were very sloppy in possession in the second half.

Gerrard needs to rip them a new one. 

Decent eleven but no Watkins is a real blow. I guess we won’t have a lot of experience on the bench? Perhaps just Young?