Stockport_Villain

On a shit night what a great goal for the lad.

Awful first half. Much better second half which was principally due to the change in formation. Will get better and hopefully never see three at the back again. Gave Smith a poor form the first time ever as thought he was tactically naive giving the midfield to Arsenal. Onwards and upwards UTV. 

This lad is learning and could get us where we all want to be. Come on Deano!

He’s getting better.  Long may it continue as he is a very good back up.

Loved the goal and loved the interview. Was clearly ecstatic at scoring his first goal in front of the Holte End.

Squad nearing full fitness, players getting used to each other, cracking win against an inform Premier League team. If we can follow this up at Manure next week dreamy.

Thought he was very tidy tonight. Some great through balls and great distribution.

My MoM tonight. Thought he was excellent and is coming into a good bit of form.

Loved watching that performance. Excellent.

Wow. What a pick me up. We all knew if Watkins got an injury we were doomed. With this signing we have a quality back up or quality different option. With this and the other new signings it is a statement of intent. Can’t wait now, with or without his knibbs. 

55 minutes ago, tomav84 said:

cant stand their fans. actually in my experience i've actually found liverpool fans more pleasant...that's saying something

My goodness, playing those deluded reds in semi finals and going to Anfield never met such a horrible bunch of morons in my life. 

Top man.

At 36 and in good nick, will allow a couple of the younger players to go out on loan and take over when his contract expires. Perfect sense.

Focus on the FA Cup and league please with a top 6 finish.

If we keep Jack I can’t wait to see these two together. Welcome Emi Buendia.

I hope he’s with us for a long time. He’s learning and as long as we continue to see improvements he has my backing. Some of the football he gets us to play is some of the best I’ve seen in my 50 years supporting this club. 

Very resilient performance. Mings was immense but gave Cashy MoM for the continual denial of attacks that kept coming down his side. Glad Smith used his subs at the right time.

I think Smith is the best manager we’ve had since Saunders. However, he is still learning and I think the lack of subs has caught up with us. Subs give you fresh legs but also allow the players coming in to get some match sharpness. He will learn and will improve and as the squad gets stronger will trust the players. However, teams will also do a job on Grealish. When they do the other players need to take up the responsibility of being creative and step up to the mark. Onwards and upwards.

Just now, HanoiVillan said:

The sad thing is there was loads of times when he held the ball up really well tonight, under a lot of pressure . . . but then he **** it about 4 times, 2 of which they scored from.

Fine lines. He will get better and is a good player. Onwards and upwards.

Don’t get the Watkins man of the match. Great goal but on 2 occasions he lost the ball up front and both resulted in goals against. Area for development. We looked flat from the start and although he put El Ghazi in think we’ve been caught by the lack of subs previously and games catching up with players. As long as we learn fine but hope we don’t make these mistakes again.

Well that was a bitter pill to swallow. Should have been out of sight in the first half. Switched off for their first with Barkley and Louiz, lucky second good 3rd. My complaint is that we should have freshened things up after 60. 

Onto the next.

Quality signing that adds another dimension to an already flexible team. Love the ambition and quality of players we’re signing.

Excellent performance, always looked comfortable and first touch was excellent which helped. Another coaching improvement for Smith.