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Ok. I can’t agree with what you endorse.

if you go through player threads, I think you’ll find that in general any signing we make is given a decent welcome. It’s only when they turn out to be duds do we get arsey. So I can’t agree with what you say.

I don’t think anyone was favourably comparing that performance to Emi’s. I think someone merely pointed out that EMI made a similar mistake with passing out to a player but misplacing the pass that then directly led to a goal. 2 games in a row we’ve conceded a completely unnecessary goal through overplaying it. The only difference between the two is that we beat Brighton. I think the conclusion drawn was that Olsen was ostracised because he was Olsen. I actually disagree - he was ostracised because we lost. (He cost us the game). We lose to Brighton and Emi would’ve (rightly) got abuse. I dont like the tactic. Doing it with well-practiced keepers is risky, but may have it’s merits. Doing it with keepers who are not well practiced is just suicide.

Emery is like a chess grandmaster Gerrard wants to know if how come a horsey can jump over a castle…?

A ‘world class’ player in the championship that got 6 goals and 7 assists in 3000 minutes of football that ‘single-handedly’ dragged us up into the premier league. A true world class attacking midfielder would have got 3 times that goal contribution tally in the championship. Have a word with yourselves.

That’s 2 1/2 Elphicks in old money

I’m beyond caring about honour. Being nice gets you nowhere. If I was in charge I’d have the referee asking the players what happened before making the decision. After the game, if a player was found to be lying, ban him for 15 games. But, until they start to punish ‘cheating’ retrospectively, cheat as much as possible (ie the same as everyone else)

I think he’s pointing out that Martinez made practically the same mistake today, but will escape any criticism. Martinez has plenty of credit in the bank to be forgiven a mistake here and there, Olsen as yet does not.

I honestly believe if we put our strongest team out we beat them. I get the whole need to assess the squad, but the confidence we would have gained from beating Man Utd twice in a week would have been invaluable. But for the worst keeper in the world, we had them beat even with several changes. I wish he’d really gone for the jugular.

Even that Bunn fella. I’d rather bring him back.

An injured Steer would be better.

I’d bet he’s more match fit than Kamara…

Got to admit I’m very disappointed in that line up. what’s the point in playing Ings and Watkins in this?

I would genuinely get more pleasure from Southgate getting sacked than England winning the World Cup, so I hope we lose every game 9-0. (ok I’m lying, but I can’t stand the prick)

Legit? Or convenient timing

To be fair, the choice is between 2 crests, both of which the club would be happy with, so sabotage is not exactly a possibility. I’m not eligible to vote, but even if I was I wouldn’t have bothered as either is fine in my opinion. I do find it very strange that they would alienate those that feel passionate about this, when the whole point is to make people feel involved. I can’t imagine a bluenose going through the effort of getting a villa ID, just to vote on the shape of the crest? Very odd choice, unless the logistics involved made it difficult. At the end of the day, all the want is cross section of fans opinion. But Yh, totally over-reacting in my opinion. Out of interest, what would you have voted for? @Junxs

well I suppose the fact that she’s on the bench would suggest you’re more likely to be right than I am, but it still doesn’t compute in my (not elite athlete management) head.

No, I wasn’t suggesting you were trying to be sarcastic. That was a genuine ‘thank you’. Turnbull is the perfect example of the pointlessness of the whole ‘achieved’ argument. He has more ‘achievements’ than Paul McGrath, and he hardly even played. There’s loads of other examples in any case, Jesper Blomqvist has a champions league to his name.

I don’t think you need a nutritionist on the bench to suggest the same advice each time. What to do in case of cramp is one time advice that applies for ever (or at least until new research changes advice). What you’re suggesting is like having a doctor on the bench in case someone needs a paracetamol so that they can give the advice that you can take 1g of it. Maybe we should have a tailor on the bench in case someone’s shirt rips? No. It’s one time advice. If you get cramp, take a glucose and electrolyte rich drink. Applies every-time for everyone.

Thanks. And Ross **** Turnbull has a Champions league, an Europa league and two FA cups.

So we’re picking captains on who they’ve played with now? Fabio spent a whole load of time in the same squad as Ronaldo, can you tell me about his leadership qualities? A captain needs to be a leader. Emi has that in abundance. I think he’d make a great captain. The number of appearances with Messi has nothing to do with my reasons for choosing Martinez would be my choice.

I hate this statement, and I hear it all the time, especially amongst ex-pro’s on talk sport. It’s cringeworthy. Exactly what they were saying about why Grealish shouldn’t be picked for England. ‘What’s he achieved in the game?’ How about you pick people on ability rather than achievement? Pick people on qualities rather than reputation. Well, what has Harry Kane ‘achieved’? What did Le Tissier ‘achieve’? What did our very own Paul McGrath ‘achieve’? A league cup? How do you measure ‘achievement’. How does the number of trophies in the cabinet relate to how good a captain you are? Coutinho has ‘achieved’ more than any other player in our squad. Would you have him as captain? No? I didn’t think so.

Exactly. utterly bizarre. unless she doubles up as the ball carrier to save some money

How can any player be judged properly under the non-manager that was Stevie G? Every player regressed. Every player looked like they were wearing shackles. No player knew what they were doing. It was just a horrific, horrific ‘system’. He may still be awful, or he might get his mojo back when he’s asked to perform to his strengths. The point being, let’s see. Rather than write him off now. Clean slate for ALL.

I see him prob twice a week picking my kids up from school. There’s no sense of entitlement, no Billy big bollocks attitude, and is a general nice guy. He smiles and says hello whenever someone else does. There’s no bling, he comes in an ordinary family car. I’m 100% sure that any short comings are not through bad attitude or lack of wanting to succeed. I’m sure that he wants to succeed here as much as we want him to. Sometimes things just don’t work the way you want them to. One thing for sure though, getting on his back will only see a deterioration in form. Which will only make matters worse for everyone.