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I was at the game too and am really surprised you say that about Kamara. I thought until he went off he was probably our best player! Made some excellent recoveries, always being in the right place at the right time and was comfortable in possession. Bailey was awful and Pau wasn't much better. Looks very uncomfortable at left back. No surprise when it was those 2 making way at half time. Looked way better with Digne and Buendia. Definitely werent class, but a well controlled performance. We had way more quality than them

Are we all in agreement that Jack is carrying an injury then?

They don't call him Long for nothing. My coat I will get...

My take was he took a pretty innocuous looking hit to the head and was lying off the pitch. We are waiting to take a corner, AEG rolls a good 3 metres back onto the pitch so we can't take our corner. Mings runs over not very happy and seems to be telling him to get up or roll off. He is getting treatment and Grealish comes over pretty much begging him to get off the pitch. At this point he is getting treatment literally straddling the line, but it takes him a few minutes to react to Grealish and budge himself the few inches so he is off the pitch. Weird. Edit: This was obv supposed to be replying to someone to asked what had happened with Anwar.

So low on confidence (and ideas) its embarrassing. That AEG thing was a bit weird wasn't it. Doesn't seem to be well liked by the same team mates he got promoted with last year.

A real shame but what an opportunity for Tom. Great job.

Theo has done us a massive favour there

Tactics way off today. Marv and Luiz back to being weak as in midfield. Looking for positives are that I think we will continue picking up points at home and I thought Davis did well when he came on, and Samatta is decent. Guilbert had a shocker. Did he actually manage to get a cross in?

We just can't deal with teams that press well at all. They have targeted Hause so much. As soon as the ball goes to him they are on him. Midfield non-existent. BUT as long as Jack is on the pitch we can get something. Samatta looks like the kind of player who can make a difference as well.

That's good of you

I had him on FM16 and he was a decent backup option... quite the endoresement I know. I should also caveat that by saying that Zivkovic was a 30 a season striker in my same team.

Massive win. Massive performance. Marvellous my MOTM. Does anyone have an opinion on our recruitment?

What other midfielders would you have us play?

I thought he was much better (not hard I know). Distributed well and dictated the play at times. Was well positioned a lot of the time too. Just still not fit, and using our 3 most important games to play someone into fitness is a massive risk.

Frustrating. Thought our general play was good until they scored, playing out easily and playing at a good tempo without every creating ANYTHING. That is a bit problem though. I really miss Wesley. I think Nakamba has had a good game and I actually think Drinkwater has too. Hause has had a bit of a shocker and Trez is just ineffective. Hopeful we can turn this one around though. Had to be Deeney didn't it! Edit: It would also help if our full backs could cross.

Didn't Nakamba also do the same thing?

I'll take that point but we made Davy Propper look like KDB for most of the game, which is concerning. Start with Vassilev if we have to. We must have an actual striker up front. Nakamba literally hiding behind Brighton players instead of showing for the ball is pathetic. Drinkwater needs to get up to speed fast. Grealish saves the day. Don't understand all the stick that Targett gets. Apart from 2 or 3 dodgy defensive displays I think he has been one of our better signings.

We can't keep possession because we don't have a midfield. Nakamba has been hiding all game and Drinkwater is way off the pace. Can't pass to someone if nobody is showing for the ball. We miss Mcginn so bad.

Only caught the first 5 minutes. Thought we were the better team. How did we get on?

Ive never known a team to be able to get further and further away from the opposition goal whilst in possession as much as us. It is a real talent. Also, our ability to give the ball away in our own half. A real winning combination.

I think you are spot on with this. It was very difficult being a CM in that game. Leicester pack the midfield and press so well. There was often just nobody close ahead of them showing for the ball. It worries me that we can't make those kind of adjustments in the game for some reason.

Really harsh that! He leaped like the proverbial salmon.

Some real Sunday League passing but we have competed well. Looked a different team after the goal. Solid half from Nyland. We look way more solid in this formation but so often it looks like we have nobody in the middle of the park.

You say that, but if Southampton can recover from losing 9-0, we can recover from this... can't we?

The indiscipline shown today by our youngsters is not a good sign at all. Worrying times!