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Not sure where he sits tbh definitely not a DM or B2B.......a play maker maybe? perhaps its £15mil we could have spent better elsewhere?

Jack's best game so far, few early mistakes but after that settled really well. Great indication of what is to come.

So you are questioning the ability of our manager? Have you got your CV ready?

This guy is the real deal love watching him play bloody awesome. Just hope we can keep hold for a couple of years......if DS was to ever change formation wouldn't mind seeing him as a wing back.

Just re-watched the Arsenal game for the 3rd time totally f***ing absent did nothing other than poke a sitter in!! 2 in 6 is actually not a bad return on paper but not contributing at all.

No a DM's job is to protect the CB's and break up the oppositions play mainly through the centre of the park. The better ones are normally good at distributing the ball too.

Burnley is going to be a tough one they have drawn 2 and lost 1 away and are no mugs we will need to be on top form to beat them which I am expecting us to. They will also be expecting to come away with something from us though as a newly promoted team. Really looking forward to this one.

If we take 6 points minimum from the next 6 games leaving us on 10 points I'll be happy Here's last years table after 12 games........we aint doing a Fulham!

I wouldn't worry yourself about it as we won't be playing against 10 men most weekends.

Absolutely yes they had two £70m players on the pitch and numerous £40m players. Arsenal are a very good side streets ahead of us, we did bloody well against them. You kinda answer your own question by saying we play better when we're down to 10. Often going down to 10 men makes teams switch on and consolidate as we did against Palace when we scored a perfectly legitimate goal and should have taken a point.

Why? some clubs spend that on 2-3 players we totally refreshed the squad as we had no squad left we were starting with the bare basics we had to make wholesale changes and fortunately with the play off win we had the money to do that.......if we had come up automatically and has limited money to spend kept the same squad as we had last year I would have betted on us being certain to get relegated, as we are I'm fairly confident we can give this league a good crack. But if we go down playing well and putting up a fight it is what it is and I'd trust DS to get us back up.

I'm not totally convinced with him yet, good at putting a foot in and trying to break up play and pressuring there midfielder, but Jack are John are still coming too deep to receive the ball off him I'd like to see some probing forward passes he seems to do more 1-2s and short passes don't get me wrong I feel he should play there as he's the best we have for that position. Maybe morph him and DL together into a DM/play maker.

I watched the first half yesterday after work and will watch the 2nd half tonight, have to say we played bloody well in the first half very nice to watch. Edit: Just to add the team played well apart from Wesley who's just absent!

Just needs a goal I reckon, settle him prove to himself he's good enough for this league.

You are ****ing with us aren't you?

Or just being worked hard by a superior opposition. I really like to think with all the facilities and staff available at BMH we are getting the basics of fitness correct.

We didn't sit back we were pushed deeper and deeper by two much better sides it'll happen a lot this season whenever we take a lead, and not just by the big teams. **** imagine taking a lead against Liverpool!! We will probably get more results chasing games especially at VP with the crowd behind us. Disappointed yes but confidence shot? Nah they have been to a top club and took the lead twice and ended up narrowly defeated. Last time we went there we came away with a spanking. As for Burnley licking there lips I think most teams will be like that, they will see us as a newly promoted team and want/expect to take points off us. Totally disagree nothing to do with poor strength and conditioning at all I'm sure the coaching staff are conversant with modern training methods, and it's not every game. The reason we are blowing is the standard of the teams we are playing now it's so much higher they know how to make you work hard pull you out of position etc. It's what subs are for when used correctly

Oh come on that's all a bit dramatic!! It's far to early to be pulling the pin!! We have made mistakes and lost a lead to 2 very good sides we are hardly getting smashed every game. Burnley are a decent side they will want to take a point from us at VP it's going to be a hard slog this season it always was going to be.............imagine if we had kept last years squad and not spent we would really be the whipping boys.

Can't recall saying that, think you may have got yourself all confused.

Another one that has to start the cup game want him scoring goals and building some confidence up.

Looks like Marvelous is getting the nod ahead of him now, hope he gets a run out in the cup game.

I can't comment on the game yet as I haven't seen it until I get home tonight. But just from reading the comments on here it does seem DS made a tactical error in not introducing the subs earlier. But at six games in and after losing against what is possibly a top 4 team (definitely top 6) at the Emirates I don't think it is time for big changes. We've tried to defend a lead firstly against Spurs (top 4 team) and then Arsenal and ended up sitting deeper and deeper under pressure and ended up losing.............. it's why they are top 4/6 teams and we are a newly promoted most likely bottom 6 team. They have the talent to break teams like us down. Just wait until we visit Liverpool & Man City that's when the real spankings will start. I think some fans have unrealistic views of where we sit in the pecking order.

Not ever going to happen in a 4-3-3 formation.

Can't make the bench for a PL game kinda lets us know what DS feels about the lad. Should be given a run out in the cup game though.

Absolutely agree...............SJM & Mingels are the first names on the team sheet for me right now.