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So overrated, having him and Konsa next to each other is crippling. Press us to that side and you get the ball back.

Yes Mings, that's what he needs a bit of needle to get him at it

Dougie with that pass nice

Brilliant young

He's a bag of nerves against Foden anyway, never seen a right back get so destroyed as him in lockdown where he got himself sent off at home.

Foden has ruined Cash already

Ffs this is shit. I know they are good but we are timid

I think the Konsa thing is having no faith in being able to putting out a proper defensive setup so just opting for recovery pace.

Purslow's Purview, good name for a twitter account that.

This is it. Its along the lines of what Howe was doing in January when he signed Burns, Wood, Targett etc solid players which you can build a base on. I think as a club we need to take a step back and sign a couple of Dawsons, Deondecker type signings but i think the "big club" mentality of our fans is always dismissing of these types of players, we want shiny new things all the time. As much as some might dismiss it the physical profile of the side isnt there. Look at Spurs/West Hams/Palace/Newcastle and they are monsters compared to us.

We go back to the Smith with and without Grealish record then which has been done to death so doesn't need covering again. I do agree they are overhyped ability wise, i felt sympathy for Smith in that regard last season. I get hammered for saying the likes of Cash and Watkins are technically so poor. Absolute workhorses yes, run all day, incredible stamina but i dont see anything else to rave about technically but then its like they are worth 40/50mill apparently and Watkins scored x in y games when Grealish was here. Then you add in the likes of Konsa, Mcginn who cant do the basics of their position and Ramsey is the 2nd coming of Christ because hes good at carrying the ball into space. This is no defence of Gerrard though, you can still get way better out of these players then what is being produced.

When u consider his bald patch youve gotta admire the volume Matt Cash gets on that quiff.

Tbf to Critchley it's only his 5th game in charge.

Ramsey needs to man up, piss weak tonight

The use of "throw at it" when talking about subs is the gerrardism I hate the most. Those three words perfectly sums his whole approach to football management. Also when he goes "thats on me" before going proceeding to throw the players under the bus

I have! I feel like Frank is what Potter was last year on here...not sexy enough, not proven enough for many (which may be fair) but he's undoubtedly a brilliant coach. People want that 'A List' manager rather than looking at who might have the qualities to take that next step with a bigger club.

Alarm bells for me was the Critchley interview when he came on board Nice guy and he clearly did a good job at Blackpool but he didnt come across as someone particularly inspiring or commanding to me. Gerrard himself is a charisma vacuum so i think you need a bit of personality to get ideas across. Also, between them they are complete rookies, Critchley with a couple of years at Blackpool and Gerrard with 3 years at Rangers where he hand his hand held the whole time coming up against the likes of Klopp, Conte, Guardiola ffs but also the likes of Potter, Franks, Moyes, Howe Lage etc, basically everyone in the league bar Fat Frank! Disaster.

That's 3 games now..Leeds last season and the last two at home where he's just broke down mid way through the 2nd half in front of the holte and had to come off. At the time the Leeds one you could put down to getting match fit again but it's clear from watching him just in general play that he's physically declined so much and can't do what he used to. He just never looks right to me.

When you add in the Buendia situation that's 65 mill of talent we are letting this fraud devalue. He's an actual danger, get him gone.

I can't help it, I just have to do it for the windup.

Awful, as expected and against a side devoid of anything. West Ham looked like they all had the flu!

3 mins for Archer, hahah **** off

All on the manager, wrong sub with Ramsey for Luiz and subs too late with Bailey for Ings.

Mcginn is desperate