I think the message was that Bamford hasn't been fully fit and has been gradually getting back to fitness. Today was an indication that his fitness is improving. As for Joseph, he's had a lot of time and he hasn't taken his chance. I'm sure he'll make the break through. But nothing about him of ...

I prefer Sam, even though Byram is playing out of position. Depends for me. On games where we are on top and he has some space Firpo comes into the game and can be dangerous. When we are struggling he is very safe and does not have an impact. The only time I have ever seen him beat a player with ...

Even though Struijk was caught napping in the build-up for their penalty & also missed a golden opportunity to equalise. Pascal wasn't the only one whose efforts were shot straight at their keeper. Feeble finishing cost us today. Well he also got a block in to save a certain goal. His intervention ...

Just a thought Maybe we should refrain from negatively commenting on others match ratings. MOTM and Player Ratings don't get a great deal of participation. Sometimes only a handful participate. I wish we got way more people participating on these threads. Let's not discourage others from posting ...

He was a 6/10 of 10 in my match rating which put him in the top 6. We were poor. Gnonto was the only one I thought played well (and missed too many chances). So Firpo gets in my top 6 for being one of the least poor of a poor bunch. Meslier was 2nd man of the match for the simple reason that he ...

andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:54 pm Then please post them. I'll be happy to tell you you're wrong after you do

I would struggle today - Willy was the standout by far. Then Pascal and perhaps Rodon, because he does try and drive us forward. Everyone else was much of a muchness.

He was a 6/10 of 10 in my match rating which put him in the top 6. We were poor. Gnonto was the only one I thought played well (and missed too many chances). So Firpo gets in my top 6 for being one of the least poor of a poor bunch. Meslier was 2nd man of the match for the simple reason that he ...

Just as a matter of interest, and most of the players had average games. Why does Firpo always seem to get in the top 6. What did he do today comparatively to others. He was generally safe in possession, tick. However, he didn’t deliver a decent cross that I can recall and I would say a very high p ...

We are just a very safe cautious team. Mentioned it before but Piroe (wo imo surprisingly was one of our better players today) and Joseph and Bamford and any striker we have gets very very little service in meaningful areas from the attacking trio behind them. Last season you could throw many ...

The frustrating part is that we're better than SheffU and Burnley. Yet both (on current score line) are ahead of us. Sheff United 5 points ahead of us. We are a better team which is what makes our 1.9 ppg so frustrating. We are a better footballing side without a doubt. Where we fall down is ...

Should have been a red. Tbf their player was probably not aware of Firpo coming in on the blind side. He was reaching for a miscontrolled ball. Firpo nipped and stole it. It wasn’t a a big physical challenge. Firpo did what a lot of modern players do leg clutched and made more of it than the foul d ...

Games like this is when you need a proper target man. But we do not have that option on the bench.

Same old, same old. First shot on target, penalty, park the bus, Farke has no clue how to change it, easy 3 points for the opposition. Piroe will get the blame, yet no one else seems to score. Those thinking we don't need signings in January are delusional. Not seen the pen yet, but willing to bet ...

Disappointing, Eustace knows how to set a team up to play with positional physicality to restrict our players with time on the ball. The interplay was replaced with desperate more often than not poor quality balls into the box. Pick our MoTM out of that one. It was a tough watch as we seemed devoid ...

Bamford desperate to impress, but his desperation so far is creating us more issues than them.

If it was a second phase contact he would have been ok

No he came from an offside position when he hooked the ball

Throwing on all the forwards

About time we blocked one to deny a certain goal - Struijk the saviour again.

Firpo being rather casual was nearly a disaster