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I'm not sure the level of service has improved necessarily. Bright can be infuriating at times in slowing play down and holding onto the ball (but can look amazing at times as well), Bayliss has been similar all season in moments of brilliance interspersed with running down cul-de-sacs and...

I agree to an extent and given the choice instinct would make me play the big guy over the small one as a lone front man, but I guess it also depends on how you provide for them. If you want to have the ball held up and wait for the midfield to support - big man no question. But if you can find...

As I've said elsewhere I think we've come across this system that's working reasonably well (though still needs to be more prolific in front of goal) and Baka/Hiwula (along with Bright and Thomas, and to a lesser extent Bayliss) is the best combo we've come across this season. Maybe Chaplin has...

Likely unchanged bar injuries, but I'd have Brown in for Mason. If Thomas isn't fit I can see why people would like to see Wakefield - like-for-like replacement, we're at home and in a good run of form so probably not going to get a better opportunity to give him a go. It is a bit risky and MR...

I'm still not entirely sure who has what say on signings. Quite a few of the younger signings MR has intimated that they've been identified by the development team rather than him. I'd hope he'd have final veto on signings but you never know. Certainly when Hiwula and Bakayoko signed MR seemed...

Possibly - he would've fitted in on the right wing when we changed to more 4-4-2 and you would hope his attacking threat would've outdone the lack of defensive cover he'd have provided. Andreu's was more important because he didn't fit into a four in midfield and MR seemed insistent on using...

George Hunt been loaned out to Hounslow according to MAD. As he's coming to the end of his apprenticeship is this an indication he's being released and attempting to help him find a club?

I largely agree with you apart from the bit in bold. I think it was more BECAUSE rather than in spite of that that we improved and pushed on. Had Jones and Andreu not got injured I'm not sure MR would've altered the system/personnel which gave Bayliss his opportunity and helped McNulty show his...

As I said, he's popular because he tries things and when they come off they're great - like Thomas and Bright. Just at the moment it's probably more likely to not come off than it is and as he gets more experience he'll learn when he should try it and when he shouldn't. Playing the ball sideways...

Re: Bayliss I do think he's not been anywhere near as effective this season as last, but we're a division higher and he's still only 19. He has played a lot of games. I do think some people are overly defensive of him, possibly due to the fact he's 'one of our own' and he is good to watch when...

Can't comment on todays game as didn't watch or listen to it - reading through this thread seems like after a shaky start we were pretty good and should've won by more. Sounds like some bad decisions against us today but I'd happily have a few rubbish ones now in a win if we can get one like...

Is your daughter not interested in football, or even younger than the sons? Why should she be spared the misery/ecstasy* *delete as applicable

Even though we won on Tue I think we may see a couple of changes. If either Willis or Hyam are ready they'll be back in for Williams. As decent as Williams was he did get cramp at the end and will he suffer the physical effects even earlier on Saturday? Just the recovery required would mean...

I wonder if they'll put his massive tool in his box?

It is a question I've asked myself, but I think he'd have to be one of the best actors on the planet to express that level of immaturity and naivety in the documentaries. He did write a lot of songs but also had the best producers etc in the world available to him from a ridiculously early age...

Great result considering an average at best performance and the makeshift team (which when read out had me worrying we were going to get completely bullied in defence and were looking at a Madden hat-trick. Well played to Williams, Burge for not letting Fri get to him, Hiwula for the goal and...

I'm largely quite calm and appreciative of good play from both teams (though I only applaud ours). I can get quite animated when we score, but only tend to get annoyed at conceding if it's from our error. Thing that can really rile me is poor referring against us and fouls for some reason. If...

I'm not saying it excuses it - far from it - but if you have someone with a poor intellectual level who has experienced abuse themselves (and they are more likely to be abused) then they will find it harder to comprehend becoming an abuser is wrong because for them it's just normal behaviour...

Which is why I pointed out they aren't/weren't the odd mistake - there is/was a constant catalogue of errors (Pickford especially). Now you may ague they play in a bigger league that gets more coverage and therefore shows more of their errors, but I think all this does is even out the fact...

Isn't it? Pickford is no stranger to a monumental fuck-up (fluffed crosses, letting in easy shots, misplaced clearances) and will have half a dozen absolute stinkers a season. But he can make some superb saves and look good. He's a PL version of Burge, and there are times not that long ago...