Bahaha I see what you did there.
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Crossed with the left too.
Thats more info than I got I just had a blank screen
It works for me. Maybe youāre not doing it right?
works for me
Maybe I shouldnāt have moved abroad overnight.
@BTripz, is your like because youāre having problems too?
Itās asking me for login details -fuck that for a game of tin soldiers
Whatever you do, donāt give @Fatso your login details.
Iāve tried logging in but it is the same. Will try the PC next.
Worked fine for me, no login needed, thanks @Fatso.
Shame that they cut the highlights before the goal celebrations are even finished but hey ho.
Tried a different browser on the phone and it worked. (not Chrome).
Aye, it didnāt work on my phoneā¦
So thoughts on last nightā¦
Firstly, it was radio commentary so, well, all of my facts were handed to me by two other blokes with opinions and agendas.
Glad to see some players and combinations of players given a chance (Targett, Davis + Armstrong, Davis + Gabbiadini).
Sad that Armstrong, so (surely?) obviously at his most dangerous in the centre, was played out wide and that when changes were made he still stayed out wide.
Sounds like Targett didnāt do much with his chance, but Gallagher seemed to get rave reviews on the radio - but then Merrington was wetting himself to play 2 strikers from about the 60th minute. In his defence, it did seem to change the game when the two came on.
Gunn had a quiet game but did what was expected of him and a clean sheet on debut has got to be good for confidence. Stephens seemed to have a quiet game and the couple of times I heard his name were in criticism for not putting in a cross early enough. Heās not a right back, or rather he is a right back if you donāt want box-to-box performances from him and youāre shitting yourself that the two CBs youāve selected arenāt enough to defend set pieces so another tall bloke at the back canāt hurt.
Elyounoussi seemed to have an anonymous night and even though he wasnāt having a great game, Hughes left him on. Perhaps he feels he needs game time.
Yoshida, much derided in this parish and further afield paired up with Bednarek, much derided in this parish and further afield, to deliver only our second clean sheet of the season (3rd if you include pre-season). I think one of them could be dropped in alongside Vestergaard without embarrassing us - more than our other pairings have done at times. But I guess weād have to admit that the black box made a mistake when it bought Hoedt as a ready-made van Dijk replacement. Still have faith that in a stable team heās good, but heās lacking a few attributes at the moment.
Gabbiadini seemed to see a lot of the ball in the danger area, again radio distorts the facts Iām sure, but Iāve watched the guy make run after tireless run for the last 2 years and get no service. Last night sounded different.
Redmond? Well, his resurgence continues. After a great performance against Leicester he came on with a fantastic little drop shoulder shimmy to get a yard and put a wonderful chip cross on to Austinās head - with his left foot. I wonder if it could just have been low confidence all this time? Hmmm.
Hughes? Would have liked to have seem some promising youngsters on the bench (aside from Gallagher and McQueen), but I like that he did something a little more unpredictable than 4-4-2. Stephens at right back, Armstrong out wide - not sure thatās good use of the talent in the squad. It sounded like he was ripping strips from the team from the touchline at times. He cares.
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I think the Crapaboutecup is good for experimentation in a more ācompetitiveā environment, I think Hughes was ātryingā Armstrong out wide to see if he could play him there. I get the feeling he wants to persist with Romeu and Lemina in the centreā¦
Just goes to show that some fans have no idea, I have, and will always, defended him and think he is better than people give him credit for.
Still learning I guess, they say that defenders develop later in their careers. I wouldnāt be surprised to see him come good in a couple of season time
60th Minute? More like the 6th!!
From what I heard he was guilty of dithering and giving the ball away and being out of position on more than one occasion.
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My only slight niggle is that every game is a little unpredictable. I wish he could learn his best team and play a settled bunch for a while. He shouldnāt still be experimenting. Frustrating that Armstrong wasnāt moved more centralā¦ commentators saying It, people here have said it, why cant Hughes see It?
I hope he now sticks with a back 4 because they donāt seem able to play with back 5 without getting all confused. Yoshi and vestergaard partnership sounds the best bet.
Not sure davis can offer us anything anymore although could be being harsh.
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Yeah, Iām not asking for him to be a DM alongside Romeu or Lemina.
Iād like to see him as an AM behind Ings or Gabbiadini and that can only happen if you play one up front or a āfrontā three.
Playing a single striker last night was the perfect opportunity to see Armstrong in that position.
I bet Hughes thinks he knows more about management than me.
Arrogant prick.
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See my comment above
See my comment above
Listening to the radio last night, when we switched to #2upfront, Davis was running the show. I suppose itās horses for coursesā¦
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Hmm, I always thought that Lemina was more of an AM than a DM so youāve got a bit of a conflict there between him and Armstrong.
Maybe 5 1 3 1 would be a good formation with Romeu the 1 in front of the defence and the 3 being Lemina, Armstrong and JW-P (?) in a 2-1 formation??
