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Skipp is currently our 5th midfielder, and started the first game along with Emerson.
Right, exactly.
Skipp and Davies are problems, all of our backups starting together is another problem, the whole is lesser than the sum of its parts kind of deal.
I did read the conversation and it is a nonsense.
Did laugh at your "naughty little man" comment though. That's a pisser.
All the technical limitations aside, there seemed to be a serious lack of effort and urgency.
For a second string side that should have been playing for their careers most of them, that’s probably the most disappointing thing. You can only persist with some players for so long until you decide they’re either not good enough or not invested enough.
You don't understand English, fair play.
Every season supporting this club we should all expect to win a trophy or at least try to win one. The frustration comes from us pissing our chances up the wall because of shit selections every year and manager and players not taking cup comps seriously.
No offence but I do not give a crap about how much Ange was trying out players blah blah, you should know by now who you can trust and you didn't need to make 9 changes because it sends out the wrong message.
I've been absolutely consistent with this with all our managers, hated when Poch used to rest players, same for Jose, same for Conte, it's just utter BS
I still really like him as a manager though and I think we are onto something with him but let people fucking vent in a thread where he should be getting blamed and it's totally fair to point fingers at him.
I'm sure we will get over this pretty quickly especially if we win on Sunday but you can't blame people for being pissed off.
Oh I don't know if I'd go that far. I think we gave it a go. We certainly gave the ball away a lot and were forced to defend counters. It's not like we just sat on the ball.
3 main comments from Ange (paraphrasing):
1. That's the only way I can check these players out.
2. The players can't play 3 games a week so I had to rotate.
3. Life's too short for regrets, mate.
....Pretty flimsy stuff in all honesty.
Fuck knows what all the tactical changes and subs were about too!
Not fickle and not about to throw him on the bonfire, but he failed his first major test tonight...... All that honeymoon energy frittered away to save our first XI for Burnley. Damn shame.
As for peripheral fan waffle:
1. He's sending Levy a message
2. Levy told him who to pick for shop window purposes.
3. He was told to throw the cups.
........Silly bollocks!
I don't expect a trophy, I expect us to give it a real go. I expect us to not forfeit our chances of success.
But if he does that then he’s less likely to have players traded and we go deeper in the season with the same appalling depth and get exposed by resurgent teams like Villa and West Ham and then Spurs fans lose their shit all season.
I don't understand what you're trying to say. You think us losing to Fulham will mean Levy will buy more players than he planned? As someone who has seen this team lose to some truly awful teams I can assure you that it isn't true.
