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Player of the season for us so far. By a mile. We missed him massively.

If we can come out for the first half in home ganes like we believe we can win it, we're definitely in with a chance.

We're grinding out points somehow lately which isn't sustainable until the end of the season.

Good to have a strong bench for once. Probably the strongest bench we have had for a very long time.

Top 6 look nailed on so it’s a mini league of about half a dozen for the other place(s).

Better for us too... Feels like he's thought keeping him around is important, but then shoehorns him in to a position he's not suitable for, and therefore hampers our game. I don't want to look at a team sheet and be disappointed to see Armstrong on it, but right now that's how I feel, because I kn...

Silas wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:14 pm He'll play Branthwaite over Keane as soon as it's safe to do so

We all hope you’re right. However his love-in with Keane makes me nervous.

No point hoping Moyes will learn lessons from how he set us up in the first half as he never does.

Ground out a very fortunate result but let’s not pretend that Keane - Tarks is in any way our optimal centre half partnership out of the options available.

What do we think the reasons are here? Moyes is a premier league manager. He's been doing this for a long long time. Why do we see the JOB can't play RB. That Patterson has done a decent enough job in the position he plays, adding the obvious positive of having a player who knows his position etc W...

Was going to watch this but can’t be arsed watching us shuffle the ball around the middle then out to Ndiaye all game.

Fulham may as well play without a left back today.

Needs more regular game time to develop intelligence. He'll learn when players are making runs off him given enough minutes to experience it again and again. He'll also develop better distribution if he's in that situation more often. I worry he won't get enough game time though to iron out the mist...

He can also do something mad and cost you a goal or the game. I think this is key. You want him nowhere near your own goal to eliminate the brain farts but he doesn't offer you anything in the final third either. So he's a potential ball hunting machine in the middle third, which needs stability be...

Got to be happy with that. £20m for McNeil is an outstanding bit of business.

The fact we’re even in for Wilson tells you all you need to know about the lack of ambition from our owners. Get the club on an even keel, optimise the stadium’s profitably and flip us in a couple of new TV deals time. It's not a lack of ambition. They trusted the management team with £45m on a you...

StirlingBlue wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 2:40 pm Which we are doing with Tyrique George - but you can't have a full squad of just tricky speedsters

Just one or two would be nice. We are easily pleased.

I don't think he's a bad player. He's quite clearly a level above McNeil, Alcaraz and Dibling and he knows where the goal is and has proved it over numerous seasons. All comes down to the financials but for a squad as anaemic in front of goal as we are to have another player who even looks like trou...