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Hope to see him stood alongside Dyche barking encouragement to the team and giving them a good talking to at half time!
Be absolutely gutted for him if he doesn't get to play for us again and equally if he does play for us but it's in the Championship.
 
 

Hope to see him stood alongside Dyche barking encouragement to the team and giving them a good talking to at half time!
Be absolutely gutted for him if he doesn't get to play for us again and equally if he does play for us but it's in the Championship.
 
 

Hope to see him stood alongside Dyche barking encouragement to the team and giving them a good talking to at half time!
Be absolutely gutted for him if he doesn't get to play for us again and equally if he does play for us but it's in the Championship.
 
 

Hope to see him stood alongside Dyche barking encouragement to the team and giving them a good talking to at half time!
Be absolutely gutted for him if he doesn't get to play for us again and equally if he does play for us but it's in the Championship.
 
 

Wolves have a horribly good home form at the moment.  3 wins in a row and 4 in their last 5.
The only thing you can really say against them is that they don't score many.
Similarly Brighton have won 3 and drawn 1 of their last 5!
I'd rather not mention Bournemouth having won their last 3 away games!
Hopefully Fulham and City get the results this weekend against Leicester and Leeds and we can at least jump out of the relegation zone if we get a draw.  Forest v Southampton the next day is anyones guess really!
In my dream last night we beat City 2-0 with a worldie of a performance from Pickford keeping 6 or 7 shots out and DCL scoring 2 goals on quick counter attacks in the second half.  Fingers crossed for that one!
 

Some really sound observations thought your post was spot on🙂

McNeil for me.
Some good performances across the team, Garner had a very good game, DCL was looking sharp (apart from that miss) and Iwobi and Doucoure also put in a lot of good work.
Pickford great penalty save, takes some balls to follow your research when the research says to stand still, even if the stats say it's the right move!  Some other good saves and always looked a really safe pair of hands around the box.
A note on Iwobi: i've seen it mentioned a few times but Iwobi really is wasted on the wing, he played well, was used a lot out there and made their defence work hard but his crossing is terrible.  It felt like he had a lot of crosses that didn't hit anyone in the box and a quick check proves it so.  6 crosses, none deemed to be accurate.

Surely by now we are smart enough to  all realise….. it’s the players?
How many managers? What level of managers? How are these managers doing elsewhere? 
 
It’s the players. There is only so much you can do with players that other teams let go. 

I was disappointed with how late he left it to make any changes on Saturday, main one for me would be Holgate, he was clearly getting beaten every time by Ayew and once he was on a yellow it was always a risk.
Any fan could have told him that Holgate doesn't have the mental capacity to play it careful enough not to get a yellow and even if he did the fact that he was constantly getting beat was going to make it more likely he would end up comitting a foul that could get him a card.  He should have been hooked at half time.
It's difficult with the other positions I suppose in that Gray who wasn't playing well really didn't have anyone else who could come on for him unless you tried to use Maupay or Simms, neither of whom have the same match up.  Hopefully we'll have Onana along with Doucoure back for Thursday to at least have more options available on the bench.

his return really shows how much we've missed having a proper centre forward which isn't just down to him being injured but the board's ineptitude at ensuring we had a decent backup.
Whilst he didn't get any clear chances or have a lot of joy in the box he kept their centre backs busy, won the long balls and was always busy.  By having someone that occupies the centre backs the others get a lot more space and I noticed Iwobi playing more like a number 10 at times finding a bit of space to run into.

I was disappointed with how late he left it to make any changes on Saturday, main one for me would be Holgate, he was clearly getting beaten every time by Ayew and once he was on a yellow it was always a risk.
Any fan could have told him that Holgate doesn't have the mental capacity to play it careful enough not to get a yellow and even if he did the fact that he was constantly getting beat was going to make it more likely he would end up comitting a foul that could get him a card.  He should have been hooked at half time.
It's difficult with the other positions I suppose in that Gray who wasn't playing well really didn't have anyone else who could come on for him unless you tried to use Maupay or Simms, neither of whom have the same match up.  Hopefully we'll have Onana along with Doucoure back for Thursday to at least have more options available on the bench.

I don't think you can lay into the back line all that much, Crystal Palace peppered our box with crosses and worked their way around the box a lot but we gave them very few chances at all. 
Holgate was clearly skinned all game by Ayew and was a walking red after he got his yellow.  If Dyche knew him he'd have known he had to get him off before he earnt himself another card but to be honest it was clear to anyone that he was still getting done during the second half.
Keane hasn't been mentioned but he won 12 balls in the air as well as 7 clearances and 4 interceptions so was clearly pivitol in keeping things out when they were attacking the box.
Shout out to DCL who showed how much we've missed having a centre forward.  though we still didn't create much, he kept their centre backs busy, won plenty of balls in the air and worked really hard.  Lovely bit of work to play the ball off then quick turn to get that left foot shot off.  Annoyingly we seemed to provide a lot less crosses into the box than when he wasn't in the side or at least good ones.

I've noticed recently since he's been out on the right wing how right footed Iwobi is.  It causes him problems as he's not really someone that wants to cross the ball so he will look to beat his man but he can only ever go one way.  If he want to turn back he needs to make a full turn back on himself to play the ball back on his right.
One thing we are lacking with having genuine 1 footed players on each wing is the ability to cut inside and get a shot off, something that Gray excels in.  It would  be lovely to have a genuinely 2 footed player who could put a good cross in and cut inside for a quality shot! (dreams...)
I noticed at the end of the game we kind of went to 2 left wingers for a bit with Gray able to come in and McNeil staying wide.  Very unbalanced but gave us a bit of both worlds.
I'd like to see Gray get a chance as a no.10 where he can get a chance to get a shot off more, he can then be a bit more free to pick up on the left and come in side but also play across the line.

I've noticed recently since he's been out on the right wing how right footed Iwobi is.  It causes him problems as he's not really someone that wants to cross the ball so he will look to beat his man but he can only ever go one way.  If he want to turn back he needs to make a full turn back on himself to play the ball back on his right.
One thing we are lacking with having genuine 1 footed players on each wing is the ability to cut inside and get a shot off, something that Gray excels in.  It would  be lovely to have a genuinely 2 footed player who could put a good cross in and cut inside for a quality shot! (dreams...)
I noticed at the end of the game we kind of went to 2 left wingers for a bit with Gray able to come in and McNeil staying wide.  Very unbalanced but gave us a bit of both worlds.
I'd like to see Gray get a chance as a no.10 where he can get a chance to get a shot off more, he can then be a bit more free to pick up on the left and come in side but also play across the line.

Didn't realise that was him.
I watched the all angles video and just wondered what the scream was at that point in each replay!! 😆

I've just noticed how high pitched his scream of "Alex!" is when he's asking him to play him in .

Great analysis this.
It's easy for people to look at a team and decide that they are just lumping it to big players and throwing themselves around to top better players performing but this video really shows the good tactical work that goes into squeezing the opposition and things that we've really lacked tactically at all.

I've seen the narrative about the late manager change causing a lack of time for Dyche to get players wheeled out a few times and this really irks me.
Whilst Dyche may have some different type of targets to what Lampard had, ultimately most of the players that we were linked with in the last few days of the window were players we'd either been linked with under Frank previously or would have easily fitted either way.  The only couple that you could say were maybe more Dyche types were the 2 big strikers I heard mentioned.
The fact is Lampard was pretty much saying ever since the previous window that he needed players and as we went into the World Cup break having seen the lack of quality particularly in attack he and Thelwell knew what was needed and had plenty of time to draw up a list of potentials, do due diligence on them and thus have a good idea of what they wanted at the start of the month.  I know it can be tough for teams outside of the top teams to get players they really want early in the transfer window but there seemed to be a distinct lack of activity to me that suggested either we weren't willing to spend until we got some money in or they just weren't going to back Lampard.
If it's the former then that's not a surprise and does explain the push for loans earlier on which would have been fine if they could have got something over the line.  If it was the later then they weren't helping anyone.  Keeping on a manger they expected to sack who expressed he needed new players and not giving him any whilst keeping him on and watching him struggle!
I do think the clubs situation doesn't help us.  League position, board doing shit negotiation, discontent with fans and board and dare i say it things like video's of players being blocked off and confronted in the street whilst trying to leave games don't help entice a player to a club espeically when you're also likely to not want to offer high wages as a sweetner!
I do think the whole thing has put us in a very awkard position and we are now unfortunatley heavily reliant on Dyche to get a lot out of a group of players who have shown a major lack of confidence and in many cases a lack of real application and desire.
I do think there are players in there but it will be a massive job to get them performing to their best.
One thing a couple of transfers would have done if nothing else is a) lift the players to believe that they will see a bit of a new spark in the team and b) lift those players whose plays is subsenquently put at threat.  A new manager along with a new winger would both give McNeil the chance of working to perform for a new manager whilst also realising that he's got to fight for his place which now with Gordon gone he really doesn't need to!
Looing at potential in youth, it could be an opportunity for Stanley Mills to stake his place at getting some time on the wing
 

I've seen the narrative about the late manager change causing a lack of time for Dyche to get players wheeled out a few times and this really irks me.
Whilst Dyche may have some different type of targets to what Lampard had, ultimately most of the players that we were linked with in the last few days of the window were players we'd either been linked with under Frank previously or would have easily fitted either way.  The only couple that you could say were maybe more Dyche types were the 2 big strikers I heard mentioned.
The fact is Lampard was pretty much saying ever since the previous window that he needed players and as we went into the World Cup break having seen the lack of quality particularly in attack he and Thelwell knew what was needed and had plenty of time to draw up a list of potentials, do due diligence on them and thus have a good idea of what they wanted at the start of the month.  I know it can be tough for teams outside of the top teams to get players they really want early in the transfer window but there seemed to be a distinct lack of activity to me that suggested either we weren't willing to spend until we got some money in or they just weren't going to back Lampard.
If it's the former then that's not a surprise and does explain the push for loans earlier on which would have been fine if they could have got something over the line.  If it was the later then they weren't helping anyone.  Keeping on a manger they expected to sack who expressed he needed new players and not giving him any whilst keeping him on and watching him struggle!
I do think the clubs situation doesn't help us.  League position, board doing shit negotiation, discontent with fans and board and dare i say it things like video's of players being blocked off and confronted in the street whilst trying to leave games don't help entice a player to a club espeically when you're also likely to not want to offer high wages as a sweetner!
I do think the whole thing has put us in a very awkard position and we are now unfortunatley heavily reliant on Dyche to get a lot out of a group of players who have shown a major lack of confidence and in many cases a lack of real application and desire.
I do think there are players in there but it will be a massive job to get them performing to their best.
One thing a couple of transfers would have done if nothing else is a) lift the players to believe that they will see a bit of a new spark in the team and b) lift those players whose plays is subsenquently put at threat.  A new manager along with a new winger would both give McNeil the chance of working to perform for a new manager whilst also realising that he's got to fight for his place which now with Gordon gone he really doesn't need to!
Looing at potential in youth, it could be an opportunity for Stanley Mills to stake his place at getting some time on the wing
 

I've seen the narrative about the late manager change causing a lack of time for Dyche to get players wheeled out a few times and this really irks me.
Whilst Dyche may have some different type of targets to what Lampard had, ultimately most of the players that we were linked with in the last few days of the window were players we'd either been linked with under Frank previously or would have easily fitted either way.  The only couple that you could say were maybe more Dyche types were the 2 big strikers I heard mentioned.
The fact is Lampard was pretty much saying ever since the previous window that he needed players and as we went into the World Cup break having seen the lack of quality particularly in attack he and Thelwell knew what was needed and had plenty of time to draw up a list of potentials, do due diligence on them and thus have a good idea of what they wanted at the start of the month.  I know it can be tough for teams outside of the top teams to get players they really want early in the transfer window but there seemed to be a distinct lack of activity to me that suggested either we weren't willing to spend until we got some money in or they just weren't going to back Lampard.
If it's the former then that's not a surprise and does explain the push for loans earlier on which would have been fine if they could have got something over the line.  If it was the later then they weren't helping anyone.  Keeping on a manger they expected to sack who expressed he needed new players and not giving him any whilst keeping him on and watching him struggle!
I do think the clubs situation doesn't help us.  League position, board doing shit negotiation, discontent with fans and board and dare i say it things like video's of players being blocked off and confronted in the street whilst trying to leave games don't help entice a player to a club espeically when you're also likely to not want to offer high wages as a sweetner!
I do think the whole thing has put us in a very awkard position and we are now unfortunatley heavily reliant on Dyche to get a lot out of a group of players who have shown a major lack of confidence and in many cases a lack of real application and desire.
I do think there are players in there but it will be a massive job to get them performing to their best.
One thing a couple of transfers would have done if nothing else is a) lift the players to believe that they will see a bit of a new spark in the team and b) lift those players whose plays is subsenquently put at threat.  A new manager along with a new winger would both give McNeil the chance of working to perform for a new manager whilst also realising that he's got to fight for his place which now with Gordon gone he really doesn't need to!
Looing at potential in youth, it could be an opportunity for Stanley Mills to stake his place at getting some time on the wing
 

It's reasons like this that Welcome to Wrexham has subtitles when speaking to all the Welsh!  

https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/01/the-excellence-of-kamaldeen-sulemana-a-scouting-report/
 
https://breakingthelines.com/player-analysis/player-analysis-kamaldeen-sulemana/
 

now don't get me wrong, I am not sure I believe everything he has to say - but this sort of communication it is a step in the right direction. Things like explaining how player transfers are now signed off on. We do need more transparency. 
Its good other people might be sinking there money in to the club - they are not going to put up with the shit show that is currently going. 
The blokes heart is in the right place, and no doubt that he wants great things for us. He just has a long way long way to go on the footballing side of things. 
Good to here there is now a form to fill in for transfers. Can't do fuck all these days without a form  . Not having this form may have be the problem. 
 
 
 
 

I’d love to see Bielsa or someone getting a team playing with that kind of energy and attacking intent.
I think it would be a crazy signing in our current situation though. We give away enough goals as it is without a manager coming in playing such open football.  The players are in no way prepared for it or likely the right players to play it either.
I wouldn’t take on Bielsa unless he had a full preseason to work the squad, work out who he can use and replace those he can’t.