Deacs

That's what stuck out most for me too. Him, Barry and McCarthy snuffed numerous attacks out early. It's amazing what closing down gets you.

Has Barry ever scored in two games running?
That's some stat if true, given that's he played nearly 4 million games.

We didn't lose anybody of any consequence so I would have to say we have come out of it stronger than we went in

Good professional job, comfortable win, clean sheet and some tidy football in spells.

He's right it is to big. That's because it is full if dead wood that he has failed to address in the last 2 1/2 seasons.

Remember Deacs "bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and its not the person being resented"
 
Be the bigger man...
 
Nah sod it.
 
Yeah Rusty you billy bullshitter, you arent an airline pilot, you drive forklift trucks and call yourself maverick... you sing "youve lost that loving feeling" on karaoke with you best mate "goose" aka bill jones. You post when doing night shifts to make out you are in Honk Kong, whrn in reality you are moving pallettes flown in from china....
 
:-)

I would start Jags and Galloway as CBs. Always nice to have a bit of experience and a good chance for Galloway to stake his claim.
 
Mori has done well but would probably appreciate a breather before playing against Newcastle.
 
Stones needs benching or not even being named in the squad for Carlisle. It wont be his sort of game, wont be his sort of pitch (just been relaid post flooding and may well cut up badly) and taking him out of the limelight for a week or so will give the lad a chance to give his head a wobble!
 
My team:
 
Robles
 
Coleman Jags Galloway Baines
 
McCarthy. Barry
 
Lennon. Barkley. Oviedo
 
Lukaku
 
Bring the youngsters on after 60 mins if the game is won. Bring on Deulofeu if we are in the shit.
 
Subs:
 
Howard. Pennington. Mori/Holgate or Foulds. Osman. Cleverley or Pienaar. Deulofeu. Kone
 
Note to Martinez: We are playing on a relaid pitch which will probably cut up badly. We are not playing on a snooker table. Please adapt tactics accordingly. The early ball forward for Rom to win is the way to go. No tippy tappy across our back four on a ploughed field for a pitch please.

Agreed, love the lad. He'll only get better too! Hope he forms solid partnership with Jags.

I'll check with my step son in case it's him. If it is, I'll give him a right good kicking. Wee shit.

exactly. we need another solid striker. missed out on austin, remy, etc. kone doesn't have enough in him, we need a hungry goal scoring threat from the bench.

Was my sarcasm that subtle?

On current form I would play Mori ahead of Stones. I think Stones needs a couple of weeks out of the limelight.

On current form I would play Mori ahead of Stones. I think Stones needs a couple of weeks out of the limelight.

I have no idea what to expect from this game.
Will we be committed and play good football or will we play like we did against Swansea.
It is quite literally a lottery, hopefully we can get a result and then kick on from there.

And he needs to learn that making the same mistakes has consequences.

Your sex life isn't relevant to the thread Marco, take it off topic!

On current form I would play Mori ahead of Stones. I think Stones needs a couple of weeks out of the limelight.

On current form I would play Mori ahead of Stones. I think Stones needs a couple of weeks out of the limelight.

“My philosophy and my way of working is not to keep clean sheets, my philosophy is to win games,”
 
He is achieving one out of two on that front then

And the chairman should be holding him accountable not the media.

Ok, so you and only you said that. No one else.

Isn't that (a bit of flair and risk taking) what we want to see from our attacking players though?
If they lose it trying to make something happen then so be it.

Next year's going to be great ;-)

You'll be saying that right until the last game of the season and we still haven't managed to win two league games in a row .

We are conceding these goals because our players don't have any confidence.
A good run and a few clean sheets and that WILL all change.... I can feel it!