Dr. Socrates

So we bought him for the not inconsiderable sum of 40 million pounds and send him right away to Palace on loan? Is that right?

So we bought him for the not inconsiderable sum of 40 million pounds and send him right away to Palace on loan? Is that right?

I can’t believe some people are saying Martinez is similar to Sanchez.
Sanchez is one of the worst in the whole league, Martinez is not one of the worst in the league.
And that’s without getting into stats, leadership comparisons, confidence they give their defenders and even the good old eye test.
It’s a clear upgrade.
We should have won 3-0 and because of Sanchez we nearly drew 3-3.
And there’s people who think Martinez is no better??
Mondays performance wasn’t a one off, he has needlessly cost us goals loads of times, every single season.
He’s not good enough and if we have any aspirations of finishing in the top 4 he has to be replaced.
And they should sack off that Ben Roberts as well!

He’s had some bad performances for us but that was up there as one of his worst.

Neville was right when he said that keeping Sanchez undermines everything that Alonso is trying to do. Imagine if we had drawn vs Fulham - it would been massively disappointing. We only just about won.

Glad he had this meltdown while there's still time to do something about it in the transfer market.

Sanchez is such a jerk. All he had to do was put in a half decent display against Fulham and he’d be the nailed on starter for the season. Instead he had a total meltdown. Let’s the ball run out of play while about to kick it, nowhere to be seen for their first goal, parries it into the striker for the second, almost conceded a third by charging out into no man’s, and repeatedly kicked the ball either out of play or straight to the opposition. Totally useless.

Sanchez is such a jerk. All he had to do was put in a half decent display against Fulham and he’d be the nailed on starter for the season. Instead he had a total meltdown. Let’s the ball run out of play while about to kick it, nowhere to be seen for their first goal, parries it into the striker for the second, almost conceded a third by charging out into no man’s, and repeatedly kicked the ball either out of play or straight to the opposition. Totally useless.

Sanchez is such a jerk. All he had to do was put in a half decent display against Fulham and he’d be the nailed on starter for the season. Instead he had a total meltdown. Let’s the ball run out of play while about to kick it, nowhere to be seen for their first goal, parries it into the striker for the second, almost conceded a third by charging out into no man’s, and repeatedly kicked the ball either out of play or straight to the opposition. Totally useless.

Well Palmer, Rogers and Pedro were terrific up front. A goal apiece is promising stuff. Could easily have thrown it away though. Pity Caicedo and Palestra were injured. At least we know what the midfield looks like if Caicedo is missing. Pleased for Lacroix who managed to keep his composure amidst the chaos. Good to get off to a winning start and Alonso will have learned a lot about his players and tactics, so there’s that.

Well Palmer, Rogers and Pedro were terrific up front. A goal apiece is promising stuff. Could easily have thrown it away though. Pity Caicedo and Palestra were injured. At least we know what the midfield looks like if Caicedo is missing. Pleased for Lacroix who managed to keep his composure amidst the chaos. Good to get off to a winning start and Alonso will have learned a lot about his players and tactics, so there’s that.

Not sure what the new manager made of that utter shambles of a performance.
Transfer window is going to be interesting. It’s going to be difficult to get rid of so much deadwood.

You don't have to get rid of deadwood. You can burn it.

Not sure what the new manager made of that utter shambles of a performance.
Transfer window is going to be interesting. It’s going to be difficult to get rid of so much deadwood.

I know that I am a broken record but we have to have players and a manager that instils a standard of discipline, fitness and professional pride in touch and care of the ball.
11 red cards this season, breaking our own record, and being more than double any of our rivals. Very few, if any of these are malicious or intentionally dangerous tackles. A fair number are for dissent and indispline. That's what your investment in kids brings you. Petulance. But the rest are for mistimed tackles or pulls and pushes due to being caught on their heels and not being able to keep up with play. The difference is fractional, but those fractions are huge. If you are brain dead like Fofana you can see why he can't help but put hands on or make late challenges. It's a lack of awareness between the ears and the general lack of fitness and anticipation is palpable. So many of them are like this.

Well we didn’t embarrass ourselves. But we offered nothing upfront. We needed a bit of quality and it was nowhere to be found. City paid for quality and that was the difference today.
In the end we did well just to still be in the game after 70 mins. And that’s about the limit of our ambition.

Well we didn’t embarrass ourselves. But we offered nothing upfront. We needed a bit of quality and it was nowhere to be found. City paid for quality and that was the difference today.
In the end we did well just to still be in the game after 70 mins. And that’s about the limit of our ambition.

Well we didn’t embarrass ourselves. But we offered nothing upfront. We needed a bit of quality and it was nowhere to be found. City paid for quality and that was the difference today.
In the end we did well just to still be in the game after 70 mins. And that’s about the limit of our ambition.

If we get in front he can bring on Tosin, Josh and Chalobah and go 1-9-1-0

We could have played three more defenders. Just to be safe.

We could have played three more defenders. Just to be safe.

We could have played three more defenders. Just to be safe.

I thought it was just Rosenior the lads wanted to get rid of. Someone should tell them they can stop now. Otherwise people will think they’re the problem.

I thought it was just Rosenior the lads wanted to get rid of. Someone should tell them they can stop now. Otherwise people will think they’re the problem.

Well that was much better. Scoring a goal shows we’re on the right track.