7 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Rosenior says he will drop players who are ill-disciplined.

Fofana immediately back in the starting XI.

Santos has 1 bad game in goodness knows how long.

Immediately dropped.

tbf it's not as easy as it sounds. While Jackson was the obvious case, Fofana was IMO a misjudgment on his part (being nice here).

Neto was also, evidently, at fault--he was very late on the tackle--but I suspect there’s a sprinkle of tiredness in the mix, as some players are being overplayed.

Just now, acaeus said:

tbf it's not as easy as it sounds. While Jackson was the obvious case, Fofana was IMO a misjudgment on his part (being nice here).

Neto was also, evidently, at fault--he was very late on the tackle--but I suspect there’s a sprinkle of tiredness in the mix, as some players are being overplayed.

He made a sh*t and needless challenge for his first yellow, and for his second yellow it was sheer stupidity. Not sure what is even worse, the fact he didn't know he was on a yellow, or he knew and still made that pointless challenge so far up the pitch.

The fact Rosenior said these players would be punished yet at the first chance he throws Fofana back in, makes everything he says from now on just white noise.

So why hasn't Enzo been dropped after stinker after stinker? Why was Santos dropped for having 1 bad game in ages?

This f**king club 😂

That line up screams Beavis and butthead along with Egbali WTF is that!!

WtF is that lineup. He has 2 DMs on the bench, but let’s just play our best RB at CM.

The old James in midfield ploy I see, wonderful.

Cucurella.on the bench.

I dont get why sanchez is benched. Sorensen is a terrible shot stopper and isnt even that great with his feet. its like the project is re starting because i recall Maresca doing the same after Sanchez howlers until he figured to play with Sanchez's strengths which are long passes..

Gonna be a long watch tonight

Oh lord

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He made a sh*t and needless challenge for his first yellow, and for his second yellow it was sheer stupidity. Not sure what is even worse, the fact he didn't know he was on a yellow, or he knew and still made that pointless challenge so far up the pitch.

The fact Rosenior said these players would be punished yet at the first chance he throws Fofana back in, makes everything he says from now on just white noise.

So why hasn't Enzo been dropped after stinker after stinker? Why was Santos dropped for having 1 bad game in ages?

If he does that every time a player makes a stupid mistake we will start matches with the U18 soon.
(Sanchez is a different issue IMO)

Edited March 4Mar 4 by acaeus

Can’t convince me he is a decent coach. You look at that bench, and it says a lot. 4 defenders, 2 DMs, and 2 CFs. He literally has Derry, Walsh, & Kavuma-McQueen in the u21s he could use as attacking options but nope, watch him bring on Lavia, Cucurella, and stick Delap at RW if we need a goal.

P.S another defensive setup that haven’t played together, and we wonder why we lack cohesion.

Gustos lips must be working overtime on the PE TEACHER, SD’s picking James in midfield instead of Lavia

25 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Jorgensen,

Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Hato

James, Caicedo

Palmer, Enzo, Garnacho

Joao Pedro

Hmmmm ....

Feels like another car crash on the way.

Great bench depth for our near 2bill spend.

1 promising cb

2 useless cbs

1 good full back

2 good dms

2 useless strikers

Oh and a garbage goalkeeper starting. That will help Sanchez for the rest of the season

11 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

So why hasn't Enzo been dropped after stinker after stinker? Why was Santos dropped for having 1 bad game in ages?

Because Enzo is the only b2b in the squad. Santos is a deep lying midfielder, like Caicedo, like Lavia, and likely the other teenager CM.
Enzo will never be dropped regardless of the manager and it's not because of owner pressure -- it's characteristics. Only way he's dropped is if the club fixes the unbalanced roster/midfield by signing players.

Edited March 4Mar 4 by acaeus

Garbage line up from the SD there

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Feels like another car crash on the way.

Not feels like, this will be 100% car crash. There is zero chance we will get anything from this game.

Edited March 4Mar 4 by El regreso

If we need a goal Delap and or Guiu would not be my striker options, our youth team players would surely offer more.

I think we are gonna be in for more disappointment tonight.

Edited March 4Mar 4 by OTL

1 minute ago, OTL said:

If we need a goal Delap and or Guiu would not be my striker options, our youth team players would surely offer more.

We have a Tosin

10 minutes ago, acaeus said:

Because Enzo is the only b2b in the squad. Santos is a deep lying midfielder, like Caicedo, like Lavia, and likely the other teenager CM.
Enzo will never be dropped regardless of the manager and it's not because of owner pressure -- it's characteristics. Only way he's dropped is if the club fixes the unbalanced roster/midfield by signing players.

You don’t need a box-2-box midfielder if you are playing a 4-2-3-1 though, you can play 2 CMs and you will be fine. His presence in the team/squad is a problem not because of his “characteristics” which is limited mind you, but because someone sanctioned a £105m fee for a player that can’t play the role he was signed for.

Ah Rosenior has said he has no number 2 keeper and Jorgensen has really impressed in training.

Wonder of that was from a script?

1 minute ago, markpitts said:

You don’t need a box-2-box midfielder if you are playing a 4-2-3-1 though, you can play 2 CMs and you will be fine. His presence in the team/squad is a problem not because of his “characteristics” which is limited mind you, but because someone sanctioned a £105m fee for a player that can’t play the role he was signed for.

I disagree. The issue is not the 2 CMs, but the centralized player in the 3. Cole is an attacker -- he can work hard under specific conditions for specific matches (like PSG), but he can't do that consistently in the PL. CAMs (or whatever you call that position) nowadays demands a player who can defend some -- almost like a CM; the closest we've got is Enzo.

I also disagree that Enzo's characteristics are "limited." I think he's very rounded actually. He does lack skill esp in attacking positions, but that has more to do with the unbalanced roster than him IMO.

Edited March 4Mar 4 by acaeus

4 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

I’d personally drop Sanchez for that absolute disasterclass as that level of performance cant go unpunished.

However as the alternative is Jorgensen or Sharman-Lowe we’ll have to play him.

Shambles really.

I was only joking ffs.

Don’t know what the question is but if Jorgensen is the answer we really are f**ked.

Villa must be delighted to see Jorgensen starting. I remember from last season his poor display contributed towards their 3 points in the same fixture.

The game hasn’t even started and this thread is a cesspool of despair.

😂😂😂

32 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Oh lord

Yes, my girl?