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For me? What are you talking about. He can stay here for all I care, but he should have proper competition. Romeu? This guy is like a phantom, one moment he's here and playing, the next he's nowhere to be seen. Has he gone to Barca or smth? For the sake of the team his position should be contested more.

Probably the best post in this topic. It basically recaps perfectly what we already know about him - he is very dependent on the situation. He is a limited player and serves best under certain conditions. He isn't only bad or good, he's both. It all depends on various things with him, but this shows he's a limited player. His performances are in direct correlation with how we're trying to play and who are playing. If we play within his limits under conditions that suit him, he's great. The moment the team breaks through those limits and he has to get out of his comfort zone, he starts lagging and becomes error prone. In short, I agree with everything Peace has said. It was the most honest analysis which doesn't unanimously say he's shit or he's good, it says he's both and that's true. This is why he is inconsistent imo, we're constantly juggling between playing styles and different lineups every game. It's no surprise he was at his best under King Carlo who persisted with a certain style and constant regular starters. I view him as a player who thrives on stability and is easily caught in between.

So the same guys who hired Benitez to lead us in the right direction? God...

One question. Does he get plenty of defensive help in Soton? Or is he left alone like our fullbacks?

CL is the only competition televized here, I definitely don't want to miss out seeing a few Chelsea games on TV instead of some crappy streams All of the hypothetical scenarios aside (e.g. doing a Juve/Bayern or Liverpool, going all rational and steady or panicking and running amok), I would actually prefer us to concentrate on the league. It's nice to compete in Europe, but now I would prefer us to do everything in our power to mount a serious title challenge. Missing out on CL would definitely have many cons, while the pros mentioned here are far from certain. So taking into consideration that cons - guaranteed, pros - not guaranteed, I would say that missing out wouldn't be a good thing. Would it be the worst thing to happen? No, the worst thing would be Benitez being given a long term contract. But imo it wouldn't be the best thing either.

On what evidence do people rate PVA higher than Bertrand? I can't believe it tbh. I distinctly remember the time when Bertrand used to play well and PVA was nowhere to be mentioned. In fact I remember people saying that Bertrand was better overall. Some used to even say he's the best left back prospect in England. Now all of a sudden you want Van Aanholt back without a shred of evidence that he would outshine him and break through here. I remember when Ryan had his best game against Arsenal, everybody was ejaculating over that. People were calling him to be invited into the English NT and that he's already better than Cole etc etc... I just don't understand the logic at all. Is the knee jerk really that strong in here?

I agree that FullEnglishBreakfast is worthy of a nomination, but it's now certain he's going up for voting, so I'm not gonna nominate him. Btw, joined only on 20th March but already going up for vote, hasn't been a member for half a month... well done, sir. :tophat: There are several members I would like to nominate besides FEB. For example SinineUltra, Kojo, dumps, Stingray, Leif, The only place to be... etc. I think I'm gonna go with @Leif, because his posts are always well organized and easy on the eye to read. He makes some good points. I have also noticed that when I'm reading through loads of posts, then I naturally don't read everything, I skip chunks of them because I'm a lazy git, but I often find myself stopping to read his. As I said - easy on the eye, interesting content more often than not, slightly fucked in the head.

It fixed the participated threads bug

There is a new version out, has it been updated yet?

He looked good today. I don't typically follow other teams so I have no idea about his qualities tbh, but today he looked solid.

Agree

The selection was fine actually, those kind of players should be winning clubs like Southampton 9 times out of 10. But it's not only down to players, the organization and tactics were shambles. I can't count how many times I buried my face in my palm seeing our midfielders (primarily Lampard) and defenders pumping the ball high and long... to who? We're supposed to be playing possession football, but how can you keep possession by lumping the ball to short and frail players? That is just, aarrgghhhh... It's clear as cloudless sky our midfield needs reinforcements, none of the players are good enough or fit the tactics we're trying to play. Our starters in midfield should ideally be rotational options at best. At about 60th minute in second half, when we were chasing the game, Soton had 60% of possession. This is just, I don't know. If the team had more imagination, composure, organization and sense of what to do, we could have won comfortably. Any selection we put out should be enough against bloody relegation battlers, even without Mata. But looking at the movement and passing patterns, it's no surprise we're struggling against average sides. You add a bit of complacency and a clueless manager in the mix and you have the perfect recipe for a loss. EDIT: One more observation. Did you notice how many quick breaks Soton had? A class team would have punished us much more than 2 times.

Why wasn't he in the squad? Was he ill or tired? I'm not up to date with national teams so I don't know if he played recently or smth? We're too overdependent on him.

Talking about Lampard Terry situation, I actually think Jose is the best man to phase them out if they're still here when he comes. AVB failed at that because apparently he had trouble communicating properly and frankly they didn't think much of him. Jose wouldn't have this problem, he basically made them and I can see the old boys stepping aside silently under his leadership. All this "player power" nonsense would be put to rest. And no, I don't think he would foolishly make them "untouchables" again, I'm pretty sure he will be made aware that we're looking forward not backward. Sent from my GT-S5660 using Tapatalk 2

Who can? Good consistent crossers have become a rarity. Almost no top team puts emphasis on placed floaters anymore, it's more cut and whip in. Compared to others Dave has a solid floater, but he's still a fullback first and foremost so expecting constant quality crosses is unfair. Sent from my GT-S5660 using Tapatalk 2

50? Is that for real? Sent from my GT-S5660 using Tapatalk 2

You're a man called Rebecca?

There is a slight bug in the app. When I browse the "participated" topics, none of them are bold (i.e. unread). Also, is it somehow possible to view notifications (likes, quotes, mentions) in there?

Yeah :tophat:

The pictures were before every topic in "view new topics" section, now they are gone, thank you. Oh, and when I try to view new posts on my mobile, it says

So those are the winners In truth such competitions have never been popular here, people barely vote and participate in them. Is there any point in organizing them? You had 0 serious submissions in the video competition.

Is there some way to remove those nasty topic pictures? I don't like how bloated this forum is becoming.

You have to unlink them. They will embed as plain text. Sent from my GT-S5660 using Tapatalk 2