Fernando

But I really don't think it's that. We see how we improve when we have a better defense, that is the thing that is way obvious that the board did not want to see. And as well in mid it can't just be Enzo and Caicedo. It was supposed to be Lavia but he is always injured so get rid and get a replacement. And Santos I'm still not sure about him, he had one good game but on the entirity I prefer as of right now we sell him and get Elliot. BUT this decision should be taken at the end of the season because who knows Santos might go on a run and changed our mind. But as of right now I'm so so on him.

I back the manager, for me it's clear the fools are the board. If they sack him I would not care no more who they pick. They are the problem!

I admit I was wrong with Fofana and yes he has been good. It is why when Levi was fit as well they where both first choice. It's clear that the coach knew way ahead of us who was quality and who was not. This is why I agree with this blast at the board in not backing him in defense. The only quality CB we got are Levi and Fofana and those fools thought everything was good with what we had....

Not a yes men, but the massive rotation has been costing him greatly. Especially in defense. That is one area that needs little rotation as we need to build stability back there.

Estevao is still not ready to be started. He is too lightweight he gets muscle out the ball and leads to dangerous counter attacks. As I always said I prefer he comes as a sub for the time being.

I think Palmer being back will help us the CL. PL I don't think we have a chance, but we know with this team we can do damage in cup competitions, so going to be interesting to see how Palmer and Estevao develop for the coming months.

Since I live in Buffalo the closest stadium for me is Toronto, I put for the match of Ghana vs Panama as it's cheaper and the knockout stage that would be second place from K vs second place from L. I'm not driving far to watch the match and insane prices so I will just stay close to home. If I can attend an openining match for a team even though they are so so and a knockout stage we will be happy. Probably a chance I get to see Colombia play if they finish runner up in the group and if we get the two options that I put for those two games.

I had a dream we had submitted a bid for Elliot Anderson. 😇

Yeah insane prices, but people will still buy it. The phrase I get is this: "It's the World Cup, once in a lifetime"

Disappointed with this. I still think James at mid is not the best Only against big team, but I prefer someone else there.

Well they did got a defender but he won't be here for a while, Deinner Ordonez. lol

So here's the thinking if Cucu got better after a couple of seasons, and now Sanchez got better after a couple of seasons then the board might think the same and thus not spend big on Murillo, Bastoni and the like. They might think give chance to Josh, get back Anselmino and so so and then will get better in time. Likewise with Garnacho, Gittens and all those younger players.

It feels enraging if this is true, but I'm going to wait for the summer post world cup and see what they do. As well if they do this, they can't demand anything from coahces to be big title contenders. With this policy we are bound to have ups and down.

Same that did bad at Arsenal. He is like Moyes good with smaller team but not good at bigger teams.

Defense has improved. Needs to continue with that defense next games. We definitely need a maestro in the mid

This game is the difference between last game lost and not losing this. I said we can't blow every team and at times we start slow. So its important we go into the second half at least with a clean sheet. Hence the difference between a better defense to give the team a chance on the second half to improve. We can win this game now.

This is why I was mad when colwill got injured and Enzo asked for a cb and the board told him no, to go in house.....

I will do the same and say Fofana has been better than tosin and badi combined. Still don't like him and would like to upgrade him. But if we had top cb and he as second then rotation for cb would be good.

Hardly gets a game. Another buy that the board does that is underwhelming. People should ask these questions to the board, why their defense buys are so underwhelming.

Because James as a mid will only work against bigger teams. When we want to dominate against smaller team this is where a Elliot or Wharton would help us.

It was sad about Delap because I like him a lot. Palmer was good to get game because he needs to get his game back on. That being said not sure if he he should continue second half.

But how do you get to get pedigree? Like pep at Barcelona or right now arteta with arsenal. You need tu take chance and for me the club has done good with taking the chance on Maresca. He is building something good.

Lol every manager for you would be better until they start doing bad. I'm happy the board are not like you that want any new shiny toy after a couple of games. They are doing the right thing waiting until the summer to evaluate, which for me is obvious Maresca is over performing with the injuries and horrors defense giving by them.

I think this is the lineup we should have had against leeds. James in the mid is good but Caicedo would be there. But yes defense is something we can't be messing around too much especially when the back ups are very bad.

Penders is interesting, I wonder if we should bring him back next season or let him continue to play in France? And the club did good as well with Santo but I'm still not sure on him. I will wait until the summer and see how he does the entirety of the season and see if we should sell or keep. Because even though the club did good buying him and now his price has increased in sure we can do better then him.... But again let's see the entirety of his season how he handles.