Recent content by Lanolin

I’m not ignoring it? That’s why I said the evidence so far suggests he isn’t even seen as ready to be back up. I’ve never said you’re giving your opinion on his ability and I’m not giving mine, like I’ve said a number of times, I just don’t really understand the need to claim this is exactly how...

Why are you so desperate to avoid admitting you thought he’d have got on the pitch by now? It’s a bit weird. I never claimed you said he’d have become a starter, but you said he would have played the first game of the season if fit and when someone said he wasn’t ready you said we’ve paid £8m...

You posted more than once that he was ready to play, that it was obvious the club thought he was ready to play and people claiming he wasn’t were wrong/jumping the gun etc. This isn’t meant to be a gotcha, I just looked up your posts on him because I thought you might have posted the quotes you...

It’s not a surprise that he hasn’t become our first choice already, I think it’s a surprise that he hasn’t played a single minute of senior football. As I said, your posts from earlier in the season suggest you very much agree (you specifically talk about he clearly HAS been bought as a first...

Not a big one for moaning about decisions but that was clearly a pen on Saturday. ‘Soft’ obviously, but clearly enough for a pen. The only thing I can think of is that VAR felt that he’d fouled saliba first by holding his arm, if not that then it should be given every time.

Were we? I’m not saying you’re wrong but I have no recollection of this and haven’t really seen it mentioned on here. I just had a quick look back at your posts about him and it seems you aren’t aware of it initially either, did it come to light later?

Genuinely bizarre seeing people say we matched them in midfield. We were dogged and never gave up but they absolutely dominated us in there. No shame in that like, but mind boggling that people see it differently, we couldn’t string 2 passes together fir most of the game and they just passed...

Fellaini and soucek were good players for him? If rohl turns out as good for us as Fellaini I won’t be complaining that he’s too tall. At the moment I just don’t think you can really add rohl to the other 2, like I said, having one midfielder over 6ft isn’t exactly weird or unique and we haven’t...

He really shouldn’t. If we get to the FA Cup final the maximum number of games he’s going to play this season is 44. That’s nothing in modern terms. Declan rice has played 30 already to put it into perspective.

He’s a very good player but he’s not someone who can come up against the Chelseas and Arsenals of the world and take them on single handedly, he never has been. He’s very good at what he does but without a decent fullback overlapping, and without KDH to link with or Ndiaye to attract players...

I’m not sure having one central midfielder with a bit of physicality who you occasionally give a run out as a sub counts as an obsession does it?

But he’s nothing like them? Like I said, he’s already had a championship loan, he’s 22 and has been knocking around senior football for years. We’ve also loaned young players out (dowell, Kenny, ledson, Onyango etc etc) who shockingly haven’t magically turned into top class players purely by...

Hes started 8 games for us this season and come on in 7 others. Im not sure why we’d assume he’d have learnt more making 12 starts for West Brom than doing that to be honest, it seems a stretch.

That’s it in a nutshell. I don’t think it’s necessarily about people finding the right area for them or whatever, the reality is just that there probably aren’t 15000 fans or however many it holds that are up for standing and singing all game. There aren’t at most grounds. The idea of a ‘blue...

He’s 22, has already had a year in the championship, and is playing regularly for us. I don’t understand the obsession with him being loaned at all.