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Despite all my criticisms of the full backs, still a big fan of Jake O’Brien and can’t wait for him to play consistently at CB. Hopefully with Branthwaite in the future (if he ever gets fit)

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This is exactly the problem I’m having. Are we really using ‘how far away was Mykolenko’ as a judgement of how good he was? Why do we need to measure the distance between Myko and Grealish to see that O’Brien was often 30 yards away from Dibling? You don’t, both are bad. I’m sure Myko was...

Then we’ll have to disagree, I don’t think Mykolenko offered a single progressive pass option for Grealish all game.

Dibling had nobody within 40 yards, that doesn’t negate the fact that Mykolenko offered NOTHING on the other side. Grealish is better than Dibling, obviously, so he’s going to be able to do something in tight situations more often (as he did today), I just reject hyping up Mykolenko’s...

No right back being amongst those is even more criminal

We play 3 center backs for defensive stability (or cowardice, depending on your outlook) and we’ve conceded 3+ goals in numerous games. Having 3 lumps at the back doesn’t mean you’re going to be solid, it means you’re going to be unbalanced.

He’s done it twice now and we’ve been punished for it heavily both time

This isn’t me having a go at Dibling, read my other messages. Mykolenko is turgid and him offering a 2 yard pass in a congested midfield being lauded is a joke. Congratulations, one example in a 90 minute game is not the gotcha you need, it proves the point exactly. We lack width, Mykolenko...

He absolutely was not offering an overlap, he chose to stay on the inside almost every time he laid it off. No undercutting run to the space on the outside, no overlapping run to the space on the outside. Just constantly settled back in the congested midfield or back to cover his defensive

Or ideally, a full back with pace behind him

What a wonderful walk back home that was. Look, without going ballistic at the easy targets, our full backs were atrocious this game. Single handedly lost us any chance of consistently creating chances. Dibling (who was poor, not defending him), was consistently marked by about 3 Brentford...

Garner and KDH as our midfield pairing has to be future. For gods sake keep Garner away from RB spot and KDH away from the CAM spot. They’re technically gifted whilst still being very capable defensively. They’re mobile and energetic which is the main thing, plus can contribute with goals from...

‘Prioritising prem experience’ Im gonna scream. We’ve got loads of prem experience in the squad. If the best player available is prem experienced, then fine, go for it, perfect. But if the best player is in the French league or wherever, then why refuse to entertain the idea? Quality should be...

be ok, sweet price x