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Cooper was bog standard counterattacking, relying on a bit of quality from Ayew. He has had significant resources when in the championship and would have struggled without in my opinion. He did however, know how to coach a defence and we were experts at stifling opposition teams in his two...

For me our midfield suffers because of the formation. Our main problem in midfield is leaving Stamenic on his own while Galbraith and Yalcouye go wide. It leads to us being short when we lose the ball and means we have nothing in the middle when we try to build up play. Everything is...

I think he’s a victim of our current style of play. The two 8s don’t suit him. Unlucky really that the manager who came in just after he signed doesn’t play a formation with his position. Regardless of that though, I think he still needs time to adjust physically but isn’t getting the games to...

What you say about the two pressing midfielders is spot on. Last season when we had O’Brien and Franco we had far more success winning the ball in higher areas, it worked for the most part. I don’t see that with Yalcouye and Galbraith. In fact I think both are wasted in our current system. What...

We haven’t seen him with a consistent run of games yet, it’s hard to come to any conclusion based on what little we’ve seen. Thought he was half decent when he came on, will take time just like with Vipi.

I’m a Sheehan sceptic but I can’t see the owners getting rid of him mid season unless we are in mortal danger. If we finish lower mid table I could see them maybe pulling the trigger at the end of the season. We know they have a bit of a ruthless edge. I see Sheehan as a steady, safe pair of...

Frustrating game today but I thought we were a little bit better in forward areas, bit more incision to us in the first half before we struggled when they dropped into shape in the second. Our midfield at the moment is far too easy to play against though. I’m not sure if it’s Yalcouye and...

I can’t complain about the money, I’d rather us have it than not. Ambition can just as easily circle back around into foolishness, plenty of clubs have spent big and it’s backfired dramatically, let’s hope we’re not one of those.

I think Vital has said his wages are high. Not a fan of this to be honest, I thought we were done with this type of thing. Nothing to do with Idah as a player btw but once you start shelling out for one, others will want the same. Let’s hope they have some money coming in from somewhere.

It would be but watching Brighton under him it was clear they were a very good side, that’s the difference between us under Martin and Brighton under Potter.

His Brighton side were often called one of the more entertaining teams to watch while being built on a solid defensive unit. Potter has proven himself at a higher level than Martin, I think that’s a fair thing to say. If I remember rightly he was booed in one game for not winning and he had to...

But Graham Potters football was never ineffective He took Brighton to their highest finish in the PL up to that point in 9th and left for Chelsea while they were in 6th. What De Zerbi did there was largely built off of the foundations that he put in place. I get it with Martin, there was a...

I’m surprised people talk about Potter as a bad or failed manager. Took him a while here to start getting a regular tune out of the players but once he did I thought we looked very good. I think if he had stayed we’d have gone up under him with our parachute payments. He basically helped change...

My concern is in the attacking side of performances, not just yesterday but pretty much all season so far. We are being clinical with what little we create but if we continue down this path, that won’t last forever, it never does. We have to be putting on performances worthy of scoring goals and...

Agree, the primary problem we have at the moment is creativity and I’m not just talking about today. Most games this season we have been clinical off of just a few shots on target. I wouldn’t say so much if this was us last year or Duff season but we’ve seen good investment and we’ll need to...

Terrible second half again and first wasn’t great either. We are seriously struggling in the midfield battle and can’t create anything. We will need to give time to the staff and to the players but I don’t feel we’ve seen a good attacking performance in any of the game bar Sheffield Wednesday...

It was nowhere near that good for me

No the best half for a neutral. Think we’ve played okay, giving the ball away a bit too much at times needlessly. Not much threat from either side. Hope we can get our foot on the ball a bit more in the second half.

Agree, we aren’t creating chances for fun and that is something that needs to be addressed if we want to be competitive all season long. That will come in time though. Vipi is all confidence at the moment, doesn’t have too many chances in games but buries one when it comes around.

didn’t see the full game last night, watched the extended highlights. The amount of quality chances that Forest had was frightening, they should have buried us in truth. What happens when you don’t take your chances. We lost the ball far too many times in midfield areas though, albeit against PL...