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He was good at coming on with about 10-15 minutes to go and running his guts out chasing defenders down. He wasn't particularly good at anything else.

It made no difference. Do you seriously think that, knowing he had bad ankles, he'd have kept doing it if it was making the situation worse? Do you think that the club medical staff might not have had a word if that was the case considering that maintaining his ankles were already a chunk of...

All it took was ten games without his bullshit process and the squad showed what it was actually capable of. The two years he was here were a massive waste of time and resources.

There are probably only ever a handful of teams in the division each season who are entirely happy with their squad, and in most seasons they tend to be the relegated Prem sides. Most others will have one or two standout players, with the remainder being decent pros. Maybe now and again a team...

How often is he asked to produce it? His role has largely been defensive. The last time he thumped in a long range late winner the manager admitted not wanting him to shoot. In any case, it's not about the goals. He does what he's asked to do, for the most part does it well and has done for a...

I just want him to get the respect he deserves as a capable player and a fine servant to the club.

An odd game tactically. Playing without a striker cost us in terms of creativity, but it didn't half make the press effective. WBA simply couldn't keep the ball long enough. Second half we subbed our way to a more conventional setup and it was like our half time drinks had been spiked...

It made no difference whatsoever. His ankles were fucked when he got here.

Every word of this. Especially the highlighted part.

I have a habit which annoys me (and maybe others) of repeating words in posts, so if I notice myself doing it I will substitute them for words with similar or identical meanings. "Occasionally" and "Sometimes" are perfect examples. The point stands. If his good games were as infrequent as you...

Stuff like this doesn't help. If he only played well once every thirty to forty games do you seriously think that he'd still be here? He's a capable player. Usually a solid six or seven out of ten. Occasionally an eight or nine, sometimes a four or five.

Rangers have gone from a couple of points off the relegation zone to third place with the exact same players since Rohl took over. There can't be a more incompetent coach who has convinced a number of clubs to pay him lots of money to be sacked than Russy.

Always a much better player than his detractors will admit. As FoaJP alludes, he was often blamed entirely for what happened whenever he was paired with Captain Marvel. 300+ games for the club in the top two divisions of English football is worthy of a hell of a lot more respect than he gets...

This. I don't think he's been any worse than Cabango overall, but some shitty luck with OG's has painted a target on his back. Neither of them are as comfortable on the ball as for example Harry Darling was, but both are more than capable in an old school CB way.

It's been noticeable in a lot of recent games, even defeats, that the team is not getting rattled any more. After conceding one, we used to be wide open to conceding two, or three. The WBA game was a prime example of that. I don't think that would happen again now. A lot of it is confidence...

I wonder if, given the long term injury to Idah, whether a loan move for Piroe makes sense now. Not only to cover/provide competition for Vipi, but also because he's a more than capable #10 too, and we could use one of those.

He's not even the best midfielder to have played for us in the last calendar year.

He's been following Cooper's trajectory since last January.

No sense in bringing him back to sit on the bench. Leave him where he is to gain experience.

Indeed. I suspect that most people would like competition at RB, but it wouldn't be the end of the World if we didn't because we've got enough depth in the middle for Galbraith to continue there until the Summer if needs be. We've chopped and changed so much over recent years I think I'd...