Gus wants to learn lessons (From The Argus)

The problem is that Gus does not seem to learn from the mistakes of last season. He never plays two strikers together. He may have two on the pitch but always makes one play on the wing like Barnes and Agdestein tonight, or CMS previously. It does not work. Use wingers as wingers and strikers as strikers.

Panic not Claude. I have it in good authority that a seven foot, eleven inch striker will sign shortly, giving our wizardry wing play a target to aim for. This signing must be imminent as noone has obviously been honing his final ball. El gigantico will obviously sign before Saturday. Can't think what else noone has been practising aiming at. Different subject, but did you used to be a solicitor?

Claude Back wrote:
The problem is that Gus does not seem to learn from the mistakes of last season. He never plays two strikers together. He may have two on the pitch but always makes one play on the wing like Barnes and Agdestein tonight, or CMS previously. It does not work. Use wingers as wingers and strikers as strikers.

Because Gus doesn't want to play two strikers unless he has a strong midfielder and we don't have one. Also, no CMS, Buckley, Lua-Lua, Hoskins or Crofts, so I'm not reading too much into a fairly meaningless cup game.

Harley and dicker did not work . Dunk Noone put on bench.
Need crofts with Bridcutt time to get Forster caskey back from Oxford.
upfront
Cms plus why not try Dickinson alongside him or the likes of Rhodes / becchio / beckford / Owen /mclean or Zamora
Midfield
Lualua or Buckley Vicente Bridcutt crofts plus McCormack Boyd trotter jamie ward or Hargreaves
Defence
Bridge Greer elalb Bruno calderon
Kuz

Bench :- jfc barker oakway dunk Noone plus others

Promotion this season guys the Gus bus is ready to roll keep the faith.
Seagulls!!!!

More utter rubbish from Poyet. He should have learnt his lesson from last season. Remove him now before it's too late otherwise it will be relegation and League One football next year for sure.

I'm happy to accept that Gus doesn't care about that cup but that doesn't hide the fact that we fielded the strongest team we had available and we were thrashed and we were truly awful. The supposedly strengthened defence was absolutely all over the place, some of the midfielders really don't look good enough and, as so often last season, we created nothing at all. But what worried me most was the way we played. Last season we effectively played 6-3-1. That now appears to have become 6-4-0. We did have some of our attacking players missing but I just can't see how we are going to score goals playing that way.

I fear that we will have 2nd season syndrome in the championship. Granted, Gus has bought in some excellent signings but we need a striker desparately. Barnes is way out of his depth in the Championship, TA is learning and unless we buy a target man soon, CMS isnt going to get many goals this season. Last night highlighted how poor we were.

It is early days and we will get better, but i fail to see whaees in Harley.He was completely ineffective and was hardly breaking sweat when he came off. Too many long passes last night that foung touch. Some good runs from Bridge who clearly needs games. Dunk looked shaky, think the egyptian should play on saturday. Crofts badly needed in midfield. Noone looked better when he switched to the left but final ball was too often wayward or there was no one in the box. Vicente too isolated for much of the game . Steve Bruce left early obviously had seen enough to set up his boys for saturday.

Interesting post-match comments by Gus. He didn't want to be in the Cup - difficult for his players to be fully motivated when they know the manager is happy to lose. I also think the current team formation is intended to send a message to TB and David Burke that they need to get his targets into the club if they want to be in the mix for promotion. Very difficult to understand why this has not happened - if we are setting up for a promotion push (which undoubtedly is what attracted Kuszczak) then we need to be backing this with high-end wages. The combination of the two should attract the right calibre of personnel. If we can't support this, then expectations need to be managed. However, Gus (in his Sky interview) said that those back at the club wanted promotion - so they need to back this up with actions in the next couple of weeks, and stop blaming Agents. The club has enough positives to attract good Championship players, and the increased season ticket sales show that the fans back the Board. We don't want to be playing catch-up ...but then Reading proved that a poor start can be overcome. Some key players missing from starting line-up last night (Crofts, Buckley, Kaz, El-Abd, CMS) and with the right additions we will have enough to mount a challenge.

Was a bit of a shock last night but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise as it seems Gus (and the rest of us) learned much in defeat.

I'd go with much of what is said above. El-Abd alongside Greer in defence and the midfield will be better with Crofts replacing Harley and Lua Lua, Noone (Nooney tried hard but the end product was missing. I think he is better as the impact sub than a starter). I see a lot of potential in Barnes but we clearly need other options alongside him and CMS up front. Hope a new striker (or two) still comes in during the remainder of the window AND am looking forward to seeing a fully fit Hosky doing his stuff.

Today's Argus says that Vincelot and Sparrow have been told their future lies elsewhere. I feel this is particularly harsh on Vincelot as I thinks he showed glimpses of something good last year. That said, not everyone in the squad will be able to make the step up and I don't think Harley, Dicker or Painter have enough at Champs level.

The opening two league games look tough!

Anyone who can take positives out of that game must of been watching a different one to me. The whole team played as if they had never played as a unit before, they had other than Bruno and Bridge, it was called last season!

Yes we did have players missing for one reason or another but come on we didn't get a decent cross into the box, Barnes as usual was isolated, Calderon came on and seemed to play in the middle of the park when he should of been going down the wing.

Agree we need a new striker but if whoever it is plays upfront on his own and gets as much services as Barnes did it's not going to solve the problem of goals.

Before this game even started i said that we still need a powerhouse midfielder and a Big strong hold up striker, possibly 2 and last nights game proves this even more. Some will that that it was a poor defensive display and with that i would partially agree, i would go on to say though that defending starts from the from the front and isnt just about a striker tracking back and winning a tackle, its about a striker who will do that but who will also hold up play, link others and bring them in to the game thuis we will attack and defend as a unit giving us a solidity at both ends of the park. Disappointed with last night but still optimistic that with a couple of signings and good ones, we will be up there or there abouts.

Dr Baldhead wrote:
Was a bit of a shock last night but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise as it seems Gus (and the rest of us) learned much in defeat.

I'd go with much of what is said above. El-Abd alongside Greer in defence and the midfield will be better with Crofts replacing Harley and Lua Lua, Noone (Nooney tried hard but the end product was missing. I think he is better as the impact sub than a starter). I see a lot of potential in Barnes but we clearly need other options alongside him and CMS up front. Hope a new striker (or two) still comes in during the remainder of the window AND am looking forward to seeing a fully fit Hosky doing his stuff.

Today's Argus says that Vincelot and Sparrow have been told their future lies elsewhere. I feel this is particularly harsh on Vincelot as I thinks he showed glimpses of something good last year. That said, not everyone in the squad will be able to make the step up and I don't think Harley, Dicker or Painter have enough at Champs level.

The opening two league games look tough!

Vincelot & Sparrow, surely they mean Dicker & Harley? Scratching my head at that one, the latter looked way of Championship standard last night. I hope Gus doesn't panic and bring in another Paynter or Vokes. Jason Roberts would be fantastic for us, a real power house up front.

Morning All, STOP PANICKING EVERYBODY...worry a little yes...but DON'T PANIC. Yes we were poor and yes we will be that poor again at times this season. But to suggest GP gets his p45 already is a LUDICROUS. I agree with some points I've read above me this morning ie, Noone and playing two up front, one wide. I think this moment in time maybe El Abd would be better than Dunk because Lewis has his mind else where, Vicente is not a forward and sorry Ryan you just don't cut it! Crofts, CMS, Lualua, Buckley and a hit man will improve our team greatly. If I have one message for Gus, if you do sign a hit man our CROSSING has got to improve dramatically or it will be a waste of money! Sign Boyd, winger and frontman. All this being said, let's Back GUS! Seagulls!

The trouble is, last nights game should have been an advert for new players but I thinkit it would have put any potential players off.

Conelli98 wrote:
Morning All, STOP PANICKING EVERYBODY...worry a little yes...but DON'T PANIC. Yes we were poor and yes we will be that poor again at times this season. But to suggest GP gets his p45 already is a LUDICROUS. I agree with some points I've read above me this morning ie, Noone and playing two up front, one wide. I think this moment in time maybe El Abd would be better than Dunk because Lewis has his mind else where, Vicente is not a forward and sorry Ryan you just don't cut it! Crofts, CMS, Lualua, Buckley and a hit man will improve our team greatly. If I have one message for Gus, if you do sign a hit man our CROSSING has got to improve dramatically or it will be a waste of money! Sign Boyd, winger and frontman. All this being said, let's Back GUS! Seagulls!

If you're not panicking, you don't understand the situation!

NOONE cannot cross the ball

The article headline on this should be ..Gus NEEDS to learn lessons not wants to ! Just not good enough ....in many departments ...and not another season of no chances ! At least when JFC was playing he used to score and get forward ... Are Harley and Dicker really better than JFC ???? I think not .... JFC and Vicente in the middle ...we play toooooo deep JFC went forward not sideways and back .... I like the fact we retain possession but we need to be scoring goals ! Well done to Navs ... he played well for Swindon ... GG

gordongull wrote:

Conelli98 wrote:
Morning All, STOP PANICKING EVERYBODY...worry a little yes...but DON'T PANIC. Yes we were poor and yes we will be that poor again at times this season. But to suggest GP gets his p45 already is a LUDICROUS. I agree with some points I've read above me this morning ie, Noone and playing two up front, one wide. I think this moment in time maybe El Abd would be better than Dunk because Lewis has his mind else where, Vicente is not a forward and sorry Ryan you just don't cut it! Crofts, CMS, Lualua, Buckley and a hit man will improve our team greatly. If I have one message for Gus, if you do sign a hit man our CROSSING has got to improve dramatically or it will be a waste of money! Sign Boyd, winger and frontman. All this being said, let's Back GUS! Seagulls!

If you're not panicking, you don't understand the situation!

You obviously don't have to much to worry about in life then! We lost to Northampton in 1st round a few years ago and got promoted same season. We see it differently Gordon but we will have a better league campaign this season than last.

oldwalbertonian wrote:
Panic not Claude. I have it in good authority that a seven foot, eleven inch striker will sign shortly, giving our wizardry wing play a target to aim for. This signing must be imminent as noone has obviously been honing his final ball. El gigantico will obviously sign before Saturday. Can't think what else noone has been practising aiming at. Different subject, but did you used to be a solicitor?

With noone`s crosse`s he will still need to bring a ladder!

Well, I'm bothered by this result. This is supposed to be a manager putting out a team that demonstrates how he's improved tactics during the recess and players showing why they should be in the team come the opening league match. I'm with Claude, it all sounds horribly familiar with Gus blaming the players as usual. There are more questions than answers at the moment, but for now let's hope the real Albion turn up on Saturday in glorious Hull.

Disappointed in the score, obviously - we looked worryingly toothless up front. How ironic that Navs has already got more goals against us than for, after just one game.
However - lets look back at this game from the middle of September and see how much it matters then... I bet most will have forgotten this... after all, we were missing Buckley, KLL, CMS, Crofts.
The League Cup - its a competition you only take seriously if you reach the semis... and we never do that.
Poor start, but thats all it is. 2000-01 we were well beaten on the opening day at Southend, debut keeper (a former dutch marine) was so poor he was taken off and nobody ever thought we'd see him again.... we ended up storming that league.
Two seasons ago, knocked out of the league cup at Northampton... we ended up storming the league.
Not saying we are going to "storm" the league this year - just saying its far far too early to make assumptions about the season ahead.

Give it a few weeks before throwing your hands in the air...

HOVEPARKRESIDENT wrote:
More utter rubbish from Poyet. He should have learnt his lesson from last season. Remove him now before it's too late otherwise it will be relegation and League One football next year for sure.

Hovite ,Gordongull,Conelli9
8,Rhodes Seagull,to name but a few will be shaking their heads because i bothered to answer .....But you know the bit in Men in Black when Will Smith steps on the cockroache`s....alwa
y`s think of you hpr when i see it,cant think why?

tug509 wrote:

HOVEPARKRESIDENT wrote:
More utter rubbish from Poyet. He should have learnt his lesson from last season. Remove him now before it's too late otherwise it will be relegation and League One football next year for sure.

Hovite ,Gordongull,Conelli9

8,Rhodes Seagull,to name but a few will be shaking their heads because i bothered to answer .....But you know the bit in Men in Black when Will Smith steps on the cockroache`s....alwa

y`s think of you hpr when i see it,cant think why?

I will take your word for it??????

Willie, Willie Irvine wrote:
Well, I'm bothered by this result. This is supposed to be a manager putting out a team that demonstrates how he's improved tactics during the recess and players showing why they should be in the team come the opening league match. I'm with Claude, it all sounds horribly familiar with Gus blaming the players as usual. There are more questions than answers at the moment, but for now let's hope the real Albion turn up on Saturday in glorious Hull.

Yes, me too mate. As some one above said, it must be difficult for the players to be motivated when Gus obviously wasn't interested. We should try to win every game no matter who we are playing as a matter of respect to the opposition whoever they are. My Swindon mates were telling me in the Merlin before the game that this would be a difficult one for us as they already knew Gus wasn't bothered about the COC! How right they were, lol. We were diabolical, Swindon fans quite understandably gave GG a hard time and some of the Swindon challenges were a little robust. Our game supposed to be about possession, some of the cross field hoofs (apart from Bruno) were frankly rubbish and lost us hard won possession. At least this game proves what we already know, we need ANOTHER striker NOW....Touches of class from Vicente, Bruno & Bridge other than that very disappointing. Well done Swindon and Alan Navarro, what a way to get your own back. UTA...

Conelli98 wrote:

gordongull wrote:

Conelli98 wrote:
Morning All, STOP PANICKING EVERYBODY...worry a little yes...but DON'T PANIC. Yes we were poor and yes we will be that poor again at times this season. But to suggest GP gets his p45 already is a LUDICROUS. I agree with some points I've read above me this morning ie, Noone and playing two up front, one wide. I think this moment in time maybe El Abd would be better than Dunk because Lewis has his mind else where, Vicente is not a forward and sorry Ryan you just don't cut it! Crofts, CMS, Lualua, Buckley and a hit man will improve our team greatly. If I have one message for Gus, if you do sign a hit man our CROSSING has got to improve dramatically or it will be a waste of money! Sign Boyd, winger and frontman. All this being said, let's Back GUS! Seagulls!

If you're not panicking, you don't understand the situation!

You obviously don't have to much to worry about in life then! We lost to Northampton in 1st round a few years ago and got promoted same season. We see it differently Gordon but we will have a better league campaign this season than last.

Yes we desperately need to be better than the team which amassed only four points out of twenty four in our last eight League games.
And it would be unrealistic, in fact impossible, to match last season's unbeaten opening 8 matches,- won 5 out of six in the League, + 2 League Cup victories, including Sunderland.
I agree that a more successful league campaign should be possible, and we are unlikely to lose any sleep when our rivals who are still involved in the LC start picking up injuries and suspensions.
Gus recognises the challenge ahead, and is unequivocal in his views about the distractions and fixture congestion of a Cup run.
Now comes the serious business of the League, and fate, (with a little help from Gus), probably dealt us an improved hand at Swindon last night.

Steve Bruce left early,he can sit in the dugout Saturday with a cigar on. Probably thinks he can beat West Hams big score against us.3-0 against a new Div 1 team is a mauling.

pjwilk wrote:
Steve Bruce left early,he can sit in the dugout Saturday with a cigar on. Probably thinks he can beat West Hams big score against us.3-0 against a new Div 1 team is a mauling.

Steve Bruce isn't that naive.

gordongull wrote:

pjwilk wrote:
Steve Bruce left early,he can sit in the dugout Saturday with a cigar on. Probably thinks he can beat West Hams big score against us.3-0 against a new Div 1 team is a mauling.

Steve Bruce isn't that naive.

I will stick my neck on the line and bet that the team that play`s against Hull will be unrecognisable to the side last night.All in all a good result for us if you look on the positive side,no distraction`s,less game`s.Totally agree with above post`(s) would love to see us win every game,but must reiterate a bit of a blessing in disguise.We would`nt have wanted that to be our fist game at Hull,this give`s us a few day`s to address the problem.UTA

“The only good news about the result is there no more games (in this competition).

“There is no more distraction, no more big games, no more two games in two days, the silly things we did last year.

What kind of a comment is this ?? Disgraceful that a Manager considers a defeat to a team from a lower division is great news !!
Personally, the highlights from last season were the victories against Sunderland and Newcastle and the match against Liverpool. Great occasions, great games and fantastic for us supporters. It also spurred the team on in their league games as it increased confidence and self-belief.
Nice to know we have a Manager who "wants no more big games". At least we know where we stand now !!
Perhaps he should have let us all know before we bought our Season Tickets and arranged to travel to Swindon.

I like Noone but the truth is he cannot cross the ball with either foot.We should of taken Cardiffs money when we had the chance but we gave him a better extended contract. Seems nuts to me.Still think we will make the play offs at the very least.

fratsomrover wrote:
“The only good news about the result is there no more games (in this competition).

“There is no more distraction, no more big games, no more two games in two days, the silly things we did last year.

What kind of a comment is this ?? Disgraceful that a Manager considers a defeat to a team from a lower division is great news !!
Personally, the highlights from last season were the victories against Sunderland and Newcastle and the match against Liverpool. Great occasions, great games and fantastic for us supporters. It also spurred the team on in their league games as it increased confidence and self-belief.
Nice to know we have a Manager who "wants no more big games". At least we know where we stand now !!
Perhaps he should have let us all know before we bought our Season Tickets and arranged to travel to Swindon.

I agree with most of what you say fratsomrover,but would you still think it was worth it had we gone hell for leather and won 1-0 but picked up several more injurie`s in the process,i`ts the league Gus want`s and he`s got my vote.I might not think the same had it been the F.A. cup,but last night was imho an unnecessary distraction.UTA

Tired of saying it Barnesy and Steiny dont work and Nooney is wasted. Bridgey wastes a lot of time tracking back. With Crofty in the hole things should improve. But wheres that new striker? Jonesy or Smithy would improve things but can we afford them?

No lessons learned from last year. Same old, same old - sideways and backwards. No shots, only Doncaster had less shots last season. Why play your creative player as the farthest forward player? Who is he creating chances for? Vicente needs to play as one of the three central midfield players with a winger on either side of a striker who can hold the ball up. Not rocket science this. Personally I do not like the transfer policy at the moment, replacing the young and hungry with the old and greedy. Early days but a long season looms!

I do not understand Gus' attitude to cup matches - how a few extra matches can make a difference over a 46-match League campaign is beyond me. I feel sorry for those who invested time and money in getting to Swindon last night. It seems to me that if the manager and players can't be bothered about cup matches then maybe supporters should adopt the same attitude and boycott them. I shall certainly think twice before buying a ticket if we're drawn at home in the FA Cup in January.

wardste wrote:
I fear that we will have 2nd season syndrome in the championship. Granted, Gus has bought in some excellent signings but we need a striker desparately. Barnes is way out of his depth in the Championship, TA is learning and unless we buy a target man soon, CMS isnt going to get many goals this season. Last night highlighted how poor we were.

I share the same fears.
Judging from what Poyet is quoted as saying in this report he (Poyet) doesn't/didn't really want to be in this competition.
This is not what the 'stakeholders' ie the fans and Tony Bloom should hear from the Manager.
More importantly that attitude gets picked up by the players and surprise surprise a poor performance is the result.
One almost feels that Poyet doesn't want the players to play at all. Following his philosophy through to an extreme conclusion, no doubt he would consider the Champions League equally intrusive as far as the all important 'local national league' is concerned
Every competition the Albion enters should be with the aim of winning it. Last year Cardiff got to Wembley - fantastic.
The worst thing about this is that I find myself (almost) agreeing with HPR !

tug509 wrote:

fratsomrover wrote:
“The only good news about the result is there no more games (in this competition).

“There is no more distraction, no more big games, no more two games in two days, the silly things we did last year.

What kind of a comment is this ?? Disgraceful that a Manager considers a defeat to a team from a lower division is great news !!
Personally, the highlights from last season were the victories against Sunderland and Newcastle and the match against Liverpool. Great occasions, great games and fantastic for us supporters. It also spurred the team on in their league games as it increased confidence and self-belief.
Nice to know we have a Manager who "wants no more big games". At least we know where we stand now !!
Perhaps he should have let us all know before we bought our Season Tickets and arranged to travel to Swindon.

I agree with most of what you say fratsomrover,but would you still think it was worth it had we gone hell for leather and won 1-0 but picked up several more injurie`s in the process,i`ts the league Gus want`s and he`s got my vote.I might not think the same had it been the F.A. cup,but last night was imho an unnecessary distraction.UTA

The league is naturally priority but a few cup games are not going to jeopardise our chances of doing well. Anyway, that's why we have a Squad of players so they can get playing experience instead of sitting on the bench every week. Injuries will always be an issue. Hoskins broke his foot training, its part and parcel of playing pro sport and I dont subscribe to the fact that 2 or 3 midweek cup games could ruin a season. Cup matches are not a distraction, they are an opportunity to play together and maybe get a fantastic result which can boost egos, confidence and self belief. They are also exciting for the fans. I'd rather watch Liverpool or Newcastle down here than Barnsley !

ballantrrae wrote:

wardste wrote:
I fear that we will have 2nd season syndrome in the championship. Granted, Gus has bought in some excellent signings but we need a striker desparately. Barnes is way out of his depth in the Championship, TA is learning and unless we buy a target man soon, CMS isnt going to get many goals this season. Last night highlighted how poor we were.

I share the same fears.
Judging from what Poyet is quoted as saying in this report he (Poyet) doesn't/didn't really want to be in this competition.
This is not what the 'stakeholders' ie the fans and Tony Bloom should hear from the Manager.
More importantly that attitude gets picked up by the players and surprise surprise a poor performance is the result.
One almost feels that Poyet doesn't want the players to play at all. Following his philosophy through to an extreme conclusion, no doubt he would consider the Champions League equally intrusive as far as the all important 'local national league' is concerned
Every competition the Albion enters should be with the aim of winning it. Last year Cardiff got to Wembley - fantastic.
The worst thing about this is that I find myself (almost) agreeing with HPR !

We, like many clubs, face the same thorny dilemna every year. Do we go all out for a successful run in the Cups, with the inevitable increase in injuries, suspensions, and fixture congestion?
Yes, the FA Cup run and Wembley appearance were fantastic for Cardiff, but not for the first time, it probably cost them a place in the Premier League.
With limited resources, there has to be a system of priorities, and if we accept that a Cup final combined with a play-off place is unlikely, then the League is where most supporters would vote for success.

League Cup

tug509 wrote:

HOVEPARKRESIDENT wrote:
More utter rubbish from Poyet. He should have learnt his lesson from last season. Remove him now before it's too late otherwise it will be relegation and League One football next year for sure.

Hovite ,Gordongull,Conelli9

8,Rhodes Seagull,to name but a few will be shaking their heads because i bothered to answer .....But you know the bit in Men in Black when Will Smith steps on the cockroache`s....alwa

y`s think of you hpr when i see it,cant think why?

Not at all mate, give him as much abuse as you want, just keep it short and funny so you don't waste too much of your own valued time on it ;o)

gordongull wrote:

ballantrrae wrote:

wardste wrote:
I fear that we will have 2nd season syndrome in the championship. Granted, Gus has bought in some excellent signings but we need a striker desparately. Barnes is way out of his depth in the Championship, TA is learning and unless we buy a target man soon, CMS isnt going to get many goals this season. Last night highlighted how poor we were.

I share the same fears.
Judging from what Poyet is quoted as saying in this report he (Poyet) doesn't/didn't really want to be in this competition.
This is not what the 'stakeholders' ie the fans and Tony Bloom should hear from the Manager.
More importantly that attitude gets picked up by the players and surprise surprise a poor performance is the result.
One almost feels that Poyet doesn't want the players to play at all. Following his philosophy through to an extreme conclusion, no doubt he would consider the Champions League equally intrusive as far as the all important 'local national league' is concerned
Every competition the Albion enters should be with the aim of winning it. Last year Cardiff got to Wembley - fantastic.
The worst thing about this is that I find myself (almost) agreeing with HPR !

We, like many clubs, face the same thorny dilemna every year. Do we go all out for a successful run in the Cups, with the inevitable increase in injuries, suspensions, and fixture congestion?
Yes, the FA Cup run and Wembley appearance were fantastic for Cardiff, but not for the first time, it probably cost them a place in the Premier League.
With limited resources, there has to be a system of priorities, and if we accept that a Cup final combined with a play-off place is unlikely, then the League is where most supporters would vote for success.

I take your point Gordongull it's just that I don't think Poyet's attitude to the competition is right or sends the right message to the players.. A win yesterday would have given a confidence boost to the Team.
I see from the heading on this thread that 'Gus wants to learn lessons...'.
Since we had 57% of the possession I hope the lessons he has learnt are that we need players with greater physical presence both up front and in midfield and that we need a goal scorer.
Hopefully in the next 15 /16 days (if not sooner) Poyet will sign the players to addess these 'problems' especially since it was he who identified them first last season.

please bring back JFC !!!! he has more talent than dicker..harley..pain
ter..and sparrow put together !! play barnes up front ..he is a striker after all !! but the problem is creating chances ...vicente and jfc in midfield ...crofts and bridcutt and winger on bench !!! even adam el abd in midfield ...but just want too see agression ..passing and forward balls to strikers .... said my bit lol GG

also if gus is not interested in these cup games ...maybe he should tell the fans and we will save our money and petrol !!!! cant help thinking that gus isngative.. Please play two upfront !!!

pjwilk wrote:
Steve Bruce left early,he can sit in the dugout Saturday with a cigar on. Probably thinks he can beat West Hams big score against us.3-0 against a new Div 1 team is a mauling.

Let's hope he does as that will be his undoing.