Rzar
Bob McKinlay
I don’t even know why he dropped Pantilimon, it’s not like he’s in bad form is it. He must have bombed everybody in the squad out at least once by now.
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Luke Steele
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congo_red_49
Ale Ape
Given the inconsistency of results...particularly our inability to string consecutive results together - it's not like any player can make a case for being undroppable.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
True but why drop a goalkeeper that isn’t out of form. It’s not like it’s a position where it’s going to change the approach .He played a big part in us somehow beating Swansea just last Saturday.
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I don't think MON really has much of a plan at this point to be honest
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.
Fulchester United
He's been consistent, but he's never been in form.
Ravi
Upper Decker
Current match form doesn’t seem to be the main criteria for his selections. Maybe it’s based on what happens in training?
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
I think Steele should be a bolt-on first name on the team sheet.
He made 2 excellent saves in the first half v Wednesday, was at fault for their first goal, but could do nothing about the 2nd or the 3rd - he even managed to get a hand to that 3rd goal, which was down to his good reflexes.
If he is dropped back to the bench it would, imho, be a really bad example of man-management.
MON, "Sorry Luke, but after you have just sat and warmed the bench all season I gave you a chance to prove yourself. You only get one chance and you screwed up, big time. No other professional goalkeeper has ever screwed up so badly or even made a howler of a mistake. You career is over son, no=w go and sit on the naughty step with Joao - he f**ked up as well and I don't give anyone a second chance".
Luke: "OK boss, you know best I'll get my CV as a self employed plumber dusted off. Our terrible points return from the away games you have been the manager for is all down to me. You gave me a fair crack of the whip - a less enlightened manager would have substituted me straight after my capitol offence of making a blob of that first goal. I thank you for your honesty Martin. Don't feel bad - the hoofball, the crap away form and the failure to build on what AK had achieved is all down to me. It's nothing to do with you and your decision to play percentage football and to leave out your best creative players."
He made 2 excellent saves in the first half v Wednesday, was at fault for their first goal, but could do nothing about the 2nd or the 3rd - he even managed to get a hand to that 3rd goal, which was down to his good reflexes.
If he is dropped back to the bench it would, imho, be a really bad example of man-management.
MON, "Sorry Luke, but after you have just sat and warmed the bench all season I gave you a chance to prove yourself. You only get one chance and you screwed up, big time. No other professional goalkeeper has ever screwed up so badly or even made a howler of a mistake. You career is over son, no=w go and sit on the naughty step with Joao - he f**ked up as well and I don't give anyone a second chance".
Luke: "OK boss, you know best I'll get my CV as a self employed plumber dusted off. Our terrible points return from the away games you have been the manager for is all down to me. You gave me a fair crack of the whip - a less enlightened manager would have substituted me straight after my capitol offence of making a blob of that first goal. I thank you for your honesty Martin. Don't feel bad - the hoofball, the crap away form and the failure to build on what AK had achieved is all down to me. It's nothing to do with you and your decision to play percentage football and to leave out your best creative players."
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Steele should be a bolt-on?
He certainly looked a bit rusty on Tuesday night.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
A few squirts of WD40 on the training ground, he'll be right as rain.
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
You questioning my judgement boy?
If keepers are to be dropped after one howler, why is Pantilimon still first choice?
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Ravi
Upper Decker
He needs to iron out the mistakes first.
Garry-Balding Red
Grenville Morris
Because the more they howl the more we enjoy it?
Cortez the Killer
Impressive member
Much as Steele was hapless in the first goal, it looked like the CB did him no favours.
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
Poor concentration - arguably the result of so little football - was to blame for the first goal in my opinion.
I'd add that to drop him back to the bench for the Blackburn game could seriously dent the lad's confidence, unless Pantillimon's absence was due to a slight injury of some sort that he will have recovered from by tomorrow?
I'd add that to drop him back to the bench for the Blackburn game could seriously dent the lad's confidence, unless Pantillimon's absence was due to a slight injury of some sort that he will have recovered from by tomorrow?
MASE
Up-Front
Still cant get my head round what Steele was doing between the time he kicked the ball to the time it went in? He must have had 5 seconds to reposition himself, yet he was nowhere near the middle of the goal when it went in.
Colback missed his header, Yates missed his header, but Steeles gonna have to wear that one. Looked a bit amateur to be honest. His second half performance will probably get him dropped.
Otis Redding
Try A Little Tenderness
A possible test for Martin's much lauded man-management skills.
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
Well, the subs are still on the team sheet...
Ravi
Upper Decker
He certainly didn't do himself any favours with the howler, or with the rest of his second half performance.
GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
According to the Greek press, he may be the next player you will be offloading to us. Yeah, it worked so well with Dias...
Thomas
AMERICAN IDIOT
Ain't he do well Greece last year?
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GreeksBearingGifts
Stuart Pearce
Several years ago, not last year. He was weird in Greece: he could be spectacular in one match and do one blunder after the other in the next.
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lard
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I expect another beautiful tweet today , LardyOr it's just bull...
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