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Maybe, but Chelsea were shite at the start of the season and West Ham are shite all the time. Rodri wasn't injured then so Kovacic was under no real pressure which all changed after Arsenal. We are in a hole for a number of well rehearsed reasons having Kovacic available helps but is not a...

That's what General Relativity can do to a football manager.

I suppose at this stage it could do no harm to throw Nunes into the middle but not sure I would be desperate to see him play anywhere tbh.

FA Cup is our only realistic hope of silverware this year but I would imagine even Salford must fancy their chances against the team we have been watching lately.

This is all about one game at a time for me. The next game is the most important and we need to win it. Mind you, somewhat amazingly, we might find ourselves behind the rags if they beat us in a couple of weeks. Horrific thought that.

You need players like Merlin, Kev, dare I say it Cancelo and Mahrez or Rodri arriving late to play this kind of game successfully. We used to be able to tire out the opposition both physically and mentally when we had the ball. All we do now us tire ourselves out, then lose the ball and expose...

T That is one view and it may well be correct. But we need to wait for decision day which for me at least, can't come quickly enough.

He may prove to be useful in midfield but Yaya Toure he most certainly is not.

But very easy to make desperation signings.

It's a strange world if you have to spend millions on lawyers when you clearly state that you are innocent and have the evidence to prove it. There is something badly wrong about this whole business and I pray it is not anything to do with impropriety on our behalf. Roll on the verdict!!

Pep will be Pep. I was happy enough with yesterday we clawed our way back within shouting distance of a draw, which is all we ever get there, only to fuck up and hand them the points. There are a lot of things wrong at the moment to stop them getting worse we need to win a game. This might just...

Big worry this. It is not as if he is coming back from a Rodri type injury and needs to be brought back gradually. At this stage he should be back in the centre of things. Strangely he looks to be still miles off the pace and not ready to start. Wednesday is a crucial game for very many reasons...

We need some of that outrageous talent and quickly.

We need to turn it around quickly. A couple of more loses and serious questions about Pep will start to be asked. Surely we will stop the rot with a win on Wednesday.

He looks out of his depth sadly.

By this time next week it could be 15.

Who exactly other than long termers are we waiting on? Kovatic is the only player who might have started. Don't say Stones because he is always injured and just can't be depended upon. Let's see if we can stay in this game a grab something out of it.

I can only assume they are not fully fit. This is a worry in the case of Kev as he must be starting to get splinters.

If we hold them out for the first 20 we might get something. We have to create more though or it will start to drift away.

That's a good point. Back when we were shit,how those memories have flooded back lately,there was no Internet worth talking about. No mobile phones for a lot of it. So it will probably be like the Match Day thread on speed in a few weeks if we are mid-table and Pep is in Rehab.