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Gerrard Gone No great surprise

He didn’t just walk down the tunnel before the game finished , he left the ground

Dear oh dear - cringe Completely unprofessional , rude , and behaviour of a spoilt child His arrogance and ego are embarrassing Sensational ........bell end

Another , and a decent , pretty sensible lad doing it Added it as it gives some (Decent quality) different angles / views of the goals and some other key moments for those interested

Why

But we don’t know the reasons , other than obvious reasons like injury Pearson explained the other day , although it went largely unnoticed , how different players need treating differently / individually in terms of loss of form He used Weimann as an example saying that he is one who needs to play to try and regain it - he’s done that , and eventually decided a change is needed He will also have persisted with him because as he highlighted , even off form AW will give you commitment and energy, he will give you something , where others , struggle to contribute if off form I said I wouldn’t have persisted with Jay last night but maybe he’s another one who needs to keep playing He clearly is not keen to start Pring or Tanner , which to many , including me may seem a bit baffling - but you can be sure he will have his reasons Im not suggesting whether he is or not , but maybe Nahki is one who occasionally needs ‘challenging’ regularly , or fired up with a point to prove , to get the best out of him Again , only as an example , without any slur or knowledge , Maybe Tommy was getting a bit too confident of his place and standing So many things will influence his selections I don’t always agree with his choices , but I do trust him to have made them with thought and for what he believes are the right reasons

Yep , I’ve edited / added to my post - he did get 3 games

Didn’t see it LR, but I’m assuming straight red ? And from your description ‘violent conduct’ 3 games Edit Just looked - He is out , 3 games it is https://nation.cymru/sport/joel-piroe-banned-for-swanseas-clash-with-reading/

Hang on , earlier you were criticising him , saying he chops and changes ....make your mind up Players aren’t always consistent or in form. #shocker As for your last line - If individuals aren’t in form , or performing in any given 90mins , or in several games running , in a system we’ve , and they’ve used , continually , how is that down to him ? And what did you want him to do about those out of form or not performing ? Blindly persist , or make changes ?

Am I not right in saying a month ago you were waxing lyrical about Mark Sykes abilities as a right wing back , yet only a week or so ago, advocating deploying ..........Antoine ......as .......the right wing back..(wtf) ....? See that’s what I call odd. It’s so much simpler from a comfy armchair - Personally I wouldn’t have persisted with Jay last night , and wouldn’t have left out Andi Weimann .........but he got both calls absolutely right and was fully vindicated PS - As for your would Johnson or Holden have been given the same latitude or understanding in the circumstances ...... who knows but I suspect some understanding of the difficulties , but there’s a difference between Pearson , LJ and Dean Holden Credibility & experience I think most who are behind Pearson ( ‘Pearson Lovers’ apparently ?) are , like me , are grateful for that in our current difficulties , and glean some trust in him from it

I agree, I admire you for your patience and persistence in repeatedly being gracious enough to actually explain the realities I also think you are wasting your time unfortunately , with some who are intent on ignoring the realities , but aligning progress with a game on Championship Manager

No , not really Phil You can be physical or dominant there without having to go over the top (literally) every game He is IMHO one who crosses the lane , and consistently The ironic thing is he’s powerful enough and is , or was , a good player , and didn’t need to resort to that Id like to see him try and do somebody one day and come off a poor second best

I said on match day thread , I thought he was slightly fortunate to see red , Fevs has commented similar on another thread My impression was two footed , and jumped , so out of control Real nasty individual, not sure I’ve ever seen him play without leaving his foot in at best a few times

For all the protestations from some that they ‘don’t rate Pearson’ as a continual theme , but ‘really want him to do well here’ , that simply doesn’t ring very solid or genuine Theres a noticeable few, for example , for whom Pearson was in their sights from the moment he signed Danny Simpson and ever since only have criticism at every opportunity

From games I’ve seen , I’d agree Dave, his defensive work was calm Jay possibly had his best game too I thought that they were far less ‘guns ho’ in ventures forward last night (My philosophy is , as a rule your wing backs should very rarely get ahead of the ball , other than an overlap, and I thought they did that last night , progressed up the pitch generally in sync with the ball , and didn’t leave big holes for sides to counter as easily)

Wow They are more complimentary about us than a significant number on here !!

This young lad does some decent ones , Heres his from last night - with some good clips of the backing from the away lads n lasses

Nonsense He gives those in the shirt the opportunity to retain it and challenges those without one to grab it when they get their chance No one exempt , Bents , last years golden star Andi Weimann..... Absolutely the way it should be A fair percentage of his changes have been down to injury or availability About as far from LJ and his tinker man / tombola as you could wish for

Fantastic , A close call whether I’d have liked to have been at the Hawthorns or Wordsworth Drive tonight Bet it was electric wasn’t it ?

Yes - he’s a player who needs to be fit , and fully fit , as his game largely relies upon it Was praising the staff who have been here last 12-18 months on RB (I assume he means Rennie & Co particularly and not so impressed with the previous staff)

It wasn’t you , it was @Bar BS3, and I think that is who @David Brentwas firing back at There are plenty of bumps to come , so everyone , even those absent tonight , will have their afternoons or evenings if that’s what they want

Excellent , for his talking and organisation as much as anything Shout out to Joe Williams , 3 starts in 6 days and looking stronger and better for it - starting to look what we hoped he would be

Agree Max Gave what he saw , didn’t bow to pressure from WBA players or home fans

The scouse gobs***e who was slagging off every aspect of the Pizza Pan Plate now on RB saying he’s been telling them lads’ what an great chance it is to get to Wembley’ Belter