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kalas and Massengo both a 4 for me. Otherwise this. Dasilva and Pring both poor, but they were up against some proper quality.

That flick. Wow! Goal of the season if it'd gone in.

More than a bit, but, if he stays fit, he could be a very significant player for us.

Good shout!

Then why did he lose his rag in the post match interview?

Yes he is. Which is why I've blocked him. As a favour, I'd ask that you don't quote his posts in future. Thanks!

This has been a bizarre thread recently. Lots of folk feeling they need to defend Semenyo, but nobody critical of him. Then again, I tend to block posters whose ego outweighs their intellect. Maybe that has something to do with it?

Your criticism comes across as personal because of the manner in which it is addressed. You appear to be merging into Headhunter. That is not a good thing (IMHO). Personally, I thought it was blatantly obvious that the substitution was more about getting Williams on the pitch than getting COD off. There were plenty of others that were underperforming. COD is not a brilliant player. We might be able to get better for less money. He is certainly not above criticism, but he plays a role. The vitriol you bring to that criticism is what makes it appear personal.

Indeed. I'm somewhere between the OP and the baying mob, Both opinions are reasonable IMHO. I'd probably lean toward the consensus that, in the circumstances, NP is doing okay (although certainly not much better*), but the pitchfork reaction to a dissenting opinion I find pretty abhorrent to be honest. *I'm talking purely in terms of results. I acknowledge that there may be huge steps being taken behind the scenes that I am unaware of.

I thought Pring warranted more than a 6. He was the only one of our defenders who looked like he belonged on the same pitch as the Fulham attack. If Scott is a 5, Weimann and Massengo are no way a 6.

Honestly, I don't think he looked to be struggling with the physicality of the game. I certainly didn`t see him being bullied. The way I saw it, he made a couple of poor errors of judgment due to inexperience when left exposed by mistakes from more experienced teammates. Up until the first goal, I'd been pleasantly surprised at how well he was playing. Personally, I don't think he's that far off.

Chiang Mai is great. Look me up if you ever make it up this way. I sometimes get my local bar to put on City games, but they have limited screens and the locals are only interested in the Premier League. Need more City fans to be asking for the game.

A one game pass to RobinsTV is available for a tenner. They do monthly as well, if you are here for any length of time. Incidentally, where in Thailand?

Just a gentle reminder to the mods that this thread could do with moving to Hav's archive.

Much appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you Mods!

In fairness, there was an element of trolling the troll to my post. However, I did think we missed Bakinson's calmness, positional discipline and attacking threat. Personally, I'd have liked to see him in place of either Weimann or HNM.

We totally missed Bakinson in that game. A comfortable victory if he had played.

I totally appreciate the hard work that the mods put in keeping this forum as great as it is, but wonder if there is anything that can be done to fix this archive so that matchday threads are regularly transferred into it, if only as a mark of respect for Havanatopia?

Financially, you are probably be right. I was thinking more in terms of self-esteem. It's kind of depressing (to me at least) that those three teams are considered to be 'top clubs' compared to us. And that's from someone whose second team, for bizarre familial and historical reasons, is Burnley.

It would be nice if those 'top clubs' were Liverpool, Man City or Chelsea rather than Bournemouth, Brighton or Burnley.

As I mentioned up-thread, it reminded me of the way Leicester won the Premier League. Given that we are never going to match the resources of the parachute clubs, and are unlikely to be able to afford a team capable of dominating games it seems to me like a valid tactical approach. I'd like to see us persist with it. Sod the possession stats.

Slightly surprised at some of the negative comments on here tonight. First half, I thought we saw how Nige wants us to play. Yes, they had more possession, but we looked easily the most threatening, even (particularly) when they had the ball. It reminded me of the Leicester title winning team. Second half, energy levels dropped off, but our shape was generally solid. I don't remember them having a clear cut chance all game. Thought the subs all did pretty well. Personally, would have gone for Benarous for Martin instead of James for Bakinson, but understand Nige's thinking. Overall, I think it was a decent performance.

Thanks. It's hard to get a good view of shape from the TV.

Great pics, especially this last one. Did you take any after HNM came on? Impression I got was that our shape was less disciplined with him on the pitch, but hard to really tell from watching on the telly.