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Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
That's exactly what we need, killer instinct and knows where the goal is from any position he receives the ball. Were he a new signing we would be salivating at those two goals. He certainly needs more opportunity on the back of that now. -
Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
I just learned that Wilson became the first player in Premier League history to score two goals in the first half without completing a pass, which is a lovely stat. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
The thing with Kilman that’s so disappointing is that he looked really good in his first few months, and then dropped off a cliff and now he just looks shot. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
Todibo is a decent player. Had a very good game on Saturday. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
Add Fulkrug into that and you have 100m spent to make us worse as a team. The club can be criticised on certain levels, but they backed Lopetgui in the transfer market and it was a disaster. Lopetguis appointment has been the catalyst for our decline in my view. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
That Lopetgui so monumentally messed up the centre back position with Kilman and Tobido has been the main source of our woes in my view. Either would have been ok as back up third choice and possibly even second choice alongside a Zouma type player, but as a pairing they have cost us dearly. I think we would be lucky to get half the money he shelled out for them if selling them now. -
Academy & PL2 2025/26
That’s because Fab is injured. -
Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
Nuno is managing like a Brazilian player, moments of brilliance but attempted flair that can fall flat on it's face and make you look silly when it doesn't come off.
Most of us said after our first few games that things looked really bleak because the players were far below what we needed and no one could turn this lot into a team. Nuno did just that however, he got them playing in a way that beat Newcastle, Burnley and take a 0-2 lead against Bournemouth. Players like Fernandes and even Tobido began to look like assets (of sorts).However.... his moments of eccentric managerial behaviour have fallen flat on their face.
He walks in assesses the state of things and says ' I know what this needs' I'm going to take the rookie, barely blooded left back Scarles and stick him on the right. Then I am putting the midfield general Irving straight into the side to try and get us up the pitch quicker as that silly Potters love affair with JWP was doomed to failure, leave it to me. Loses us two potential six pointers.
Then when he sorts things out he gets all eccentric again yesterday, says lets take off the two goal, hungry for a hat-trick, striker and our forward facing Midfielder to remove pressure on B'Mouth to defend in any noticeable way and see if our leaky defence can withstand 45 minutes of constant pressure.
We need him to start managing without the wacky ideas, hit through the ball rather than trying a managerial Rabona where you look like a genius. -
Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
One thing for certain, Wilson certainly hasn't lost his touch, even if his speed has gone a bit, he's an excellent option, even if not for 90 minutes.... -
Bournemouth Vs West Ham - Sat 22th 3pm
I think there is a bit more to it. Ultimately we did not have two of our most influential players in getting up the pitch; Paquetá & Summerville &, whilst we did well first half, the conditions & state of the game was only going to result in Bournemouth asking more and more questions, which we needed to answer with changes or an improved performance. Paquetá, when on form, dictates the tempo & pace of our play. Summerville gets us up the pitch quickly. We are still missing the likes of Mavropanos too (who would have been ideal that second half).
I think KWP on at HT was wrong, way too early. He had other options, including beefing up the midfield (Souček, Magassa) & going with Wilson & Bowen up top if he was not happy with Guilherme. Or, just leaving it as it was for 15 minutes. To then bring off Wilson for Souček after only 50 odd minutes was also wrong (he must have been shattered). Those changes could have happened but much later. It was a good half, followed by a bad half, which can happen in football. They would have been 4th with a win & the weather conditions didn’t help. I don’t think referring to Bournemouth as anything but an established, consistent, dangerous side is fair. Bournemouth have won every home game this season but one (0-0 with Newcastle, which they also dominated).
In the end, I think you have to try & look at the positives. After we lost to Leeds I predicted (at best) 3 points from Newcastle, Burnley, Bournemouth (& that really was optimistic). I genuinely thought we’d struggle to get another point this season (as did thorn 😉). We sit here with 7. We take the point, forget that second half onslaught & move on. Defensively we still need to improve significantly (no clean sheets under Nuno, but no more than 2 goals conceded in any game). A tough run of games to come but a couple of key players back & hopefully we can keep improving slowly.
