20 Mar 2026 09:25:22
Big game tonight away against a difficult opponent. The 4-4 draw earlier in the season was exhilarating and frustrating in equal measure so let's hope tonight we can get a positive result. We don't play again until Leeds in 3 weeks time so let's go off on a high note please ??.

1.) 20 Mar 2026
20 Mar 2026 10:13:32
Would be great to get a good win, especially with some tricky fixtures for Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool. It would be nice going into this 3 week break before Leeds with a 7 or 8 point gap on 5th place. Being 4 points behind City would also get them looking over their shoulder.

2.) 20 Mar 2026
20 Mar 2026 10:59:15
A good, conclusive, dominant and exciting win will be blinding, but any old scrape through 3 points will do at this moment in time.

3.) 20 Mar 2026
20 Mar 2026 13:54:53
Alex Scott is a player I'm interested in viewing. He's potentially a good CM target for us. With Licha out, I'm expecting more of the rotation of Bruno into the middle we saw in the 2nd half against Villa. It's the pros and cons of Bruno's positioning - we want him closer to the opposition goals, but it's not much use if we can't get the ball up there.

We win, imo, if Maguire and Yoro don't slow the ball down too much. Let the ball into the attackers much quicker.

4.) 21 Mar 2026
21 Mar 2026 05:29:16
Well, did not go too well. We are becoming very predictable with our line up and play. We are poor at the back, and still not that great up top. Lots of work still to be done, and many players are needed.

Said it so many times, we are full of average players.



Mbuemo, who looked like one of our better signings, has been so poor since AFCON. Sesko, for me, still got long way to go. We still need an experienced striker with pace.

Now got 3 weeks till next game, that won’t help us 1 little bit.....

5.) 21 Mar 2026
21 Mar 2026 11:44:31
Je suis, what would your line up have been?

It's easy to say we are predictable with our line up, but then the manager can only pick from the players available.

We had no MdL, Martinez, Mazraoui or Dorgu available for the game. Mount has only just come back from injury, and almost certainly isn't ready to start a game.

So, really, the manager's options to rotate the line up are Ugarte, Sesko and Zirkzee.

If we are honest, Ugarte and Zirkzee probably aren't good enough or well suited to the EPL. I'm also 99% sure that if he did name them in the starting line up, you'd be complaining about that before a ball has even been kicked.

We've tried giving Sesko a couple of starts recently, and, to be honest, it didn't really change a lot. He also looks much better coming off the bench later in games, up against tiring legs and minds at this stage of his career.

In terms of threat going forward, we haven't looked as good since Dorgu's injury. That doesn't mean he's the answer per se, but his skillset opens up space and opportunities for other players. Ultimately, football is a team game, and it's the way the players combine their skills that gives you good or bad team performances.



This squad still needs a massive amount of work on it before it's genuinely good enough to compete at the highest level consistently. We probably need another 4 or 5 starting players, and another 3 or 4 top quality options to challenge the starting players and provide different tactical options within the squad. So we are 8 or 9 players away from the squad we need, and that is still dependent on the younger players in our squad reaching their full potential, such as Lammens, Yoro, Heaven, Mainoo, Dorgu, Amad and Sesko. All of which could be top quality starters if they reach their full potential. If not, then that's potentially another 4 or 5 players who will need to be upgraded in the coming seasons.

Ultimately, as fans, we put far too much on managers to affect the results. The difference between an average manager and a top quality manager is they maybe get an extra 10% out of the squad.

However, the way the club is structured and set up, and the quality of the players will ultimately dictate around 90% of what we see on the pitch.