26 Oct 2017 22:55:36
I was never one of those to turn against Puel, but if Pellegrino doesn't start playing Austin soon then he will lose my backing.
Getting rediculous. Last season we were having problems scoring, then Austin came into the team and we started doing well. He got injured halfway through season, and form of team went down (there were other factors too of course) . Even though injured in December, still our top scorer.
Now, we have started playing two centre forwards. Still no game time for Austin. And one of the centre forwards is Long who hasn't scored for 27 games. And he's not even giving Austin a chance? 10 mins from the bench. Rediculous. Get Austin and Gabbiadini playing and we've got a nice little team. If not we'll be lucky to finish 15th.
I'd like to see Bouffal rather than Tadic too.

1.) 27 Oct 2017
27 Oct 2017 21:25:48
Long's movement is worth starting him alone, he may not score many goals but his pace and work rate is a constant headache for defenders. They never know whether to stick with him or Gabbiadini and risk the other breaking the offside trap or drop deeper and allow them more time and space on the ball. Long always forces mistakes from defenders, how many penalties has he won (and how many should he have rightfully won)? Yes, Austin may technically be a better finisher than Long but he doesn't offer the team work that long does and it doesn't matter how good of a finisher you are, if you're not getting the chances you won't score. With the current formation Long > Austin

Though I do agree with Boufal > Tadic.

2.) 27 Oct 2017
27 Oct 2017 22:43:56
Austin deserves the opportunity, no doubt about it.

3.) 28 Oct 2017
28 Oct 2017 06:48:13
although I'd like to see Austin play but SaintySaintSaint is right even though long doesn't score he's contribution to the team is far greater than Austin's so I'd say let Austin come in as a sub earlier in the match.

4.) 28 Oct 2017
28 Oct 2017 10:33:15
In terms of goals, assists and even penalties earned (given or otherwise), per minutes on the pitch, Austin's overall contribution is FAR greater than Long's.

5.) 28 Oct 2017
28 Oct 2017 11:05:11
Oh and the most important thing. In terms of results too.

6.) 29 Oct 2017
29 Oct 2017 16:38:06
Think Puel didn't do much wrong. new manager, same players, still not scoring, tells me It's more to do with the players then the manager, We came 8th and got to a Cup Final which we should have won for christ sake . That is a Great season! we spent the 90's fighting to stay in the Prem, Relegated to the lower leagues, promoted back to the Prem, a few Great finishes (consistency), There are six teams that will nearly always finish above us. so we came second of the rest. that's Brilliant! And we sack him?

7.) 30 Oct 2017
30 Oct 2017 09:01:01
On paper that sounds like a great season. The cup final definitely but I’ll word our Prem finish slightly differently last year.
We finished 6 points clear of the relegation zone.