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Exactly. What is Hughton supposed to say. We are useless without Stephens and I am going to start him every game for the rest of the season whether he is fit or not.

Yes, they played no part in our comeback on Saturday, did they? Of course Kayal is good enough but he's not fully fit yet. Norwood and Sidwell can both do a job too. Sadly people are ignoring the evidence of the season to date and just looking at a couple of games where we've struggled to write...

I don't understand this logic. I don't think there's any suggestion of us having issues with financial fairplay or of any need to sell to balance the books. We will inevitably lose players. Stephens will definitely go and with Stockdale out of contract it wouldn't surprise me if he did too. On...

Agreed. That would be another option. Also, once Rosenior is back, he played on the wing a couple of times last season. That would mean we could stick with 4-4-2 but remain more solid. I'm not sure if Hughton likes three in midfield now. Don't think he's started with it this season. I think the...

Exactly. And that's why he didn't go off on Sunday. In my view, he offered no more than Murphy or Skalak when the substitutions were being made and, on that basis, could easily have come off. However, you keep him on and he sets up two goals with perfect crosses and his run also leads to the...

I think Pocognoli is above Bong in a first choice XI now. Not sure if the manager agrees (we'll see when Bong is fully fit again) but I think he deserves to be first choice now. I also think it is a bit simplistic to say our first choice team. I don't think you could go to Leeds with Knockaert...

Really? I don't know anyone who would post by an oxygen tank for a piss take, especially at an MS Therapy Centre. It would be pathetic. As others have said, Stephens wants a Premier League club at the end of the season. He's not going to help himself by faking injuries with us. Given the...

It posts like this that make me wish there was a dislike button still. Brexit has brought the worst out of a lot of people. Maybe it's best to stick with football on football threads (and I realise you didn't start it).

Brentford's behaviour at the end was an absolute disgrace. I've always thought drop ball is not fair when a player is about to cross and it ends up back with the goalkeeper. It is a rule that could always be taken advantage of but rarely can it have been done so cynically as their defender who...

Exactly. It would be an indirect free kick in the area (not a penalty). For someone who claims to know about football, BG is clueless sometimes.

If everyone except Maenpaa, Rosenior and Goldson is fit, I would go with the following: Stockdale Bruno Duffy Dunk Pocognoli Knockaert Sidwell Stephens March Hemed Akpom Subs: Walton, Bong, Huhnemeier, Kayal, Murphy, Baldock, Murray

You are not showing your ignorance, don't worry. We could sign him now but he couldn't play for us this season (also that website talks a lot of rubbish so it is probably wrong). Only way we can sign a player now and play them this season is to bring in a player who doesn't have a club (and...

All of that is debatable: Leicester offered Knockaert a new three year deal and he turned it down. He was only kept out of the side by Mahrez, rated the best player in the Premier League last season. Dunk will do fine. He does have a rash challenge in him but I am confident he will be okay...

It was a well deserved point in a pretty even match (look at the stats). We also hit the bar in our late spell and had them on the ropes so much that one of their players resorted to going down holding his head in the area. Not the one who went off who clearly was hurt but a couple of minutes...

So Knockaert, Dunk, Stephens, Kayal, Rosenior and Murray will all fail at the top level. Some might but others will do well, as will some players who you wouldn't expect to make it. How many of your fans would seriously have expected Damien Delaney to play so many games in the top flight when...

It's a slight blip away from home. I'd hardly call two defeats in 25 league games much of a blip. You are clutching at straws. Also, we have won five league games in a row at home (six in all competitions), which clearly shows we are struggling. We've lost a couple of players recently, most of...

Except we've got significantly more points than them over the last 10/20 games. FA Cup is irrelevant and was our reserve side anyway. I don't have the stats but, given their start to the season, I would imagine Sunderland have a lot more points over the last 10 games than you do.

To be honest, given the way they defended on Saturday, I'd rather they made Palace play Delaney play every game for the rest of the season than ban him.

If you think that is funny, then you're pretty easily amused. I've seen it before with people coming up with nicknames for players because they don't rate them and it's pathetic. As others have said, Norwood is definitely more effective at home, when we have more of the ball. He's not been...

It clearly wasn't saying I was the best fan. More saying you are not a fan if you come up with pathetic names like Poorwood. As for criticism, I do criticise players but it is constructive and does not scapegoat them, unlike this thread