SafewayFox

A great post to be fair mate. I think the recent bias of how well Ricky played last season in the Championship though is still fresh on a lot of our minds. JJ hasn’t had the best start so seeing Ricky come in is a good option to have.

I seriously HATE this rhetoric. Nothing to do with his dreadful PL win ratio as a manager? Or with his apparent obsession with “PL experience” which has seen 2 of our attacking options come in at the twilight of their distinctly average careers most likely on a big wedge. How about his lack of game management from his time here or the comments from Forest fans “did he throw on another CB to defend a lead”. The list goes on, I didn’t want Cooper and he has done nothing to make me think I was wrong to begin with.

Another great pod. As for Cooper’s record…hideous and it’s a criminal offence that our board/Rudkin who ever….don’t know that managers exist outside of England. Imagine how many managers were available in the summer that didn’t have PL experience but have better records than 12 wins in 59 top flight matches?

Ok, I’ll bite. Let’s say you’re right with Hamza for a high pressing but technically challenged high 8, sadly Hamza just looked clueless and whether that was due to everyone else being shattered or him not knowing the trigger when to press…in hindsight it didn’t work and only compounds the memo, Hamza isn’t PL quality. As for the Coady sub, he changed shape and effectively wanted to “hit them on the counter” with an aging and knackered 37 year old Vardy and Fatawu. If he brought on Bilal or Facundo as a like for like, we’d have actually offered an outlet. Whether the Cooper fans can admit it or not, we effectively gave Palace the initiative to consistently attack a defence that hasn’t shown up for being particularly great at defending.

Everton being 2-0 up makes this result even more damning.

Like someone else posted…..we could have made 2 more changes rather than these ridiculous single subs. Hamza as the 10 was always going to end up with us forfeiting possession and offering zero threat going forward.

Or he made more Sunday league level decisions. You can’t say that wasn’t the most obvious outcome when he reacted 1) too slowly (Ayew couldn’t move) and 2) negatively.

That is on Cooper. Invited pressure with the most negative possible substitutions that a manager can make. Vardy isolated and zero outlets to stop it turning into a defence vs attack training session.

Subs please. The wing backs are clearly getting forward so would love to give them something to think about with Abdul.

A much more mobile player than Winks. Can see us fans liking him as a player a lot.

I know I say Faes isn’t that quick but why do commentators go more extreme. Pretty confident we’re not playing deep because of Faes.

@Unabomber I said it would be a matter of time and seen a few posts like this. Ndidi is washed up and has the first touch of a baby elephant…..he looked ok as an 8 in the Championship when next to KDH but to expect him to do it in the Prem is madness.

There will be though…..I’ve seen people referred to as clowns, drama queens etc for commenting on their numerous doubts about Cooper.

How can anyone defend that monstrosity of a starting 11?