Christoph Stiepermann

Not surprising to me, Farke's record as a manager is very ordinary without the Buendia-Pukki combination when considering the context of what clubs he's managed and their expectations. I don't care who we face in the play offs, I think we'd beat anyone on our day if we have a fully fit squad to choose from and we're in the right frame of mind. If we don't get promoted it's on us. We were unlucky not to beat Leeds both times we faced them this season due to injuries or poor defending and I'm confident that we could cut out those defensive lapses in really big games when it really matters based on watching us v Ipswich and Southampton. If we face them in a big game in the play offs I'm confident our players will be up for the game and won't give away easy chances like we did the last 2 times we faced them. They're a typical slow, ponderous Farke side and with some good defensive organisation and a cutting edge on the counter attack we'll cause them problems if we face them in the play offs.

I do alternate weekends and thursday and friday off the other week and all these dates have fallen on my days off. Perfect! Now just up to us to get there and win the games 😆

Wonder how much money companies are going to be paying for adverts to be shown around a Man City v Man Utd cup final and how many eyes around the world will be watching compared to a Man City v Coventry final. The technology is flawed. Someone has to actually pick what frame they decide the ball leaves the players foot and as we've seen in a screenshot above sometimes the lines are drawn over the defenders foot and on the absolute tip of the attacking players boot. It can be manipulated to suit a desired outcome, it isn't just a case of being on or offside as there is still error involved and it's funny to me how it always seems to favour the bigger clubs or the more desirable outcome for broadcasters. Referee's aren't biased in general and there isn't some grand conspiracy against certain clubs. But with how much money flows in and out of football and the potential for big companies to lose or gain money or exposure based on tight decisions I think it would be very naive to assume that there isn't some fixing going on with tight disputable decisions in big games when there's money on the line for some powerful and influential people and companies.

Forgot I was watching ITV for a while I thought it was a direct stream from MUTV. Biased and patronizing rubbish.

I'm still struggling to work out how it's offside if the lines are level? If it's that you see slightly more of one colour than the other along the edge then who decides what millisecond that the ball left the players foot? There needs to be a state between on and off called level and offside should only be called if the lines arent touching. Offside means OFF side, level is level and if there's cm's in it then who cares it's not going to affect the chance quality.

Absolutely sickening

They played some good stuff but I bet they really come unstuck against teams who sit in and defend or are more physical which is why they are where they are. Passing football can look wonderful when it works but against certain types of teams you can find it really hard to create chances and if you're not on your game it's easy for teams to intercept and break on you quickly. Say what you want about our style of football under Wagner but I'd argue that there isn't really one type of team that we generally struggle against. We're usually the architects of our own downfall and when we're really on it we can get the better of any type of team. For those wondering what Manning could do with these players? Probably not a lot because our defenders aren't comfortable enough on the ball or mobile enough to play like Bristol did yesterday so the style of play wouldn't work. Duffy and Gibson playing like their CB's did yesterday? Gives me the shudders thinking about it.

Neither Hull nor Coventry can afford to lose another game. If Hull win 2 and draw one we only need one more point and we'd still finish above them, we're pretty much there. Tough game today but we're still in a brilliant position.

Chelsea. Every Chelsea fan I know used to support a different team and switched to them. There's just so much about them I dislike from being the start of football finances getting out of control so they could buy titles under a Russian gangster to how they are with referees. Some of their most famous players have been complete pr4ts, when the camera pans around their stadium there's just such a plastic look about the crowd, it's in a posh trendy part of London which is one thing to dislike but they also have a thug element going back decades. Can't stand the accent from the area, we never beat them, they play in blue etc I could go on. Brighton also have a really smug fanbase full of plastics who were nowhere to be seen when they were struggling. Bournemouth and Watford have really rubbed me the wrong way in recent years as they've both been really dirty teams whenever we've played them. West Ham annoy me using a taxpayer funded stadium and all that rubbish for years about playing 'the West Ham way' but whenever they've had a bit of success they've been more than happy to watch their team play games like they're 4 levels below the opposition including against us when one of their players would be worth our entire first 11. I don't hate any of these clubs except Chelsea I just don't like them much. Liverpool/Man Utd etc I don't really like either but everyone dislikes them so no point going into that.

I think the only justification Knapper would have for sacking him is that he doesn't play the style of football that Knapper wants. Personally I enjoy watching Wagner's team play and as a rule I don't enjoy possession football, it's a complete dead end in the PL and unless you have a couple of special players to create something from nothing it's really bloody boring and frustrating to watch. There's also something to be said for keeping some stability and building on what we have. We've had a lot of disruption the last few summers and I think it would be better to stick with most of the same squad and same head coach now that the players know each others game. I honestly think a lot of our issues in the last 3 seasons have been because of the high turnover of players and the lack of cohesion they had. If we stay down I'd keep Wagner and try to keep most of the squad together, we'd have to sell and release a couple but then Knapper can hopefully show his worth and find us a few gems to replace whoever leaves.

He's been unbelievable since moving to the right. He's too good for this division in any position he plays in but I really like him where he's playing right now. We were warned when he signed that he wasn't the Buendia replacement and that he was more of a deep lying midfielder but with his stats this season and how he's been performing on the right he's been every bit as good as Buendia was. Buendia was amazing but he also had the perfect striker for him infront of him, Sara just does it himself. If we don't go up and he gets sold I'd be really disappointed with anything less than 30m.

5 more points will probably do it so after that win we can even afford to draw one of our home games and still probably get 6th. Hull and Coventry have got a much tougher last few games than us and PNE and Boro are out of it now. It's ours to lose.

Unless it's in the 93rd minute and we're 3-0 up I couldn't bring myself to do it, I'd be too annoyed regardless of how good the goal was

True to an extent but you can see what type of player he is from his appearances and highlights for other clubs. He's a 6 yard box poacher with a good free kick and links play with short passes. Nothing wrong with that of course in the right system but watching him he doesn't have any pace at all, never tries to carry it, doesn't run and press defenders or hold it up in the air and doesn't play off the shoulder. Those attributes are all what Sargent brings and what is so vital to making Wagners system work. We'd probably be fine with one of those strikers who can't score for toffee but had some of the attributes Sargent has then others could chip in but from what I've seen of SVH he's totally the wrong type of striker for the way we play.

SVH doesn't have any pace or mobility and can't run with the ball which is what we'd miss with Sargent out. I honestly have no idea what Aboh's like as a player but if he can run and chase things and has a bit of ball carrying ability then he has to start or we'll just be penned in defending all game.