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Reply | Kyle Walker
at 20:53 4 Nov 2026
He did round us yes. |
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Reply | Julian
at 16:39 4 Nov 2026
Nobody's perfect mate, no manager is going to get everything right and I'm certainly not going to sit here and pretend that he has or is. You know my thoughts on Vale's performance last night, I thought he was pathetic. Playing Poku and Adamson down a side against Scienza and Manning at the weekend was asking for trouble and trouble it duly got.
But I suspect Stephan's as frustrated as we are at a lot of this. He's not putting that team out last night thinking it's anywhere close to our best. I bet it's driving him insane. |
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Reply | Julian
at 16:35 4 Nov 2026
Look at his alternatives... Kolli came on last night, did something good straight away, but was mostly miles off it I thought - looked heavy, sluggish, kept giving the ball away. Obikwu comes on, gets put through on goal, his shot just about managed to make it out for a goal kick. He tried Saito last night, may as well not have been there.
I'm sure he'd love to change it up. |
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Reply | Julian
at 14:27 4 Nov 2026
He's working with what he's got.
His best striker, his only striker with any pace, hasn't been fit and available at all in 2026, basically.
His best and only progressive ball playing midfielder is now also injured. Glen Kamara, who'd played very little football for a good year before getting here, is being asked to do 90 on 90 on 90 with predictable results, and isn't a progressive midfielder in any case.
His best left sided defender has now disappeared again, which in turn means he can't move Edwards into the midfield instead of the rather hopeless Varane.
Both his first choice right full backs are injured and teams are starting to go after the third choice who he has to play there and has possibly been getting through the initial games on Kieran Morgan-style adrenalin but a long winter lies ahead.
The majority of his substitutions, and their timings, are dictated to him because of injury, managing minutes etc. I'd be very, very surprised if he didn't think we needed to change earlier than 60 mins last night.
I'm not saying he's faultless. I think he could potentially do himself a favour with some occasional use of people like Morrison and Alemayehu. But the underlying issue in all of this is obvious, and it isn't the manager. |
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Reply | Cirkin
at 01:39 4 Nov 2026
I thought he played pretty well tonight.
One of the few who might qualify for a 6. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 26/27
at 09:36 3 Nov 2026
Parker will love that.
15 x 1-0 home wins (Bowen 64)
12 x 0-0 away draws
10 x January signings at a cost of about £60m "just to freshen things up"
8 starts made by those signings collectively from January to May.
Go up in second, win one of the first 12 games next year and walk away with another couple of million quid in his bank account. |
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Reply | Norwich away
at 20:37 2 Nov 2026
Millwall is this week and digital tickets.
Not sure on Norwich. |
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Reply | Justin Obikwu
at 16:27 2 Nov 2026
Might be a good time for him to start existing. |
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Reply | Injuries
at 15:25 2 Nov 2026
Sitting on our bench seems to be a dangerous occupation at the moment. |
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Reply | Southampton highlights
at 17:04 1 Nov 2026
Whether he wanted the move or not, Jim made a point on our podcast this week about getting better at selling at the right time. We’ve recruited pretty well, but timing your sales for the right moment is every bit as important to the Brighton’s of this world as the buying is. Brighton frequently sell a player for a price they never reach again, at the peak of their value, we hang on too long.
Varane had significant interest after year one, we ignored it and did a big socials campaign around a new contract with him making a little gesture on the pitch at Sunderland. He probably should have gone then - flipped for a nice quick profit. That can be just as useful in volume as a big £20m+ sale. Brentford did loads of Mepham/Hogan types as well as their big ticket Benrahma/Watkins lads.
Varane, sadly, is now losing value rather than gaining it. |
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