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Nah, he'll play Colback and Hayden. The one thing I'm really hoping for is that Yedlin starts over Anita as then it gives us more creativity and threat since Anita offers absolutely fuck all going forward because he is shit.

I can't stand watching Anita and Dummett both playing full back. I think after Anita's horrific performance against Wednesday Rafa will put Yedlin in. The hardest issue is the Colback and Hayden one, a possibility would be to drop Diame into CM alongside Hayden but the only viable option if we did that would be to play Mitrovic alongside Gayle which Rafa isn't going to do, Perez isn't a viable option as we just saw what he does against a physical side and we're going to see a very physical side in Forest. I agree with Tom and the others that Atsu deserves a start, he was probably the brightest spark when he came on and he really does create opportunities whereas a lot of the others were passing to the CB's.

You could be right, as HMHM says he was really bright when he first came through and I think a lot of us still hold onto those performances in hope that he can get back to something resembling that.

Aye we desperately need a CM, Colback showed everyone that he simply isn't up to being a professional football player outside of perhaps League One. Diame should start in CM alongside Hayden until we can bring someone in. It worries me that Rafa is so against Mitrovic that he didn't bring him on in a game that was clearly screaming out for a player of his type. Perez doesn't look like he suits this division at all sadly, he just gets completely bullied and honestly he hid from the ball towards the end.

Why bother man? Your lot barely even turned up in their game today ffs, nothing to gloat about whatsoever.

Without Shelvey in the side we simply can't have both Anita and Dummett playing, they offer absolutely nothing going forward so without Shelvey's creativity we could do with a bit more coming from the wing. Anita was utter dogshit today, he was consistently missing when the attack was coming down his side while also being missing in attack, hopefully Yedlin gets a bit of a run in the side now. I've had my say on the ref so I'm not going to rewrite it but I will say after the Forest game the only thing that let me move on from it was that I was sure I'd never see a referee close to that shambles, the one today pushed him close for me utter disgrace. Rafa's subs were shite tbh, we were getting bullied and he brought on that utter tart Perez who yet again done less than nowt. Atsu was the one bright spark playing outside of the goalkeeper imo and he deserves a run in the side.

Yeah Rafas subs were shut tbh, Mitro clearly should have been brought on at least 20 minutes before he was and Gouffran was doing more than Ritchie.

Our lot have been poor today but ffs it's hard to do anything when the referee is like this.

Agree 100% he tried to hurt Anita there, no surprise this ref has offered zero protection.

Please explain how Wallace isn't sent off, that was a clear as day kick didn't even attempt the ball.

Team of players who pass it back to who passed to them without Shelvey in the side.

Sick to the back teeth of watching Colback, Anita, and Dummett, utter dross the 3 of them.

Agreed. Gayle is just getting shoved about here, no presence at all in this one and since the ref is giving him fuck all it's not going to work. We look so flat without Shelvey.

Feel for Darlow he's the only one that has shown up today.

Utter utter shit. Can we take Anita off? That's 3 major attacks coming down that twats side.

Desperate for an upset man, it's pathetic. Genuinely think it'll end 0-0 here, the ref is perfectly willing to allow them to just drag down our players anytime we counter, basically anytime we broke away around the halfway line it was foul, free kick, and he spent more time telling Lascelles off for him having a pop at the ref than speaking to the Wednesday 'players'. Tired of this division like, the refereeing is tragic. This is much more what I expected to see in terms of opposition though, dirty, talentless, teams coming to spoil and injure.

It was clear as day, the commentator goes "maybe they did pull on his shirt a little", aye they pulled on his shirt to begin with then the bloke had both his arms wrapped round Gayle's neck while the 2nd Wednesday player pulled his shirt

Another week another shite ref. Utter hatchet job on Gayle by the talentless Wednesday lot and the ref is just letting them crack on. That Pudil should have been off for that little elbow on Ritchie. Forestieri is a right dirty little bastard and should have been booked for his high foot and on high risk of being sent off for accumulation of fouls.

I prefer to see Yedlin over Anita, Anita has been playing fine I just think Yedlin does more going forward and links up better with Ritchie.

Aye, they looked fairly comfortable today even though Bournemouth played quite well and they were missing Kante and Costa.

What a fucking SCRUFF

Decided to finally get this, it seems a fair improvement to me over FM16 and is a lot quicker on my laptop than 16 was. I have noticed though that anytime I go to buy a player the computer puts on a % of next transfer clause every time and I can't get it off, all I can do is lower it and sometimes the lowest it goes is 30%. Is anyone else having this? I've been having the usual problem of the computer being unrealistic with me, like Madrid asking for 49m for a player that is unhappy and hasn't made a single appearance for them by January, but then they also want 40% of next transfer fee on top .

They may well have but I don't think it's a stretch to assume Shelvey is a bit thick and fucked it up.

Yeah seems like Gayle said Shelvey reacted to Saiss waving his hand to get him booked then Shelvey said he didn't notice or something. I still think it's a bit much banning someone on the evidence of 3 opposition players.

Honestly every time that fat cunt goes somewhere there's an article declaring he's right for the club. He isn't, it'll be some of the worst football they've ever seen and eventually he'll get the sack with a massive pay off.