Think Ramazani is right footed Tad. He’s another one of these fashionable ‘inverted’ wingers. That means we have James, Gnonto, Ramazani and Solomon all right footers playing out wide, with three of them playing mostly on their “wrong” side. Like I said, I think it’s poor recruitment and kills momentum and the shape of the team with players constantly checking back to try and work the ball onto their stronger foot when they should be getting outside of defences and crossing the ball. Yes we want quality players like Ramazani, and we want strength in depth, but to not have a genuine left footed wide player is negligent and pretty strange at this level. I don’t know if it’s Farke’s preference to play with inverted wingers, or the players telling Farke where they prefer to play, but I think it kills us at times. The likes of Saka at Arsenal prefer to play that way, and he had a pet lip on when he was asked to fill in wide left for England in the World Cup. He then went on to play as an inverted right winger in the final and got marked out of the game by a player that couldn’t even get a game with his Premiership team. There’s a lesson right there.

Yep, agree totally about Farke. Deserves huge credit.

It was noticeable at the game last night that a section of our supporters were happy to jump on Aaronson’s back when he made a mistake. This maybe a hangover from him going elsewhere last season. This behaviour from certain supporters is both strange and hypocritical considering they idolise and chant a players name that actually refused to play for the team while trying to orchestrate a move away from the club. It’s almost like Gnonto’s treacherous behaviour never occurred. Aaronson, alongside Piroe, is a luxury player in this team. He will lose the ball, make bad decisions, and at times look lightweight, but he’s regularly included because he’s better for the balance of the team than other reputedly better players. His work rate is phenomenal, and unlike others that always want the ball into feet he is prepared to run in behind defences and stretch the game. I trust Farke’s judgement on the team shape and dynamic, and if that judgement is based on the theory that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, Aaronson’s inclusion is fine by me.

I totally agree Tad.
That ball off Wobers head came at some pace and I`m not sure if he had stayed on his line which Bridges is saying, he still wouldn`t have kept it out.
Hats off to both Meslier and Aaronson who as you know I`m not their biggest fans.
Both had their best game by far.
I`ve always preferred Piroe to Joseph but was hoping Joseph like Joffy would be our answer.
Also surprised he`s not played Bamford yet, another hero of mine!!

I think it's obvious bamford is done at leeds.
piroe offers so much quality on the ball but we need a pressing CF as well.
a conundrum for farke.
been to every home game bar burnley, and more than a few away, and boro were the best we've played imo. and we overcame them really well.
but we need to kick on. a run of 5 or 6 really winnable games before it's the big guns again.

Seems discussions are taking place with the Israeli CF which shows the club has concerns.
If we can offload Joffy or Bamford I think we will get him or someone in to play upfront.