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• Derek (21) I think that you are right to raise some questions about gushy #20. This is mere hyperbole and not true: ‘whoever came down Garner's side got shut down cold’. Why write this sort of thing? It was clearly a mistake to put Garner at right-back. It weakened the most important area of the pitch for us. As another poster said on another thread: Moyes put out ‘the shitest midfield combo we could field’. We did not lose the game on the right side. Man-Utd’s goal was a consequence of a match-long weak middle and appalling defending from the centre backs. Garner did fine – a very decent 7/10 - but the missing subtext in #20 is a continuing anti-Patterson rant that to be fair cooled down a little a few weeks ago but is now back at full steam. Many have called for Patterson on here and that I imagine is due to his encouraging displays when he did start including, of course, the excellent win at Forest. Moyes might be the only PL gaffer who would have changed tha...
  Paul Griffiths in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United
• If Moyes wants to play 3 centre halves I would be ok with that provided he played two wing backs. He has an abundance of midfielders and from what I have seen of George, options for two up top. Unlikely isn’t it? That’s the thing that I find exasperating. By the way, Tarkowski wouldn’t be in my back three. ...
  Laurie Hartley in A quick counter sinks Everton in yet another dismal home defeat
• He should be playing up front. At least give him a run up top… it can’t be any worse!!!...
  Sean Kearns in Charly Alcaraz set to be out of action for a few weeks
• We had 2 right backs and 2 lefts backs on the bench!!! But we played our best central defender and our best midfielder out of position to fill those spots instead… What. The. Actual. FUCK...
  Sean Kearns in “We lacked the quality to get a goal” - David Moyes on the Manchester United loss
• Mark @ 23, do you remember the crowd excitement of the first home game against Brighton? The noise was insane from the supporters, and now the stadium is like a mausoleum. Moyes’s abysmal team set-ups, selection and tactics have killed the atmosphere stone dead. He hasn’t been helped by The Dividend Group, the only owners in the Premier League whose ambition for the season is not to qualify for Europe. As an interesting contrast to us, Roma signed 3 forwards in January. Lovely place Rome. Friedkin Snr and Jnr must enjoy a lovely plate of pasta and glass of red wine before enjoying watching a match in the winter Italian sunshine more than a game near the chilly Mersey. That can be the only explanation for neither of them turning up for a single game since they bought the club. ...
  Steve Brown in “We lacked the quality to get a goal” - David Moyes on the Manchester United loss
• If I play devils advocate for a second,.. Every time we have gone behind or start pushing hard for a goal, we seem to get picked off. We’re better at defending than we are attacking. All out attack works if you score, (which we don’t), but we get caught when we “do”. Yes. I hate it too....
  Chris Davies in Jarrad Branthwaite blames “lapse in concentration” for loss against Manchester United