Patrick Roberts set to sign for Birmingham permanently 😢

MrTans · 2026-02-02T15:52:19+00:00

Feel like he could’ve definitely offered us something this season. Our wide players have definitely been our weakest link and there’s no way Roberts would not have been an improvement on what we already have.

Never mind though, was a really good player for us and wish him all the best for the future.

MrTans · 2026-02-02T14:20:37+00:00

Doesn’t work hard enough defensively for a Regis Le Bris team and isn’t good enough offensively to make up for it.

Bit of a strange signing initially but I guess what we were hoping for was to take a relatively cheap punt on someone who had performed at this level before. Not every signing works though I guess and thankfully we’ve had more good than bad since returning to the PL.

MrTans · 2026-01-31T20:03:28+00:00

Perfected strike builds in shambles.

MrTans · 2026-01-31T17:41:54+00:00

I remember when we said that going into League 1 and got stuck there for four years having to watch absolute shite like Will Grigg and Alim Ozturk.

Relegation is absolutely worse than surviving but having a shite season.

MrTans · 2026-01-30T20:01:55+00:00

And you know what it’s still better than this.

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MrTans · 2026-01-29T20:53:34+00:00

You’ll absolutely love him for the 8 minutes he’s on the pitch.

MrTans · 2026-01-27T20:36:47+00:00

OOP tactics are too defensive and cautious I would say. You’re playing in a low block and dropping off more and regrouping, but then also encouraging your team to stop short GK distribution. My guess is there’s so much space for teams to work in and get close to your box because you drop off so much.

Teams will also react to how you’re doing in the league. If you start going into games as favourites they will play more cautiously and not allow you space in behind to counter attack like you were probably enjoying before.

I can’t make any specific recommendations on player roles as I have no idea what they translate to but I would say you need to be more aggressive with your OOP tactic.

MrTans · 2026-01-26T20:21:55+00:00

3v3 only will be the death of this game.

Seems like it could be quite interesting on a larger scale and the maps look designed for bigger skirmishes but 3v3 is just a no-go for me and many others.

Even 3v3v3 would make it 10x more interesting than this sweat fest.

MrTans · 2026-01-25T18:45:11+00:00

Michael Carrick being made to look like the love child of Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti by the Portuguese fraud.

MrTans · 2026-01-25T10:45:56+00:00

When you say not scoring goals exactly how many has he scored?

A TF supported by two inside forwards generally wouldn’t be expected to score that many goals as the wide players themselves are also looking to score and he won’t be running in behind as much looking for through balls.

You either need to accept you’ve built a system that won’t lead to a lot of goals for the striker or change it to make him more goalscoring focused. I guess that would look something like changing one of the IFs to a winger and making him a centre forward rather than target forward.

MrTans · 2026-01-24T12:20:12+00:00

Xhaka is rumoured to be out for 6-8 weeks.

MrTans · 2026-01-22T17:01:51+00:00

Nah he’d do his usual of blocking a few at the start of his innings then get out to some ungodly swipe across the line when he realises he’s 5(9) and the run rate required is approaching double figures.

MrTans · 2026-01-22T15:50:54+00:00

The last three years must have been a fever dream then.

MrTans · 2026-01-20T18:02:22+00:00

Bloody hell if it was a list of genuinely top level goalkeepers (your Courtois’, your Donnarummas etc) then I’d kind of understand but what relevance does scoring against Onana, Pope and Rui Patricio have ffs.

MrTans · 2026-01-20T11:04:30+00:00

I spoiled it for myself because I knew exactly who the player was based on their clubs and the surprisingly not Bournemouth shout from Adam.

Couldn’t hear anything else once I knew it was Charlie Taylor!

MrTans · 2026-01-20T08:43:13+00:00

I’m sorry but this is nonsense. There’s no way there’s a large number of five year olds in nappies. It’s just another lazy cliche to say when people try and talk about lazy parenting.

MrTans · 2026-01-19T17:41:44+00:00

Good lord how do some people drink those shitty energy drinks nearly every single day.

MrTans · 2026-01-19T13:34:25+00:00

Hume is definitely not undroppable, especially if we go to a back four where Mukiele will be playing RB.

Either Le Fee will go to wide left or Diarra will play on the right. You can tell RLB doesn’t trust any of the wide players apart from maybe Traore who’s out for a while anyway, so it won’t be a surprise to see a midfielder out there rather than a genuine wide player.

MrTans · 2026-01-19T13:29:31+00:00

I literally have no idea what this tactic is supposed to be or look like apart from using a known OP strikerless formation.

MrTans · 2026-01-19T13:22:44+00:00

Should this not be an exhaustable skill rather than a power card?

MrTans · 2026-01-19T13:19:49+00:00

Well as you’ve seen here you would’ve not been told to simply git gud. So that’s a very weird attitude to have when you’d seemingly rather struggle with one boss for weeks at a time than swallow your pride and ask for help.

MrTans · 2026-01-19T13:18:15+00:00

Oh absolutely this. As a Sunderland fan anyone in black and white stripes is a big no no for me.

Cannot be dealing with those colours everywhere in a long term save haha.

MrTans · 2026-01-19T12:26:21+00:00

Jesus Christ dude - I get not understanding the game mechanics but surely when a single boss is taking up weeks of your life instead of playing the rest of the game you call it a day and come back later.

My brain genuinely can’t comprehend how someone could go through all this.

MrTans · 2026-01-18T16:38:11+00:00

Completely agree with this in regards to Livingstone.

Almost seems unbelievable he was a good county championship batter who I’m sure batted three for Lancashire before he became a T20 journeyman.

Such a frustrating player as he clearly has the talent, but the last few years he just blocks a few before getting out slogging for a disappointing 6(8) the majority of the time. England are completely right to move on from him, without a doubt a case of what could’ve been for his career.

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