Rousseau

It's OK; you don't need to take it personally. It's just that my overriding memory is: 'how the f*ck did we win that?', after waking up from my nap. We can agree to disagree.

Yes, boring. He definately should have been knighted.

Here's hoping!

It's the 'if'. It's just blind hope. What if he doesn't win the league? How long are you giving him?

Ah—that 1-5 game was terrific! Few and far between, though. Mostly, the football was boring. Why are you focusing on two games out of 150?

The football was boring. I've mentioned it before, several times. I mean, seeing Christian Daily in central midfield...

@CammyF - why is it so difficult for you to accept criticism of Beale?

If he wins the league, I won't need to back him - We'd have won the league!! I suspect I would feel like I did under WS's second spell: delighted to win, but bored senseless.

Dafuq?

I don't see us winning the league, if these performances continue. There's no point in waiting 12, 24, 36 months if you're not convinced after 3 months. We should see something after a full pre-season, quite frankly. He's had 9 months (I think?).

Some of us are consistent, some are reactionary. If we win on Sunday all will be rosy; lose... I will continue to doubt the ability of the manager whatever the result.

I think the Souttar link was rubbished by a fan media - I can't recall who, though.

You don't just pick a bunch of players and say, 'Lads—go out and play. Enjoy yourselves'. P*sh. It takes a certain level of coaching to get teams playing a certain way, at a certain level. An average group of players, properly coached, will outplay a team of better players without coaching. That's part of our problem: relying on individuals for moments of brilliance. No one plays like that anymore. I never really criticise players; I always blame the one directing them.

That's the point, isn't it? Better players, better team from less - or even comparable - resources? It's not great, is it?

So they're 'light years ahead and far superior to us' in how their DoF and head coach have used their resources, despite having less resources? That's ... quite damning, no?

No... But the general argument is we can't compete (to be fair, this needs to be defined) at the CL level, when we can, when we get it right. For me, 'compete' is challenging for 3rd in a CL group, even if we don't quite make it. I don't think that's far beyond us.

It does seem like that, unfortunately - not by me, I'd like to add - but it doesn't therefore follow that they want our old players back. I'd like to throw Beale on the scrapheap, though... 👀

No one wants them back.

You'll be proved correct or wrong depending on how PSV do in the CL this season.