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Agreed. Lundstram and Lawrence have been far worse.

Meh.

Dessers is the only one with pass marks, for me. At least he us using his body well. As for the rest...

These players just don't have it mentally.

What a disappointment these players are.

No it wasn't.

I wouldn't blame Tavernier for that. I'd have a few questions for Butland, though...

Is it a 12:00 kick-off? I need to get my spot behind the couch ready...

Chewy, crunchy and delicious?

It's in the rules, therefore they're not making it up. It is a stupid rule, though.

I feel unwell...

It's not a 'VAR rule', it's just a rule.

That's Ellis 'not-good-enough' Simms just scored his 13th goal in the last 10 games...

As long as it's not Citeh.

Not without the Entwives...

He wasn't really a mistake for them: he was doing what they asked (which was touched upon in the earlier discussion on his role as DoF). I suspect you are correct. He is a 'confident person'; perhaps too confident. I didn't want him in the first place, and I did want him gone earlier than he did. Maybe he'll do better with a younger team?

The section on Beale goes from 1:03 to about 1:08. It starts as soon as you press play. I don't think a summary will do it justice, but: Ferdinand would still recommend him, even after a couple of dodgy spells with us and Sunderland, as he feels he will be a top manager somewhere. He jumped too early. He turned down Wolves because of the personal connection with Ferdinand. (Beale knew that Wolves would be coming in for him, so there must've been a chat.) No one took a chance on Beale because he hadn't been a number 1. He was doing what they wanted, in terms of player development, etc. He always knew that if he was going to move it would be to us, because Beale always spoke highly of his time with us; unfortunately for them - and us - we came in earlier than he expected. Beale is a confident person, and the young lads at QPR bought into it; his first gig and he was really well-prepared; he had the players eating out of the palm of his hands, then they collapsed when he left.

This was the Stick to Football podcast from a couple of weeks ago, featuring Les Ferdinand. They discuss Michael Beale (the video should start at that point). His discussion about his time as QPR DoF is quite interesting, too, if anyone is interested; the video is timestamped so you should be able to find that section (about the 41:30 minute mark).

That news has only just dropped, so they'll maybe discuss it next week.

I didn't recommend this parlicular episode - outwith that particular segment as it (negatively ) mentioned Michael Stewart - but the podcast as a whole. However, it was a good episode. Ferdinand's thoughts on his career were quite interesting. And the discussion(s) as a whole was quite good. I wouldn't go to Ferdinand for tactical insight, but he seems to be interested in the mental side of players. He also mentioned that he'd like to see the press get more access to the players, like in the NFL which I hadn't thought about before. I dislike following the Americans for most things, but this sounded interesting.

This is the Stick to Football podcast - which I would recommend - with Rio Ferdinand as the special guest this week. I post it because in a discussion about punditry they mention Michael Stewart and his "spell" at Man Utd.

This article ended with far too much optimism. I feel uncomfortable...

Rangers 1 - 0 Celtic FGS Tavernier