[Slick_Footwork]

Do I think we should be posting that every player is 10/10 every game, of course not and a bit of a silly thing to say if I may be so bold.  Neither am I "attack (ing) fans for having any opinion that isn't 100% positive 24/7/365".

What I am saying is if we are going to criticise a player it should be a justified and most important accurate criticism.  As an example, I would be interested if you can tell me all these times SJ "threw the ball in his own net over the past couple of years".  That is exactly the type of post I mean, show me one video or report of SJ deliberately throwing the ball in the back of his own net and I will apologise profusely all day long.  Now if you want to say "many times SJ allowed the ball to go through his hands into the net" then fair enough, but to say "he throws the ball into his own net", is not only inaccurate, it can have no other purpose but to try and influence the opinions of others in a negative way by dramatising your point.  If SJ did say what you claim, to one or more of his team mates so what!!   Remember Mozza laying out Berahino and we all thought it showed passion and  commitment to team?

"Throwing the ball into his own net" is a figure of speech, obviously if a goalkeeper did that literally they would be out of a job

It's a fairly commonly used term to describe a goalkeeping error, or at least I thought it was. I certainly didn't coin the term.

In any matter, I believe the games in which I've heaped praise on Johnstone have been justified and accurate. Likewise, the games in which I've criticised him and have been justified and accurate too. That said, it's difficult to measure the accuracy of judging a performance on the football pitch as it's largely subjective. I've heaped praise on SJ a lot more than I've been critical this season, but that doesn't make him exempt from criticism if he makes a mistake in the next game. The same way if he makes an error and follows it up with a MOTM display, it doesn't make him exempt from praise.

What I would say is whether or not shouting "you're f*ck*ng sh*t" at team mates is right or wrong, which is open to debate, it does show the mood isn't right in the camp.

My personal stance on it is that you can shout all sorts of instructions and abuse at team mates. As someone that demands perfection myself, I wasn't shy of giving grief to team mates when I played - telling them to mark, compete more, pass the ball straight. But usually the line is drawn before an outright statement which goes beyond performance like saying someone is "f*ck*ng sh*t".

As for the Mozza incident, I was at that game and remember thinking it was completely out of order that Saido got the blame for Cardiff's equaliser because he didn't run into the corner at 3-2. I've always been of the belief that the best form of defence is attack. That said, I've always been indifferent to the punch because I don't know exactly what happened in the dressing room to cause it. What I would say is whether or not it's terrible or fantastic with passion, it proves the mood isn't quite right. I think we all know now that the camp wasn't right back then.

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The perce has spoken, John Percy has said we are after
Sakho. age 30  8months left on contract
Demari Gray age 24 6month left on contract
Lingard    Age 28 12 months left on contract
Rose.       Age 30  I believe a free agent.
Might be pie in the sky but these are doable with a couple of the wage bill.  Austin and Grosiki
It would improve us as al are international players.

Looks like it's just a list of good attainable players, rather than a list we have identified specifically to fix our problems.

The reason I say that is because Lingard and Gray are both offensive midfielders, positions that you wouldn't expect us to be looking for. Don't get me wrong though, they are all better than what we have.

I think Gray would be a none starter as he's looking to step up from Leicester I believe. Lingard I think has just signed a contract extension to summer 2022, presumably so United can sell him rather than him leaving on a free at the end of the season. I'm sure he would be out of our price range unless something strange happened like United sanctioned a loan to buy or they were for some reason looking at Mateus Pereira, who I believe they were linked with last season. I don't think he's anywhere near United class, but you never know, Solskjaer makes some crazy decisions.

Sakho and Rose would be the 2 that are in the positions we need and look most realistic. The only reservation I have is that neither have played much so will they be fit enough to hit the ground running?

Really would like us to be linked with a right back and defensive midfielder though.