Gayle out for a MONTH

Yeah I just think Perez might still come good. Like Mitro he has been low on confidence and game time.

Diame though I think is what he is. A means to an end in this division. Although he's hardly setting the place alight he has had an impact in certain games. He suits the rigid robust style Rafa has deployed which is very results orientated over a long period. Not much flexibility but generally try to overpower teams

 

Perez is clearly a confidence player. Lightweight but can be tricky, wins us free kicks. I dont think he is premiership quality.

Diame is a grafting carthorse who will chip in with 10 goals a season in the championship. Again not premiership quality.

I still think Armstrong is the future but time will tell.

Mitro is getting games and he made the difference for me against Vile. I can see him bagging a couple of goals in the next couple of games and then he might be ready for the premiership where he wont get clattered as much. I still think there is something there in Mitro.

 

Perez does ok for a bottom half Prem team but struggles a bit in the championship.

Nufc.com now saying Gayle should only be out for a week.

 

This is disaster if the news is confirmed.

Sensationalism highlighting Rafa's desire to bring in more quality players over January.

Let's all hope it's 'fake news'

 

Rafa reckons he is back in training and could feature in the next three games!

 

Murph Tuesday. Gayle for the final 12. Then we might go up.

 

If he's available and at his best for Brighton I think it'll make a big difference on our chances of winning. Would be a big bonus to have him fit.

 

Bench to come on as impact player to change the game.

 

Even if he does come back he'll underperform for a while

 

Rafa is intimating there's something in Gayle's head holding him back confidence wise?

 

Don't think it matters. I'm looking forward to some away games. It suits our set up a lot better as the results show.

We have heaped pressure on ourselves though.

 

Have to strongly disagree with this.

We can definitely blame the Football League for giving us the same number of home games as away games. As you say we are better away and the FL knew this and have therefore deliberately given us some home games as they don't like us.

 

It was very sneaky. They've assessed Rafa and his negativity and done us like a kipper.