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Pleased you noticed. And I didn't mean he deliberately hides, but it does feel he's sort of marking himself. He should be demanding the ball all the time, always making himself available. And then wanting to use it for an attack. But it seems to me he's only rarely available to receive it.

Imo, No. He's a decent player but no more. Sometimes goes missing for large parts of the game. He has his moments for certain and he's had games where he's been brilliant, but it's very few and far between.
Fornah looks a better player for me and he's only been here a month or so.
My opinion of course 😆

Exactly this. The lad has a lot of skill, but hides in games rather than taking responsibility. If he had been using his talent to the max we'd miss him, but last season he just coasted through.
When he comes back (presumably soon) and all the others are available too, we'll have more midfield options (Fornah, Smith, Embleton, Hourihane, Tommo, Sibley, Ward, Robinson). That should mean upping his game, but I expect Warne will pick him and Hourihane regardless of performance. So, they'll both need to play much better if we're to challenge for promotion.

It's not the off side it's the hand ball in the build up his arm comes out and controls it

If he was available, John Eustace

First half was appalling. We were so defensive, so weak, and lacked any confidence. We were there for the taking, and it was absolutely embarrassing. We let Portsmouth run the game and made it their home fixture. We lacked any foot on the ball, any initiative, any inventiveness and anything beyond being compact and praying we didn't concede. 
The second half when Collins, Sibley and Bark came on we pushed about 10 yards further forward and actually looked dangerous. We got our goal and then as soon as we did we became a defensive unit and obviously conceded. I'm not sure when Warne will learn about this or change the f****** system to suit the players we do have. All I can say is i am f****** fed up week in week out of seeing the same s*** from this amateur. 

These are a lot worse, the eleven point side were actually turning up against decent teams 

I struggled to understand our formation in the first half. Was it a 3 or a 4 at the back? If it was a 4 which it seemed it was on occasions, where the hell was Elder playing? I struggled to understand his role all afternoon. If it was a 3, Elder and Smith have to be the worst 2 wingbacks going forward I’ve seen. They made  Richard Jackson and Paul Boertien look like Carlos and Cafu for Brazil. Very odd tactics today.
Thought Sibley did well when he came on, linked well down the left. Embleton looked like he couldn’t run, very one paced. Collins did well but drifts to the left too much. Washington is terrible. Despite this, we came closest first half. A point probably fair. Thought the ref was decent, but linesman was awful.

As soon as we scored, the instruction went out to play 5 at the back - despite us being pretty solid with a 4. 

Barks, playing in his 4th position in 30 mins, wasn’t close enough to stop the cross…..but he isn’t a LWB.
Fozzy hadn’t given their winger a sniff and had been super tight to him in a back 4.
Stupid negative tactics should be blamed for loss of 2 points and not Barks.
Thought ref was excellent 1st half and pretty rubbish 2nd half…..for both sides.
Draw was fair result but so disappointing….Pompey nothing spectacular 
 

Small club manager. That's all we expect too much as a bigger club then Rotherham we don't need to be negative. Negative managers never last with derby, simple 

Anybody else getting annoyed at being linked with anyone who played at Rotherham 

It was Fleetwood doing the lumping, but you’re right, we gave it away far too much. Need a midfielder with some guile and intelligence. Basic rule, pass to your own player. 

I want Warne gone, not because his jokes are poor, not because he's sarcastic, not because he thinks wearing a bobble hat will win everyone over.....
I want him gone because of his tactics, because of his insistence on reverting to 3-5-2 when it clearly doesn't work with our players, because of his team selection and substitutions and because of his priorities for strengthening the squad.
I do actually think he's quite a nice bloke but I'm afraid his management does not suit our club, with our traditions of football and the high expectation of the supporters. Sorry.

This is a joke. Surely, I know stats aren't everything but if you are comparing players who perform in similar positions then it is not unreasonable to take them into account.
Last season: Hourihane 44 games, 7 goals, 10 assists (4th in League 1 for chances created and 5th for assists). Bird 38 games, 1 goal, 4 assists.
I know who I'd be picking first on the team sheet if we want to get promotion.

What’s your confidence based on and can you share some with me?

Centre midfield I would never play Houriane and Bird together in centre midfield if we had a Shinnie type player.

Please tell me what Max Bird has done to be labelled a "class player"?

Bird just doesn’t do enough. Not strong enough in the tackle to be a CDM, not got the engine to be box to box, not quick enough of thought or progressive enough with his passing to play more advanced. I don’t see what we’d lose if he wasn’t in the team. I’d happily revamp the whole midfield. We need energy and creativity and we don’t have anywhere near enough currently. 

Most over rated player in my 30 years watching. I don’t get the hype. If he was that good we wouldn’t keep losing to very average teams in a very average league. Don’t know he’s playing half the Time, physically weak and not athletic at all. Ok on the ball but nothing special.

I don’t agree. Bird can see a pass but isn’t the greatest tackler. He might not be an out and out 10 but he adds a creative unpredictability higher up the pitch. It was Rooney who saw him and coached him as a deeper player but I think he was thinking in PL terms. L1 is way more rough and tumble. Could be later in his career Birdy might become the player Rooney thinks he is but right now we need him over the half way line as much as possible

Bird did nothing today, again. He is too slow, he can't tackle, he can't head a ball. I have absolutely no idea why people rate him. The sooner we get rid of him to Hull the better.

Sell and move on didn't do nothing today! Ryan Woods would improve us alot over bird! Offers f all 

Sell and move on didn't do nothing today! Ryan Woods would improve us alot over bird! Offers f all 

Think the way we line up with NML I feel it will suit barkhuizen down to the ground! Think if he plays in that roll I fancy him to get 10-15 goals this season