17 Jan 2026 20:13:15
Goes to show we don't need paqueta after all.

1.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 08:15:15
But you don’t know what the score might have been had he played! It’s an unknown quantity.

2.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 09:13:22
We have b3aton one team that's in as much disarray as us good result but i'm not going to over celebrate at the moment and I would certainly want to keep paq and actually play him in his most effective position

3.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 09:30:21
Positive and upbeat as always Tin. Amazes me you always find a negative in the good

4.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 10:43:56
Given we haven’t won a league game since November and Paqueta has played in most games since I have no confidence that he would have been a positive influence yesterday. In fact I’d go as far to say if he played I think we’d have lost.

The game was won yesterday because the players on the pitch fought like hell for it a quality sadly lacking (imo) in Mr Paqueta.

5.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 11:22:38
But I’m just speaking the truth, Mac. Sorry if you don’t like it. And I notice you didn’t comment when I posted the week before last that we’d beat QPR and then Spurs, followed by a ‘come on you Irons! ’

6.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 11:25:09
There was a togetherness in the team yesterday, everyone appeared to know their job. When Pacqueta plays, he plays for Pacqueta, therefore, not a team player, although skill wise an outstanding player.

7.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 12:24:04
Having defended Paqueta on numerous occasions maybe I have to come round to agree with some of the others. The most important thing yesterday was the team spirit and togetherness. We will lack his quality but if they can recreate the form from yesterday then there is hope with just good old fight, which should be a prerequisite for every game.

I won’t go completely against Paq-man because one of the last games he was missing from was wolves and that was the opposite to yesterday

8.) 18 Jan 2026
18 Jan 2026 13:55:16
Yes, all good points, but the fact remains nobody will ever know if we would have played better or worse had Paqueta played yesterday. It’s all supposition.