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Yeah, he wasn't great. Again tonight. But Malaga played well enough alongside Wood, so I don't think we need to write Brown off as shit after these two outings... more hope that he can do a job in the position he is going to look strongest in.

Cody didn't get the breaks, but he worked hard enough for me.

People might have commented he could be a useful signing for the squad if he can fill in at several positions, but he did look like the archetypal centre back having to do a job at full back. Doesn't mean he can't have a role to play if needed at centre back. If Malaga grows even more into the...

I heard the odd dissenting outburst at a player, but not the same level of shit as where I was stood at Yeovil.

After McSheffrey's showing coming on against Yeovil, Baker definitely deserved a start. Wasn't one of our better performers, neither was Hussey IMO and I thought Brown was clearly a centre back playing out of position. Don't think we should write off any to have a role to play this season, hope...

Yeah, you are right - it was MOTD2 I had seen. 'You can watch Match of the Day and MOTD2 at the same time these are shown on television, on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. MOTD2 is also available to watch on-demand from BBC iPlayer, but due to rights reasons can only be included from...

No hate for Doyle here, just pointing to his limitations. The comparison with Clingan had been mentioned and I was focussing completely on ability with the football (excluding last season, because it suited the point I was making, probably). I hope Jennings is the same sort of busy, difficult...

I would suggest that the League finishes is largely irrelevant in the discussion as to whether Clingan was a better footballer than Doyle (up until last season, when he was not up to scratch). It discounts all context, not least the fact there are ten other players who start every single league...

I could be wrong, but bbc.co.uk/iplayer is not putting out MOTD until after a certain time on Tuesday. Perhaps they are still putting highlights on their football section, but it will be subject to a similar delay? Not sure, as I know the Football League Show was available on iplayer the next day.

I don't think McSheffrey should be starting, unless he has had a rocket up his arse during the week and shown himself to be right up for it. I would certainly prefer to see how Baker gets on making a start in the hole.

A polite round of applause at the beginning of the game for a former captain who played a vast number of games for the Club. Complete ambivalence throughout the 90 minutes, except for the odd comparison with Jennings for us.

I thought there were things during the game that Daniels did well and times he seemed to struggle. I didn't think he had a stand out shocker, but thought he looked more competent in the first half than the second (or maybe I was sober and disgruntled by the second half). Either way, Jennings has...

Yeah, I think he was one of the 14 players who they got in on month-long contracts just prior to the start of the season.

Perhaps, but are you just not saying that - overall - Doyle was marginally less shit in his 300 games for us than Clingan was in the games he played last season? Would Doyle have offered more? Perhaps. Was he a better player..? If you had the luxury of completely disregarding last season, no...

It did strike me as unusual that a youth team striker has got the nod during pre-season and for the first couple of games of the season as our most defensive midfielder, but the coaching staff have seen a huge amount more of him than me and have obviously made the link for a reason. Christie was...

He has no ikea.

Clingan generally had a poor season last year and more was expected from the Club captain, senior pro and one of the highest earners. I think that was the commonly held view, rather than a witch hunt. In seasons gone by, he has looked fairly assured in a quarterback style role and was...

The intention was to mess with people's mind tanks, but I have only succeeded in confusing myself and reluctantly returning to work.

What about the possible description of McSheffrey as a disgraceful legend or a legendary disgrace?

I made a similar comment in another thread. Beckham - dead ball perfectionist, additional hours on the training field. McSheffrey - 29 year old Coventry lad, who - and I could be way out of line here - probably doesn't. Probably just does what the others do. Probably cares a little more about...