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We also had an excellent youth set up that was about to bring the likes of Danny Thomas, Paul Dyson, Andy Blair and Mark Hateley into the mix too.

If that had remained the tone of the criticism of him then I don't think anyone would have referred to those critics as 'haters'. Unfortunately there were undoubtedly some really vitrolic stuff hurled at him however, much of it not even aimed at his footballing ability but at him engaging with...

We beat them 4-2 in a mid week game, I think Dowie might have been manager and Mifsud was influential in our win.

Think I read that an average expected result for teams with a similar gap between us & Maidstone is only 2-0 or 3-0. Given some of the outlandish score predictions on here, should the result end up like that there are clearly going to be some disappointed people on this message board, even if we...

Wilson was having a mare of a game but I think its a tad unfair to implicate him in blame for Saka's injury. I imagine rather than booting it upfield for Saka to challenge for the ball in the air, Wilson's intention was to put it over their defender's head into the space behind him for Saka to...

Ah, I see that's what your basing it on. Guess I should have paid more attention as I thought you were just listing our best XI. Is that just league games, or cup too? Either way that team will be quite different come the end of the season.

O'Hare?

I think its important for his own mental health that his team mates and the club rally round him and help keep his spirits up. It must be quite testing for a young athlete in a foreign country, under instruction to just stay still for 8 weeks. It would be nice if our supporters can also...

Friday was awful, but for the real doom and gloom merchants please go and view the CCFC 10 years from now thread to get some proper perspective, rather than coming to knee jerk conclusions.

Didn't the Maidstone supporter (NWS) that's been on here say they had returned 350 or something? If not I must have misread! edit - post 722 in this thread - returned 75 so partially correct :)

If we draw one of the big boys then fine we enjoy the occasion and get on with it, but if we get to the quarter finals my first preference is a winnable home game.

I thought Maidstone hadn't sold out!

Because our available players leave us with little other option! Unfortunately, stumbling across playing Sakamoto in a more advanced role was the key to the change of system and our improved form this season. Most of our Summer signings were made with a view to playing 5 at the back, certainly...

I'm sure Da Silva was signed with the thought that we would continue to play wing backs, and so where defensively there would be additional cover for his obvious disadvantage in dealing with any aerial threat. He was given a long contract and I'm not sure he will be that easy to offload if...

Yes, but equally Birmingham and Stoke made plenty of signings that were the envy of many on this site pre-season.

Even though he has obvious pace MVE has always seemed reluctant to take a player on 1v1. When he does get round behind the defence it has normally involved some one touch build up play involving O'Hare and Sakamoto, taking the opposition full back out of the equation. Because of that I think he...

I think MR might well go to a back 5 for the West Brom match, although I would be surprised if he goes with the formation for every game. Either way missing Saka fundamentally changes the balance and therefore the formation of our team, as there is simply no like for like replacement. He has...

Funny that after our first season in the Championship Brighton sent Ostigaard on loan to Stoke in considering that it would be a step up for him :)

Really? They seem to have our formations pretty spot on!

Are there fans on Twitter as reliable as ours? BBC line up for their last match against Cardiff as follows: Blackburn Formation 3-4-2-1 1Pears 5Hyam55McFadzean16S Wharton 2Brittain6Tronstad30Garrett45Chrisene 8Szmodics44Ayari 9Gallagher BBC lists the same formation in the 3 games Fadz played...