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Calling fresh bedsheets for Matt Smith (again)!

While we have spent decent money on transfer fees I still get the impression that our wage bill is still toward the lower end of the league, and given the financial pickle many clubs are in that is probably the correct course of action. Before the start of the season most of our fans were...

Although I don't particularly like any of the 3, I hope one I hope one of them stays up as I don't think its good for football in general for the status quo to constantly remain intact. Likewise I don't want to see Leicester, Leeds and Southampton ending the season as the promoted teams.

There are loads of games in the Championship where the linesmen take an age before flagging for offside when there is no VAR involved!

Without looking back at it I'm pretty sure that was McNally who got caught in possession by Eccles.

Thomas definitely stopped playing, and he was the closest defender to their attacker who also momentarily stopped. Both had clearly seen the linesman put his flag up. Given that these days linesmen are not encouraged to put there flags up until after a passage of play is complete I can see why...

Agree on this, I was expexcting Wright to slide in, but he stood a bit flat footed which made it look a worse pass than it was.

Stoke didn't give him much to do, but he settled in well and his distribution was good. Bigger tests will come though.

Really? He never offered anything insightful, and it felt like they were simply providing him that small window as a sop for doing the driving and carrying all the recording equipment.

but he's only put in one good cross all season!!

So you would play Latibeaudiere ahead of Eccles in midfield?

A big problem for MR is that the defenders and wing backs he has brought in were clearly signed on the basis of us playing 3 centre backs, together with forward thinking wing backs. Playing MVE/ JDS/ Sakamoto in a back 4 would leave us very vulnerable. Fadz looks like he's on his last legs, so...

Can we stop doing these prediction threads looking beyond the next immediate match? My head tells me I shouldn't be superstitious, but everytime I see one of these, with fans expectant for a big points haul, I cringe waiting for the football Gods to to inevitably crush us for getting ahead of...

Panzo was probably a better option. The shot he hit on his debut at Sunderland showed he could hit the ball with power if needed, but I guess he might have not been in the best place mentally having almost gifted Luton a winner in extra time.

Isn't there some UEFA rule that you're not allowed to transfer twice in a season? I guess there might be a way round it if we loaned him out in January in lieu of a sale in the Summer.

I thought Sakamoto had a decent game. Always makes himself available & doesn't often lose possession. End product could be better but he's not alone in that. Wilson badly at fault for 1st goal and thought he got his angles wrong for the 2nd, and kind of invited their player the space to score...

I hope all those people confident that we will see a change in Wright's fortunes are correct, but so far he hasn't shown the basics required of that position as a sole striker. He hasn't looked particularly adept at holding the ball up or running the channels like Gyokeres did. Hopefully my...

A simple change I would like to see, particularly while we are playing 2 forwards is for our wing backs to cross the ball at the first oppotunity. Too often they turn backwards from a crossing position and keep possession, and in the process slow our attack down, allowing the opposition to...

...... but what about the Brighton/ Brentford model?

I'm not trying to say that Eccles' corners were Beckham like but it looks like an element of our supporters have a beef with him, and that to them he is slowly becoming the new Shipley! The corner issue offers an obvious stick to beat him with. Oggy alluded to it in the commentary last weekend...