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Much has been made this week that Sillett's success with us started from the position of putting 'round pegs in round holes', so its a shame MR didn't follow suit yesterday with Dabo playing centre back. It looks like it was a case of him trying to shoehorn both Dabo and Kane into the team. Even...

Correct, but the thread title of this is perspective and the apparent failure of posters to recognise that a misplaced pass, a bad tackle or a shot off target is going to happen even in the best of games, and that some games the team will start more slowly than others. However, given this teams...

Not someone who posts during a match as I'd rather be watching the game, but I do enjoy reading back the match threads, particularly when we come back in a game, as its pure comedy gold and sums up how knee jerk and wrong the majority of posters are in their reading and knowledge of the game. If...

Yes, as we don't play wingers O'Hares position is his best bet. Only trouble for him is that O'Hare is a bit of a duracell bunny & doesn't seem to run out of steam. At somepoint in the season though we are likely to have to try and cope without him so if Jones is used as his replacement lets...

We've seen enough of Dabo filling in as a centre back to know its not a good fit, but there was little other choice open to MR on Saturday, although Eccles could have been an alternative if he had more matches behind him following his injury. If that had happened though MR would undoubtedly have...

Birmingham will finish higher than 4th bottom. They are an ugly team, but the uncompromising way they play will guarantee enough points to see them stay up comfortably.

To do well in the Championship you need a minimum of 4 potential 1st team strikers to take account of injuries, suspensions, tactical variations and fluctuations in form. Getting rid of Walker would be madness, unless we have some top PL loan to bring in to replace him. We certainly shouldn't be...

At least Moore didn't exacerbate matters by diving in at Billing's feet and conceding a penalty when it was 2-0. Instead he guided him wife forcing him to take on a difficult effort from a tight angle. Certainly more difficult than from the penalty spot. If Wilson had been in goal he would have...

Hope you recognise the boost I've just given to your likes per post ratio!

Isn't MR from Manchester? Quite a different accent to a Sheffield one, or is at a case of Northern accents all sounding the same like Coventry & Brummy accents :)

.... but at the time weren't you critcising MR saying James was a wasted signing and instead wanted him to spend money on bringing in Gnanduillet or Glen Murray? You were the bedwetter in chief after the last January window. It is funny reading you now lauding MR's acumen in that transfer window :)

In terms of Walker's chance at the end I just don't think he realised he had the space he did, and given that he knew time was short I don't really blame him for trying to get a shot off quickly. Whats for sure is if he had taken a moment and looked up to play one of our other players in, but...

I reckon the penalty would have had a good chance of being given in the PL under VAR. Swings & roundabouts I guess though as in the same circumstances we wouldn't have got Godden's penalty against Fulham. As for the red card I can see both sides of the argument, but on a wider note for...

Did you not read the message immediately before yours?

Don't think it was ever the main focus of our attacking intent though, just an added bonus. That said we didn't make as much use of it as we should have done when we had Gunnarsson, and I can only remember on one occasion us scoring from them at that time. He had as good a throw as anyone but...

It will be loans, given we are nowhere near using up our quota and that will be the right way to go too. The January window is a notoriously bad time for making permanent signings, and as pointed out we want to avoid being saddled with high earners on a long term basis.

The long throw has its place, used sparingly, and when we had McCallum we obviously used it at times, but constantly employing it wouldn't suit us as we like to keep the game moving. Birmingham however want a stop start ugly type of game. Their main attacking ploy seemed to be to play into the...

Agree with nearly everything you say, but it should be pointed out there were flashpoints at the cup games, the first one particularly, where Blues fans were trying to pick off our fans making their way back to New Street. Of course they were in the minority and we do well to remember that Blues...

Everything points to us winning, but the derby element to the game traditionally evens things up a little. I'm expecting a real battle with them trying to outmuscle us and catch us on set pieces. They like a long throw, which was their main attacking threat when we played the cup replay a couple...

With your betting history I would feel more confident if you hadn't backed us!