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The new Ponticelli!

He's so well known that the BBC have used a picture of Tavares (I think).

Purely speculation but I did wonder if Rose had spoken out of turn after finding out he was dropped for the game and was being taught a lesson. Just couldn't find any other logic in the decision to not have him in the squad at all.

Robins spoke after the Luton game about needing a different approach away from home. Has anyone identified anything in the 2 games since? Have injuries, illness and suspensions stopped him from doing what he wanted? Away games have been problematic for us since Robins returned. In L2 we failed...

There's not much deflection here, he blames the ref for the penalty but not the loss: "It's something that I don't like to say but I have to apologise to our fans. The second half was wrong. Everything was all wrong from the beginning to the end. "We controlled the first half, scored early and...

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The Robins way for most of his 2nd time here now has generally been to keep things tight in the first half and then go for it when the game opens up in the 2nd half of games. I think part of the reason that has worked so well at home is the away team 'a point away from home is a good result'...

Of course it's right. The 2 game ban is for actually conning the ref into giving us a penalty, unlike a real time yellow for attempting to con him and failing. Are the rules applied consistently and fairly? No. But we won, the points are ours and we have plenty of time to focus on Blackburn...

It's a lot easier to be patient when you're a 4th choice striker around a club in the top 6 than the bottom 6.

My worry for this season now is tanking after Christmas, like Hamer did last season. We've play a pretty settled side, can they maintain the intensity we play at over a whole season without their form dipping due to fatigue? In some ways these suspensions might be a good thing. Not sure Hamer...

Both he and especially Sheaf played higher up the pitch in the 2nd half when in possession and it changed the entire dynamic of the team, helped of course by an early goal and a dodgy pen. Some of threads about him in the L2 season still make me angry. :ROFLMAO:

Fingers crossed Sheffield United put 6 past Bournemouth so we'll be up in the autos.

Already looking forward to the back and forth on the 18 'I told you so' threads that will be starting in 20 minutes.

Sheaf and Kelly 10 yards higher out of of possession and 15 yards higher in possession in the 2nd half. Robins has got it spot on at HT whilst saving a sub.

What an amazing finish after a god awful first touch. Brilliant hit.

Think that's even worse the JCS decision, at least there was some actual contact in the week :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

Kelly has been good in his defensive role but it's at the detriment of the team's attacking performance because of what it forces everyone else to do. Would bring on Allen for Sheaf or Kelly I think, we're missing a midfielder when we attack so we're reliant on perfect balls or a bit of magic...

Fulham are a really good side, so anything said today has to be taken with that caveat but... what we're seeing is a 3-5-2 with 2 sitting midfielders vs the more box to box style like Allen or Hamer. In today's scenario, the sitting midfielders allow the wingbacks to both get much higher at...

Done well in several aspects of play but he's dropping into the back 3 too early for me and that's part of the reason why Fulham have been able to dribble from their half to the edge of our own box on 2 or 3 occasions already as we've not had enough in midfield. Need to find a balance between...

The wingbacks have to get forward for this formation to work, especially chasing the game, but they need to get back and defend out of possession but that's exactly what Maatsen is doing - getting back. Kane has done the right thing too - Maatsen has gone forward and Kane is marking his man in a...