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bottoms up surely?

If we keep this thread up, we can just refer to him as "he" More to the point, after that jolly good turn and shot to score against WBA, why was he not even in the squad last week. The problem on Saturday, it struck me anyway, was that none of the Jordans on the bench was a creative player, and...

AB?

On money grounds only. As a player seems more a JCH / Max type - we still need nippy striker

Carl Baker training with Conor Chaplin at Ryton

Most of these plans are all round pegs in square holes. It is an away game so we will have a more defensive set up - Doyle & Ogogo in front of a back 4 with Davies in it. That leaves 4 places of which Bayliss, Andreu and Iwolowu (sic) account for 3. It is really only one decision - new guy or...

be good if we could pass as well - to me, to you, to me, to you

formation change?

But we have sense of what sort of player Chaplin is, the striker that plays of the big man, so at least you can suggest that he fills the obvious hole we have. You can similarly argue that the Walsall guy is adding a skill we already have. Can't imagine two of JCH, Max and this guy in the same...

we have Jones and Allesani, who it will already be difficult to fit into the same team. No need for a third.

pedant!

It is never "best eleven" because of injuries, form, opponent. It is a myth. Anyway, it should be best "shape" into which players come and go. That was the learning from Southgate's England incidentally, and also why Bayliss was played out of position - he is a good player but Kelly and Doyle...

Probably too attacking - he will keep Doyle a little longer. If it were me Stiring for Grimmer, Bayliss for Stirling, Allensi or Shipley on the left?

as I said, my interest is in the contract clause that appears to mean that we had to buy him at the end of the season

That much is what I said, the twist is that in our desperation to solve a problem, did we agree to a contract that meant we had to buy him, even tho by May, Robins could have concluded he was not up to the mark

Watching this site go into a state of apoplexy over transfer rumours is as good a reason I can think of for having a transfer window - otherwise it would be in this febrile state all year. Which would be good for Nick's traffic, but bad for the blood pressure of everybody else

At Wembley as soon as coming on, he skinned their fullback down the left. We waited for more, but that was it. Summed him up really

I wondered about this. Did we buy JCH in haste because Biamou was not showing good enough form at that point, so mainly for the final promo push, but got locked into a deal to take him on at the end of the season only to realise we had a dud. Mind you with 2 more pages to read of this thread...

when is kelly due back? Could we play one holding midfielder - Ogogo?

Chaplin on the subs bench at Pompey incidentally