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Our best team is 5 at the back, 4 in midfield and 3 up front....ooh er that's 13

Allen surely. How could you drop Torp or Rudi

Grimes must play against Leeds. EMC in as a sub

It's all about cash flow

5-3-2 it's working for heaven's sake and we don't any combination of four defenders good enough to keep clean sheets Dovin MVE - Lati - Thomas - Kitching - Bidders Rudoni - Grimes - Torp Wright - EMC

If you are thinking of promotion, Lati and Thomas are not good enough. Binks might become so. Kitching is ok. But none of them are exceptional and Prem teams would likely make mincemeat of the lot of them

2 goals a game conceded thro the Autumn, I think not. That's why we have to play 3 at the back - to compensate. Kitching is the only one of the requisite standard and needs a new partner

We need a better central pairing at the back if Frank wants to play 4-3-3 that is for sure. One of the four at the back we have at present has to go to make way for a new McFadz.

Not so sure myself. They will be super motivated to show they can play without him.

Not an easy fixture at the best of times. And they will not want a 4th defeat in a row, least of all at home. The Grimes saga may also stiffen their resolve. Still think we can win, in the manner of the Blackburn game. Just think the Grimes business has reduced the likelihood. Jamie Allen...

Is he better glue than a fit Sheaf?

at least two west African footballers (Drogba was one) payroll part of their home country's education system)

...the proverbial 'new manager bounce'? At this stage at least

I am outsider on this one. Haven't seen us against Swansea for quite a while for one reason or another. But it looks like - Sheaf is on his way out (and may not fit with what Lampard wants - maybe a quicker style of play). - Grimes is older than Sheaf and apparently a leader. He is (if you...

That makes sense, as a purchase it was so out of line with all SISU's previous recent transactions. I have always wondered

...a better save than the two at Blackburn. A Watford fan (I think) posted a video of it from their end. He gets right down with his balance exactly right, before the strike. Still some reflexes

I think it's called reversion to the mean. When you have a whole lot of apparently random numbers most will cluster around the centre but there will always be outliers, like middlesbrough on the other side. And Swansea for us. There would always be an outliers it just happens to be swansea

One of those will not get regular 1st team so will leave. Sheaf you would think. Allen stays as a good understudy

If we can beat Blackburn who are a lot higher in the table then we must think we have a good chance of a win. Surely. A draw is the minimum requirement. I don't do all that bogey team tosh, even for Preston away let alone Swansea. I would be tempted to go one up front and bring back Tats

We have beaten 3 play off contenders in 6 days and none of them impressed - although in retrospect the Bristol result looks better. The standard this year is really quite poor. But even with the three missing players we need serious upgrades, particularly in defence if we want to play 4-3-3...