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...unless a good hard bitten quality old pro became available on loan who was an established leader on the pitch and taller than Lati.

Loans, loans, loans. In the play off year we had 3 in January two of whom were v good, McNally and Norton Cuffy

I have come back to this one, because the downplaying of Robins' achievement in getting us out of League 2 I find really irritating. Compare the two teams that went to Wembley in successive years. Only 3 carried forward if I remember rightly, Stokes, Willis and Burge Shipley and Bayliss came...

Feel about WBA like we all do about Preston...So fear the worst. The newfound defensive tightness along with WBA's well established cautious approach gives us a chance of at least a draw. Same team. Never thought a two man central defence including such a short arse as Lati would be the...

...there might be the odd central defensive midfielder don't you think? The need has not changed along with the manager. If Dean Austin is any good, it will be a not dissimilar list that Lampard is appraising

The odds are any permanent signing made in January is a distressed purchase. Not really what you want and having to overpay for it The exceptions to this rule are few. January business is minimal and mainly done by those in a desperate position. Hull will be busy. In the mean time we must...

In the league 2 season he had to build a side from scratch.

broken clock two weeks in succession. He's had the opposition fullback on toast in the last two home games

I love it when a player is continually slagged off on here by our knowledgeable contributors - and then scores

I am going to guess Collins MVE Thomas Kitching Bidwell Torp Sheaf Rudoni Tats Sims EMC Dropping Eccles is the surprise. Unless he drops Sheaf instead

this is a good point. In the play off season both palmer and hamer were good at a rapid transference from defence to attack straight down the middle of the pitch (O'Hare was injured for the second half). We have really missed that drive. It has all been dinky doo, give the opposition time to...

The O'Hare in his pomp, before the injury, not the pale shadow we saw ambling about the pitch the other saturday

...and Rod Liddle

Defence is the big problem: You can't keep leaking 2 a game. The combo of MVE-Thomas-Binks-D Silva with or without Lati clearly is not working. If you keep repeating the same thing, don't be surprised if you keep getting the same result. So the backline must change The midfield is lacking...

They must bring back Kitching, and I would insert Torp for Eccles. But Frank is wedded to 4-3-3 so your line up above becomes Dovin MVE - Kitching-Thomas-Binks Torp Sheaf Rudoni Tats Simms EMC Personally I would:- 1. Bidwell at left back 2. Tell Tats & MVE to just spend the whole week sussing...

That explains EMC doing the marking with da Silva tucked in. It has the additional bonus of ensuring Da Silva's woeful inability to mark a man does not get so much exposure

I would prefer him to eccles

Rudoni & EMC were good. Rudoni's skill rescued a number of 50/50's Everybody else a bit meh. MVE in particular has lost his mojo. Collins distribution remains a cut above - shame he can't do the main job he is employed to do, stop shots Simms made a difference Torp added some aggro into...

First chance to comment since getting back (via the pub) - Dreadful performance with the exception of EMC and Rudoni. - Worse than Derby, who at least were tactically well marshalled. Cardiff were crap - Basic skills lacking - like the weight of pass - We can't keep having the combination of...

"Apparently" doing a lot of heavy lifting there. If he did then what ever confidence I had in the Lampard appointment has only been further eroded