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To single out occasional instances in the past like Gillespie, Wallace and even Jones misses the point. We have always had instances like that from time to time. But now there is a concerted programme This programme is based on the assumption that a %, maybe quite a high one, will not make it...

I don't think we can pick up 3 points without a defeat. The points options from 2 games without a defeat are 2, 4 or 6.

No, I am impressed too. I think it is an excellent way to hold a larger squad at Div 1 level. A good young player from a higher league is just as good as and cheaper than some seasoned pro. And easier to be rid of if they don't make it.

Lovely bloke, good squad member, spectacular if sporadic goals - but not top 6 Div 1 standard, and no obvious place unless Godden is injured or Robins reverts to 4-4-2. The latter is unlikely. See him on his way at the end of the season with a big thank you, not least for that wonder strike...

Ok I have deleted Baka from the list and added Walters, whom I had forgotten. I thought Bremang, Williams and McCallum came through youth but am obviously misguided. Where did they come from? Bremang is too young surely. As regards having too large a squad, there are two things to discount...

more succinct than me. But the points of interest in it as a model are This new, it started with Hyam. is this correct? As yet we haven't sold anybody on and so far none of them have the look of big cash, even if they are good at this level Sometimes the expression "development" is used an...

Can people closer to the action, and who see more games than me, help get my head around exactly what, “buying a player for development” means in reality? Here is my sort of understanding · A stream for providing new players that started in summer 2017 with Hyam. It adds to the existing streams...

Andreu's was direct from a free kick. So only JCH's a proper goal from open play

...and that should end the discussion

The cliche "build the team around..." is such tripe. It's an eleven man game, the star could be Messi, but if the rest are crap what use is it? Secondly it makes life so easy for the opposition, just mark or clobber the key man and that is the job done. Thirdly, at this level no player holds his...

Oxford and Pompey are both in the bottom quarter

Burton a bit of a mixed bag although have have arguably played more good sides than us. They have beaten Bristol at home, drawn with S'bury and thumped Oxford both away, then lost to Rotherham and Ipswich at home, narrowly, altho themselves beat the Gills away. They were due to play Sunderland...

Last year was a very stable top 6. Although we were 8th, we barely threatened Doncaster. In the course of the 2nd half of the season, Posh and Pompey left the top 6 and Charlton and I think Luton joined it. But there was a clear gap for most of the last third. This year looks quite fierce -...

Walsh looks very good. Incidentally I note that the long diagonal to the point of the 6 yard box for Godden to score was no untargeted lump forward, they tried it again on this clip. It may have been to pinpoint a known Blackpool weakness or a regular ploy to utilize what a handful Godden is...

Marosi Dabo McFadzean Hyam Mason Allen Kelly Walsh Jobello Godden O'Hare I thought Allen looked the best thing in our midfield in the friendly at Swindon, until he went off. Walsh as holding midfielder, Kelly pushes forward

Jobello's looks better from that angle

It is the modern way at our level - Doncaster have had similar turnover You have to scotch any idea of team building over time, with a gradual improvement as each time better players are bought, which is most fans' emotional view of how it should be done . A good manager is in effect building a...

In which case who is the next one to sell - Mason?

ho ho

Armstrong peaked while at City. One trick pony - the lob over the goalie