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I thought Maidstone hadn't sold out!

Because our available players leave us with little other option! Unfortunately, stumbling across playing Sakamoto in a more advanced role was the key to the change of system and our improved form this season. Most of our Summer signings were made with a view to playing 5 at the back, certainly...

I'm sure Da Silva was signed with the thought that we would continue to play wing backs, and so where defensively there would be additional cover for his obvious disadvantage in dealing with any aerial threat. He was given a long contract and I'm not sure he will be that easy to offload if...

Yes, but equally Birmingham and Stoke made plenty of signings that were the envy of many on this site pre-season.

Even though he has obvious pace MVE has always seemed reluctant to take a player on 1v1. When he does get round behind the defence it has normally involved some one touch build up play involving O'Hare and Sakamoto, taking the opposition full back out of the equation. Because of that I think he...

I think MR might well go to a back 5 for the West Brom match, although I would be surprised if he goes with the formation for every game. Either way missing Saka fundamentally changes the balance and therefore the formation of our team, as there is simply no like for like replacement. He has...

Funny that after our first season in the Championship Brighton sent Ostigaard on loan to Stoke in considering that it would be a step up for him :)

Really? They seem to have our formations pretty spot on!

Are there fans on Twitter as reliable as ours? BBC line up for their last match against Cardiff as follows: Blackburn Formation 3-4-2-1 1Pears 5Hyam55McFadzean16S Wharton 2Brittain6Tronstad30Garrett45Chrisene 8Szmodics44Ayari 9Gallagher BBC lists the same formation in the 3 games Fadz played...

The Blackburn formations I've seen including Fadz have been a back 3! With all our injuries and particular to Sakamoto for who we have no real replacement, I can see MR reverting to a back 3, starting against West Brom, probably in the shape of Lati, Thomas & Kitching. If MR had foreseen that I...

but how many Paul Williams' were there?

I'm not normally up for blaming clubs for twats that happen to support them unless they are clearly in the majority, as I kind of worry where that could eventually end up, but I think part of Wednesday's problem here is that the abuse aimed at Palmer was from a guy standing right next to some of...

Maybe playing Lusala is the only realistic alternative if we want to rest MVE, given Lati & Eccles are probably required to play elsewhere, but this does not mean we will be playing our entire under 21 team, as some of you keep asserting. He is only one player! Any other under 21's such as...

A point is fine if we then go and win at West Brom, but no win out of those 2 games will certainly make things difficult for us.

The more I think about it the more I'm with maybe playing a couple of our under 21's in the Maidstone game. The West Brom game the following Friday could be huge for us and we could really do with most of our strongest XI being well rested for that. Playing a team from so low in the pyramid...

Really? I think MR and the recruitment team are looking at all options. Yes we have brought in Saka, Wright, Torp and MVE from Europe, but we also brought in Collins, Thomas, Kitching and now EMC from League 1, and Dasilva on a free transfer from the Championship. The only clear and obvious...

Kipre's a bit of a brute and probably not MR's type. The Swansea lad Wood could be interesting though. He had a fantastic season last season and played very well against Gyokores at their place. He seemed pretty quick, and being at Swansea will be used to playing out from the back. Last Summer...

I thought yesterday was his best performance for us. He definitely comes across as reserved and shy, so the boost of confidence from scoring in consecutive games will hopefully really light him up for our upcoming games.

A piece of trivia for you while I was looking at this list which I hadn't previously known, but one of those players listed is the son of ex City player, Dean Gordon. Any ideas without googling?

You clearly didn't get the memo that football before 1992 doesn't count!