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Eccles was mostly a first choice player last season. Only 7 players made more League starts, so more often than not he was in our starting XI.

That's a great signing for them.

Smallbone has started in the Southampton team so won't be going anywhere. The more I've thought about Grimes the more I hope we look elsewhere. He is suited to a different style of play and we need more dynamism than he is likely to bring.

I don't think a single player can replicate what Hamer provided us last season so to my mind we will need 2 replacement midfielders. Sheff U had McAtee & Doyle on loan last season so I wonder what Man City's plans are for them this season? O'Brien could also be a loan option from Forest...

Although as I've pointed out earlier, that I'm not averse to the £37 price for Cat A games, I do agree that prices should be made more affordable for young adults. Not good to price them out and alienate them when they are the future supporters we will rely on to pay those top whack prices in...

The Stoke thing would depend entirely on how we were playing, same as West Brom at our place last season.

£37 only seems like a disgrace because we have not had particularly high prices to pay in recent years relative to a lot of our rivals. Do you want us to get in the PL? If you do, be careful what you wish for because prices would likely be even higher! £37 is not unreasonable if you compare to...

Rubbish - same was said last year and we got our biggest crowds for category A games. I also remember claims that West Brom were going to boycott last season, but such is the fickleness of fans that they won a few games and then sold their allocation. The same will apply to Sunderland...

Which is a gradual process! Playing our first team tomorrow night will not automatically have those players firing on all cylinders on Saturday. Instead just banging another 90 minutes + into them tomorrow, with only 2 full days before Saturday will result in tired legs and tired minds at the...

I think there's a few of you being a bit naive about this game. The Middlesbrough game on Saturday has to be our main focus this week. It is the start of the season and its natural that players will start to get a little leggy as matches go on, particularly with the extra added on time this...

Where does this 'questionable attitude' come from? Hamer is a player who always seems to put the effort in so it seems to me a completely unreasonable comment. Should we get rid whatever the offer? £3m for arguments sake?

Although past his best Waghorn was evidently a decent pro while with us even though it never worked out for him, so good luck. If I'm honest I can't really see him tearing up League 1, but his experience and professionalism may have a positive effect on some of the younger players in the team to...

Yes to be fair it did come across as pantomime booing, rather than really aggressive hatred that can be dished out occasionally.

and at our place?

What about Gardner-Hickman at West Brom? Apparently he's not in favour with Corboran!

I would be surprised if any of yesterday's starting XI start tomorrow so I'll go with: Collins Howley Binks Bidwell van Ewijk Kelly Sakamoto Eghosa Burroughs Obikwu Wright Subs bench will be packed with first teamers though!

Sunderland fan I work with told me Simms was a slow starter with them last season, but then combined well with Stewart who Wright looks quite similar to, so I'm looking forward to seeing them play together. They both have the height and stature to really put it to Championship defences.

I think it shows a lack of class on our part - did Sunderland fans boo him last season? He was good for us and probably had very little say in his move to Leicester. I'm sure a few on here supporting his booing were the same people slagging off those that gave Maatsen the same treatment last...

My impression is that him wanting to go back to Holland has been completely blown up on here, with the theory seemingly growing a life of its own as more and more posters give it credence by adding 2+2 in relation to his marriage break up and a newspaper article from a year ago saying he would...

Southampton to do best of the relegated teams and win the league. The other 2 relegated teams will be in the top 6 too. Its difficult after that really but I would have thought Boro, Sunderland, Norwich, West Brom, Millwall, Swansea, Stoke, Ipswich and ourselves have reasonable shouts at making...