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I was hoping that it would be one of those that just flares up and goes away with an injection and a few days off, knowing our luck it'll need an op though. “He had an injection of anaesthetic on Friday to numb the area to see if it does any good, and it was doing it good because it felt...

Have I erased some of Godden's misses in response to the trauma of it all? Apart from the 2nd half at Tranmere has he done much else wrong?

We certainly have carried over some of the issues of last year into this season. My issue has been for a couple of season now that we don't kill games off when on top. We still top the list of total minutes level in games, which we also topped last season too. We've done better overall so far...

Yes, when a team scores first they are more likely to win. In L1 last season scoring first in a game resulted, on average, in winning 69% of those games. There's also an expected discrepancy between % of games won when scoring first at home and away, although not as wide as you might think...

I don’t think so. Perhaps more pertinently, can you scout for the things he’s missing?

I just think he’s a stupid footballer. No sign of any football intelligence in his game and therefore not able to develop his natural attributes. We obviously bought him with the intention to build on his physical foundations but he’s proved unable to so far.

It's frustrating but we can't not sign someone when they've passed a medical because they had a groin operation 9 years ago, can we?

Sure. That was very much what I would do, not what I think MR will do. I prefer Mason over McCallum for what he does in the final 3rd. Our fullbacks have a lot of responsibility to attack in the 4-3-3 and Mason seems to have a much better understanding with Hiwula and this season, the area I...

Was one moment in yesterday's game where O'Hare was flying forward with the ball and Kastaneer actually tackled him and then did nothing with the ball he'd nicked off O'Hare's toe.

In the 4-3-3 there's absolutely no interchange between the 3 forwards because of the distance between them and our play ends up too linear and all in channels up the pitch - Dabo, Westbrooke and O'Hare play together on the right. McCallum, Shipley, Hiwula down the left. Nothing much down the...

He only missed the 4 September league matches, it's not like he's just come back from a 6 month lay off. He also played in the 2nd half of the Rotherham game before the full 90 against FGR. It is strange to have given him 120 minutes in 3 days and then leave him as an unused sub for 2...

Agree with the majority of that. I thought McCallum did ok defensively but didn't get forward nearly enough as he should have given how much space there was on the flanks today. When he did get forward his crosses were poor. Dabo did twice the running and his crossing was far superior. Also...

Well, that's another one where we've failed to score in the first 30 minutes and it was a pretty classic example. They were well in the game 2nd half and had chances to win it.

Genuinely can't believe all we've done in this match is swap 2 forwards. We might have had loads of possession but they have shut down the middle of the pitch all match and it was obvious a change was going to be needed after about 20 minutes. Love Robins for what he's done at the club since he...

Rose or Dabo for me. Rose has made several very well timed challenges in the area. Dabo defended well and got forward too

Bunch of dirty bastards this half. Need our captain on.

Pretty lacklustre overall. Very comfortable at the back - they're playing pretty deep and only 1 up front. Our midfield 3 a little overwhelmed by their midfield, which is often a 5, so a lot of our play is forced out wide. Dabo's getting a lot of ball down the right and playing well but McCallum...

What an absolute waste of our first corner.

Fullbacks will have to do a lot of work today - might be tough to break down their 4-2-3-1 through the middle with our 4-3-3

Shouldn't be on the bench if it's injury related, rather have Bapaga there when we have Watson to cover in emergency. Robins has made no secret about how highly he rates McCallum though - if he was going to give him a couple of games to progress his development I suppose home to Tranmere and...