Search results

Another 90 minutes for Rose and Dacosta Walker comeback

I thought we started brightly and certainly before that first sloppy goal we were very much in it. As usual we didn't have that extra quality to create clear chances early on. I certainly didn't think on the balance of it that we deserved to go into the break 2-0 down. I felt we could have got...

Same old mistakes at both end compounded by some bad luck (apart from Hyam goal) and an awful refereeing performance Marosi 4 (no shots to save apart from those he didn't. Weak for second goal and just wasn't using his area out of possession) Dacosta 7 (some decent forward trickery and getting...

Did the ref know what persistent fouling is?! Only Morrison I think was booked for it but there should have been a number of. How many times did Wilson foul? The last one on O'Hare was disgraceful - should have been red. Dreadful referee performance. Let alone the penalty he missed on Biamou.

Hamer and O'Hare's use of the ball has been so poor. I thought 1st goal might have been offside and Cov should have had a penalty before their second. Marosi has to much stronger - maybe too concerned about Morrison. Obviously game over if they score next but I think we have shown enough to...

Willis' pace would be an asset at championship level. His use of the ball surely would have developed playing in a team that train and play that way.

Yeh really hopeful that he can do it consistently. I will be surprised though if he will be close to the grit and energy that Dabo shows week in week out. Will be delighted if proven wrong.

Dabo is a massive loss, when you need to dig deep but Rose is a bonus.

In our favour is that there have been few games where we have looked totally out of our depth. Watford was a good example. We are capable, with the rub of the green, of beating any Championship side. Form maybe as important as position at this stage. What will be crucial is the squad mentality...

I agree. Boddy has made a positive difference. And changing the mindset of offering one year deals to giving players decent 2 to 3 year contracts gave the squad much needed stability.

Players can improve in other ways from long term injuries. Listening to Matty James is a good example - appreciating every training session and every minute on the pitch. For Jodi it would have been different if he was a tackler to start with. It is not as if he is a lightweight on the ball. He...

Didn't he do a lot of cycling whilst fund raising? Hopefully that will have done some strengthening. What an incredible story it will be if he can be back in the match squad before the end of the season. 🤞

Thought he may have been playing that role for U23s today if he was in the plans for Norwich but he was in midfield.

I agree. I cannot see how he will have anywhere near the energy for the role, but maybe it will be the making of him. He certainly should be able to deliver balls into the box if given the time to do so.

At the time he was loaned out we were consistently playing wing-backs, which wasn't his strength, and we had 2 loaned in. It made sense for him to get game time elsewhere. However as we have seen we sometimes revert back to playing with a back 4 and McCallum has looked vulnerable. Mason was very...

The fact he has been playing on the wing is even more reason to bring him back. The extra forward experience will surely help if he plays wing back. He was doing well there but has had some injuries.

He was on the bench on Saturday

It will be interesting to see if Joe Newton is on the bench on Saturday. Has been a regular for U23s. Obviously a big ask but may be worth starting him with a plan B if he is out of his depth. That's assuming Reid isn't fit. However I think it is odd that Mason wasn't brought back. He may not be...

If we stay up, realistically next season will be about stabilization. Some of our current players, if they manage injuries, are going to get better from championship experience - Dabo, Rose, Hyam, Hamer, O'Hare, Allen, Godden, Walker, Dacosta. We then have some talented youngsters who will...

I think we have one of the smallest squads as it is. The problem is we are able to bring in better players but with history of injuries, which then warrants a larger squad to cope with inevitable further injuries.