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There is nowhere near enough data to suggest that. Maybe a tenuous link when he played with McNulty, certainly not Gooden. In any caseC without Biamou, Gooden has got off to a good start goal scoring! Personally, my opinion is that playing 5-3-2 just suited us better than 3-4-2-1 has in recent...

It was also his 5th or 6th foul. You’ve got to love the combativeness and playing the game to the edge. But, he needs to control himself a bit because we need him to last 90 minutes.

The key for us is to start picking some points on the road. We've only got 1 point from 4 away games so far. Even a point or two against Forest and Watford would be good. Although, I do think Forest are in disarray at the minute and they are there for the taking. Conversely, our home form has...

Anyone who brags about salary on an Internet forum is a prime suspect for embellishment. Oh, btw, I earn £1,000,000,000,000 per year.

I agree. COH looked good in that midfield 3 when he came on, on top of his technicality, he does have the work rate and bravery to make the CM role work. Especially since Shipley was operating as an AM at certain points last night. Shipley looks better playing as a CM in a three than when he...

He’s undoubtedly our best manager in the modern era. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a particularly staggering feat. We have pretty much had a new manager every other year since relegation in 2001. When we got relegated to L2, the only way was up and we’ve managed to get back into the...

I don’t mind the commentators, in fairness. Generally, I don’t know why they don’t have two impartial and knowledgable guests who will talk about the football. It was nice having Paul Cook back us up a bit, especially compared to Matthew Mills’ obvious bias. The NTTT guys would be good.

Those NTTT guys should be presenting some of the Sky sports games full stop. Whilst being impartial, they're both very knowledgable and generally more entertaining than the usual people they get on their shows.

Allen has spent most his career playing as a CM rather than an AM. COH showed last night he’ll be able to play there too. All of these players were signed when we planned to play 4-3-3 - so we’ve got that tactical flexibility.

Robins was pretty open last night when he said if Walker was fit, he’d be ahead of Biamou.

Precisely, before the Blackburn game, they had conceded 1 goal.

Yes, and no. Reading have been disproportionately ruthless this season with around 30-odd % shot conversion. That isn’t sustainable over 46 games. On top of that, Lucas João scored his 6th goal in 9 shots night (including his 1v1). Ironically, last night they had the most shots they’ve had this...

We already did, but having the 2 AMs higher up the pitch meant that Hamer nor Sheaf could press without leaving gaps in the midfield. Personally, I think Allen’s best performance this season was when he played deeper vs Swansea. So the argument for 5-3-2 is a lot stronger than the 3-4-2-1...

It’s a balance, isn’t it? On one hand, you need to trust the players you’ve picked and tinkering too often hurts team cohesion and so on. On the other, when something isn’t working as planned, something needs to change. My view is that, from the post-match reaction v Middlesbrough, you could...

Would we have lost 4-0 to Blackburn had we not had a red card? Probably not. It was too early to say, but before the penalty incident, we looked alright - having just hit the post, too.

You’re blaming sheaf for that goal? Lucas João scored an inch perfect goal from 20-25 yards with 3 players around him. Sheafs stats for the game: 85% passing accuracy 3 interceptions 8 possessions won 1 chance created You’re nitpicking.

He is a Gooden.

Sheaf got MOTM...

I think Walker and Gooden could be a very good partnership. I had my doubts about Gooden, but always felt he could score at least 10 goals in the Championship. He’s a v good finisher and that attribute can take you through the leagues - which he has done. He lacks the physicality, but that’s...

A few observations on the new 5-3-2 shape from me, for what they’re worth: 1) the 3 CMs gave Hamer and Shipley freedom to get forward and press higher up the pitch 2) offered more protection for the CBs too, as AMs in the pass bypassed relatively easily 3) we were able to keep possession a bit...