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A few memorable moments as a Cov fan! - Hughes’ GK after Bennett’s red card - winning the last game at Highfield Road, gutted I missed that game - Winning at Old Trafford - Dann’s last minute equaliser v Newcastle - Chelsea in the FA Cup - Westwood’s last min penalty save v Wolves - watching...

This is riddled with generalisations and sweeping statements. Firstly, you’ve made the assumption that Robins ‘pre-planned’ to bring on Chaplin, which is probably not true because he brought him on in response to going 3-2 down. Suggesting MR thought Chaplin to be the best option to get a goal...

Look, this discussion is going around in circles because you’re not answering my fundamental questions. What would you have done differently? Your master plan appears to have been to bring on Bakayoko. How uninspiring. I don’t know when Bakayoko last made an appearance, but it’s irrelevant...

Hindsight is a wonderful thing and football fans are very good at saying what they wouldn’t have done. At least two posters wouldn’t have changed anything of substance, yet criticise the subs Robins made. Hiwula was our most lively player on the left, so keeping him there was a sound idea...

It’s unlikely for most players to score in less than 30 minutes. Chaplin was brought on had one opportunity to get the ball in the box and put in a great ball into a dangerous area — just no one was near it! The consensus we’ve come to is that we lost in the last 20m, so it’s pretty obvious that...

It’s unlikely that Bakayoko would’ve scored, he’s not even performing at U23 level at the minute. If anything, it would’ve made more sense sticking Hiwula up front and having Thomas and Jones outwide. You can imagine the stick Robins would’ve got had he left his main striker on the bench when...

Again, you’ve not said what you would’ve done differently. You would’ve taken Shipley off for Bakayoko, that’s all I’ve got so far. In short, you wouldn’t have changed anything.

The substitutions didn't work, that's football. What changes would have made then? Jone has been effective coming off the bench most of the time, it was only last week his shot led to the goal. If you're saying you wouldn't bring him on, you're being reactionary. Bayliss is our most attacking...

Context is everything and this was a difficult Cup game for us. About 4-5 games ago Walsall were above us in the league so this was as an even game you could get in the 1st round. At 2-0, you fear there could’ve been a capitulation, had that happened, the ridiculously low scores would be...

Doyle and Ogogo wasn’t the problem, in fact, the midfield performed worse when Bayliss came on. Which you wouldn’t expect because Bayliss is one of our best players. Against Stanley, they didn’t perform well, together which is why I was pleasantly surprised with their performance yesterday...

Exactly. Ask anyone what they would’ve done, they probably would’ve done the same. We had it all last season... What would you have done differently then?

I’m going to keep a level head here, with a lot of these scores, you’d have thought we’d lost 4-0. Burge, 6 - made a good save, confusion between him and Thompson led to their first Thompson, 5 - looks awkward going forward, and was involved in two defensive mixups. He bounced back from that...

Fair enough, you caught me out haha! I got caught in two minds how my point was going to be made and made the sloppy error of not checking. For what it’s worth, I think JCH is our best striker at this moment. Despite my amateurish error, the pertinent point is that Chaplin is a 1st choice and...

Bayliss nor Jones made the impact we would’ve expected. But, it was a positive move and statement of intent that we wanted to win the game. It didn’t pay off, which is bound to happen on occasion. Robins is a smart man, he didn’t think ‘chuck the marquee signing on’, but he trusts and rates...

Firstly, point out where I call Chaplin our best striker? Robins clearly rates him as he spent the whole summer trying to sign him and spent 500k on him. He’s his first choice in MR’s eyes for sure. Whilst I didn’t make it obvious, ‘first choice’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘best’. We weren’t...

They’re both on 3, with a penalty apiece. Maybe Bakayoko would’ve been a better choice, who knows. The rationale of bringing on your best striker is stronger than bringing on your 4th choice, there’s no ifs or buts on that one. When you lose, you can’t do anything right because had he brought on...

Hiwula had more chances and looked more threatening than Thomas today, after all, his goal was a 'gift' apparently... JCH played well, won a lot aerially, linked up really well and got a goal and if his first chance was on his left foot, it's odds-on he scores. It wasn't perfect and I've...

Our main striker was on the bench, why would you throw on your 4th choice over your main, marquee signing!? That would be baffling. With JCH putting in another good performance, there just isn't a way for Bakayoko in the team at this moment. Hopefully, he gets game in the Checkatrade and puts...

Thomas' goal wasn't a gift at all and whilst his shot was not powerful, was well placed. The BBC description of it as 'excellent' is probably giving it too much credit, you're certainly doing a disservice to Thomas. Having read a report from a Walsall source, they don't seem to think it was a...

They didn’t test Burge in the first half. We gifted them two goals, which is criminal. Our first was a gift too. Shipley, JCH and Hiwula all had decent chances and the latter, as well as Thomas were guilty of trying to take too many touches in good positions. We had 7 corners to 1, more shots...