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Shipping out McFadzean made sense if we were making a full pivot to the 433, but we didn’t sign any other players who could play in that formation, and now we’re back to the system where McFadzean looks pretty good. I don’t see what we gained by moving him on.

Playing a team that strong against Maidstone when the fixtures are piling up like this was ridiculous. Robins shouldn’t have let King, Ipswich or the bedwetters on here convince him that resting key players would be a mistake against such poor opposition.

All things being equal I think you’d rather have started Bidwell, Kitching and Wright in tonight’s game rather than on Monday night, but apparently it was imperative that we play full strength against Maidstone no matter what.

When I show the wife my new plans for remodelling the downstairs:

Well Palmer has started out wide recently to enable us to keep playing 433 and we literally don’t have any natural wide players to replace Sakamoto, so maybe Robins figured it may as well just be O’Hare out wide too? But yeah, it could well just be the box.

I’m not sure, but as I mentioned above, whichever formation it is I think we’re starting Dasilva to offer us some width in a starting XI without any natural wide players. But I’d be very worried about Dasilva getting enough defensive protection if we’re playing with a back 4.

So Palmer and O’Hare on either flank? Not a lot of natural width in that first XI, except from MVE and Dasilva.

Well if we were going to insist on starting Bidwell against Maidstone then it was always more likely he would have to start tonight. Playing 3ATB, where Robins seems to prefer Dasilva, is another factor too.

Ironically I thought he performed better for us in L1 and sometimes even in the Championship than he did in L2. There were times in that first season where he looked like one of the worst strikers we’ve ever had.

They did in my experience. Maybe she just wasn’t that into you?

There is no comparison to be made. It makes the notion that Godden is somehow frustrated with City fans’ admiration for Biamou even more ludicrous.

Away fans’ response is going to be pretty predictable though

Didn’t we get loads of revenue from prize money and ticket sales? Loss aversion is the only real reason to say you’d rather miss the playoffs and lose an FA Cup semifinal imo

Has anyone checked on Godden to see that he’s not too upset by this?

Bla bla bla, it would hurt more to lose the playoffs at Wembley than a FA Cup semi, we all get it. But you want the team to achieve as much as possible - reaching the playoff final is a much greater achievement than beating Wolves. And the road to the playoff final itself would be pure magic.

Stronger side than I expected but Friday kind of scrambled everything What’s happened to Collins?

I mean….you’re just describing how football works? If our full backs deal with the problem then it’s of little note and everyone moves on. If only it were so.

You should know by now that the Basildon stuff definitely isn’t good for a point! Death, taxes, and a lonely Grendel Sunday

“Who’s Lee Johnson” would’ve been good for a point, but your spelling has let you down there, better luck next time