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Had a bad night so slept thru first 25 minutes of the game but I thought it was a good all around performance. A couple of players need to get better but could so many if us end up eating some pie of the humble kind. Thiught we closed the game out better than in recent history I was certain we would concede late on, thiught Toth looked quite solid today too. Have to wonder if they are figuring how much they can get for Scott already.

I'd 100% back Dolan over 5, 10 and probably 20 yards for pace. But other than that and being a bit lightweight, Mori looks a quality player. Gudjohnsen looked very promising too. Looks technically good and gets the most out of his frame. Seemed a smart player too, same as Mori. It bears repeating just how good Scott Wharton was today. Absolutely fantastic performance. Back with a bang on his first league start in nearly 18 months. Easiest MotM I'll ever give. Really chuffed for him.

Because it's funny watching it unfold, of course.

Why "unfortunately" ? He brings it on himself by his utter certainty that hisxway is right regardless of the evidence everyone else can see.

We'll be in deep trouble the minute that Wharton and Carter get injured and nothing is more predictable than that.

Obviously worth more to the clubs that signed them and that's all you need to know.

On the footballing side if we sign a contract for a player at 10k a week for 5 years does inflation come into play? Sorry if a daft question I just expected that was it for the 5 years

All sounds promising. If Mori is a step quicker than Dolan and plays with his head up, composed, and still has skill then he sounds like an upgrade. Gudjohnsen will be riding a high from his goal against France. Hopefully he keeps that momentum.

I'd rather go to away games than home ones.

Morishita looks a tidy, skillful, composed player. Plays with his head up. He's slower than many of us thought he'd be though - maybe a step quicker than Dolan? Gudjohnsen was the real eye opener I thought - looked excellent when he came on.

Because we sold quality. Not much of that left.

What a day, Rovers with a great win, and "last night of the proms" after a load of ale. I still knew all the words to Bohemian Rhapsody.

Had to miss the game, on the way back from a gig in Bristol and just watched the highlights on Sky...buzzing tbf. Superb efforts from Morishita and Cantwell that could easily have gone in, yes they were from distance but promising we could start scoring pearlers again. Lovely for Mori to get his full debut goal and see his helicopter celebration. Thought Ohashi's pass to him was unreal, looks like they've already struck up an understanding. How did Morishita play in general? These may be still the dark days of Venkys, and there's a lot of football to be played this season, but I'm gonna take the moments of light when I can!

He hasnt been in the last 2 years. When he has played, he has looked really shaky and error prone and often seemed to evade criticism which was unfairly put on Hyam. I have always seen suggestions of the Premier League as unfounded but he has certainly shown before that he can be a good defender at this level and perhaps it was just those fitness issues that meant that he struggled to perform to his maximum during those 2 seasons. So the question is whether he can stay fit. Not only is it critical as he is our only natural right footed centre back but its also important to allow him to get some rhythm back.

For Wrexham in particular, it almost feels like a totally new team. With Parkinson's track record at this level, I do wonder considering that they have built a team of good Championship players, whether you just would be ruthless not based on what Parkinson deserves as it would feel unjust, but you make a tough managerial decision with similar ambition that they have shown signing players to try and get the best from them. If you arent convinced now but wait and see, you could be wasting time and leaving it too late to have a real push higher up. Im unsure if their owners will do that. They are seemingly incredibly ambitious and invested but they also seem really loyal.

Carter has always been real quality when fit, could conceivably play in the Premier League. Just a question of how long he can stay off the treatment table. The big unknown is how decent is Miller as a CB. My best guess is given Wharton and Carter's injury records Miller is going to get at least 10 games this season at CB.

Aaah😂

I can understand where you are coming from regard Birmingham and Wrexham but given the amount of new players signed, allowing them to get use to new manager and tactics/formation surely you allow some settling in time. Maybe judge move crucial after another 10 to 12 games? On Sheffield United situation, its just been a mess since sacking Wilder which was a mistake

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Carter deserves praise as well. Straight from the treatment room into the starting eleven and defended well and always on the front foot, just like his partner Wharton. A new constellation at the back and pretty new team altogether. Subs were sensible too.

Oh hahaha I knew what you were on about I was on about the butchering of his name 🤣🤣

They could do worse than getting him watching some early Nzonzi games and coach him to get a foot in and keep it simple. He needs to grow into Nzonzi but he's trying to be Patrick Viera .

He was pretty impressive in his debut considering I’d never heard of him previously.

On holiday, forgot what day it was 🤦‍♂️ Maybe I should do that more often 😄

How much were they on? I'd need to know that before I decided whether or not they had earned a rise.