Absolutely sensational half again. Charlton limited to only one decent chance which Walton made a good save for. 2-0 minimum we deserved. Samuel looks a better bet than Gallagher to me. Back five all excellent, particularly Nyambe and Lenihan, Travis and Downing also great. Not seen much from Armstrong, Buckley has been quiet except for an excellent goal. Edit - also the front four are rotating very fluidly, tactically looking very good.

A perfect half

I'll be amazed if it's not 4231 with AA striker, Dom wide right, Downing left and Buckley at 10. 442 would mean Buckley right wing which I can't see. Edit - for what it's worth I think Dom will be about as effective as Gallagher on the right, and Buckley will physically struggle. I would have preferred 442, and played Chapman ahead of Buckley wide right. If we go behind/ struggle I could see this happening with the subs around half time or 60 mins.

I would just make the point that obviously he is not going to get the sack when we are near the top of the form table and doing well in the league. Those who want him gone will need to wait for the next major run of losses, and then he will be under pressure. As those who want him gone think this run of losses is a certainty they shouldn't have long to wait. Personally I was for him going in December, but now with the up turn of form willing to see what happens. When the data changes opinions change. I would suggest for Stuart and Jim et Al you need to hope for a run of defeats.

Weather is going to play a big part today. Playing direct seems a sensible way to go.

I'm not pontificating about anything just pointing out the biases we all have. Mowbray's in a pretty unassailable position at the moment. We need to wait for him to lose a few games l.

£5 a ticket. Will be absolutely bouncing!

Im sure if the stats were bad for Mowbray you would take a different view on their validity...

We're far enough into the season for the comparison to be valid I think.

Food for thought... we have won more games, have more points and a better goal difference after 32 games than any time since we were relegated from Prem.... (nicked off facebook)

I reckon he actually looks pretty good. Main concern is our whole back five has improved immeasurably since Tosin has come into the side. I wonder when Tosin goes they all get a lot poorer again (apart from Lenihan who has always been good).

Great podcast. Spurr comes across incredibly well!

Looks a genuine promotion quality player. Even when he was perceived to be playing poorly he creates chances for himself and others. Reckon that makes 5 players in the squad good enough to go up - Dack, Lenihan, Travis, Downing, Armstrong. Nyambe and Tosin look on the cusp of that category too. Need 2 or 3 more and we will really be in the mix. Hope we can hold onto the ones we do have.

I think excellent is stretching it a bit!

Got a ticket for this one. Tough game, away, they've got their tails up. While I thought we were totally and utterly dominant against Hull, and if anything could have scored two or three more, that's tempered by the fact Hull were absolutely shocking. So not really sure what to make of our chances at The Valley. The team basically it picks itself. Only question is do we stick with Graham and Bennett or instead play Samuel and Brereton. As it's away and therefore likely to be tighter I suspect Mowbray will stick with the 4411 with Bennett and Graham. For me though Id just go for the 433 we finished against Hull with just to see what it looks like against better opposition. I could see the game being anything from a two goal loss to a two goal win. The Championship is barmy.

Last night was first time I thought there might be a player in Brereton somewhere. It's a strange one though as he seems to think he's a winger trapped in a strikers body. He has a bit of height and what could potentially be good feet. If I was him I would focus on the off the ball game and try and take up good positions in the box. Get some advice from Graham on that. And put some muscle on. What's incredibly annoying about both Brereton and Gallagher is they are more interested in dropping deep and running with the ball than finding good off the ball positions, ideally in the box. If you've the pace of Armstrong or quality of Dack fair enough. But neither of them are going to beat a competant defender on the deck. But that's what they seem to want to do. I know some will say that's Mowbrays coaching, and to a certain degree that's true. But Brereton was playing through the middle yesterday and dropped very deep and wide time after time, and watching back his videos from Forest he seemed to do the same back then. I suppose still Mowbrays issue though as he chose to buy him and Gallagher when we clearly need a proper goal scorer whose main focus is picking up goal scoring positions.

His best game for us but he needs to focus on staying in and around the box if he's going to kick on. It's daft how deep and wide be drops.

Hull were absolutely terrible. But we played well and totally dominated. I'll take it. Think I'll get a ticket for Charlton.

It's been an absolute hiding on stats. And not far off in reality.

Agree with this, probably best I've seen him But for a striker seems to have a total aversion from going in the box.

You make me lol.

Brereton scoring would be too much to ask? Not sure if he will get in the box though.

Three nil. What a terrible performance eh?

Bosh

Just don't understand this, we've totally dominated and played good football. Not sure what people want. I'm no particular Mowbray fan but we are well deserving of our lead.