Generally weve played so well, can't believe we're behind. Wharton though has an absolute stinker. With him and Travis both on yellows we need to change something there.

Id say Wharton is the on whose really struggling with passing. Must have turned over the ball half a dozen times.

Moran is quality player

Well on the plus side weve got a lot of time to show we can win from behind

Fucking hell...

What an incredible performance so far. Top class. But no goal...

Looks okay, should have four hours to clear the pitch after rain stops between 3pm to 4pm. I presume they cover it during a big downpour like the last couple of days?

I remember Jason Roberts picked him in his greatest ever team mate XI on Sky Sports years ago. So baffling, they must have played a handful of games together?

Looking at the forecast it looks like rain from now until kick off... does feel like it could get called off?

Yeah, but while atrocious at finishing or linking up the play Gallagher is very good at pressing and running and physically disrupting the opposition back line with his power and pace. He's also very handy defensively at set pieces etc. My fear is when Leonard, Telalovic, Dolan etc come in we just lose the ability to put effective pressure on up front and we get pushed out. Ennis really looked handy to me is the games he has played. Physical, knows where the goals is. Seems much more of a proper striker than Gallagher or BBD. He's the one I am looking at thinking he could make the difference. While we wait for him we're just gong to have to hope whoever fills in can step up.

Is that this season or since JDT joined? Do you have a link to it as looks like a great site!

Plenty doubting him (including me) after one or two games as seen by the timestamps at the start of the thread. If it had been a few months I think thats fair enough. Reading through the thread think most fans was onboard with him being decent by mid October. Just saying the 7 new signings will need similar time to bed in. 6-10 games.

Well, they (including me amongst them) were wrong in terms of him being a poor or unnecessary player.

Hard to know who will play given the injuries on the weekend.... For what it's worth I would probably look to switch to 433 rather than 4231 as the two holding midfielders were getting overrrun on Saturday. Need an extra body in there. I am assuming Travis and Gallagher will sit it out due to their knocks. With Gallagher out and Ennis not fit leaves us with a choice of Telalovic or Leonard for number #9 which is not ideal. Pears Brittain Carter Hyam Pickering JRC Wharton Garret Hedges Telalovic Szmodics Subs : Wahlstedt, Hill, Wharton, Tronstad, Moran, Leonard, Dolan

Going back to the start of this thread is a great example of why not to judge new players too early..... Szmodics is fantastic for us, and while he nominally plays in Dack's number 10 role he is a totally different sort of player who is more reminiscent of Crag Bellamy in his style. If he had more pace (and he's not slow) Szmodics would be a premier league player. I like everything about him. Stepping back - the two main signings we got last year - Hyam and Szmodics - have turned out to be brilliant. Hoping that the signings this year are similar quality. But we do need to give them a couple of months to bed in.

Szmodics is much more mobile than Dack, covers a lot more ground and runs the channels etc, so I think he would make a much better fist of playing as a 9 imo than Dack . Still he's great at 10, we should leave him there. Need one of Gallagher, Ennis or Telalovic to make the number 9 role really work. Difference between mid table or playoffs for us.

Usually on by nowish on a Sunday. Defo by 5pm.

Yeah, compared to other debuts Telalovic didnt look too bad. Few players look world beaters out of the gate. Dont think we really should expect big things from him in the short term.

Is Szmodics actually better than a fully fit Dack? Im beginning to think so...

Gallaghers been great in everything except finishing.... for me id probably bring Telalovic on for Dolan and move Gallagher onto the left. Need Gallagher on to defend the set pieces too! Only other player at threat is I think Travis. Must be tempting to bring JRC on for him as hes played some poor passes. But again he's been good defensively. Anyway great performance all round. We are a very good team imo. Just need to add finishing and we are going places.

Yes, what I took away from interviews is really how little say JDT has. He has to work with what hes given. He obviously accepts thats the model, but equally he is frustrated. My feeling is while JDTs been calling out Waggott, he will start doing the same with Broughton if the new signings are not up to muster.

Only if 1) we have a poor season and other clubs lose interest, or 2)we get promoted, or 3) Venkys/new owners find a decent transfer budget. Id say theres a 30% chance hes here next season.

Should really win this one. If everyone's fit we have a strong team imo, except up front. Im not at all banking on it but so curious to see if Telalovic looks the business. Im sure JDT is too as I sincerely doubt he would have explicitly wanted Semir. Im sure Broughton and the scouts just found him and showed JDT a few videos. If he comes on and looks decent everyone will be pleased. If he struggles I think quite a few will be sharpening the knives - including I think JDT given his interviews. (Im not saying JDT will personally attack Telalovic, just he will repeatedly say he wanted an experienced striker etc) Dont think theres ever been so much pressure on such an untested new signing before. Hope its an inspired one like Samba.

He speaks really well and really clearly, like everything about how he communicates. But in terms of how good he is at the job we dont really know until Ennis, Sigurdsson, Moran, Wahlstedt, Tronstad, Telalovic and Hill have racked up some proper game time. He could be a genius, he could be bang average. We just have no idea.

We've had years of essentially very little happening at all, and a lot of recent changes - budget cut, the seizure of Venkys propoerty and new director joining. I reckon something significant is going on. For me I am happy to see it. I would prefer either more engagement with the club by Venkys or a decision by them to sell the club over the continuing status quo of absentee landlordism.