Haha ?

Also - I haven’t seen anyone mention this; Bristol played well. The play everything short, they press high up and they took their chances. I think they will be top 10.

Bell gave the ball away all day. Williams back in for me next game.

I’m laughing that you will literally clutch at any straw to find someone or something to blame. To suggest this performance/result is anything to do with an instagram story - it’s absolutely laughable. We could get beat 10-0 and I’d still find that stupidly funny. We lost because we played badly. Some poor subs, a bucket full of poor performances and we paid a heavy price for missing 2/3 great opportunities.

Armstrong, Evans, Bennett, Smallwood, Raya, Nyambe, Bell... all underperformed, Even Rothwell has looked lost. Has Ben Brereton had more than 5 touches? Confusing subs too. Unless Graham was injured, his substitution basically dissipated any foothold we had in their half. Lets hope Dack doesn’t have a BBQ over the international window, or we might be in for a rough season..

Haha ?

Now that is POOR

Poor?! I disagree

I have a feeling we will turn them over tomorrow, which probably means we will lose

For me Dack keeps up his form we’d be silly to accept less than 20m after Maddison to Leicester. As for the changeable suggestion, if you think (like me) they’ve accepted some advice recently, they’d surely also know any sale of a key player at this level from this point on, probably makes the golden premier league money pot less likely. That said, a stupid bid might be “unrefusable”. Even 25m is small fry for Dack if we get 3/4 attackers performing consistently and a solid organised team grinding results out in the championship, when you consider 100m+ comes in sponsorship alone for that promotion.

I’m guessing because you’d have to be in the ground to welcome

I think your summary put meat on the bone that my thoughts about “general” fans only seeing attacking play, (and last gasp defensive action) as “worthwhile” in terms of player judgement. Ofcourse that could be seen as arrogant but I always felt DMs- particular midfielders who’s game is to “show” and break attacks up - get a raw deal. Tony’s system seems to credit them with this and clever play in our own half.

Why not? I would’ve assumed 10m was out of our budget this summer yet we’ve probably spent that in fees and wages. He’s a 19 year old striker where average proven players of the same league cost more. It only impacts the Dack scenario if you think you know how the club finances run. Personally I don’t assume the same things, that Brereton is a boom or bust deal. I prefer to think or believe that the scenario is changeable!

Quite a luxurious worry though eh

I think that’s often sheer persistence, I agree that Bennett should be in the team because of what he brings but I don’t think final third efforts - shots, crosses and/or beating a man is his strong point personally. Fantastically versatile player though. Him and Rothwell allow us to start 4231 with two DMs, then hook either Smallwood/Evans if we need to chuck another attacker in. Ive also completely missed Davenport - who knows what his impact this season might be? Another signing for the future.

Just my take on our squad depth based on our most used formation with Tony. Perhaps missed a few up and coming youth players who deserve to be involved. GK - Decent (Always 1) Raya - deserves No1 Leutwiler - Able deputy Fisher (just signed a 3 year deal) CB - (Decent) (2 in formation, rarely 3) Mulgrew - Captain Lenihan - Worthy second Downing - able backup Rodwell - could go either way Williams - definitley in a 3, suspect second (5th choice) Grayson/Platt - 6th/7th Full backs; Decent (always 2) Nyambe - earned first choice Bell - done well with his chance Williams - strong backup Bennett - last season RB for Nyambe injury Travis - played RB for u23s Reed - played RB for Norwich Defensive midfield- Very strong (generally 2 sometimes 1) Smallwood - battler Evans - energy Bennett - not natural but immense effort Rothwell - looks a find Reed - could be better than the above Travis, Rodwell, 6th and 7th choices. Attacking midfield/wingers - So So (Generally 4) Dack - worldie Palmer - talented Bennett - workrate outweighs sometimes poor final ball Conway - aging but effort and set pieces Armstrong - more suited to the striker role for me. Rothwell - potentially central attacking mid but more useful deeper for me Brererton - has played out wide forward Samuel - injured Striker role - decent (always 1) Graham - cultured Armstrong - pace and finishing Nuttal - still Raw Samuel - injured Brererton - unknown yet. The conclusion I come to is that we are in much better position than when we started the summer. The reason for that hinges on 3/4 key signings in midfield and attack. We could be much stronger at attacking midfield too - however these positions are the hardest to fill. One flying winger off a 10/10 summer window. If I had a concern it would be Centreback, but I have this feeling we are going to rebuild Jack Rodwell’s career as long term replacement for Mulgrew. I know some will be stunned by that, but you don’t simply fluke to the kind of career he had at 23. Yes, it’s gone pear shaped for him and of course there are question marks - but just look at how he changes the summers business if he comes in during a Centreback injury crisis and plays superbly! If he comes in and flops - over to you Downing/Platt/Grayson and Rodwell drops out of existence next summer. It’s win/win - such a refreshing alternative to the Etuhu/Murphy 35k x 3 year conundrum!

Don’t start getting on me wick.

Maybe I’m twisted but that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

We’ve got our rovers back..

That’s some re-writing history.

If there’s one thing we know about the Raos, they’ve a stupid amount of money. I mean who hires TWO accountants to do the same job? Let’s hope the main feedback from them was “you ever want to stop spending 10+m a year? You need EPL!”

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