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Think the commentator said 11 of our 25 goals against have been conceded in the last 15 minutes (I assume 12 out of 26 now, if I'm recalling correctly). I believe one of the stats showed we're the worst in the division for conceding late goals. It's definitely a huge problem.

That's really why we needed to keep Dolan on. He was the one player in the team who actually had the motivation to keep battling right to the end. Unless he was injured or seemed to be completely exhausted (didn't seem to be either, but maybe one of those is true) he needed to stay on. Without his drive up top we lost a lot of momentum.

We just have absolutely zero from the bench to help us when we need to make changes. Markanday was useless, Leonard barely involved. Ennis apparently still not even fit enough for a handful of minutes. Dolan coming off took so much out of our attacking impetus, and there was no improvement on Siggy. He was at least trying to contribute even if it wasn't coming off. We play some lovely football but a weak defence ravanged by injuries and a lack of consistent goalscorer beyond Sammie leaves us in a difficult position. Venky's have left us without a squad capable of winning games where we need something extra towards the end. You can see that we're close to being a very good team in this division, but without actual investment (not just keeping the lights on) or a cohensive long-term plan we don't have a hope of progressing - regardless of manager.

Been absolutely shocking defensively tonight. Combine that with a frontline that only has one proper goalscorer in Szmodics and here we are. Summer budget slashing has completely wrecked our season.

I guess he still isn't fit enough... that or he's not impressing in training.

A lot of barging from Preston that has gone unpunished tonight. Poor from the ref. Sammie just four goals from equalling BBD's league tally from last season. First player in the Champ to get to double figures.

Well, now we aren't the only team who can claim bad luck with the woodwork.

Glad that was flagged offside, as it would have been another huge miss otherwise.

Exactly what we needed at the start of the half. Needed Sammie to step up and there it is. Brilliant pass from Moran.

Think this is unfair. We haven't been outplayed, we should have scored at least one and possibly two, whilst their goal and their other big chance earlier in the game came from a couple of defensive lapses. Overall we've been in the game and the better team, just lacked some luck and have been punished for a defensive mistake.

Didn't say he hasn't had any effect tbf, as a whole we've been trying to pass the ball into the net and often resorted to taking shots from outside the box out of frustration. When we have broken through though we've made good chances... we just haven't finished them.

Sammie has looked really leggy in this game. He's our fulcrum and you can see how much it hurts our attacking play when he's struggling to make an impact. Doesn't help that Siggy is both carrying a knock and off form as well. Dolan been trying too hard to make things happen without having much of an effect. Moran unlucky hitting the bar, has been trying to make an impact but often let down by poor touches and passes. Think we've been largely solid in the middle and Tronstad in particular has been doing very well. Wharton has been tidy and made some good passes around the final third. Trav has engineered a lot of our attacking moves and been further forward than you'd assume he would be, but perhaps as a result has been suspect defensively. We've struggled to defend whenever Preston have come forward - we were seriously rattled after they scored, but managed to pen them back for the last five minutes or so of the half which helped ease the pressure. With that said Preston haven't looked too threatening other than a couple of early chances and Browne's goal which was taken very well. Still think we can come back into this one, but we need to be a lot more clinical. One shot on target out of ten isn't good enough, regardless of how many times we hit the bar. Not much on the bench that will realistically change things in any meaningful way, so I think we need to hope Sammie has a revitalised second half alongside Dolan. Judging by Siggy's limping throughout the half I don't know how much longer he'll be on. Moran has the potential to make a difference, but he needs to improve his composure.

We are all at sea at the back, this is worrying. Need to get to HT without letting them score again.

Superb finish from Browne tbf, but our makeshift defence has drifted into no man's land there. Undone by a simple long ball. Needed to take our chances when we were on top. Still plenty of time to come back, but we don't do well when we go a goal down and the last ten minutes or so we've lost a lot of our fluidity. Will be really damaging to lose another home game. Preston have their tails up now, already feels like we need half time to regroup and refocus.

Disappointing to see Siggy miss that one. Hope we don't live to regret it, as going a goal up is always a huge boost for us. Really impressed with Tronstad so far - very composed on the ball.

When he's on form BBD has shown has a very capable striker at Championship level. He can hit the back of the net with decent accuracy, gets involved and runs at defenders. He isn't fast, but he isn't slow either. He's got good stamina and is a solid athlete. The problem, as noted many times, is that he's the definition of a confidence player. When he loses confidence he starts snatching shots, doesn't get himself as involved in play and hesitates to run at defenders. I think he begins to overthink things, which is a big problem for a striker. He's been out of form for a while now - he stopped scoring regularly for us at the end of last year, so it's been nearly a year since he was scoring on anything close to a regular basis. Any club that takes him on a six month loan in January would have to hope he starts hitting the back of the net within a few games, or they'll likely have six months of BB rather than BBD.

Rotherham hosted Ipswich tonight at the New York Stadium, playing a fixture that had been postponed on 20th October due to flooding from Storm Babet. The Millers started brightly and went ahead in just the 4th minute, but their lead didn't last long, with Ipswich equalising thanks to a stunning goal from Sam Morsy. Ipswich dominated the match from this point and eventually found a way to scrape ahead with a scrappy goal in the 87th minute. This looked like it would wrap up all three points for the Tractor Boys, but Rotherham weren't done yet. Another fantastic goal, this time from Christ Tiehi scoring his first goal for the club, drew the score level again in the 91st minute. That was enough to gain Rotherham a credible home point against high-flying Ipswich. It's a point which keeps Rotherham in 22nd, but eases them slightly closer to Huddersfield in 21st, with the gap now four points. Rotherham have picked up five points from the last twelve available. Ipswich meanwhile will be gutted to walk away with only a point, having gone ahead so late in the game. It's a second 2-2 away draw in a row for them, as they remain in 2nd place. They are now within three points of Leicester and eight clear of Leeds in 3rd.

If the rumours of the time are to be believed he would have gone to WBA and most likely played some PL football. It would have been really interesting to see how he would have adapted, and if he could have been effective at that level. Unfortunately we'll never know.

Absolutely. I was genuinely surprised a lot of our own fans thought it was a red. I had a look at the match thread on the Norwich forum and general concensus was that it was harsh as well.

It was a very composed finish. I was sitting at that end and the goalkeeper had done a decent job of narrowing the angle, meaning it had to be very precise placement. Szmodics put it away like it was no problem at all.

Those are the polite comments.

Hmmm... considering the Norwich player basically fell over Wharton's trailing leg it still seems harsh, as otherwise the tackle is impossible to make. If it's the rules then so be it, but a bit of nuance wouldn't go amiss in these situations.

Friday's match saw Leeds inflict only a second defeat in fifteen games on Leicester, and curiously both defeats have been 1-0 reversals at home, with Leicester's other defeat being against Hull back on 2nd September. It ended a run of nine straight wins for Leicester, whilst it was a fourth victory in five games for a Leeds side that are trying to gain ground on the top two after an inconsistent start to the season. They remain in 3rd for the time being, seven points behind Ipswich in 2nd. Leicester stay top of the division, eleven points ahead of Leeds despite this loss. Wayne Rooney’s Birmingham City™ were looking good against Ipswich at St.Andrews, 2-0 up after 51 minutes. However, Ipswich showed their usual resilience and refusal to lose, with substitute Marcus Harness scoring in the 79th and 89th minute to claw back the deficit and allow the Tractor Boys to escape with a well-earned point. Rooney is finally off the mark in terms of getting some points at his new club, but will be disappointed to have seen his side blow a two goal home lead. Birmingham fall to 15th in the table, having only picked up a single point from the first twelve available to Rooney. They were 6th when Eustace was sacked. Ipswich remain in 2nd and edge a point closer to Leicester, due to their defeat against Leeds. Ipswich are currently seven points ahead of Leeds in 3rd and four points behind Leicester in 1st, but do have a game in hand on both. After getting their first win of the season last week against Rotherham, normal service was resumed for Sheffield Wednesday as they failed to score and lost 1-0 against a Bristol City side currently without a manager, following the surprise sacking of Nigel Pearson. Their cause wasn’t helped by Barry Bannan getting himself sent off in the 32nd minute, and a 64th minute goal from Bristol City was enough to give them all three points. Bristol City climb to 11th, having lost their previous two games, whilst the Owls remain adrift at the bottom of the table, nine points from safety. Huddersfield and Watford played out a goalless draw at the John Smith's Stadium, and this was in fact the first 0-0 ever contested between these two sides. It's not a result that does either team much good, but whereas it stretches Watford's unbeaten run to five games, Huddersfield have now only won once in nine games. With that said, Huddersfield have taken a couple of recent hammerings, conceding eight in their last two matches, so a clean sheet will be welcome. They remain in 21st, five points clear of Rotherham in 22nd. Watford sit in 16th, still with only four wins in fifteen matches, but having gained a credible nine points from the last fifteen available. Millwall's poor form continued as they lost at the death against a revived Southampton side at the Den. A 93rd minute goal from substitute Ryan Fraser was enough to give the Saints all three points. Three wins from their last five matches has hauled Southampton into 4th place in the league, just a point behind Leeds in 3rd. Millwall meanwhile haven't won in five, only gaining three points from the last fifteen available. They are due to appoint England U20's boss Joe Edwards in a bid to reverse their ailing fortunes. He reportedly beat Nathan Jones to the post. Plymouth and Middlesbrough played out an entertaining 3-3 draw at Home Park. A topsy-turvy game saw Boro take the lead, only for Plymouth to score twice in four minutes to go in at half-time 2-1 ahead. Boro then copied Plymouth's feat as they also scored two goals within four minutes in the second half to go 3-2 ahead. A 77th minute equaliser from Plymouth's Morgan Whittaker ensured the teams would ultimately share the spoils. Plymouth move up to 19th, six points clear of Rotherham in 22nd. Boro's winning streak came to an end last week with a defeat, and they were unable to get back on track this week either, leaving them in 12th position. Two of the division's most out-of-form teams met at Dumpdale as Preston took on Coventry. It was Preston who would emerge victorious in the end, with a hard-fought 3-2 victory. It ended a dismal run of no win in eight games, and was enough to push them back up into 6th place. Coventry meanwhile suffered a fourth defeat in a row and sit in 20th, five points clear of the relegation zone but in absolutely dire form, with just a single point from the last fifteen available. 22nd and 23rd battled it out at the New York Stadium, as Rotherham hosted QPR. Both teams will likely be disappointed to have come away with only a point each, as the match ended 1-1, doing little to help either side. QPR had gone ahead on the 50th minute, but Rotherham equalised in the 70th minute to deny Marti Cifuentes a win in his first match as new QPR head coach. The result is somewhat of an improvement for QPR at least, as they ended a run of six straight defeats. Rotherham meanwhile have picked up four points from the last fifteen on offer. QPR remain in 23rd, six points behind Huddersfield in 21st, with Rotherham five points behind the Terriers. Rotherham do have a game in hand, which would bring them to within two points of Huddersfield if they were to win it. Considering they only have two wins in fourteen matches thus far, however, that's not something that should be considered likely to happen. The postponed match against Ipswich will be played at the New York Stadium on Tuesday. A stifled contest between Stoke and Cardiff at the bet365 ended in a 0-0 draw. Not much else to say about that - it was just Stoke's second draw of the season, and places them in 13th, having gained ten points from their last twelve. Cardiff have seven from the last nine available points, but Preston's win saw them fall out of the playoff spots and into 7th position. Another goalless draw, the third of the afternoon, was found at the Swansea.com stadium, as Swansea and Sunderland shared the points. With that said, Sunderland will wonder how they came away from this match with one point and no goals, having dominated throughout after Swansea's Charlie Patino was sent off in the 30th minute for picking up two yellow cards. Despite this domination, they could have faced an even worse fate had Jamal Lowe not contrived to miss a first half penalty. Sunderland had an impressive 25 shots, but crucially just 3 were on target. Nonetheless, the Swans' resolute defending ensured that they walked away with a point and sit in 14th position. Sunderland are 8th, having only won once in their last five matches. Despite a recent run of two straight wins, Hull were reigned in by a West Brom side full of confidence, as they dispatched the Tigers 3-1 at the Hawthorns to record a third successive win and ten points from the last twelve available. The result keeps WBA in 5th position, two points ahead of Cardiff in 7th and nine points behind Ipswich in 2nd place. Hull are 9th in the table, two points behind Preston in 6th. Sunday's game, a midday kickoff at Carrow Road, saw the indomitable Rovers inflict a 3-1 defeat on the Canaries. We were two goals ahead inside fifteen minutes, with Dolan and Szmodics excellently finishing off wonderful attacking moves that exposed a woeful Norwich backline. The Norwich fans, frustrated by their side's recent displays, vociferously booed their side multiple times during the first half, rotating between chants of "we're special, we lose all the time", "you're getting sacked in the morning", "we want Wagner out", "sack the board", "we want Webber out" and "David Wagner, get out of our club". Rovers added a third just four minutes after the restart, only adding to the toxic mood within the stadium. An extremely questionable red card for Scott Wharton in the 54th minute changed the complexion of the game, forcing Rovers to fall back and regroup. It still took Norwich until the 92nd minute to score against the determined ten men of Rovers, however, which was far too late. Another cacophony of boos rang out around Carrow Road from the remaining home fans in attendence as the final whistle was blown. A fourth win in five games for the mighty Rovers sees us move up to 10th position, three points outside of the playoff places. We play Preston at Ewood on Friday, and thanks to Preston's poor goal difference of -2, a win would temporarily see Rovers jump into 6th place. For Norwich, a fourth successive defeat and a run of six games without a win sees them drop further to 17th in the table, with the worst defensive record in the division standing at 30 goals conceded. In comparison, QPR and Huddersfield, the league's next worst defences, have conceded 27. One imagines Wagner's time at Norwich may be drawing to a close, with the fans having completely turned on him.

I did hear a couple of Norwich fans around us say that Wagner is a symptom rather than the root cause of the problem. With that said, majority opinion is clearly that he needs to go, as the 'sacked in the morning' chants began after the first goal - and I believe they were started by the Norwich fans rather than ours.

Four very poor teams down there battling it out for the relegation places this season. Although Luton are arguably the only team putting up much of a fight so far.