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It would be insanely unfair to replay the match when Ipswich have been down to 10 for almost the entire second half.

Probably before I was born. Even pre Venky's red cards seemed to make things more difficult for us as opposed to easier. Portsmouth losing 2-0 at home to Sheffield Wednesday, lol. Yeah I think we're going to be alright.

I think if I was McKenna I would have started Szmodics. Playing against a former club should theoretically be a strong motivator.

I assumed he was injured. Is he just not in the squad?

Always felt like JDT's attitude was 'this is what I told you I would do, this is the project you said you'd support. If you choose not to do so, the consequences are on you, and I'm not changing my ways to compromise." Some of that would have been fuelled by the fact he offered to leave in the summer and was forced to stay. He was essentially telling them this won't work, but the geniuses in charge decided to keep on going anyway.

It'll be interesting to see how long Wrexham's owners give Parkinson if results don't improve. He could quite rightly say he needs time to adjust to so many new players, as the squad themselves have to gel, but one imagines if they're struggling towards the lower end by mid-November there may be some movement.

Very early days yet. Some of the signings look promising, others don't, but it's a long old season. The only player I think looks very poor is De Neve. Alebiosu is the one I've been most impressed by so far. Morishita has the potential to be a great pickup. The rest, we'll see. The big test will come when we get a few injuries and/or suspensions, as will inevitably happen. I don't think there's a need to rush and credit (or discredit) Gestede yet, as there's still a long way to go.

I agree, yet they are top with 4 wins out of 4, having already beaten Arsenal and Newcastle. If they get into their stride it's going to be another cakewalk for them this season. How did the rest of the division fall so far behind?

By the sounds of it he left on good terms, and he's obviously a Sheff Utd man, so from his pov he got a nicely paid holiday and likely a decent raise to return. Less pressure on him to get promotion now too, as he's got to try and clear up the mess that's been left behind. Ultimately it's the owners who will have egg on their face no matter what happens.

Mowbray's last gig saw him take a WBA side in contention for playoffs and get sacked three months later with it being all but impossible for them to get into the top six. We repeatedly saw him do this with us as well. He did well during his first season Sunderland but that aside, I don't think he's the man to appoint if you're looking to get into the playoffs, let alone get promoted. On recent evidence Wilder is a smarter choice, especially as he knows the club extremely well. If Sheff Utd's goal was simply to stablise and finish top half/mid table then yes, Mowbray would be an OK appointment.

What a colossal waste of money that was. Still, Selles had one of the worst starts I think I've ever seen at a club that was supposed to be in the promotion picture. After Friday's debacle they didn't have much choice. Wilder is the obvious choice to stabilise things, as by all accounts he left on good terms and has essentially been on a well paid break for a few months.

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

Will be nice for Ismael to get one over on his old employers!

Always good to win away from home. Three welcome points.

Another miserable day for Russell Martin's Rangers. Can't be long before he gets the boot at this point, unfortunately.

Think our first 11 will be good enough to keep our heads above water. Problem is going to be when injuries hit, as it is every season.

Genuinely impressive how Selles has utterly ruined Sheff Utd so fast.

Gally on the right wing.

Condolences. That was a lovely write-up.

Nuno sacked at Forest - seemed inevitable after everything that came out lately. Looks like Ange will replace him. Bold strategy.

Feels like Tuchel has somehow managed to make us even more dreary to watch than when Southgate was in charge. Perversely impressive.

To be fair, it's pretty much the same at every club. The king is dead, long live the king.

Pasha is the one constant, and basically the arm of the owners, the other constant. Everything else is noise.

That website looks like it hasn't been updated since 1998.

When it comes to arguing Waggott vs Gestede/Pasha it feels a bit like arguing whether being punched in the face or kicked in the stomach is better. Neither is a great option. Waggott was, if nothing else, a canny operator who was able to do as instructed by keeping us in the Championship without spending a great deal. He had the ability to charm many who met him and leave them believing things weren't so bad. He was in many ways the perfect person for our owners to have in the CEO position, much like Mowbray was the perfect person for them to have in the managerial seat. With our chronic lack of serious ambition to go beyond trundling along in this division it boggles the mind as to why they'd want to remove either of them.