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Mm, certainly nobody seemed to have that “ X “ factor but there was a lot of young players out there and it showed the longer the game went on. We’d no real idea how to get back from 3-2 down, it was just hit and hope. Very easy to defend against.

He did ok at first but not unexpectedly faded as the game went on. He was getting caught in possession quite often. He should have been subbed off on the hour. I’d say he’s a decent prospect and he has youth on his side.

If I were Tyjon’s agent I’d be telling him to sign that contract asap before we change our minds !

You could argue that if you’re a centre half and you don’t miss one game in 50 for injury or suspension - maybe you’re not putting yourself about as much as you should be ?

How many “ crunch “ matches did we fail to win ? I’m going back a few seasons now.

A left footed player on the left hand side, who’d have thought it ?

The game passed him by. I’m still waited for that “ Wow “ moment that tells you there’s a special talent there. Wharton took me about 5 minutes.

He missed a sitter in the second half when it was 2-2. If I was scout for a lower division league team looking to loan a left back in January I’d be looking somewhere else.

Decent first half, poor poor second. We never came out after half time. Also we never looked like coming back after going 3-2 down. We lost too many 50-50 balls. The subs were way too late, we were getting over run in central midfield after 55 minutes. Nobody is going to be knocking on the managers door tomorrow asking even for a place on the bench. Tijon ? The game passed him by, he’s certainly not an No 9 in a million years. Although he did win the John Buckley award for the most pointless booking in the game. They looked like a team that is used to losing to me. I expected more from Batty. Joseph came on too late and never got a pass.

Me too. I’d like to know how they address the shambles of the last 15 years !

I’m not Hedges biggest fan but I think lately he’s earned his place out on the left hand side. I really like Ohashi, I think he’s the best pure finisher at the club, but from all accounts Gudjonnsen looked to be more of an attack leader. I’d rather we didn’t have to bring him on to get us back in the game. I’d start him. However if we don’t and we start with Ohashi, that’s fair enough.

I’ll know better after Saturdays game, it’ll be the first time I’ve been able to see them in the flesh in a competitive game. Ipswich will provide a proper test.

I think then we’d be back to having two defensive midfield players who rarely contribute anything in the last third of the pitch. I thought the idea of signing Tavares and the lad who’s got a foot problem at the moment was to get one of the central midfield players to get forward more and join in with attacking play. Granted we haven’t seen a lot of that from Tavares so far.

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Thanks a lot for that. If I can’t pay at the gate I’ll just watch it at home. Looks like the modern trend of making it difficult to attend games has spread even to meaningless “ egg cup “ games at non league clubs now.

If the weather picks up I’ll go, it’s only a 20 minutes walk to the ground for me. I take it you can pay on the gate.

Who else is going tomorrow ? If I can acclimatise myself to the bloody weather I’ll be there. 30C and shorts and a tee shirt this time last week for me !

At least he’s playing in his best position. None of this playing a right footed player on the left wing bollocks.

I hope they’re really small plates, my appetite isn’t thst great these days.

The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet The best intro ever committed to vinyl.

DeNeve doesn’t look like a player to me. We will no doubt see if he is in the future.

Does he actually wear all the spare shirts ?

If you’ve got to play the big clubs now is the time to do it. Before they get their new signings integrated into the machine.

My grandson is a bit like that, however he has seen us win occasionally.

An ex-workmate of my wife’s has invited us to the restaurant at The Midland Hotel in Manchester for the 12 course taster menu this coming Friday. It’s not really my style, I’m not a big eater these days. I’ll let you know how I go on.