I just want the right thing to happen

Watching this with subtitles on was highly entertaining. Some of the Chinese names that came out....my fave was 'ending her', closely followed by 'soon we shake' (who got sent off, so it said 'soon we shake scent off').

Definitely remember at the time, Gladwin was being reported as free, but with appearance/performance/sell-on related extras. So, free then.

Thank you! Was starting to think it was just me this was irritating. I've been tempted to message him on Twitter and ask him to stop. It really is terrible use of language for a professional writer. Incorrectly applied, usually, as well as unimaginative by virtue of repetition.

Agreed (had outlived his usefulness here though, we just didn't follow up on his dismissal well), just pointing out they seem to be making their way through our ex managers.

Bowyer and now Coyle? Who next? Berg? Lambert?

At the right price and wages, I don't see why not. He'd make a fantastic cleaner. Great work rate.

I first heard about him when his dad first eyed up his mum.

Armstrong meets that definition. You will be aware how much he cost.

14th is 8 places from the play-offs, and 7 from relegation, so that follows. Of course, bookies odds are in a fairly large part based on how people are betting, and people have a tendency to not expect newly promoted teams to do well, whether rightly so or not. Not sure I can think of a newly promoted team that were actually tipped for the playoffs, but there's a good few examples of teams that have done it.

https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/winner This seems to list clubs in order of the average odds across all major bookies (I think, haven't studied it too intently). If we used that as a measure, the bookies seem to think we will finish 14th. Nice and solidly mid-table. Teams expected to be in that bracket can always charge for the play-offs, so I don't think the bookies would be gobsmacked if we ended up in the mix. I'm personally expecting us to finish anywhere from around 8th to 16th at the moment, but more expecting the higher end of that spectrum...this is on the assumption we do adequate business in the remainder of the window. Fantastic business might earn us a serious tilt at the playoffs, poor business...I don't want to think about. This is a league where most teams could pretty much finish anywhere in a wide range.

Think we will be doing very well indeed to still have Dack come the end of next summer's window, sadly. I hope if there is a release clause in his new deal, it is huge.

Never know who might suddenly burst through the ranks or come into their own, as a legendary striker one season. Obviously they'll be off in the summer immediately if they do, but maybe for a twinkling of a moment!

I like to see us attack too, and think this team is suited to it. But if you look at the number of shots we let a League 2 team have, consider how many more, and better taken, a Championship team would achieve, then factor in that they would defend better against us, and that 5-1 win can fairly easily turn into a 3-2 defeat or some such.

Oops, I actually did see both of those, must have forgotten about them by the time I got to the bottom of the fixtures! Apologies. I know quite a few struggled and some needed penalties, but all that matters is who got to the next round, which is (almost!) the maximum Champs teams that could have. Shame one or two more didn't go out. It's nice to have easy games early on, gives you a chance of a real run and lets you focus on the league for a while.

Looks like the next round could be tough...I might have missed one somewhere, but looking over the results I didn't see one Championship side knocked out by lower league opposition. A few knocked out, but by other Championship teams.

Didn't even make the bench. Unless he had a knock, surely it has to be him we almost have over the line. Not really any other feasible explanation if there is no injury (or personal crisis I guess) involved. Well, I suppose some other team could be close to signing him.

Very confused by who TM has brought off, in terms of squad balance. Rothwell, and probably Armstrong and Palmer, all seem like players who should have got the whole 90 for fitness. Unless TM doesn't think Arma and Palmer can play 90 tonight and 90 at the weekend I guess. Dack, as I said before, and Mulgrew, seem like players who could use the rest to be sharp for Saturday. Very strong result though, and some great goals.

It was a joke. I'm just saying if it is a minor, superficial injury that will definitely heal, not his hammy again.

Cr@p. Unless it's just a grazed knee or something, we can probably rule him out then. ...or get him even cheaper....

Seen the first 3 goals on Twitter now thanks to Kamy (@northern_rover) First goal is lovely, although Carlisle left way too much space and their left back really should have been tucking in far earlier. Second goal is horrendous from their goalkeeper but a ruthless finish from Dack. Third goal is just sublime from Dack, similar technique on the first touch to how he controlled the ball before assisting Arma for the first, but even better as it was passed to him at pace by Travis. Need to bring Dack off at half time, bring Palmer into the middle. Rothwell on the flank, and Whittingham in Rothwell's slot. I know we plan to play Palmer wider, but it would also be handy to see how he serves as a Dack replacement if we lose our talisman at some stage. We need to know if we can function without him, and if we can't do that against Carlisle it'd be a worry. Would take Mulgrew off around the 60 minute mark too.

Boro 2-1 down to Notts County from a Jon Stead goal! Be nice if they lose - even if Chapman has a reasonable game, reserve players often get ruled out en masse when they lose to lower league opposition in cups.

Is that not just radio?

If you're not fit, and you play three 90 minutes in a week, you get injured, and you certainly look knackered well into the third game. Playing a 90 minute game each Saturday will get him fit, with maybe a 30 minute cameo tonight.

I would also have rested him for Downing. The rest of the lineup I agree with