I always find this attitude strange, did you say the same in 2002? In the league, we're going to finish somewhere between 12 & 16th irrespective of whether we win or lose tonight. Go for it I say and lets see what happens.

Who knows what team he will put out tonight. I'd hope we have some sort of mixture between fringe players and first team players. Think JRC, Nyambe, Smallwood, Buckley & Rothwell will all start.

Not necessarily, clauses can be put in all loan contracts. Andy Fisher for example, has a call back clause in after one month just in case something happens to either of our goalkeepers. I also think they could be recalled from there loan, and sent elsewhere. Just like Kasey Palmer last season, and Jack Payne the year before.

Yeah, I think it was us and Middlesborough around 95/96ish. Long, long time ago though.

It's a nice idea, but from what we have seen of Mowbray that will never, ever happen. Strikers will be on the wings until the day he leaves the club.

He's done ok. I like his battling qualities down that right hand side, good ariel presence too. You can see why it's 22 games in a row without a goal for him though, doesn't look like he'll ever score again at the minute, and that's what he will ultimately be judged on.

Probably get somewhere between 1-1.5k going

Look at the post above it ? Anyway, on the game, I just sit there knowing we're not going to score. Dack and Rothwell were linking up well at end of last season, yet Rothwell cant get a start now for some reason l. I applaud TM in tightening up the back line, and Walton looks an upgrade on Raya, but don't expect many goals, for me TM isn't good enough to knit it all together, so we'll either have a good defence and poor attack or vice versa, don't expect both.

Under 18's and Lowe...

I'd rather Bell at left back than Bennett to be fair.

Very cheap deal, that we might make a bit of profit on one day is my guess. Mowbray doesn't trust Rothwell to start games despite his end of season form last year, Chapman has absolutely no chance.

I'll Mowbrays eyes, Chapman is well down the pecking order for a first team spot. Might play against Sheffield Utd but I'd be amazed if he starts a league game this side if Christmas.

Surely that sort of nonesense will prepare them more than anything for the first team?

Obviously rules Hart out of tomorrow. Imagine JRC being picked ahead of Bell tomorrow, it won't happen but would be a huge middle finger shown towards Bell if he was. JRC will probably take Bells place on the bench If Tosin isnt available I imagine.

Well I don't think he can be recalled until January anyway, then we'll no doubt replace him with another premier league loan.

In training?

Agreed, but Mowbray.

I think he will move Williams there and put Tosin in the middle.

If he went 3 at the back though, I reckon he would use Downing & Bennett as wing backs.

I think we'll have 7 points on board come September 1st.

Same team apart from I think Graham will come in for Armstrong, and Tosin will come in for Cunningham. This won't be a pretty game, can see a 0-0 or 1-1 here.

It was funny. To be fair to him, I'm sure we have all muttered those words in the past 3 years.

One thing that stood out for me last night was the balance in the side, with Cunningham, Williams, Johnson & Downing all being left footed, makes a big difference I think. Such a shame Cunningham can't play on Saturday, I fully expect Williams to be shunted out to left back to allow Tosin to come in at centre half, I also imagine that Graham will be back in for Armstrong.

Go with the same team. We'll never get anywhere if we make needless changes every week. There's enough fresh legs on the bench to make a change or two at half time if things aren't working out. I can see this being a hard fought 1-0 defeat unfortunately.

No. The new handball law only applies to if it hits a hand/arm to score or assist a goal. On the game, felt like a real team performance today. Gallagher was superb out on that right hand side, never stopped. What a difference Cunningham makes out there rather than watching Bell lethargicly wandering up and down, shame he's back in next Sat. Only negatives for me were Bennett on the ball, careless at times, and something about Walton unsettled me too. The difference is also scary when Dack and Graham go off, Buckley needs to ho out on loan somewhere for a year, looks like we have chucked on an under 9s player for a laugh.