Rover down South

Not sure. Maybe we could have used him in a rotation. Refering back to my post though, I merely stated he would be a better option off the bench than Gueye. I think we let the wrong striker leave.

There’s a striker in League One. Scored the winning goal midweek and bagged another two today. His name is Harry Leonard. Got championship experience. Could be a good option on the bench to change things up. Better option than Gueye! Why the heck did we let him go!!!

Think a lot of it was down to Gestede, but unlike JDT & JE he has stood by without questioning. Lets see how he values his managerial career in the second half of the season, its getting to around that time of year our managers become outspoken and Ismael seems the type to let his feelings be known.

This. Ismael rarely doesn't use all of his subs but tonight used just three. Two of which were at half time. This demonstrates surely the lack of depth. He doesn't rate Pickering clearly. Gueye is shite. Henriksson isn't starting in front of Miroshita or Cantwell. The other three are youth players. Not a fan of Ismael, but certainly wouldn't want his job at the moment.

Missing Toth & Tronstad in the side and dare I say it, Hedges who has been solid this season. Could well be forced to start with Tavares and a half fit Baradji on Saturday who looked good tonight, but 90 mins a big ask. Up front we lack consistency. Ohashi runs his socks off and Andri is either good or absolute shite. Gueye must be on his way in January to not feature at all tonight. Miller has been poor since the last international break. I would like to see Harry Pickering get at least half an hour soon, just so we can see what VI is seeing. He must have had a huge dip in form to not be considered in front of De Neve and Ribiero.

In other news, nice to see Harry Leonard get another goal and McFadz scoring a late equaliser.

Great three points regardless of how it looked. Huge kudos to George Pratt coming in for an away derby match and doing a job. Finally, this version of Ryan Hedges is looking good. Playing for a new contract or a decent next move!

Incredible save by Pears

Bristol City poor but a fantastic three points. Miller was superb tonight as was Ohashi. Forshaw did his job when he came on. Nine points from three games we didn’t expect to win. Amazing!

Can’t see Gudjohnsen & Gueye ever working together. I think Ohashi or Tyjon need to play just off AG. He needed that first goal at the weekend and you can see what it meant to him. I think there’s many more to come from him and that number 9 role is his now. Gueye has the passion I wish other players would display, but he is nowhere near Championship level. As for Saturday, I’m going 2-2 with (TGH & Gudjohnsen for us)

Well…….

Got a feeling we sneak a narrow win today and Gudjohnsen gets his first goal giving him and VI a little respite. I’m usually wrong so expect an absolute drubbing 🤣

Completely agree. Don’t always agree with his player selection but his decision to go with two strikers I have seen as a positive. But last night for example, at 1-1 he takes off a striker. At 1-2, he takes off another? His substitutions are a cluster bomb and defy logic. I felt last night his substitutions were bizarre. All six goals conceded this month have been scored in the second half. Opposition managers adapt to win the game. VI doesn’t have that ability, hence why he’s never succeeded at this level.

It's him or Gueye. Personally, I'd have kept Harry Leonard over both of them.

My prediction is they'll get a few in on loan in January and say we backed him. He'll get the boot at the end of the season, and we'll get another uninspiring manager in League One. There'll be some sort of relegation clause in his contract I'm sure where they don't have to pay him up! We all stated when he first arrived how he stood on the sidelines motionless & clueless. He just doesn't know what he's doing and gets flustered making shocking substitutions. For what its worth, I'd just stick with Gudjohnsen up top now. Keep him on the pitch. I do think he just needs that first goal.