Wow didn't expect that. Could be high scoring.

Just noticed Forest have managed to score only one League goal all season so far. We just know they are going to get a bag full today.

Could see Evans in for Trybull but I bet he won't resist throwing in Douglas and Gallagher onto the park together. Even though Douglas doesn't meet Bielsa's natural athleticism, I bet his medical has shown him to be near the top of Rovers' fitness ratings.

Douglas has just come from the Bielsa training regime. He should be the most ready to play today at the club! The line up almost certainly is going to be Kaminski Nyambi Ayala. Lenihan. Douglas Trybull Johnson. Buckley Gallagher Armstrong Brereton Subs Stergiakos Wharton Evans Dolan Chapman Bell Davenport With 9 out and Elliott and Pears signed too late it pretty well picks itself. Hopefully that is the last time this season I will write that Mowbray has no choice in choosing the 18. It is possible there are more covid problems than we know about and some more under 23s get promoted to the bench. The 18 at Watford will have Holtby Pears and Elliott available and I guess JRC Carter Williams and Rothwell come back into contention for Coventry. Talk about intense competition for places and that will be without long term absentees Dack Travis Bennett Vale and Butterworth

So none of our four deadline day signings are eligible then either. Or was Douglas done in the morning?

Very old fashioned look to the eleven names for Derby this evening. Look like they have walked off the back page of a 1960's football programme: (Garbage game against Watford so far) Marshall Byrne Evans Davies Clarke Buchanan Holmes Bird Shinnie Knight Rooney

Didn't feel like it but it is 9 out, 9 in. Plus Mols and White gone on loan.

Where is Bolasie? Turns out we were never serious and Warnock is not all that enthusiastic at Boro either. Meanwhilst Josh King is having a good old moan at Bournemouth.

The kid is 17. Hair is a joke but not aware of any other problems with him. At least the hair made me remember him from when he came on for Liverpool.

Elliott has to be registered in the 25- he is on loan. Dolan is under age so doesn't have to be. Then it is a question of under 21 when? Buckley and JRC have both just had their 21st birthdays. If the cut off is the nominal start on the 20/21 season, they can both be treated as under aged. Hayden Carter Carter is still under 21, Scott Wharton isnt. Players who are 21 whose birthdays were before 30 June include Stergiakis and Davenport

You are only allowed 11

So just Elliott and Bolasie to come and the Window will be sort of OK.

Good luck to Charlie with Joey Barton. 27 goals for us in 100 appearances is a phenomenal return for a defensive player.

No sign of Pears yet?

Might see Trybull in for Holtby.

Any more signings will be pure bonus.

Bournemouth have probably over played their hand on this one. Bournemouth were already the strongest team in the division IMO and adding back a needing to prove himself King is only going to make them more lethal.

At this rate he will be the 23rd man

I think we have a decent chance having seen the other teams albeit at this very early stage of the season.

I am sure we can find some 6' 2' wide men amongst the fans....

According to Norwich fans, Anna is an outspoken presence on social media. Tom said nothing but she had her say about how Norwich got relegated. They are married from a post I saw. Really this is just an excuse to quote jim's post...

This is a season like no other. This big squad of first team capable players will be needed with two games a week every week. We will also be coming up against tired teams where players will either not be 100% or the deputies will not be Championship standard. Injuries will be a big issue as niggles won't heal playing so frequently and mental and physical tiredness will contribute to more bad tackles. The key is both squads are in the 4-3-3 formation. If the system of playing is tinkered with and players aren't instinctively attuned to the role they are slotted into then this squad system won't work. It has to be Tony Tombola on personnel, not Tony over thinking the opposition or random formations, tactics and subs. NO EXCUSE NOW FOR PLAYERS PLAYING OUT OF POSITION EITHER. There is going to be a big challenge keeping all this lot happy. You have mentioned 18 names which won't be in the first eleven. Only 7 get on the subs bench. Only 11 of the excluded 18 automatically qualify for the under-23s but the under-23s are 4th in their top division with a game in hand on the clubs above them playing without those 11 mostly... Then there are the under 18s going well. I don't know whether you noticed but Evans and Bennett are both totally missing from your post... So make that 20 competing for seven places on the bench.

The fax won't be working in the bungalow compound before 5pm UK time. They are six and a half hours ahead so their working day is already nearly done...

England now looking very unlikely to qualify

Looked at transfers this month- Forest have shipped a lot of players out. But they have signed Cafu.