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Ah welcome back Ryan - That's the real Hedges we know so well! Lol.

Was poor that from him, it would have to be a worldie to score from that angle with his left foot.

Very much so. Hit the bar as well.

Henriksson should have scored. Brilliant again from Cantwell.

Im still not impressed with Kargbo, he's not a patch on Dolan based on what little I've seen of him so far. Strange game today Cantwell suddenly looks like a world beater and you'd even think Hedges was half decent based on today.

I've given Cantwell all sorts of clog since his arrival at Ewood but this is finally the sort of thing that imo he was brought in for. We need him to be the difference maker, goals and assists and taking games by the scruff of the neck, not the odd fancy flick here and there or a couple of nice passes deep in his own half which was all we saw last season (at best). Well done Todd. Keep it up please!

Great free kick from Cantwell. Nice ball in from Hedges. Im sure Exiled will be grateful for the fact the ref gave us a debatable free kick in the build up. Edit: Now 3 -am I dreaming! 🤣

Atrocious defending right at the end there otherwise really good in the 25 mins I've seen. Much better than I was expecting. Tavares needs to reign it in.

Obviously not the case - hacked down the player for the free kick on the edge of our area a few mins ago.

Dear me Tavares thats the second one in a few mins. He'll have to be careful now, looks like a red card waiting to happen.

Needless foul from Tavares - got away with it.

Turned on after 20 mins - played very well since then tbf. Hope we can keep it up.

We're selling established Championship players and replacing them with cheap punts from obscure European Leagues. If they're not good enough, their height is irrelevant whether they're five feet four or six feet four.

Please dont try and dress this up as some sort of footballing strategy, it's all being done on the basis of reducing cost.

And all is well in chaddyworld. They could do absolutely anything and you'd either be happy with it or try to pass it off as normal. On Cantwell, him getting the captaincy is right down near the bottom of the list of things we need to worry about but just because it's happened doesn't automatically make it a good thing. I can't think of anyone less suitable personally but each to their own.

So like Suhail, you couldn't see the talent in him either, and wouldn't have waited (at least) 12 months?

You can always match it if you really want. Just play with a smaller squad. Albeit the major problem is clearly lack of investment from the top.

Is Cantwell out of contract at the end of this season or next?

Ah yes. Forgot about that. One that worked. Or should have done.

See Travis not even officially out of the door yet but Cantwell already installed as permanent Club captain. He'll be OK until he twists an Alice band.

No, we can force him to sign for the fee we've agreed to pay in the option then flip him for a profit according to KentExile.

Championship. Before my time he played for England c 1966 ish at youth levels I think

The last one I can think of with an option we actually exercised is DJ Cambell. Am I right in also thinking that one who came in on loan without an option who we signed after the loan finished was Luke "Reg" Varney. Both absolute dogshit which makes you wonder why we signed either of them. Agents at work?

Yes, you're right there is a 3rd option, he stays fit but just isn't very good and doesn't attract much interest and the option fee is set low enough for us to trigger. Think we all know that if it's was a Gregg Broughton style option to purchase for 7m E there wouldn't be a cat in hell's chance we'd be exercising it.

Spot on USA.