RevidgeBlue

I didn't see the game today but I really don't like Brittain. I think his attitude is shocking and he doesn't seem to think things like getting tight to his man and preventing them from crossing are part of his defensive remit. In an ideal world I'd change both full backs in a heartbeat. Neither are anywhere near good enough.

That presupposes a final determination of the case in its entirety which may not occur on Tuesday. What I meant was, if the status Quo is maintained and the decision is they can continue to send funds over if an equivalent supporting bond is paid as opposed to not being allowed to send money over at all.

He can park Waggott's luxury Coach across our goal if we come away with the 3 points.

Agreed, I found the timing of the Szmodics sale very odd as regards the Court hearing. However much we receive immediately ( because we only get paid in installments you know) the Court will surely say "There's £Xm you don't need now" even if they rule in the Club's favour.

Billy Koumetio. Signed permanently for Dundee apparently which just about shows his level. I didn't think Tyler Morton was much better either. I think we need a good permanent replacement for Szmodics and a solid keeper as a permanent signing as the bare minimum. I'd also LIKE a new full back on either side, at least one pacey winger and a creative midfielder but I expect to be broadly disappointed. Take your point on the loans but our record over the years has been extremely hit and miss in that respect. For every Elliott or JPVH there's probably been three or four George Hirst's Zeefuick's, Barry Douglas's, Poveda's, etc etc

I would have fancied us to win this had we still had SS, as it is I fear his sale will have killed all momentum and have had a demoralising effect. Lot of pressure on the new lads now, big difference between going out knowing you have SS in reserve if need be, and not having another option. 2-0 or 3-1 Norwich. However, I'm usually wrong at predicting the results of football matches, so here's hoping.

If the three new forwards do particularly well then we should be OK in terms of not going down but if not, and if the rest of the squad is basically no better than before, then we are in trouble. That squad with Szmodics' 27 goals and Adam Wharton for a large part of the campaign only stayed up on the last day of the season. Take away Szmodics' contribution and we would have been toast. A lot depends on whether the three new lads can keep it up and on the quality of the recruitment between now and the end of the window.

Agreed. He's done more for the Club than probably 90% of the players I've seen in my time. Wish he was still a Rover - seems the new MO is the minute a player does well for us he's sold - but also wish him all the best in the future.

We haven't got one.

Strange outlook. Personally I have a lot more affection for players who perform well for us and earn a move elsewhere than players that are here years drawing a wage and do the square root of fuck all. Lowe, Evans, Bennett, Gallagher etc etc with Hedges being the latest culprit Imo. But......each to their own I guess.

SS was never going to fetch a humongous fee due to his age and lack of PL experience. I'd say the the fee for him is still a bit on the low side though, due to our current circumstances. Imo £12m plus add ons would have been about right. The fee received for Wharton though remains and always will be an absolute disgrace. Anyone who saw him play could easily predict he was an absolutely unique talent who would go on to great things, the only surprise there is possibly how quickly it's happened.

Very harsh. I think his attitude has been exemplary whilst he was here and to be "The new Andy Crawford" he'd need to bomb everywhere else he went and be more or less finished with football altogether inside a couple of seasons. I don't think that will happen to him at all.

So the season gets off to an unexpectedly promising start - then all momentum is derailed by the sale of our latest star asset at a very modest price. Plus ca change.......... Another striker needed now in addition to the other gaps in the squad imo For me also neither full back are good enough, we obviously need a solid keeper and extra creativity from midfield would be nice. Not really holding my breath although tbf we seem to have done fairly well with the 3 forwards who have come in so far so hopefully we won't be seeing any more dross like Wahlstedt Ennis or Telalovic.

Hope so.

I don't think he should be sold at this stage, at all. However if he does go or has to go for financial reasons, I want him to go to the Club that's going to pay us the most money. What does it really matter if he goes to another Championship Club? We'll only play them twice a season and it's common to put a clause in saying the player can't play in those games anyway. I've passed the opinion all along that Ipswich don't really want Szmodics that badly and recent reports that they're quibbling over £500k do nothing to dispel that notion. In normal circumstances I wouldn't sell him to Ipswich on principle now after all the messing about.

That's an understatement. Eustace must be in line for a statue outside the stadium for finally shifting him off the books. For actual cash as well.

Tom Lawrence.

Yes, on first sight he gets himself into a lot of good positions, which is key, but also misses a load. As long as he keeps giving himself chances I see no reason why he shouldn't be aiming for 15 this season. Anything more than that would be a bonus but he should comfortably make double figures based on what we've seen so far.

Are people beginning to warm to Eustace yet or is he still unfairly perceived as Waggott’s yes man? On PNE I was rather hoping they'd go for Mowbray if he's got to the other side of his health issues. That'd keep them in their place for another 4-5 seasons.

If Ohashi has performed, then it's nothing whatsoever like Bennett's. Bennett used to stink the place out on the pitch then give it the big'un after the final whistle if we happened to win (no thanks to him) which personally I hated.

What, that we shouldn't sell? We shouldn't even be entertaining a sale now imo the way he's started. But this is Venky's, Waggott and Pasha so who knows?

No we've got Sky + via Virgin and only 8 or 9 games appear to be available.

Agreed. (With Neal) Exactly what I was thinking whilst watching it. He started off so well I was thinking "What's he doing here for around £1m? Then he muffed a couple of decent chances and I understood why. If he was a real handful AND lethal in front of goal he wouldn't be here. We'll have to hope he can keep up that level of performance and chip in with a few as well.

Give over. Pears is poor but Wahlstedt made him look like Gordon Banks. Christian Walton was also far worse and going back in time Alan Fettis, John Butcher etc etc.

He's not ideal for a Number 1 going forward but he didn't do that much wrong last night. Not at fault for either goal. The only thing he got majorly wrong was charging out of his goal and not getting there. As it happened he got away with it on that occasion.