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Bit better last few mins but as others have said need to get Gueye on with Ohashi, Kargbo on for De Neve and figure out some way of getting some worthwhile service down the right. We could play until this time next week and not score from open play with this formation. Edit: Looked like a pen on Ohashi though.

Yayyy.......Tronstad touches the ball after 35 mins as well.

Toth again. Christ. Vital interception from McLoughlin. Already obvious we need to play Ohashi off Gueye I'd say.

Oh do give over.

Not a popular opinion on here but I maintain that Toth is significantly worse than Pears. Bugger: 1-0 already. Only lasted14 mins - same as Ismael's first six or seven games.

Bit disappointing. Was hoping to see Wharton starting. Was also hoping to see Kargbo starting over De Neve and no Hedges. The one thing I am hoping is that Henriksson is a massive improvement over (edited) Cantwell Sticking to my pre match prediction of a 2-0 defeat.

This.

Id be quite surprised if he even knew what was in the message. Probably said "Send them a nice message or something" following which some underling at Ewood has cobbled something together using AI.

Nothing concrete as yet, people speculating given the contract situations of the last two and the fact Cantwell has been described as "fit" but "not ready" and left out of today's squad. My own view is we haven't signed Tavares and Henriksson and been strongly linked with Baradji for them to sit on the bench.

Fuck me, that was a non sulking and motivated Cantwell last season? 😵

Neither Leonard nor Cantwell strike me as being Ismael type players, i.e. big strong powerful athletes. I'd really like Leonard to make it, he has a lot of ability imo but he's 21 now and there's only so long you can give him before you say it's not going to work. I agree though, for financial reasons alone you'd have thought the Club would be eager to give him the chance to impress

Edit: Miller has beaten me to it and explained it. Sadly I think it's clear where the blame lies and frankly the Club aren't going to look a gift horse like that in the mouth if they can get away with it.

Sorry to labour this point, but, (if it was him) how could O2G write up a completely inaccurate and/or misleading version 1 in the first place, and secondly, IF version 1 was circulated to the other Forum members bar GM for approval before being sent to the Club, how could they confirm them as being accurate but then also confirm Glen's amended version as being accurate when he (rightly) kicked off about it?

Are you feeling ok? Lol. 🤣🤣

For me we'd be much better served firing off Cantwell and using the saving to tie down Travis.

But never shows it. He's no heart.

Do we think they've even realised the potential problem from an ESC standpoint? From a fan's perspective I've also wondered how long it will be before we field a side without a single English or at least British starter? I do think that if that happens it chips away at the bond or connection between players and supporters a bit.

Ah it's here again, opening day of the season, 54th full season of following the Club, the nervousness, the excitement surrounding a new season, the new players, fairly new manager, the anticipation of wondering whether this season we can actually ...... (Gramophone needle scratches across the record) be "sustainable" for another season. 🤨 Anyhow with Cantwell out Id like to see us being positive with either Ohashi behind Gueye or Tyjon behind Ohashi, Kargbo starting ahead of De Neve and no sign whatsoever of Hedges anywhere. Doubt it will happen. Hope everyone going down has a good day.

Don't think we'll need to wait until the end of the season beforeTravis and Tronstad depart. Not sure why he has an apparent lob on for Waggott either. Whilst there is a shift away from proven Championship experience in favour of cheaper European acquisitions at least we seem to be moving away from the previous model of expensive and ultimately pointless loans to develop other team's players. We could never get any contracts done when Waggott was here either so no change in that respect, Rothwell/Nyambe/Lenihan/Brereton etc. He was also the master of trying to squeeze the maximum possible revenue out of an ever decreasing fan base so it's unlikely things will get any worse in that respect.

Whilst I don't necessarily agree with it I can understand why they might be reluctant to sanction new deals for Batth and Weimann at their respective ages. Travis is at a peak sort of age though and not to agree terms with him is lunacy. A decision that imo will cost us dearly by season end but then again so will not having a decent Dolan replacement or enough firepower etc. You can go on and on.

Which ones?

I thought Ipswich were shocking. No shots on target before that penalty that never was. If that's handball the game's gone. One of the other Ipswich players was a good yard or two inside the area when the penalty was struck as well. No way they're amongst the favourites to go up automatically on that showing. Birmingham looked decent enough. Probably a good bet for top 6. Hopefully being pegged back in such unfortunate circumstances will have derailed their momentum a bit for when they face us.

Apart from Travis I wouldn't lose any sleep about any of the others. In fact I think we'd be doing well to get shut of them.

The quality hasnt been great thus far though.

Szmodics missed a very acceptable chance.