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Butland has played before under him so he knows how he is as a goalkeeper. Alex hasn't made his debut yet so thought he would get the nod. Plus Butland is currently playing in the championship.

Butland starts over Alex- that is just laughable, not even justified for a start. Let's hope he gets on for the 2nd half.

Well done Alex. Thoroughly deserved as he is one of the best keepers in the Premier League. How is Bertrand not in the squad. He should be first choice left back!

Good move for both. It will be interesting to see how they get on at Burton. Hesketh is far too good for U23 football. Good luck to both of them.

Good luck to Sam, hopefully he will benefit from a good spell playing regularly at Boro.

Happy with the line up this evening. Chance for several to stake their claim for Saturday. COYR 2-0 to us Gabbi and Moi!

I would expect the likes of Gunn, Yoshi, Stephens, Bednarek, Targett, Gabbi, Gallagher, JWP, Armstrong and Davis to feature. Hope some of the under 23s are in the squad too like Hesketh, Barnes (3 goals in 3 already), Slattery and Obafemi.

Good move for Harrison, hope he gets to show his worth.

I seem to remember our best ever season under Koeman 3 seasons ago we only had 2 points after 3 games and we had played Newcastle (a), Everton (H) and Watford (a) to start with. Some people need to chill and relax.

This. A well written and true post

I thought we played pretty well. Great goal from Bertie. On another day we would have beaten them. Some fans need to get a grip. The red card changed the complexion of the game completely. We just have to cut out the defensive lapses as they were two soft goals to concede. Lemina was best player on the pitch. Love watching him play, absolute beast and my favourite player. Onwards and upwards to Tuesday in the cup COYR.

Gabbi definatley not playing - from the horses mouth

Hopefully we will revert to a 4-2-3-1 today. 2-0 to us Ings and Moi to score! COYR

I'm slightly disappointed that it's not a 6 month loan (with option to recall at any point) as opposed to a season long loan (with no recall option included). Just have to hope Redmond and Moi don't pick up any knocks! It will be good for Josh to play regularly which is what he needs in my opinion.

Hopefully this!

I attended the forum this evening with my mate and I thought it was an enjoyable evening! Ok you will not please everyone but I thought both Les and Ralph answered what they had to well. Both Hughes and Ings were a breath of fresh air and added to the general good vibe. Big credit to Adam Blackmore who I thought put on a very good show and made sure that the balance was right in between different questions that were being asked from the fans. The only negative were some people behind who talked most of the way through it which made it hard to always hear properly what was being said. And people shouting out (why??) If you have something to say, put your hand up and wait your turn.

My view too! Well said Pierre. I am looking forward to the season

I am going this evening, should be an interesting forum!

Good move for Alfie. Will get some 1st team experience under his belt.

Yeah it is a very good read indeed!

Where are the rumours on Twitter?

Is anyone else having any difficulty logging into buy tickets for the forum. I am a season ticket holder so I put my support number in along with my password and it keeps saying incorrect one of them but it isn't? It's really annoying can anyone help me

I wonder whether we will revert to a back four as mentioned above. Still think 4-2-3-1 is our best suited formation.

Well we will see won't we

Welcome on-board Danny I for one am excited by his arrival. Ok so he's had a couple of bad knee injuries in the past but you can see he's worked so hard to get back to the highest level. He has come home and is hungry to do well with us. That is good enough for me. He is a quality addition and Alan Smith on SSN has just said the same thing. Could be the signing of the summer.