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Not sure its a disgrace. Certainly it's ridiculous. I mean, you don't have to buy it. Maybe I am old, but £120 sure seems like a massive sum of money for a piece of tat like this. I know retro football shirts became items of fashion in recent years, but who is buying one of these? If they had any sense they'd of released it before xmas not after.

The shirt looks alright. Nothing special though. I've no idea why anyone would buy it at that price. Some have more money than sense I suppose. Think I'd just buy the non branded retro one rather than this. Each to their own. There's something a bit weird about Puma copying an Admiral shirt. I think I just don't like any footie shirts that Puma design.

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Sounds like Charlton will likely extend the loan then, but it's the club's (SFC) decision not his of course. If Jelert is now fit, then we won't need Bree in terms of numbers.

Is Bree returning this month?

I can. We spent a shit load in the summer, signed a lot of players and have a sizeable squad. It's hardly surprising three or four haven't signed in this window already.

I guess in recent times the signing Quarshie has shown a slight change in philosophy, favouring physical attributes over ball skills. Before that Ramsdale was signed for his shot stopping ability not his skills on the ball. Not sure anyone signs a midfielder for his tackling these days.

That makes sense. I am sure he looked classy at that level. And when you are a top flight club, a centre back that is good on the ball is something you are looking for, but that has to come with the basic attribute of being good in the air. You have to have someone dominating in the air at the back and he doesn't look capable of that.

Do you mean he is likely to be sold because we have loaned a keeper?

I notice Brereton has scored just two in 21 for Derby and immediately thought to myself that he will be back here next season. Checked his stats and surprisingly he has started most games. They play him behind the striker mostly, which might explain his lack of goals even at this level. Maybe they will take him off our hands if we offer a sweet deal?

Hard to get past Kieffer Moore bossing him on the opening day of the season. Edwards showed he wasn't great in the air and wasn't very quick either. For me, winning headers is essential for a cb, so I struggle to understand how he earned such a good reputation at Peterborough.

It's unusual for us to bring in a player where we have enough bodies already, so does that mean Long's season long loan will be cut short or will we just run with four first team keepers?

a bemuda triangle where Faraj and the money reside

What's with the empty triangle? have they just placed the left and right edges together?

I wonder if five at the back by its nature allows crosses? If you want to stop crosses you need to double up on the flanks a bit more, but you don't have the bodies out there to do that.

Tonda seems to want them to play in and out from our own six yard box too. And we've scored a couple of brilliant one end to the other team goals as a result. At championship level, it's possible for our players to do it. The question I have is can we switch it up a little, like Liverpool do, going through the two CMs, or pinging it straight up to the attackers and play off them, or playing a ball over the top/in between cb and full back? If a team nullifies our formation, can we do something else or do we keep banging our head against a brick wall?

is Fraser able to play on the right? I recall him playing there in preseason, but cant recall since.

not sure Robinson does the defensive stuff well enough, but I might be wrong. Fraser is better defensively, will work and get up and down, but he is pretty basic with the ball and wont dribble well like Robinson.

i'm not a fan of 5 at the back, but he was pretty ineffective as a winger. There is more limited space to work, often teams double up on him and all he did was come inside. Perhaps starting runs from deeper and usually in a position between winger and fullback helps him. There is less onus on him to provide end product too. we just need him to get us moving, which he has done well.

massively. he has totally changed our approach. He starts so many attacks and covers a huge amount of ground. defensively he has been pretty solid too. we could easily look a side bereft of ideas if they get a hold of Sienza. hope he is not out for too long.

SFC presented the plan to the fan advisory board in the meeting in June and they were happy with it. That sounds like a decision had been made by the club in advance to me. However, there was a separate meeting between SFC safety officer, police and fans from both clubs. Not sure who (which Saints fans attended this meeting). I suspect not many of the fans advisory board have had to suffer a bubble before. Its a shame there wasn't a representative of the Football Supporters Association as part of the discussions, as they campaigned against bubbles around the time of the last one we had. Looking at the minutes of that meeting, the advisory board asked if multiple stops and they SFC safety officer said 'yes', but this obviously hasn't happened. The no parking at the stadium seems to be down to the number of coaches.

the Milton end redevelopment means they do have a few refreshment kiosks that serve beer. Whether they will for this game I am not sure.

Defending him seems a more hazardous occupation on here.

That's a very good point. Got to stop the source. First half we are pressing their defenders and midfield causing them to turn the ball over. Without that press, we allow the opponent to get into our third far too easily and then we basically rely on the three CBs to win headers.

Edwards offers a little more height at the back post, but not sure he is great at full back. He knows how to defend, but has he got the pace to prevent wingers getting crosses in? When is Roserslev fit?