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Very interesting question. The league is the priority for me and we need to protect players as it is a busy schedule. Any changes are not going to be for kids they are for fringe players like Mellis and Mills who are always on the bench and would actually benefit from a full game. We are going to need these guys to start at some point down the line so the more game time they get now the better. I'd rest all four players on four yellows, Perry and Lambert, who looks a little tired to me. Connelly should also be treated with kid gloves. I think Mellis deserves to get some game time as he was looking decent before he went away wih the England U19s. Mills needs this game to keep his eye in case we lose Harding at some point. Patterson was lambested for his earlier showings, but I still feel he is a great prospect and if Lambert is injured he might just step up to the plate. If Davis was fit (he's not) he would come in to get him back in the swing of thigs. Bart James Trottman Thomas Mills Antonio Hammond Mellis Lallana Waigo Patterson

in which case you have missed out on one or two unvelievable performances such as at Bristol Rovers and Leyton Orient where he came on and completely murdered the opposition with his pace and physical strength. I agree with you that there are serious doubts as to whether he will cut the mustard in the CCC, but in this league he is a handful even if he hasn't got the ball under control half the time. Widemen in general are eratic and frustrating, so you need to cut them some slack anyway. What us fans must not do is get on the lads back. He's only 19, on loan, playing his first season at this level and giving everything to OUR cause. Apart from anything he is great to watch (Saturday apart - by far and away his worst game for us). You just don't know what teh lad is going to do next and whether it turn out to be super or **** at least he goes for it. Think about Neil McCant and the woeful lack of pace and confidence to ever take someone on. At least Antonio is not that.

Jermaine Wright left the club in the summer + some mistakes in recent times that lead directly to goals = wipping boy

it was bloody great wasn't it. I think we've all enjoyed ourselves a great deal in recent times but I think at that moment everyone just felt proud really of the club and the way we were playing again. Hope this continues for a long long time. We are on a roll and I wonder where it will stop. The Premiership?

I agree that we are not playing as well as we did against Gillingha, but the the quality we have up front is getting us the wins and that same quality will be there against Leeds.My concern wouldbe that we are tonking almost everyone, but we have yet to beat any of the top 6 sides in the league, and those 6 seem to settled now and will all present real tests. Can't wait for Saturday. A shame this game was not later in the season. I'd of loved tonhave seen us to 3 or 4 tousand up there.

I'm not a fan, but as a second string keep hes pretty decent. Compare him to Franchise FC's first choice keeper and he starts to look very good. I have to say his wrong foot kicking yesterdy was excellent.

spot on. People need to cut him some slack. He has been terrific for us and people must remember that going past defenders is the hardest thing in the game apart from scoring and there are going to be days when you just don't manage it. At Leed I think Waigo should start out wide and then bring Antonio on. He is the best impact sub I've seen down here.

Has he really got five yellows? Will leave us short in the middle. Wotton all game. ****. BTW If he had got sent off then he'd get more than the one one game suspension.

Derry?

you need glasses.

yesterday if Man City would allow it.

Logan would be my number one target. Extremely impressed by him,but City aren't going to let him go.

Not sure how you came to that conclusion based on those 7 minutes. He hardly touched the ball and when he did he kept posession. Where do you sit, cos you see a bloody different game from me.

derry do you ever stop prattling on about width? There was absolutely nothing wrong with either Antonio or Lallana's positional play. Neither came inside. Antonio had a poor game, but his pace was nullified by Bakayogos pace not his positional play. Lallana didn't come narrow at all. He failed to have an impact simply because we never passed to him. He saw absolutely nothing of the ball and spent a lot of energy keeping the terrific Shaleum Logan under wraps when he overlapped. I wish you'd stop moaning about him coming inside. When he does drift in it is often to our benefit anyway. Our failure to shine today was because our widemen were nullified by Tranmere. The opposition deserve credit for this. You won't see a better right back all season. The left back wasn't bad either.

the only save he had to make was a weak header straight at him. He came and missed one cross and caught another two corners.

give some credit to the opposition. They had two terrific fullbacks that both had genuine pace that stopped our widemen doing what they do best. I think also you are far too harsh on Antonio. He s raw and doesn't do the basics well, but he's a terrific impact player and offers something a little different. I doubt you were saying these things at Bristol or Leyton Orient a few months ago.

dominated posession, never looked like scoring then Connelly places a perfectly weighted ball into Hardings path and wallop he's cracked it into the far top right hand corner. What a goal. The pen ws stick on and the guy was lucky not to get a red. Lambert score a long range screamer of a free kick and thats just about all that happened. Twp terrific goals dividing a very stagent game.

four day road trip visting the folks and seeing us destroy Leeds again at Elland Road

agreed, he - Shaleum Logan - is the best right back I've seen at SMS since Kyle Naughton. Tremendous player and this will be his only season in League 1. Not sure Man City will allow him to leave as he's highly rated by them. Its a season long loan at Tranmere.

Let me solve that for you: RB Shaleum Logan (Man City) CB Simon King (Gillingham), David McCracken (Wycombe) CM Kevin Nicholls (Luton), Stephen Dawson (Bury) SF Simeon Jackson (Gillingham) we also need cover for LM IMO. I can't think of one.

the same at their place that season when Pele totally destroyed them. On the whole though Leeds' support is pretty bloody good as we'll see later in the season

I agree. More than happy for Antonio to get more time as well. He is great to watch.

he created the goal, but Connelly was MOTM for me by miles and I never give MOTM to strikers. As for losing Murty I don't think it is a huge loss. He has failed to impress me. His performance on Saturday was appauling. We need a pacey full back IMO. We have more than enough `solid' defenders in Harding, Jardi, Perry...we need a classy, ball playing pacey fullback. Neil Eardley was the one we should have got but the bungled takeover put pay to that.

makes me laugh to think of all the fools on here over the last year or so telling me Lallana wasn't this or that. What a talent. I can't believe how lucky we have been to unearth yet another gem like this. I think I'll be even more gutted than I was when Bridge deserted us for Chelsea should Lallana leave in the summer. Enjoy every first touch, flick and step over as we won't see his like for a season or two (if he goes) that's for sure.

if the PFA team of the year was picked now, how many would make it?