Jack

The other option limped off with a twisted ankle and potential ligament issues last night. Pretty sure it’ll be JWP and Bragg, maybe Jander to come on when needed later on

They’ve been really good recently, won’t be easy. As others have said our game plan needs to be SHOTS. Fucking hundreds of them. Low and on target, let inevitability do its thing.

Not pretty but any win was always going to be a fantastic result after the effort put in on Sunday. Jander was absolutely top class, hopefully that was just cramp with Downes likely out for Saturday. Credit to Dobbin for looking decent when he got into the game and we started finding him in the sort of position he likes. I still don’t have a clue what sort of player Mubama is meant to be. Hoping Larin is back in on Saturday and ready to get back into scoring form.

Smart from Tonda. Can’t risk going down to 10 again and Abbott struggled. Wouldn’t mind Larin pretty soon though, need to win this

Not great having it on both sides though

Larin on at HT surely. It’s not sticking in their half at all

Abbott struggling here. Such a soft yellow though. Manning on one the other side too which isn’t good

Norwich fans also underwhelmed with their lineup, and not confident. Might not be a classic this, or maybe it will. Saw some people asking what Stacey has got to do to get dropped, maybe getting sent off is the answer. Questions also being asked over why Makama and Musaba aren’t starting

Edozie is such a weird one, barely gets a sniff for ages then thrown in as a starter. Formation wise it looks back to normal but serious questions about personnel. Prove us wrong Tonda. Was Mubama a season long thing or is there a recall option? I doubt he or City are happy with him being behind Larin, Dobbin and even Azaz as a number 9.

It’s just annoying how many goals he’s got because most of them are crap. Last night was a shit parry from the keeper straight into his path, he was miles offside for one a few weeks ago, mostly just rebounds and tap ins like others have said. Of course it’s a decent skill to have to always be in the right place, but certainly don’t wish we had him over Larin.

Norwich have been conceding goals and chances for fun. Apparently on Saturday they were a lot better than they have been recently, but from the highlights Swansea missed a load of big chances as well as scoring 2. They’re decent going forward but look wide open at the back, they don’t seem to protect the back 4 very well. We’ve been shit away but surely it’ll click at some point.

Credit due to the recruitment team and to Schlotterbeck for coming straight in and looking just as capable as THB was. Shame that we didn’t get to see the two of them play together, that would be unreal for this level. £30m is a hell of a price tag for a squad filler CB.

I think Bragg will be a decent player at this level, he’s shown up in big games plenty of times before. But agree on the rest, really couldn’t understand going with the 3 in midfield against that lot. So many times we were missing another outlet and had to recycle it, especially on the right. Can’t fault them after going down to 10 but think Tonda overthought it and gave them more respect than they needed

Thank fuck for that

That’s what I meant. Too keen for it

Just fucking win on Sunday now to put it all to bed. Oh and that Friday night game in November too

They also had 72% possession in that game. Not sure what more that supporter can expect, those are elite stats

@MB It’s a 6 month suspended ban and relatively insignificant fine. Feel free to share

He’s still got 2 international friendlies to get through plus a long flight back on Wednesday. Might not be at his best

Yeah you can just see the FA remembering they should probably do something about it on the Thursday or Friday before the season resumes, and handing down Tonda’s ban just as he’s doing his presser for Pompey. Their handling of the whole thing is an absolute joke.

Yeah must be terrible going from mid table dross to winning everything for a decade

I don’t think that’s correct at all, the Premier league and EFL have handed down loads of points deductions and fines in recent times. Those fall under the governance of the FA. Everton, Forest, West Brom recently had points deductions, scandalous that Chelsea then get off with just a minuscule fine for breaking rules that gave them years worth of competitive advantage, shown by their uptick in terms of winning titles and trophies

Depressingly it’ll probably be like this. Chelsea get away with absolutely nothing for a decade of crime that won them titles, and the whole world including the media just shrugs. Little old Southampton watch some training and we get the book thrown at us, writing off two seasons.

All this talk of a 6 month ban is just opinion and people speaking out of turn, pretending to be ITK or trying to get some press time. There have been no leaks at all from the FA through the whole process, it’s all just speculation. Just sit tight and wait for the hearing to take place

Who the fuck is this guy to speak for every manager in the football league. Clown just trying to make a name for himself