Patches O Houlihan

Don't say that you'll have Russell on the phone lining him up for a January loan!

Are you really going to bench Azaz for Downs?

If you were previously a high scoring forward but have been out of form due to injury or playing in a team which was terrible for the league you were in you'll be tense and low on confidence in the crucial moments. We've already seen this process once with Arma - wank in PL; Champ 23-24 2nd highest scorer and top for goal involvements. Archer & Nessie could potentially experience the same situation

If you were a striker playing for us and you saw the creative talent being signed wouldn't that lighten your mood a little - feel like there was less pressure on each chance you had because there would be another one along in a few minutes...

We'll be in red & white stripes HTH

Its the same bloke who posted about Osula being loaned to us (Brum or Leics) - if he's actually going to Frankfurt for £30m we can assume this is bollocks too...

Disregard the above - David Mason has his head up his arse

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You clearly do otherwise you wouldn't have posted about it. Maybe the fact that he'll have a much better starting 11 to choose from by the end of tomorrow, might enable him to get the team to impress you. But to be honest I think you just like to be argumentative and critical to make yourself feel better. Knock yourself out

Looked tired at the end - apparently he had a small injury that disrupted his pre-season. I looked at his stats playing in the Championship for Middlesborough he competed a full 90 mins for them 30 times in 67 matches Might have scored as well with that chance he had from the right.

Ipswich have 3, and Sheffield Utd have 0. So it could be worse. I'm hopeful we won't repeat RM's September 2023 losing streak, and we have just taken top of the table Middlesborough's 2nd best player.

BUT If * Shay Charles develops his game * Azaz really clicks * Quashie improves his ball playing * Ross Stewart comes good Then we would have a bit of that spine back. Clearly it is an if. But having been relegated with a huge squad of mostly also rans its asking a lot to completely transform the side in one window. We went up two years ago by scoring lots of goals with a manager who couldn't organise a defence, and a young Baz. Whilst I still have concerns with Baz, goalkeepers tend to improve with age, and I reckon Still will form a more solid defence than Martin did. Our side is now on average a bit taller/bigger/faster now than it was in the PL I think.

There was also the 'Irons!' shout at the post promotion party which was also weird and entirely failing to read the room.

If we play 4-3-3 then the front 3 are two wingers and a striker. If the midfield three includes Azaz as a creative 10 then surely that mean Charles + Downs/DM both need to sit in, rather than roaming as box to box types as they have been. Or else we need to sign 1 big solid lump to hold the fort alone, and Charles & Downs are interchangeable in the box to box role.

So if we have Downes, Charles, Fernandes, Azaz and a Striker playing how are we going to fit in a DM too?!

Is that not Caspar's job?

What has Will Still ever said that came across as 'hipster' to you? I'm genuinely intrigued. He's the most straight talking manager in press conferences I think I've ever listened to. Adam Blackmore described his straight talking as a breath of fresh air. When transfer negotiations are going on as a manager you have to be a bit tight lipped about some stuff or you'll just be made to look foolish by changing circumstance.

When I looked at his stats in the week I think he played DM twice for QPR

Who all want out, and were emasculated by Russell Martin and a PL hiding...

Who?? You're in no position to be critiquing him for attention to detail...

According to Adam Blackmore we haven't lost at Vicarage Road since 2007 - and we didn't today either

So who's playing midfield for you today.

So bearing in mind the players that travelled, and Flynn getting 'ill' 15 mins before the match, and having trained with a back 3 for a month, what would you have done Poch?

All of you guys blaming 3 at the back for our midfield woes (which I get) but you're forgetting the big issue which really put us and Still on the back foot from kick off: Mr f**king chicken livers hearing about a bid for him and packing up shop. This was the formation we were playing for 70 minutes Baz Stevo Wood THB Mads. Manning Charles Weeman Robinson Azaz Archer With the best will in the world Fraser & JayRob are going to get muscled out of it by that Watford team no matter what shape we play. Charles busier than a one-legged man at a an arse kicking competition. Archer is never in the game except to put away chances, Azaz missed most of preseason with an injury so isn't fully up to speed yet and it's his first game for us. Aribo & Smallbone are at home with their managers, so our other midfield options were Matsuki, Edwards, or Shoehorn... Having trained 3 at the back for a month you are f**ked either way as the manager in this situation. I thought we made a decent fist of it bearing in mind the players on the team sheet. Should Aribo or Smallbone have travelled? Maybe yes. * Azaz I thought did pretty well all things considered - definitely worn out but still trying when he went off. Later in the season I reckon he buries that chance. * Roerslav - what a player we have signed. A properly safe pair of hands. Forced off by that big lump charging into him off the ball > that's why Jack was up in his face after the free kick (not because he was close to Bazunu) * Stewart asked to play deep left wing which surely doesn't come naturally did alright, and I loved him skinning their RB round the outside so hard that he limped off straight away. On the plus side everyone is talking about our squad and Ipswich's squad - and they are 3 points behind us. We are only 4 behind Leicester. It could be worse. Now lets train a new system and absolutely smash the skates.