Patches O Houlihan

Get your relegation money on them right now 😉

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?