Football Special

That's the real quiz

Was about to type same thing. Enough positives overall to take from that, shouldn't have lost

Think we need a back 10 for this one

Bet placed. Having said that I think we're better suited to defending against him than McBurnie

Liverpool team looks stronger than I hoped

I'd prefer a year in league one

Is he out of contract end of the season? Have we replaced him with anything better?

Let's take a moment to remember better times in this competition at Anfield , who could be our Josh Sims and Shane Long tonight?

Not sure why people think they'll be bottom half then?

Tonight's big cup tie, the one that really matters....no doubt home support will include the local idiot with a bell and a wig

Where did they finish last season?

Pleased for him after the stick he took here, must be smiling to himself seeing them 4 points ahead of us in the table. Millwall unspectacular tonight but they really work hard as a unit, battling for the 1-0 , need to get that effort from our lads

He also said in the press conference there is still trauma from last season and trying to not let new players be affected by it ffs

Agree, look at total spend, some of which on players I doubt will even play that much, funds should have been used to identify a goal scorer who could come into the side and replace Tall Paul / Ross Stewart , or at least a loan fee for one, Downs was not what we needed right now.

Sunderland already nearly have as many points as we got all season, need to stop making excuses for the loser mentality allowed within the club, I'm sure Sports Republic would love it if we all just put last year's embarrassment down to the Premier League being so tough poor Martin and the boys never had a chance. Should be aiming to get back there and give it a proper go

You're right, really is no point changing manager whilst it's the same people making the appointment for replacement, data data data and no actual proper football people making decisions

I don't tend to bet on such things, is there already a market for our next manager?

And we don't even have good players in key positions I think some fans will have a reality check eventually having started the season with high hopes

That's probably the most interesting thing about the fixture, tactics will be different, no idea what XI Still will go with though, you'd have thought a number of changes

So are you saying you think this is a good team then mate? And it's the managers fault? Weve spent lots of money compared to Championship teams, but have we built a team? Core still looks poor - in my opinion The 6 players you mentioned weren't exactly our best from the promotion year, GK who was worst in the league, CB in Stephens who missed quite a bit of the season, I don't recall Manning contributing much in 23/24. , Ryan Fraser doing well but highlights failure to strengthen that he's one of our key players

It's possible we slip into bottom 3 next weekend with a defeat , I think that could be a tipping point

That will be the last straw for Sports Republic

Would be a small consolation but at least something to enjoy, EIEI EIO up to Barrow we will go

I know we've had this disagreement previously but I question this assertion that we have significantly better players, has last season and this season so far not sunk in yet? They certainly don't look like a cohesive team capable of playing good football , once they've provided some evidence of this superiority I'll start to believe in them Agree on wasted pre season. Regardless of the line up Still should have a system drilled into them and a clear plan