Saint_clark

The transfer is under investigation not us specifically, and Villa are the ones who have done wrong if anything. I don't believe anything will come of it.

I think that falls outside those rules as him going back to Villa was automatically triggered by Uniteds relegation. They ended up with a player they didn't want and sold him on. Either way, we haven't done anything wrong in that. We would have signed him from Sheffield United and probably for less anyway.

We had 18 shots to be fair so we did create. BBD missed a big one and there was some huge last ditch defending.

Which is nonsense, we didn't slow down at all up till that mistake.

Or indeed Stephens.

Three other keepers on the books after renewing the contracts of two in the summer. Ridiculous.

I simultaneously hope not (he looked great) and hope so (Martin is a moron if he chose to take him off).

Of course we do. Trouble is we're practicing against our defence.

Only if you're going to insist on your keeper playing like Pirlo.

Alcaraz on the pitch has a good strike of the ball.

Archer wasteful with the ball, passing it straight out of play.

Armstrong close again, deflected wide.

Eastleigh 3-2 up now from 2-0 down.

If it was an injury why didn't Bree come on?

Interesting that he's turned to Edozie to change this game after not trusting him at all for most of last season.

Eastleigh fight back from 2-0 down to equalise, go on Kelvin.

BBD misses a sitter...? Oh no.

Sugawara being the one to come off baffles me. Should have been Stephens, but of course he's one of Martins beardy banter boys.

I agree, but we KNOW he is like that so just don't put him under that kind of pressure.

Sugawara off for Edozie...? WHAT? Got to be a back four change, with THB to right back I would assume.

Surely they're coming back out with 9 men then?

No idea.

I think the club have buried their head in the sands because we simply can't afford to get a keeper in. Talksport saying the Smallbone shot was going in as well.

Look, we know McCarthy can't play it out from the back like a modern keeper. We adjusted for that at the end of last season. We need to do that again now and that includes not passing it back to him when that's the riskier option than turning around and passing forwards. Stephens should not escape blame there.

In fairness the pass from McCarthy was horrendous but we shouldn't be passing back to him in that circumstance. Stephens was further forward than the fucking newcastle player, just turn around and play it forward.