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According to AI 'research' (yeah, pinch of salt etc), Downes and Bragg only spent 1 minute (excluding injury time) on the pitch together during our unbeaten run in the second half of last season.... so, yep, its certainly not a pairing that Eckert would call upon out of choice vs necessity.

I'd rather we signed a winner to be honest...

A win

If Quarshie isn't good enough to play in a promotion chasing championship team, why on Earth did we buy him in the first place...?

I've actually liked what I've seen when he's played before. Yes, he's not the finished article by any stretch of the imagination, but he gives us the physical presence and pace that's a tad lacking with Stephens and THB.

I'm hoping that our below par start was mainly down to a somewhat half-baked pre-season and that once we're firing on all cylinders then 'normal service' will resume. We need to address the large Shea Charles sized gap in midfield pronto though... If we were 7 points off an auto-promotion spot around Christmas, we'd probably fancy our chances of closing the gap, so nowhere near panic stations yet...

Eh? I thought most of the squad were "mediocre championship players"...?

And, what's more, we'd have come away with at least a point if Bazunu had been playing....

Yeah, but Tonda can't possibly ignore the 'stats computer', which no doubt indicated that Larin should only play a set number of minutes, regardless of how well he was playing... It's the modern game, innit...

Obligatory yellow for Downes

Was just thinking that. Edozie didn't feature much on in pre-season either, did he?

Just the one DM on now then...

Yeah, I was being a tad facetious

Agree, but if he doesn't underhit the pass then Bree has a sitter...

It wouldn't be a first game of the season without writing off a new signing though...