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Think some of links will need to start being taken as the smoke & mirrors they likely are. All sorts of games going on behind the scenes. Not a chance we're serious about signing them all!

If all of these transfers come off (and it's sounding strangely promising!) we alone will have seen a pretty huge turnover of playing staff since the Wrexham match - let alone the rest of the clubs in the division. It's becoming ever more ridiculous that the window shuts over 3 weeks into the season.

If we can afford the luxury, then I'd happily take the headache. It's a long old season.

Wednesday's win in particular was pretty funny. They had 20% possession and relied on a Darlow own goal to equalise. Yet Leeds didn't score a single penalty in the shootout, so out they go!

Ideally in the bloody boardroom.

A 0-3 away win? I admire your optimism!

I've changed my mind after rewatching it a few times - yes, Downs could've adapted better to the pass as-was (rather than what he clearly anticipated), but it certainly wasn't the best. It's the lack of pace as much as anything. Was stroked in, rather than whipped across.

On the plus side, we didn't join the 5 Championship teams that went out to lower league opposition. Add in the the 2 all-Championship fixtures that happened tonight and the 1 all-Championship match tomorrow, and that's at least a third of our division out at the first hurdle. Avoid a Prem team in the next round draw; go on a nice little cup run; forget tonight ever happened.

Well, at least we've got that out of our system before Ipswich. Right? Right? 😬

If I were being charitable I'd say our positioning, communication, passing, ball retention, crossing, finishing, pressing, marking, tackling and goalkeeping have been a little under par.

HAVE SOME OF THAT, YOU TIME WASTING ANTI-FOOTBALL DISNEY WANKERS.

Transferred my ticket to my (soon to be) father-in-law for this one. Can't wait to see what our wedding gift will be. 🤦‍♂️

The stipulations on attendance were near identical.

No, they don't. For the one that occurred during the Nathan Jones 'era', I managed to pull together a group chat of around 1/3 of the confirmed attendees. Partially to make sure that we were lining up pertinent questions; partially with the intention that if it wasn't a truly open session we'd kick up a fuss. There were whispers of the club editing down the footage to remove the harshest dissenting voices, so I took audio of the entire thing. As it happened, most of those from the group that wanted to ask a question were able to. We may not have liked all of the answers, but nobody was passed over, dodged or ignored.

I was gunning for us to sign Mat Ryan last Summer, before he went to Roma. He was bloody good for Brighton - which yes, was a few years ago now. But kept 17 clean sheets for AZ Alkmaar in 23/24. Roma didn't work out for him, but he played 18 games at a good level in the second half of last season (6 clean sheets). A season as #1 for us, followed by potentially becoming the new McCarthy next year? Sounds like excellent business. Sign him up for 2 to 3 years. Albeit it's probably all moot, since there's bugger-all basis for the speculation...

Not the faintest. Solely replying to highlight what an exceptional name Edu Expósito is.

Something like this, no? Ramsdale Edwards / Stephens / Quarshie / Welington Fernandes / Charles Armstrong / Fraser / Brereton-Diaz Archer

Given the crux of your argument is your lack of simple cognitive ability, you have my sympathies.

You're being deliberate obtuse (you?!) as I clearly mentioned the first and second linked results. But OK, let's really push the boat out with a search string that only a Google jedi could manage: "england women injury time winner" Right at the top of the page it generates the following summary from a BBC article: "Nearing the end of injury time, the Lionesses were goalless to Italy, who had scored a goal in the first half. That was until 19-year-old Michelle Agyemang scored at 96 minutes, moments from the final whistle, saving the team from certain defeat." One minute you're saying how quick and easy it is to use a search engine, the next you're incapable of this. 😆

I think you could probably manage something like "england women". First result is 'England Women's Senior national football team | Lionesses', which contains numerous articles mentioning Agyemang, with pictures. Second result is the Wikipedia page 'England women's national football team', which contains the current squad.

Given, as you say, it takes a matter of seconds to locate helpful info on the Internet, perhaps it may have served you better to bother looking up her name in the first place.

I've been plenty critical of Sugawara's defending, but agree - he won't be under nearly so much pressure at this level. Neither Fox nor Richardson stepped up to the PL, yet they cumulatively bagged 19 assists in a single Championship season. A full back that can deliver a decent ball is handy in this division.

Each to their own, but for me this appears ill thought out and over-designed. It also shares an issue with ours, in terms of apparently not knowing what to do with the stripes and the shoulder seam. The awful sponsor and manufacturer logos are further nails in the coffin.

Given footballers can't resist pulling Cucurella's hair, should its continued existence be considered an unfair advantage?

Unfortunately that's triggered another year's extension.