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Slim Joe 'Slothwell' Rothwell chosen to run the midfield in a must-win game. Setting up in a 4-3-3 with no proper defensive midfielders in a match in which they can't afford to concede. Looks like caution to the wind, shit or bust. Fans going mental already. It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for him.

Oxlade-Chamberlain gets paid one and a half million pounds to stop pretending to play for Besiktas. Football is mental. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c707l4kxwlwo

Tom Cleverley? Mark Bright?

Nice

Sensible signing. Good to have more back-up, wouldn't want to block Ryan Fraser's pathway to the first team.

Right winger. 6 foot 2. 6 goals in 25 appearances on loan for St Pauli in the Bundesliga last season, plus 1 more in the cup. Couldn't get in the side the season before that at Lens. 2 in 15 games for Guinea. He's 27 so they can't say he's one for the future. Dibling replacement so would need to come straight in and perform, and be better than Fraser to improve the squad.

It didn't happen last night either mate, it was Archer, Fraser and Matsuki.

Josh Sargent: Price: Let's say £22m. Goals so far this season in a bang average Norwich side: 4 goals in 4 games. Armstrong, Archer, Downs, Stewart, BBD: Combined price: about £52m. Combined goals so far in a side tipped for automatic promotion: 2 between all 5 of them. Yeah, why would we want him?

Selles is apparently interested in getting Redmond up there too. He’s getting the band back together!

Excellent. Off you fuck, don’t let the door hit you on the way out 👋

*Wrexham /MLG

We should be on track to win it three times over then 🙌🙌🙌

No, that is Ralph Kruger and always will be. Needs Dr Bunsen/ Les Reed next to him for the full effect

People are getting way too carried away with one solid but unspectacular performance against Norwich reserves. He made two good but not exceptional saves (the one low down to his left and the one that came through the crowd), and two basic routine saves (the one up to his right and the one that would have been an OG). He also played us into trouble three times by getting caught with the ball at his feet or passing out into trouble. Fortunately Norwich weren’t good enough to capitalise on it when he did. Then there was a low one in the second half which beat him but went wide. He might have had it covered but possibly not. See MaccaWatch (tm) in the match thread. It was a perfectly decent one-off performance for a championship level keeper but it really wasn’t anything special. Most pro keepers would expect to make those saves more often than not. We all know his weaknesses because he’s had the same ones since he joined us 8 years ago. I’m glad he did ok last night but unfortunately he’s too unreliable for a run of games and always will be. With all that said, I’d still play him against the Skates as they will single Baz out for dogs abuse as a former player, and he’s played in bigger games before so will probably handle the atmosphere better and be a calmer presence. He also did well last time we went down there. For that particular game, he is probably lower risk.

You’re very keen to make this ‘ginger Juric’ a thing aren’t you, even though it doesn’t make any sense and he is nothing like Juric whatsoever. Maybe if you repeat it often enough it will catch on anyway?

West Ham, Bournemouth, Leeds out with the Skates. Calvert-Lewin had an absolute mare on his Leeds debut. Missed two sitters and then blazed his penalty.

Full-time MaccaWatch: First half: - Caught in possession dallying with the ball at his feet, got away with it - Good save down low to his left - Routine save to his right to prevent an own goal - Routine save at shoulder height to his right - Poor pass out to defender, got away with it Second half: - Good save through a crowd of players - Poor clearance straight to Norwich player, got away with it - Beaten by low shot, went wide, possibly had it covered but also possibly not Summary: - Decent shot-stopping, poor with his feet. An old-school 7/10.

3-0. Better than a laser beam up the jaffas

Has MLG moved to Russia now?

Diaz you donkey

Delia Smith there, where are ya indeed

Fuck me Matsuki!! Pick that out and have it with mustard you carrot-crunching inbreds

Right, come on Downs, let's see what you've got

Looked off(Brook)side to me

More Martinesque defending, decent finish Fraser, 2-0. Fair play to him, he's been good tonight.