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Australia has only one walker in recent history….Adam Gilchrist. Thing is, with the DRS technology you’d think more batters would walk these days. I don’t suppose Carey was to know that “snicko” wasn’t working properly yesterday.

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Spectre

You might be right. Looking up his record though, 23 scored from 28; missed 3 of his last 4. Still think he’s probably the best option.

But not as rubbish as you’re making out. A little context…..Romeu came on at the 86 minute mark. Norwich were 2/1 up, wind in their sails, and physically dominating our increasingly passive line up. Within the limited time he was on the pitch, he was better than his previous two equally brief cameos, and he’ll continue to improve. Romeu isn’t the reason we shrunk out of the game on Saturday. If anything it was a strange move by Eckert to bring him on. We needed a goal rather than a defensive midfielder.

I haven’t looked up the numbers but I see Armstrong as a pretty good penalty taker, despite missing two recently. Sadly there aren’t too many Ricky Lamberts around. A specialist pen taker if ever there was one.

Thanks for the hyperbole. Let’s revisit my nonsense in a month or so and see how your “wisdom” holds up.

Many would agree with you. Surely Charles rather than Bragg if/when fit.

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Don’t write him off. What’s he had since the 6 month layoff…..a couple of weeks of training and three short cameos late in the game. He definitely looked sharper, and more effective yesterday, threw himself into the play and didn’t shirk the Norwich intensity. He won’t return to his Prem heyday, but he still has plenty to offer at Championship level. I’m more worried about the contributions of Stephens, Wood, Fraser, Manning and Bazunu than Romeu who will only improve with more game time.

That’s the core of the problem. There has been no development/improvements in Bazunu’s game. His only clear strength is with the ball at his feet; all the other fundamentals of goalkeeping are sub-standard or inconsistent, and have remained so over four years, including the loan spell. To think that in such an important season, we have continued a four year stretch (Ramsdale’s season excepted) with McCarthy and Bazunu as our goal keeping choices is a shocking indictment of the Club’s recruitment. The rumoured loan deal in January for another keeper has to happen.

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Like you, I got it wrong with Azaz. He’s benefiting from the speed of build up and being played further up the pitch as a 10. He also seems to have upped his work rate. The assist for the Armstrong goal was superb. A big tick for Tonda and a fail for Still.

Rose