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100%. The idea we were getting to the point where we didn't need to rely on loans to help us out was nice, but now we're back in the Championship we'd be handicapping ourselves by not doing so. Burnley had 4 players in on loan last year who were regular starters. I think they've only bought one of them permanently, and gone on to replace the others with different options potentially better suited for the Prem.

This would be great news and make me a lot more calm about JWP right away.

A nice 90th minute 3 week injury wouldn’t be the end of the world on Saturday.

Didn't care for this game and I'm happy/hopeful this shows RM that certain fringe players need to be gone/nowhere near the team without risking them in the league. 3-0 is embarrassing though, and a legitimate waste of time for the sold-out away end.

Mara hooked at HT. Matt Holland saying RM looked visibly frustrated at him a few times.

Find it really difficult to have any interest in the result of this one, to be honest.

McCarthy Bree - Lyanco - Charles - Perraud SAA - S. Armstrong - Meghoma - Djenepo Mara - Adams My best guess at it. SAA played a few times at 8 in pre-season but I have no real idea about Meghoma.

They posted and deleted it.

Extremely hard to tell how we're going to lineup from that!

Ben Jacobs is a bit of a chancer but it would be hilarious if they're getting scared into this by the prospect of him being cup-tied.

1 in 1 this season.

Was really highly rated when he first appeared. Played 40 games in the Championship and then 36 in the Prem at 18/19 years old, was linked to Barcelona and United in 2020 but career seems to have stalled a little bit since. 1 year left on his deal, and the kind of player we should definitely be going for (unfulfilled potential akin to Hojbjerg, Romeu, Bertrand etc) whilst still at a young age. RM's comments yesterday seemed to insinuate we'd replace Tino, even without KWP's likely departure. I'd be surprised if it wasn't Aarons & Bree for the season on the right. Championship YPOTY in 18-19, and in the Championship TOTY in 18/19 and 20/21.

Hopefully we can keep hold of Che. If not, an immediate replacement in Piroe would be perfect. "They (Arma and Che) are both top quality – that’s as long as we keep both of them. If one leaves, we will have to replace him."

Arma won't ever work in a team this favoured due to the deep lines he'll come up against. Makes far more sense to have somebody like Che (Piroe if Che is sold?) on the pitch for the first 70 minutes and then let Adam stretch defences when we're hopefully a goal or two ahead.

McCarthy Bree - Lyanco - Charles - Larios S. Armstrong - Lavia - Aribo Amo-Ameyaw - Adams - Djenepo A completely rotated team and one that would probably be enough to see us through? Or give a few of the players more minutes?

The two WP's excellent. Coin flip.

Wasn't anything too bad. Was asked if the fans can be excited about seeing him here next year and said something along the lines of "I'm just taking it game by game and we'll see what happens".

Well… Tella’s going based on that last question haha.

The only worry is that KWP, JWP, Tella and Che off the bench were our best players, and they could all leave in the next month. Stu was very good off the bench as well, I thought. Anybody watching that thinking we were negative/especially slow was just trying to find something to moan about.

That last 10 minutes was fucking brilliant, did they touch the ball?

What a fucking good goal that is, come on

I’m very happy with how we’ve played, it’s been nowhere near as irrelevant passing as people have suggested. We’re just not making the final ball and the striker isn’t good enough for this kind of football.

This small fast blokes gonna make it 2-1 on the counter from a long ball

Che is better than Arma, get him on whilst he’s here.

Here’s the test, can we break them down…