S-Clarke

Adkins sounded quite worried about Harding when he was asked, as he did his knee in training y/day.

He is exactly what Burnley fans said he was. Good going forward in an attacking sense, a terrific delivery and set piece taker - but suspect defensively, often getting caught out of position. Let Nige and co work their magic on him and I'm sure he can be a much more effective defensive full back, but on today's showing he looks more of a left midfielder.

Yeah, didn't agree with the booing myself - but that's what most do when an ex-player comes on, for some reason. He did say some silly stuff to the press soon after he left though IIRC, along the lines of ''As soon as we were relegated and I asked my agent to push a move through to forest for me''

He did score goals, but I reckon someone like Lambo would have got 20 odd in that team. We were nieve and inexperienced, but we did create a lot of chances and a clinical, consistent finisher was probably the difference from a mid-table finish that season. But due to our ''log jam'' of strikers, we sold them all.

Yep, harding only took a knock in training y/day unfortunatley, and Richardson had a tweak so was pulled on thursday.

Players being played were forced changes. Harding has jarred his knee, Richardson took a kick in the groin (i think) and Butters has had some sort of knock all season so far, same with big Rhadi. I thought today showed our squad depth tbh. Alot of clubs wouldn't have been able to cope with the amount of changes we had to make today, yet we were still competitive against one of the best in the league.

We will be attacked more in this league, teams will create more chances against us, because it's a higher level. We don't have the likes of Yeovil, Wallsall, Tranmere with their ''potent'' attacks. We're up against players like Miller, Derbyshire, Zigic, Chorpa etc....a total jump in the level, anyone who didn't think we'd conceded a few more goals is expecting a little too much from this team.

It's posts like yours which drag this site down because they're a massive knee-jerk, they're based on no real foundation as you weren't there to see the full picture. I was, and whilst we did look a bit jittery, it was nothing major to worry about. The full backs were a little shaky, but that will be addressed when we get Richardson/Butters back from injury - then we can put Cork back in his best position. And by the way, my point about us just being promoted is valid and is not an excuse. Why people expect us to be beating teams like forest easily, whilst not letting them score is beyond me. If anything today showed the versatility and depth of the squad.

No, but that's an excuse. Apparently.

To think a year or so ago they were talking about taking their place as one of the best teams on the south coast.

I'm not getting my excuses in early. But it looks like you're building up your ammunition ready to go full throttle when we lose.

Yep, we're in a right mess. Totally doomed. Everyone out.

Yep, that sub took the flow out of their game and allowed us back in it.

He'll say he's big boned...but he's definitely been on the pies. He's still got a great touch and cross though.

We are conceding a few goals, but anyone who thought we'd concede the same as last season, or less, is off their rocker. We'll loose more games this year too, it's the nature of being in a higher league.

How we got £1m for him beggars belief.

He was alright, he's nice on the ball and likes the play it out from the back which is good. He looks like a tank too and had to contend with Miller for alot of the game, which I thought he did well. Some of his heading was a bit up in the air, rather than away, but he didn't do much wrong. He'll get better with us as well, no doubts.

Really lucky win in all honesty, how they didn't score a couple more is beyond me. But we dug in and showed the grit and drive which is bred from winning games every week. A winning mentality can make all the difference. So pleased for Lambo, he's shown he can play at this level with no issues at all. 7 goals for him now I think - I reckon he could hit 20 again. If Holt can, then surley Lambo can... The two flanks got ripped apart most of the game, I'd prefer Corky in midfield but it was forced today unfortunately. Fox is exactly what Burnley fans said he was, great attacking, fantastic delivery, but always out of position defensively - which is what we saw today. Hopefully Adkins and co can coach a little more defensive nous into him. I'd feel much more comfortable with Harding and Richardson in the full back slots based on today. Credit to Adkins, I think the tactical switch on the hour put us back in control. Bringing Chaplow in and playing a diamond allowed us to get hold of the ball a bit more, but some of Forest's substitutes beggared belief. Nice to see McGoldrick is still as useless. Really pleased though, we just don't know how to drop points at home. 12 wins in a row, amazing!! Let's make it 13....

Nice one, don't mind the new edit box - little bit snazzier. Hope the move over the weekend goes ok.

Yeah, was a nominal fee under 100k. He still had 2 years under contract with us IIRC.

I don't think the term emergency loan actually means anything. You can sign any player you want on a short-term 93 day loan when the window opens, I think the limitations come into affect when the transfer windows are shut and you need to make a quick move due to having no goal keepers etc. But the emergency loan window has been used to make permanent signings in recent years, i.e a 3 month loan with a view to a permanent £2m in January.

No, he really couldn't do a job for us...

He had a trial at P'Boro over the summer, but they decided against him for whatever reason. Not good enough for us, and we've already got 4 top quality midfielders.

sainttomski - why do you think we'll get relegated??

Cheers - the start has surprised us too! Beaten anything done in our history! Always felt a little sorry for you not going up last season, you did everything but - the end of last season was relentless from both of us. Was impressed with you signing Danny Ward and Mcdermott - surprised you haven't had more wins though. Reckon you'll do it the automatic route this year?