S-Clarke

Very frenetic isn't it, hasn't settled down yet. No real pattern to it.

Zouma starts for WHU - wtf?

Jeez, didn't realise that. Lots of interest in the summer then. Although I imagine the agent fees and all that on top prob bring the outlay closer to 150-200m.

I wonder if he's referring to anyone in particular in his statements? It is true though, for clubs like us it just kills our model dead in the water. We're not the only club to have that issue though, look at how Mbappe is playing it at PSG - he could have been worth a record transfer fee to them. Halland, in my opinion, will do the same to Dortmund.

Blow for Lyanco, he has settled in quite well in recent weeks. He's certainly not the player we were told to expect by the Torino fans.

He'll end up at Benfica I reckon, they seem the natural path for these sorts of south Americans nowadays - then they perform there and get their 'big' move. Nice to see us mentioned, but we have as much chance of signing Mbappe.

There are way too many wrongun's in this world.

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola says he will leave club when his contract expires in 2023 - BBC Sport

Basically from how I read that is that he intends to see out his contract with us, what happens after that is still a bit unknown. I thought that was always the case if I'm honest. I guess he gets so emotionally involved in the cut and thrust of football that he fancies a bit of a break. I can't imagine it will be the end of him in football once he leaves us though, he still has a lot to offer. Similar to Pep, he's toyed with the 'quitting' football idea after his City contract finishes but I'm sure he'll be back. We just need to give Ralph all the tools we can in these next 2 years in order for him to put us on the strongest footing possible, he can also have a hand in appointing his successor.

Yeah, he was the manager when we won the U17 world cup. He was in and around the England setup at the same time as Crocker, Ashworth etc.

This is the side I'd expect to see. Tino played longer than we wanted on Saturday so he should be on the bench, otherwise we're risking him again for no reason. Peraud has played himself into some decent form I think. They're not easy to score against under Conte, so we're going to need to be ultra clinical...which we can be. Another 'bonus' game though really, anything we get from this is a plus.

Bit of a disastrous January for Brighton all told. He was crucial to their approach in terms of transfers and strategy. Not sure they can get anyone who is any better than him.

He's certainly done well wherever he has been, he did a decent job at Swansea too and got them close to promotion a couple of times. Weirdly the Swansea fans felt his football was a bit stale and boring and they were desperate for a change of manager, I wonder if they still think that as they sit towards the bottom of the Championship.

Thought I'd give this match a shot to see what it's all about, what am I watching? It's absolute dross, has this been the standard of the tournament? They want it to be respected, but I get more entertainment from Vanarama league games.

Bournemouth were so bad. Boreham Wood deserved that based on their efforts alone, Bournemouth just huffed and puffed without doing anything. Everton away is a great money spinner for Boreham Wood, given the way games have gone in this years FA Cup who knows what'll happen.

Leicester are just returning to norm as a mid-table prem team/strugglers (Very similar to us) - they've had a few years above their norm and it was never sustainable long-term for a club like them. They seem to have decided that they are top 4 challengers/Cup Winners every year and that's clouding their judgement, they'll regret getting rid of Rodgers imo.

I'm completely lost at these points as well to be honest. Broja wasn't even in the team, he was a sub. Ideally we didn't want to use him, but we had to in the end. So, what did we do wrong exactly? Should we have started him and risked him getting injured from the start? The argument that we'll be knackered is confusing as well, the reason for rotating the team is to avoid tiredness so we wouldn't be as knackered. If we went first team today there is no guarantee we'd have got through comfortably either, not at all. Flogging the likes of Stephens, Long, Valery, Theo etc for the majority of that game whilst saving Slaisu, Adams, Broja and Romeu in the main is squad management. And we got through, so that's all that matters really.

Their takeover was a bit weird, the Americans basically leveraged their buy out on the club and saddled them with tons of debt, more than they had before they were sold. Which is a bit insane. It's not allowed them to move on either as they can't sign anyone. All in all a bit of a sad situation for Burnley and it feels as if they're at a crossroads, they've peddled the Dyce way for many years but as a club they probably need to evolve now. I might be wrong...but if they do go down I think they'll struggle to get back for many, many years.

But if it's at the determinant to us as a team then it's hard to really encourage his appearances, if I'm honest. He's got another 18 months left yet. From the bench at absolute best I'd say, but he shouldn't be starting anymore. I doubt he takes much notice of social media if we're honest and anyone's views, but it's shocking how far off he looks nowadays. I don't remember seeing a player so far off the required level playing for us for quite some time. I thought his return was a bit sentimental at the time and was a bit of a PR job, certainly the contract after the loan, and sadly it's proving to be no more than that. 'Never go back' they say, and they're probably right. A lesson I should have learnt a few times in my own life as well!

Good luck for the season, you've got a tidy team there. Another decent Chelsea youngster in your midfield I think. Think you lack genuine goal threat, but you're not a bad outfit.

Bit of a disastrous result for Burnley that one, struggle to see how they get out of it this time round. Spurs, Liverpool and Man Utd in the next 4. I'd say they're all but gone, but the other 3 above them are equally bad that they'll always be within touch. It's going to be a low 'safety' total though, I'm pretty sure on that.

If he'd have got that injury as a starter there'd be pelters because we didn't rest him etc. In an ideal world Broja wasn't going to be used at all today, but sadly the replacements were so bad we had no choice. And even worse is that he got an injury in the mix of it all, right in the final min of 120. The difference he made to our attack was frightening though, it shone a poor light on the players on before him as this is a young kid.

With Theo it feels as if the club and the player himself is in denial. I think someone close to him needs to have some serious words with him about his plans. He doesn't move very well, his pace has gone, his touch is awful and his strength is non-existent. It's honestly the equivalent of playing with 10 men and it's a waste of a squad space. This isn't 'form' or 'confidence', this is just a lack of genuine ability and physical attributes to be any use to us. I guess he's good around the place and the bonus is having him to mentor the likes of Tella etc, but honestly just give him a job doing that. I hate to see his professional career ending like this with us.

Yeah, Coventry should have won really, bit of a sucker for them. It's a tough call though...we've got two away games in 7 days at the Top 6 teams, I think if I were a manager I'd probably go weakest in this home game with the confidence that the squad we have is good enough...but as I said players like Armstrong, Long, Theo etc let the manager down today, as 'on paper' they should have been able to create more than we did against 'lesser' opposition, but they were all utterly abject. I'm fairly sure the plan today was for Armstrong and co to show up so we didn't have to see Broja, Redmond, Romeu, KWP etc on the pitch.

I think we need to wait for the MLG confirmation...! But I'm sure there is VAR if the game is at a PL ground, which is daft because it then becomes very inconsistent as it's not applied to all.