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Great game will be utterly ruined if Ings' injury is serious. Would be saying that if we'd won 6-0. Credit to Villa they came back very well, 10 more minutes we may well have lost after looking utterly imperious first half and still comfortable 2nd pre injuries (noted McCarthy made some very good saves).

Wow. Just fucking WOW. (apologies if you read some industrial language just then)

no mate, if challenges like that are reds then the game has..................like...............................gone.

Alan Smith

And not forgetting Redmond who was - utterly bizarrely - singled out by Alan Smith as MOTM. Anyway, whatever, excellent display, completely in control happy days.

He was. When he gets a few games behind him he looks so composed.

Niiiice. Noticeable how strong we looked towards the end. Could've won it.

The return of the bad gateway. Hopefully temporary but a shame for this to return after a few virus free weeks.

Right, having revisited the kit thread, (re)looked at the official website, and considered the photos of our new signing it would seem that replica kit with the Sportsbet sponsor logo and UA manufacturer logo does not exist, replica kit with the redundant LD sponsor logo and UA manufacturer logo does exist but regardless we will be playing in actual kit with Sportsbet sponsor logo and UA manufacturer logo. Perhaps my original question should have been why has the UA manufacturer logo been dropped from the replica kit with the Sportsbet sponsor logo? Anyway let’s hope this Diallo fellah is good whatever kit he turns out in.

Ah must be my imagination then that I read we have dropped them and pre-order kits on the official website have no UA (or any) logo.

Why is he in UA kit?

Please god no. The modern day equivalent of signing Stuart Ripley.

Get in SUPERB finish

Well if he wanted European Football he sure as duck ain’t getting it with us so I guess a few early guaranteed games before getting knocked out looked quite appealing in that sense.

I may be misreading the above and will happily admit to never having heard of this Diallo fella but doesn't this all indicate that he's a crock of shite?

Not getting why you would hope he would walk. I certainly wouldn’t blame him if he did, might even expect him to but he’s the best aspect of the whole club right now.

Yeah well said. It’s a FUCKING SHAMBLES.

We won, it's all that matters ultimately. However, it was against a poor team made particularly weak by 4 or 5 injuries to key players. It strikes me that if we have a similar injury issue this season we will be well and truly fucked.

Didn’t wear gloves back then. Do now. More mistakes now. Send McCarthy out gloveless.

He fucked about with or line ups and formations like this at the start of last season. We all know where that led us. Quite why the fuck he’s experimenting again is totally beyond me. Oh, and our options off the bench are fucking embarrassing. I don’t ever expect to see Will Smallbone come on to the pitch and change a game for us.

This is just utter utter crap. Seriously WTF are we playing at.

Sorry but this is utter naive shit from Ralph.

Yep you have articulately nailed the reason we’ll probably only get one more player in, and likely a cheap speculative loan at that. It’s a long established fact that the less players he has to choose from the happier Ralph is. All this “we’re looking, it’s difficult, we have to get one or two in we know that” is all bluff and bluster as Ralph beams inwardly at the thought of seeing out the season with 2 established central midfielders, one of them over the hill and a fan of getting suspended.

Bet we end up with one Dansoesque loan.

Sounds like this one isn’t panning out too well.