LuckyNumber7

To be fair, I don't think many people were bothered about loaning out Bree in the summer as he'd hardly been great for us before. However he's looked transformed ever since returning, looks a much more confident player than he did before. Certainly made me re-evaluate him. Every transfer is a gamble, there's no sure thing. Liverpool spent over £120M each on Wirtz and Isak in the summer and both have flopped. As you say it's a fine line. Who knows what happens if Downs gets the confidence boost of putting away that chance against Wrexham on opening day.

Sign him up. Love the guy.

About time some on here start giving him the respect he deserves. He's doing a fantastic job and completely did a number on Lampard today. At this rate we'll struggle to hold onto him.

I have thought about that before and like it in theory, but it could mean you just get teams setting out to play for a draw.

As opposed to the teams that finish below them who have an extra round to get through. So it gives more chance to the teams finishing higher. At worst it's no change for the teams in 3rd and 4th, while making it a little harder for the teams below that but giving more teams something to play for. I don't see any downside.

Good, makes things more exciting for more teams, and benefits the teams finishing 3rd and 4th. We might need it next season.

Agree with this and I'd say it's largely since the Pompey game. Everyone was expecting our players to wilt and crumble, but they didn't and actually put in a proper shift and stood up to be counted. We've been good since. The additions of Peretz and Larin, and Bree coming back and playing well have made a huge difference. We're starting to look like a team again.

What rubbish. You mean like Will Still did, winning 2 of his 13 games? And if you think we have the best squad in the league, you're deluded. We do have some good individual players, but so do other teams. Honestly I'm not sold on Tonda yet, but he's doing a pretty decent job on the whole. I feel like we could win every remaining game and some of you would still be moaning about him.

Of course, it's all everyone else's fault. Everything will be fine in 10 years.

Well they were stupid enough to vote in this current shambles. Hopefully you're right about the NHS. It's a complete money drain.

Yeah it's weird, but I guess there's just more southern teams than northern teams at that level. Merthyr in there too. Northernmost team in National League South is Hemel Hempstead.

Welcome to the far right.

I remain to be convinced that he's the right man long term, but you certainly can't argue with the results on the whole. Seems to be shaping the squad to how he wants it and we're now starting to see a settled team. I think he's learning on the job. Worth remembering that we were 21st when Still was sacked.

Crap game but happy to grind out a win. Really pleased for Larin to quieten some of the doubters, dream debut and hopefully more to come, although he'll need to work on his fitness. Welington was my MOTM again though, it's criminal that Manning was picked ahead of him for so long. Also a shout out to THB who is looking more like his old self recently, and no sign of sulking after the West Ham bid was turned down. 1 goal conceded in 4 games now (and that was a handball). Reaping the benefits of a change in formation and personnel.

It's perfectly fine to have an initial opinion of a player but some of the comments on Larin have been completely ott and frankly out of order. On this forum he's already been called a prick, donkey, joke just off the top of my head before even signing for us. I also disagree about his stats being bad, he generally has a good goalscoring record across his career, albeit in mostly weaker leagues. Maybe La Liga was a step too far or the league just didn't suit him. But we're mid table in the Championship now, that's our level. People are placing far too much weight on what the Feyenoord fans are saying about him. He's barely played for them (1 start I think)? Of course they're not going to be gushing. Has anyone looked to see what Besiktas fans thought of him, where he scored almost 1 in 2? Sometimes it doesn't work out for a number of reasons. As someone who saw him play a few games for Canada I was mildly pleased when I saw the link, I just can't quite believe the venom that has been spewed about his signing, probably from people who have never seen him play. Especially as his profile is what many have been calling for. A physical presence with a half decent scoring record. He may well turn out crap and fair enough if so, but at least it's only a loan. I hope our fans give him a fair crack of the whip but I'm not holding my breath.