Lighthouse

There's a lot to criticise Tonda for but he's a bit snookered with the striker situation. Larin can't last thirty minutes and Stewart is made of glass. If we don't want to lose him for another two months, playing him twice in four days probably isn't wise.

Apparently they don't live longer with Calgon.

Seems like a pretty good idea to me. With Peretz in goal, we'd only concede a goal every four games. It's just the scoring we'd have to figure out.

Bednarek against Man Utd Valery against Leicester Austin at Fulham Olivier Bernard... just Olivier Bernard My god, we've had a few.

The game hasn't gone soft, it's quite clearly the exact opposite. People love to complain about sports science, data analysis and the obsession with athleticism and physical conditioning. In reality, that's the difference between the Rickie Lambert who played for Bristol Rovers and the Lambert who played for England. The best First Division teams of the seventies and eighties would be comfortably beaten by a decent Championship team from 2026.

We don't need him, we've got Iglouis Suarez.

I'm not 'really into NFL' but it's a much better watch than darts or snooker.

Not to mention Adams, Stewart and Onuachu who we've all signed and/or deployed in the physical number nine role in the last three years. The idea that SR have not signed, or even tried to sign a physical striker is just odd.

I'd agree if that were the case but there was a clear gap between them, so it was in effect two separate fouls. You can't ignore a foul that directly leads to a goal just because it follows another foul by the other team. I don't like it but it's the rules and if Arsenal ended up losing the title on G.D. they'd rightly be fuming.

It’s an absolute buzzkill but that was the correct decision.

Fair play Whitey, that looks like a cracking football trip. A bit livelier than the Estonian league game I once went to.

Five at the back isn’t necessarily a bad formation, played correctly, as we showed when Tonda first took over. That being said I much prefer us playing with a four and thank every god ever invented that I don’t have to watch Manning and Wood try to defend every weekend any more. The playoffs look a tall order, not because of the points gap but because of the flotsam in between us and sixth. Even if we win our next three, the chances are four or five teams above us will pick up six or seven points too.

My first thought was David Connolly, as I went to that Oldham away game. Eight minutes too, apparently. I seem to recall Saganowski hit the post about twenty seconds into his debut, that would have been a good start.

That would be Welington who signed in January last year, a month after Martin was sacked?

Louza to score their winner, just for added irony. Edit: Apparently we lost Aaron Ramsey in summer.

Right, give it another 15 minutes then get Yukon Klinsmann on.

I believe Charlie Daniels went down to Georgia to sign him personally.

Manning at Charlton was definitely one. There are probably a few more this season.

A dull game and a cold, damp early kickoff. Hardly surprising.

Good grief Peretz, less of that.

Stubbs is an interesting addition to the T20 side, with Cartwright too it clearly shows where we feel we're weaker in the team. Without Howell this season there's a need for a bit more bowling from someone. If Baker, Currie, Wood and Turner all play we're going to have a longer tail. If anyone's interested, Stoneman has definitely left, he's signed for Sommerset.

That utterly ludicrous innings from Suryavanshi was basically the difference between the two teams. As you say, if he carrys on like this then in 25 years they'll all be saying, 'Sachin who?' Very impressive tournament overall for our two boys, hopefully they come back with their tails up.

A small club getting a cup draw against a much bigger club is a bonus for them. If you're 'relying' on said game going to a replay to balance the books then it's you that has gone wrong, not the system. Very rarely do those games go to a replay anyway, the big team ususally wins first time. 90% of replays are just crap like Stoke vs Derby. Who wants to watch 3.5 hours of that, with the associated travel costs and everything else?

I still count Pelle against Sunderland. It's absolute horse poo that one of them is given as a Bridcutt o.g. it was obviously going in without his involvement.

Man City was in 2016, Villa was the year before.