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That’s the line up I’d like with the idea that for the final 20-25 minutes you can switch out the whole front 4 for McAteer - Alves - Monga with Daka up top, give them something new to deal with and fresh legs. Fear he may favour Soumare over Skipp and start Faes though.

Boo. He was potentially part of our core for a long time, still very young for a keeper and seems a calm character. He could serve West Ham for years, it’s a steal and if we disagree on that and the fee it’s another result of the financial situation and relegation both of which no f***er at the club has spoken about or taken responsibility for. Jakub is good but I don’t think he has quite as high a potential ceiling to his eventual development (I don’t mean he’s shorter!) A sad day for the club, and it’s on the club, they found a talent and have now lost him like a bar of wet soap slipping through their hands. I don’t want their happy clappy noise about Jakub being good, it’s a consequence of mismanagement.

Don’t know if Southampton will be spending more of all that cash they’ve raked in from sales. It’s one game, despite friendlies you’re trying to jump forward from a standing start, I think there will more lukewarm performances this weekend, hopefully not us, momentum is rarely there this soon and it’s a false start anyway whilst the window is still open. 5 or so games and and window closed will give more of an idea. But yeah, they don’t look all that do they !

Classic Ward stance for that one Maybe he thought it was crab football

Sargent is now captain, give him a couple of years and he’ll be Colonel.

Your mood in 10 words? I will be happier when the rotten apples have gone. Where will we finish? 3rd if there are two runaway teams and a points deduction, second if only one breaks away from the pack, it varies year to year. How many points will we be deducted? 8 then down to 6 on appeal. Who will be our most important player? Bilal and Fatawu give us quality opponents won’t handle but I think an organising, vocal CB is crucial, alongside Nelson I hope. Okoli til December then maybe Souttar. Who will be top scorer? A few like Ayew, Daka and Fatawu on 8-13 goals but Mavididi top with 14 What are you most excited about? The youngsters and getting them to bond as a potential core of the side for a new era, Nelson, Monga, Alves, Page, Evans and I include Fatawu, Bilal and Stolarcyk in that even though they’re further down the track with their experience. What are you most worried about? Rudkin making decisions still. What’s one thing you most want to see this season? A change in the communication from board to us. I still haven’t seen or heard an explanation for last season yet. Explain your decisions. Which player is going to surprise us? If Souttar returns to fitness around Christmas I think he’ll surprise people as to what a decent job he can do. He’s better than a lot think. Which player do you most want out the door? Faes won’t want be here so shouldn't be, Vestergaard is not good enough but will need to duck to get through door and Winks as a senior pro should have been around the place encouraging Monga before the Liverpool game. He was in a London park having tea and scones. And that giving up chasing away at West Ham after only coming on minutes earlier? Which one most though…..tough…..Vestergaard he has no place in our future. And I forgot Soumare, we really are a hostel of lost causes at Seagrave. Which player linked with a move are you most desperate to keep? Bilal, slightly more likely than Fatawu after his injury it might be too soon. Will Martí Cifuentes still be the manager this time next year- Yes but we may have interest in him from PL strugglers Leeds or someone in the final third of season.

There won’t be any available in the East Stand from now on? I’ve got a bit of a dodgy stomach, when I need to go, I need to go, removing them is scandalous. Oh sorry, CLAPPERS

A 1 hour bus from Suffolk to Cambridge, 40 minute wait, 1 hour 50 train to Leicester. Often bus replacements though, especially Sundays, and seem to spend hours in Ely station car park questioning my life choices. Way up is a breeze, positive, waking up gradually, start out at 6 to allow wiggle room for cancellations and a couple of hours in Kings Head. Return journey in the winter, if we’ve lost, feels twice as long. Worry about falling asleep, ending up at Stansted, staggering into airport and waking up in Kathmandu

But I would walk five hundred miles and I would walk five hundred more just to see Wout Faes f*** about And to see Pat-son Daka try to score! nanananananananana

Agree with the likes, when he did play he instantly brought mobility to the position, suddenly the gaps between full back and CB weren’t so much of a problem whereas Vestergaard or Coady couldn’t cover ground like that. And he could change Direction without having to apply for planning permission first. He immediately gave his partner, his nearest full back and the keeper some assurance and confidence.

I read in the match thread that there had been a message on the screens regarding Thailand, not an ad like the tourism ones, more of a statement of support (I think)

Good stuff, you’ve filled me with hope and optimism again you b*****ds!

“And up front we have…..The Keystone Cops!!!”

Deep breath tannoy man this is where you earn your pay, “A load of other Italians” won’t suffice

There’s so much room to aim for between those two lanky stalks, you could ride a moped through them!

I manage to forget him but then remember he’s still part of the strain on wages. He was injured on international duty so will be someways behind the others in fitness (and ability!!).

There were games where Cooper picked Bobby DeCordova-Reid or Ayew wide over Fatawu. Let that sink in.

Oh fatty we’ve missed you, such a smooth runner and so comfortable on the ball. If it weren’t for our divisional status and the way we’re run I’d be so full of hope for the future, building a team around Mads, Bilal, Fatawu and Monga, having our own unique DNA as a fast breaking, skilful flair side, like the Harlem Globetrotters on acid.

Praying that there’s a little known Eastern European company out there called Rudki Nout considering offering sponsorship

I despise the idea of having betting in your face all the time and particularly as a shirt sponsor. I think it won’t be them but could be:- Yodel - promises much but fails to deliver 5/1 Rusty Lee - You talk the talk (and laugh the laugh) now walk the walk, we need your backing (and pie recipes) 10/1 Walkers Crisps - Cheese & Rudkin flavour, stinks the place out 12/1 Something sensible and normal like what other clubs have 10,000 /1

It looks worse than it is. Six were unused u-23’s, two were the 3rd & 4th choice keepers and 2 were on loan. You’re all thinking more about the living legend, G.O.A.T. aren’t you ?

A personal one, Steve Howard, someone sat near me gave him some stick, it was the vital relegation game v Sheff Weds, they criticised his movement and shouted “Howard, you’re not fit”. To my surprise he came over and told ME to **** off. I hadn’t done anything . I’d woken at 5 and travelled to pay hard earned money to watch that shower of s**t side capitulate and he’s pointing the finger at me! I never forgave him but begrudgingly accept he was an effective unit, did a good job for us in the next couple of years.

I’m sat right now at Audley End House waiting to see Roger Daltrey, Ocean Colour Scene and Cast. ”August 1st” they said, “summertime” they said, “bring a picnic” they said….it’s p***ing it down! My pork pie’s soggy, my socks are damp and there’s no fit women off of Downton Abbey in floral dresses offering for me to join them on their blanket for Cucumber sandwiches like on the posters.

I always buy two of the Golf shirts. Just in case I get a hole in one.

The talk of “Why” (sign a right back) is Surprising, it was only 7 months ago. Ricardo was injured, Hamza was out on loan, there was no prospect of an academy player emerging in that position and Justin was gift wrapping a goal a game for the opposition. There are as yet undiscovered tribes in the Amazon rainforest and they know we needed a right back. Justin needed a break, for everyone’s sake including his own. Unlike Ward who requested removal from his situation after half a game, Justin just had to carry on like a lamb to the slaughter with every opposition game plan pinpointing his weaknesses. But “Why him”, is the right question, maybe he was “on file” from the previous season, it seems like Rudkin or whoever, was running out of time, options A-Z had said no or been unattainable within budget so like a kid playing football manager into the early hours with a desperate need for a RB or (to avoid the debate about his feet someone capable of playing right back) went for him. A professional who can play RB, is fit and whose confidence isn’t shot to pieces….he already sounds a better option than Justin. But then he played and I presume trained and at that point the idea of shaving Filbert and registering him seemed a more reasonable option. As it happens we barely used him and Justin carried on leaving room for a truck to drive through on our right hand side.