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It's a short career. He came to us to further his career by moving to the Prem. He left because playing for a morally depleted team in the Championship may mean he'd be forgotten and his career would stagnate. He's moved to the Bundesliga and is proving his quality there. I don't begrudge players wanting to move after relegation. The problem is if they remain here and they continue to sulk and moan, put in half-hearted performances and their body language is atrocious (e.g. Winks). Bilal is too good for the Championship. If we'd had a competent manager last season who could structure the team to help him and Buonanotte create more chances, maybe he'd still be here and maybe we'd be looking like a proper Premier League team again.

I don't see any other choice really. Hopefully Daka won't be away for long and sending Carranza back would give us a loan space back to get someone in who is good enough to get on the pitch. A left-back would be a god send.

Was excellent in the season before last if I remember rightly. Last season, I believe he was good again. But by being replaced clearly Le Bris thought that Roefs, while less experienced, is a more talented keeper all round. The trouble with Patterson is that he's been criticised a bit for his distribution. We already have a fantastic shot stopper who is a bit suspect with his feet. Stolarczyk has most definitely saved us points this season with some brilliant displays. If we can turn a profit on this, I wouldn't be against it. But I don't know if we'd be necessarily improving the team significantly enough to warrant it being a huge priority. If a Prem team is making kissy faces at Stolarczyk, I'm on board, but otherwise I'm not sure I see the point.

Proper Darwin Awards stuff, that. Unbelievable.

I think this has been a thing since at least the 90s. Most people who do it tend to grow out of it, I've found.

Feel like Bobby Reid is making a huge difference for us. Aside from the obvious goal contribution, he's allowing James to play his best position which keeps Soumare out. With Skipp stepping up it also means not having to rely on the inconsistent and wantaway mardy arse Harry Winks. Big, big difference between now and a few short weeks ago. If/when Ramsay comes back we'll have genuine options and will hopefully help us see games out better as well. For the meantime, moving Choudhury inside and getting Aluko on and bringing Page off the bench is hopefully going to be great for their development. A good day and a good week or so all in all.

I wasn't bang on with Evans though. Reminds me of when I predicted a 3-2 comeback win against Spurs before the game. Only I predicted a Dion Dublin winner and it was Mark De Vries

For me, this one half good, one half bad is incredibly frustrating. But, actually, even though he had a recent period of absolute guff, we've emerged from it largely the same as the start of the season with the exception - and it's a massive exception, really - that we're now actually scoring goals during our good spells. Something needs to be done about how we allow teams back into games. Yes, momentum is a thing in football. But we have to still be able to control games if a team scores a flukey goal to make it 3-1. Maybe we just don't quite have the personnel. Maybe with a little more experience, our younger players may be able to come on and see games through with comfort. Maybe we also need signings. But this is a side that appeared to down tools last season. It's also still a side that appears weak when pressured. But Cifuentes has them playing some good stuff at times and I think he needs time to build a squad and get past whatever financial penalties we'll incur. I think he could build a decent side here.

Haven't seen or heard a minute of this but from the scoreline, I presume we've just had our good half. Please see it through boys

Big performance today please. Let's turn one good half into two and put some of our fears to bed. Evans off the bench to grab the goal that sinks Ipswich's hopes for good. 3-1 win. Yes I'm an eternal optimist.

Money aside, I remain open-minded about this. That comeback video is very inspiring. For him to come back and try to play again when he could have just taken his sweet time and retired in luxury is no mean achievement. He must be so motivated for a final swansong. He may even look at the longevity of some players like Vardy, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewandowski who just keep on going and think, if I get myself right, I've got maybe a few years left in me. The odds are stacked against him because of the nature of his injuries, and there's no doubt that he was a prize idiot for the way in which he suffered them, but he was unplayable on his day. It's a HUGE if, but if his fitness is at least Championship level, he'll be an asset, of that I have no doubt.

Better than what we have. If he can come back with a good level of fitness he'll not only be a good goalscorer at this level but also give us some real presence up top. Not ideal with Ayew and Reid as our other aging forwards, but on a short-team deal he gives us something we currently don't have. If he's good, hopefully we can bin off Ayew. I just hope this doesn't mean that Evans gets bumped back down and not given a shot. I'd love to see him get some game time soon.

He has the profile we're missing in the middle of the pitch. Not entirely sure how he'd fit in initially though. We need the physicality of Skipp and James in there and Braybrooke is definitely not a 10. Perhaps if Braybrooke could sit at the base with Skipp and James as 8s, that could work. We could then use a normal front three or a front two with a diamond. We'd just then be sacrificing BDCR in the 10 position which seems to be going quite well at the moment.

This Carr lad seems to be passing every test that comes his way. Looks to be an exciting talent. Lovely goal by Otchere as well. I wonder how close he is to a first-team squad?

Potentially this squad's Paddy Kisnorbo. Zero to hero redemption arc in progress

There was a recent game I saw the highlights of (can't remember who against) where he looked good in possession and made a fine run forward centrally, got into a good position outside the area with a pass on that could've put a teammate in but instead he shot and missed. Based on that one instance alone (because I've seen barely anything of him) he looks to have some of the raw ingredients in an attacking sense but lacks composure and decision-making. As I say, it was one moment and he could normally be better or worse than that

Having one good half and one bad half was a regular feature until the recent calamitous performances. Yesterday was a return to what we've seen all season, with the difference that we were very, very good and also very clinical against Derby. Having runners from deep (e.g. James) and playing with energy (including Skipp) was a breath of fresh air. Maybe that suits us more away from home, but the template now has to be Skipp and James deep and BDCR in the 10 position has to be the template going forward, with Page hopefully being given some game time. Winks needs to earn his place back. Easily our best midfielder when he wants to be but is really hot and cold this season, and we may need to remove him from the dressing room if suspicions about his attitude are correct. The differing performances within the same game are really frustrating, especially when we know that we can perform how we did in the first half against Derby. Is Marti the guy to take us forward? It feels like he's still working out his best side and that he's being forced to include players who don't want to be here. And that some of those who he wants to include are very young and therefore inexperienced and inconsistent. But we need to turn some of these inconsistent performances into more complete performances and build some momentum. We have the ability to trouble the top six and even maybe get up to second if we can put a run of form together. There's a long way to go.

Happy with that. A little nervy after their goal but Silko changed the momentum enough to calm things down. James, Nelson, Skipp, Luke Thomas, BDCR and Ayew all had good games imo. Mavididi not too bad as well. Nice to see Aluko get back on as well and Page returning is a brilliant thing. Ricky had one of his better days and Vestergaard with a crucial block at the end. Jakub really good. Fatawu seems to have lost his magic touch a bit but did OK. Would've been nice to see Evans get on but hopefully he's in the conversation and gets some game time soon.

Eh?

How have we let Choudhury mark two men (Nelson and Blackett-Taylor) at the same time on two consecutive corners?

Jakub has been decent on his return. Another crucial save there although I thought the Derby attacker looked offside to me

Just made the decision too late there but another positive run with the ball by Silko. Having a good cameo here

Silko looks like he's bulked up a little

Great opportunity to give Evans a good 20 minutes here at least

Nice to see them both flourishing. Shame we frittered their transfer fees away on dross and trying to avoid the sanctions that will inevitably come our way anyway