Ric Flair

Very interesting. His strong spell at Preston was in a front two and like many of our strikers we sign (Daka, Iheanacho etc) they all are more suited to 2 up top.

Lorenz Hutchinson's 1st goal at U18 level, hopefully many more to come.

We wanted him in the summer

Interesting to see he play RW and Evans LW, they seem to be mixing it up which I like. Rare to see wingers play the side their strongest foot is on but we'll worth having the experience and ability to do so. Evans scored twice at LW the other week to add to his very effective cut in off the right and unleash off his left foot trademark goal.

Kiwomya masterclass. Twas not an enjoyable experience. Redemption 3 years later when I returned to witness Robins put us in the semi finals of the League Cup.

I'm not over-egging them at all. They are yet to learn the art of winning games at this level, which I believe still contains a lot of dog shit and teams pay the Premier League standard far too much respect. However all three of those strikers did well at the same level as us last season and two of them against us. Szmodics scored 3 against us last season and ripped us apart the season before in the FA Cup. Delap was very good vs us in the 1 nil home defeat to Hull too. We will and have already faced far better players this season and our goals against record speaks for itself, it's hideous. Today doesn't offer us major respite either IMO.

Liam Delap has been a very good signing for them so far. If he can overcome the injuries he's picked up in the last few years then I think he'll be very competent at this level. Hirst falls in to the same bracket funnily enough. Whilst I don't think we predicted he'd be good enough for the top two divisions, injuries seems to be his biggest barrier. Our defence will struggle with either or both today. Old Szmodics had our number the last 2 seasons an'all ain't he?! 😂😂😂 Really hope I'm wrong but Ipswich comfortably take us apart today.

Both teams will be firmly aware that this fixtures and the games against Southampton are majorly important games. You've got to target games like this as a win and we've been slightly better at getting across the line but only just. I think we'll have another period of the game where we can cause them problems but I've not got a good feeling about today.

Good result that is, 2nd time this season we've been 2-3 up early and threatened a hammering but then failed to add more. Either way it's encouraging with the team selected too.

Monga was with the squad at Old Trafford on Wednesday too.

Big game in the offing from Bounanotte tomorrow 🙏🙏🙏

I'd go with them both behind Vardy in a 3-4-2-1

I'm getting to the point I'm not even that angry and annoyed. That's not because he's doing better than previously either. Just can't maintain the emotion that causes me more problems than it's worth. We're not a serious club anymore.

Hmmmmmm I don't see much difference. Ayew did scuff the winner at Southampton which is an actual contribution that to date we've not had anything from Reid but their overall play is not dissimilar. Ayew gives the ball away a lot, looks unfit, can be brushed off the ball for a bloke who's forte is supposed to be strength. Their records at PL level aren't wildly different either and Ayew is supposed to be the more cultured striker and Reid a versatile midfielder. Neither are good enough to have warrant being pursued, given experience was not the major requirement we needed this season.

The defenders of Cooper is very ironic given how abysmal his teams are at defending.

Hugo Bolin is the one I'm keep a close eye on at Malmo.

Could be a complete mess but what on earth do we do about the sheer amount of chances we let the opposition have? I wonder if 3-4-2-1 makes us any more robust with strong pressers in El Khannouss and Bounanotte behind Vardy. It might mean Mavididi drops out but I'd use Fatawu at RWB. Hermansen Faes Vestergaard Okoli Fatawu Winks Ndidi/Skipp Kristiansen when fit (don't care who plays out of Justin or Thomas) Bounanotte El Khannouss Vardy

2-2 or 2-1 to them I reckon

Said it before, he's an excellent presser and we don't do that enough as a team.

Players like Reid and Ayew who've done a job for their previous club are always a risk regardless of supposed experience at the same level. Reason being is they're limited footballers who struggle to adapt to new surroundings. To an extent we've had such players that have gone elsewhere and been appalling. It can even happen to players we regard as great servants and talented players. Take Albrighton for example who was extremely mediocre at West Brom a level down. Signing both Reid and Ayew is just staggering and whilst it's still possibly unfair to write them off, it's not looming pleasant.

Glimpses of the talent now coming through. Look forward to seeing him keep improving but may need a manager change to really prosper, like many.

I sometimes watched old clips on You Tube of Madeley, especially when him and Jusy used to review books in the 90's.

Logic goes out the window when it comes to football and Hoops, so on that basis I'd not rule out an unjust 1 nil away win this evening. Fancy us big time.

We've a decent 13-14 players, another 3-4 steady players and 6-7 absolute honkers. Make 8+ changes and honkers are honking.