JimJams

Great debut. Anonymous and then gets sent off.

Young Jiordan does not fxxk about!

The fawanews stream is fxxked.

You've got to imagine there's something unreasonable in the expectations/demands from either the player or Palace which has scared clubs off. That or it's just the fact he hasn't proven anything in the long term above league one standard. Think Palace made a mistake not loaning him straight out after his Charlton spell.

That's how I thought we'd start, with Ayew at 10 and Carranza up top with Ramsey to come on.

Ayew has been better than Mav this season. That's not saying an awful lot, just an indicator of how poor Mav has been. He needs to start performing. So if we're singling someone out in the frontline, Stephy is the weak link so far.

Pretty sure I'd seen something, although can't remember where tbh that said he'd picked up a knock. Though given I can't recall where, it was probably bullshit or outdated. But in this instance, bizarrely I'd prefer it to be the case. *Having carried on through the thread, seems others have said similar.

That's what he does apparently.

Kasey should do better there. Philogene scores.

One of the key differences Ipswich will face this season is that many teams will look at them and see a point as a good result, whereas last time as the newly promoted side to the division side everyone would have looked at them and expected to be taking 3. So sides will show them more respect and they'll have to find ways to beat defensive setups.

Let's hope so.

Cremonese are away to Verona on Monday 5.30 for anyone keeping an eye out.

Unless we finish 6th!

Current Premier League teams would be buzzing with that. We ultimately get the 'almost' closed shop.

That looks like a very tiny piece of paper with an exaggerated tear in it. I don't think that's really the aesthetic they're going for.

Bilal deal going permanent. Sorted. Rest easy,

Wait for it...

Which is fair but given in his loans spells he's being played LW, if he was to stay he's in a queue behind Mav and Monga, who shows that youth WILL be given a chance if they're at the level. Mavs off it now, but has the benefit of history and experience on his side and Monga is simply better, so Alves is 3rd choice. You can say he's a 10, but it seems evident that's not where he'll be trusted currently, and Monga says he sees himself as a 10, so if you are sticking a youth player in that spot, he's 2nd choice out of the young lads again. I suppose ideally we'd have loaned him out to a championship side, but maybe the top sides have no need for him and it's felt that it's better for him not to join another Cardiff. A season chasing promotion might be better than one where they're fighting off relegation. We have literally fielded the two youngest players in the division this season, so I don't think you can beat the club with a stick about not using youngsters. Though you can for hanging onto the underperforming deadwood. But none of those listed are keeping Alves out. There's a grievance for Nelson and Aluko there, but not Will.

Makes the Begovic signing make all the more sense. Almost like there was forethought!

Alluded to by?

Great band.

So he's a Coady replacement is what you're saying?

I reckon he's missed the 28 day cooling off period.

So is this one of the 2 signings we were rumoured to be making after the window closed?

That's his contract at Newport. He only joined in 2023.