DJ Barry Hammond

You’d have to say, despite being a league below, we could and probably should consider ourselves to be inside the top 15 of teams in the country. Some of those teams ahead and around us will bow out at the third round stage, potentially strengthening our chances of winning the competition. It’s also a non-seeded draw based competition, allowing for a degree of luck in terms of passage through the competition, therefore… Shouldn’t we actually give the FA Cup a go, at least for now? Of course I don’t mean playing a full first 11 - but play a strong side, offering development opportunities where appropriate with a view to getting ourselves through this round and seeing where things lie after that?

Amazing really - he was getting pelters first 25 minutes on the match thread and yet just 2 hours later he’s now the second coming of Vardy! Clearly it was a pleasing performance and it’ll do his confidence the world of good, but he needs to continue to work and improve his game.

This has come about quite quickly (the recall and then potential onwards move), right as the window opens. Might we be looking to get this over the line this week?

What’s going on - that’s not West Ham / Everton / Newcastle?

4 games in 10 days. 10 points out of 12. Enzo deserves a lot of credit, he’s managed the period excellently.

You going tomorrow instead?

It seems Enzo is a good judge of player. Not every player can hit the ground running and most will be judging against what they’ve seen in those positions before - which are two very, very good players for the level in KDH and N’didi.

They’ve got some time to regroup and figure out how to play without Hurst.

@Super_horns - your boys had a crazy game today! 31 shots for Plymouth! Putting your 18 shots to shame 😂

What is starting to become very clear - not only is Enzo shrewd when it comes to tactics and coaching them, he’s got a cracking eye for a player too!

That 10 + 13 points yes?

I have no idea, he was shit an hour ago 😂 Lets just say our manager seems to have a good eye for players.

He’s probably read the forums all week.

I suspect a lot of his closest team mates have left for Afcon - imagine the changing room feels very different.

I can tell Casadei is getting reasonably involved in the game because he’s the one getting the most mentions in here. Heard nothing about Winks, our back 5 and even Fatawu.

The three that have come in need to build confidence… the more minutes they get under their belt the better they will become.

I don’t know… see I think Rodgers lasting legacy amongst fans (or the lack of it) may ultimately come down to a lack of class. For comparison, consider Ranieri who will never be forgotten and always be fondly remembered, because ultimately the guy is genuine and a class above. Rodgers on the other hand has always had that used car salesman / estate agent type feel in terms of personality. In fact when you look at other much loved managers in our history - the likes of O’Neill, Adams, Pearson - many not half as successful, you can start to understand this more. Perhaps the irony is that despite his love of his teams having this particular characteristic, Rodgers himself is severely lacking in character - making him a difficult person to warm to, which will always have an impact on how people judge his level of success.

6 or 18 month loan?

It’s only ourselves that can stop us really isn’t it - and it would be one mighty implosion if it were to happen. Mean the other thing - for us to not go up automatically would require not 1 but 2 teams to go on an unbelievable run alongside that implosion.

That was me… I’ve since realised everyone’s shite in this league

Wow! That is something 😂 I can see why though, I wouldn’t want to hand him his p45!

Your Hornets 🐝 look a bit in no-man’s-land at the moment? Any danger of stringing a run together or is it a case of Jekyll and Hyde performances?

Checking Southampton’s run of form… they have played a lot of dross in a row. Plymouth, Swansea, QPR, Blackburn… draws vs Coventry & Watford, Cardiff, Bristol City (when they were being crap), Huddersfield (draw), West Brom, Millwall, Birmingham, Preston (draw), Hull, Rotherham (draw), Stoke, Leeds. Mean don’t get me wrong, you still have to win the games, but that is a kind run of fixtures. Unbelievably mind, their fixtures in January look favourable too!

Ref has to drive home from Ipswich in an already delayed game - why does he want to make his return trip any harder 😂

They were truly awful tonight, just a complete lack of ideas, intent, attacking patterns, will to make runs. I wouldn’t say West Brom were particularly good either.