29 Aug 2018 09:40:05
Perfect timing for a defeat. Last night will bring them back down to earth with a bang. It will show the management we need more depth and it will fire the lads up for Friday and make them want to prove a point against the Smoggies. Cup distraction out of way for me but others like a good cup run me personally like a good run in the FA cup but would rather win a league game than a Carabo cup game so it's one less distraction imo.


1.) 29 Aug 2018
29 Aug 2018 12:46:32
Thing is tho Martyn, how many times will we change 9 players for a league game? The lads that didn't do well will be fine when they get a chance in the first team.


2.) 29 Aug 2018
29 Aug 2018 20:25:54
We don't staff. I'd rather have a run in FA cup than carabo but saying that I'd rather go out of FA cup too if it means we are stronger in league.


3.) 29 Aug 2018
29 Aug 2018 21:09:46
Agreed, I love the FA cup and hope we'll be in a position to play a reasonable first 11 in it.


4.) 30 Aug 2018
30 Aug 2018 08:11:55
Great point AL, very rare that we or any team changes 9 players in back to back league game so the cup wasn't a fair reflection. Preston are a good side and fought well last season. Shows that we do only have about 13/ 14 first team players as it stands, whether bielsa can make that into 18 i'm not sure. But the point still stands that even with 3/ 4 of our best players out against Norwich, we won 3-0. those 3/ 4 for me would be cooper (never thought i'd say that) , Forshaw, dallas, arguably 1 more as I expect one more to come in.

I'm not worried about Tuesdays result, however if we can't beat boro or at least geta good result ill be concerned, as rotherham, derby, and stoke are turning out to be struggling for results anyway, and the only good team we've played is Swansea. Be a real test this, a lot of the weight is on saiz, Pablo, roofe, and aylings shoulders now.


5.) 30 Aug 2018
30 Aug 2018 21:15:28
It seems every game we play is " our toughest test yet" so far we have passed them with flying colours, never mind that the teams we've beat aren't looking good atm, teams are there to be beaten, top, middle or bottom of the table. Bring on the smoggies.