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Must admit to being surprised that McGuiness is the defender we have seemingly decided upon, he seems a steady sort of player, if it were a couple of million id be happy but it does feel quite a pricey deal for the numbers being reported it might end up being a record fee for us. Personally i...

No issues with the booking for timewasting. I don’t think they were intentionally doing it but the ultimate outcome was they were taking way too long on the goal kicks so fair enough. It looked more like Mengis fault to me as Kaminski tried to wave him off and Mengi ignored it but I totally...

Given the circumstances we did well to get the point. Second half we defended really well, Mengi in particular looked imperious at times and limited Portsmouth, who I think will be very disappointed in their second half showing, to very little. Had 2 semi decent opportunities through Taylor and...

Just a disastrous pre season and first 2 games further compounded by Kaminski getting sent off here. Gets himself booked for taking ages over goal kicks and then comes flying out needlessly and hacks down the attacker (twice in fact). Worst thing is we’ve played well and but for a wonder save...

Well Edwards obviously telling a few white lies as Clark and Bell come into the starting 11. Hopefully that will make us look better but we still persist with the 2 man midfield which I’m not keen on at all

Hmm we are a pessimistic bunch this week then. Need SF_ to lighten the mood now his lot are free of the shackles of Ryan Lowe perhaps.

We were for Zambrano in January but there were all sorts of shenanigans going on so it all fell through. Last I saw there were rumours of a failed drug test so that might be one to watch Jealous of the Hughes signing though, that’s the sort of signing I’d like to be seeing from us although...

At Portsmouth for us tomorrow. Clark still injured, Bell available but not fit enough to start. No one else either returning from injury or signed. Not looking great. Interested to see what Edwards does because there were big question marks over him tactically after Monday. It’s clear the...

Edwards confirmed Townsend is on his way, seems it will be to Turkey. Walsh is on trial at the moment and hasn’t made a decision on him yet, I’m guessing he’s the back up if all else fails option. Not too concerned about Townsend going but confused at timing when we are so threadbare. We...

I agree about Townsend but unless we are bringing someone in it’s another element of depth taken with no replacement for it.

At the risk of going off before it’s happened, it’s certainly not the signing I was expecting us to make but if he’s at the game you’d assume he will, can’t find an obvious link as to why he would be there otherwise. I know we’ve struggled but simply there HAVE been decent midfield players of...

Rather unbelievably Tom Lockyer returned to training today. Training by himself only and as a part of a rehab programme only but I personally never thought we’d see him anywhere close.

Haha surely not? Didn’t hear any of that talk last night, there is definitely frustrations as it all felt quite predictable. First time in a long long time I can remember where there seems a genuine gap between the clubs perceptions and the fans but calling for heads is ridiculous

Really strange post game interview from Edwards. Understand he can’t go all panic stations first game in but was sort of expecting one of those “I’ll put my hand up and take the blame for that” type interviews you sometimes get from managers who have some credit in the bank, but he went with “we...

Speaking with people last night before the game, there was definitely a feeling that some of the external predictions of us to do well are out of step with supporters. Those around me were predicting mid table finishes and missing out on the playoffs. Dont think many people’s views would have...

Very on brand for us going off his injury record

Eek. Well that’s gone about as well as I expected when I saw the team sheet. For me Edwards has done a few of them no favours tonight. He’s got to recognise we simply do not have the players, through injury and lack of transfer activity, to try and play the exact same way as we did last season...

Concerned for us looking at the team. Another injury with Clark seemingly now the latest and so we bring in Nelson who is a youngster making his first professional start. Must rate him to go in over Pelly. Meanwhile Burnley have Weghorst who played in the Euros on the bench which shows there...

The fact they have sacked him so early sort of shows it was on the mind the whole summer doesn’t it? Appreciate he wasn’t well liked but if you are decided to start the season with him you’ve sort of got to give it a proper go rather than have one game then pull the trigger. As it is it looks...

Lot of interesting questions for us tonight, think you wont be far off with that team however he might fancy Johnson just because he’s left footed and he might value that in build up, although I think that would be a mistake. I’m a little worried if we continue the tactical approach of last...