Sultan_Pepper

Looks on their faces suggest that was some serious running. Treating the international break as a mini pre-season maybe?

Hang on a minute. Are you telling me everybody is dead?

Cagey

I love Nuhiu, one of his biggest fans but him and Joao have been well off the required standard this season. If we had Hooper fit the ball would stay when it's played up to him and Fletcher and we'd be top 5 or 6 at this point. As it is we're just not keeping the ball up front and the defence and midfield are being over worked.

Players agent leaking linked clubs ahead of contract talks, big shock!!! Heard from someone at the ground who claimed to know Penney's parents that he's going nowhere

Who says they're not already?

That would be my preference as well I think we'll see Nuhiu and/or Joao involved in the starting 11. Jos has dropped players after making mistakes in the past so we might see Lees sitting this one out

OK own up, who else voted for Maguire and Mayor in the lower level votes as well because we had them on our books before?

Seems to be his regular position with them now. Like an inverse Liam Palmer

Can I just say how refreshing it is to see not just the club showing interest and dedication to our younger age groups but seeing the obviously dedicated fans (and parents) in this thread. You're a credit to the club

Oh no a typo

Hillsborough Nilson Hirst

We all know they'll stop parachute payments the season after we go up. They'll have been there for everyone that came down after us and they'll be there until we can't be shat on by them. I'll go and fetch my tinfoil hat now

Can't deny that our shape is better when FF isn't in the starting 11, or has been under Carlos' time with us at least. I suspect that has something to do with the stats. I think Jos has shown much more willing to try different formations and find ways to build our play so hopefully we can sort it out. As a team we looked better with him on the left in Carlos' earlier seasons but I reckon that if he could learn to love that space behind the strikers instead of playing on the shoulder all the time I think he Fernando could be international class.

Our main problem in the last few weeks has been an inability to keep good possession in the opposition half. If Abdi is fit and on form he really could be the answer to that problem. Him and Hooper actually. Hell of an if though