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I had assumed that Payero would still be unavailable given that he didn't even make the bench for Luton. My suggested team to keep players in famili...

I completely missed the Birmingham game but it sounds like that was no bad thing. I'm a little confused to read that we changed shape and broke up som...

@powmillnaemore Perhaps after three straight wins leading to a place in the top six, there’s an air of general, albeit tempered, satisfaction around...

@werdermouth And the team that were bottom of those passing stats were Birmingham so perhaps don't expect any fireworks this Saturday! That said, ...

For what's it worth, I think Bowyer's Birmingham are a bit better than their league position shows in this ever so tight league. They started well and...

@jarkko Thanks Jarkko. On your squad, I did the same exercise in my head, and the positional changes make all the difference. Previously, the sq...

@powmillnaemore You're allowed to agree transfers but the player couldn't arrive, or at least play for us, until registered in January. The fee lo...

For eighty minutes of the ninety, that was about as comfortable as it gets really: a controlled victory that could have been a thumping but for better...

Thanks OFB once again for a thorough preview of Saturday's game. Like many others, I'm struggling to see this game as "one for the neutrals" as a ba...

Remember that Kanu miss for WBA from about a yard? Was that against us?

@powmillnaemore I seem to recall he did in fact offer to take an even greater pay cut but that wasn’t permitted either. There were some rules abou...

@k-p-in-spain Messi had actually agreed a huge (50%?) pay cut to stay at Barcelona but the Spanish FA wouldn't allow it as their wage bill still bro...

A deserved win and a good performance overall. We should have scored a few tonight but there again we could easily have been two down after ten minute...

After a very shaky opening ten minutes or so Boro have been good here. We just need to improve that final ball as Tav and Jones have both wasted good ...

Well done Neil. Not surprised to see Peltier for Ikpeazu but definitely surprised to see Jones for Hernandez.

If given the option (with hindsight of course - and only based on what we've seen so far which isn't a lot), how many of us would go for Morsy and Win...

@jarkko Agree with your comments on the number of signings and the implications thereafter. The only thing I’d say is that I don’t think club were “...

@original-fat-bob I’m a bit befuddled by Matt Crooks too. I do like him - he’s hard-working, hard-running, a nuisance for the opposition and does po...

@redcarred Unfortunately RR, it was only the worst game since Reading a few weeks ago. Can’t argue with the sentiment though - three very welcome ...

Drab.

I’m expecting a 3-4-1-2 with Howson and McNair either side of Bamba and Watmore behind Sporar and Ikpeazu. You never know though! The four in midfie...

@werdermouth I hadn’t heard about Sporar but have just heard about Bola. I think it will have to be a back three now given we’ve only one available ...

@philip-of-huddersfield I take your point but the other issue is that we were already light in certain positions such as the full backs. A problem o...

@werdermouth Yes I think some of those guys have had new contracts in the meantime so the figures are likely to be reasonably accurate for some and ...

@werdermouth Yes I thought the figures looked to be in the right ballpark for many but I was also surprised at some of those at the lower end. A £...

No idea how accurate this is (and certainly our of date) but could be of interest:

Many thanks OFB for a comprehensive pre-match round-up. With no natural wingbacks at the club and only one natural fullback and centre-back availabl...