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Spot on - that Scunny defeat was my first thought at the end (though the order of the goals was different). In both games our opponents just seemed to be cranking their way towards an inexorable win, though not especially deserved

Gutted - things seemed to change when Allen went off, though I suspect the fatigue was beginning to set in around then anyway A pity to concede that way too. We were all over them for long spells in the first half. I remain optimistic overall

Very encouraging. It's like watching us last season against the usual physical but limited sides. I missed the first fifteen minutes getting frustrated with ifollow but the rest has been O'Hare's skill and tenacity, Shipley and Hamer's tracking and ball-winning, Godden's repeated runs and calls...

still nothing from ifollow - in fairness it's normally good but this is a bad start to the season for them (and us)

Oh yes, and loads of posters will be writing 'Robbins'

I'll be the one stifling the urge not to write 'Jesus Marosi, stop playing it around at the back and just launch it'. After the first few games last season it imprinted itself durably on my cerebral cortex and it'll take a while to clear.

I think the new kit is all right, no more. The link with Rosario and Quinn's era etc is tenuous to my eyes however. Much preferred last year's and I wish we lived in a different world where we could just keep the same shirt for a couple of years without having to change the bally thing every...

I like the aerial shots of the city at dusk

This is hilarious, what a fertile imagination

haha

I'm tellin' you, they better had be doing

Ha ha, you beat me to it. I really like his Notts accent - and the way he talks about the unfolding match from a player's perspective. This struck me recently when he was discussing 'playing into the elements'. He seems instinctively to be switched into the pattern of the game and players'...

Well, Oggy's still really good anyway. None of the links worked for me either. Huh, what's the use in technology?

The one that pinged off Bakayoko earlier this season was amazing too. He was standing on the line.

You mean Sturm Graz - that team Jordan Brown played against in a friendly a couple of years back? Oh my poor sides etc etc

That was pretty good, overall. Some of our recent frustrating features remained in evidence, notably the inability to actually score, but also our obstination at playing it around the defence when under pressure - then doing it again two minutes later. Godden seemed isolated but played with...

We don't score enough goals and Robins has never known how to get us scoring goals regularly. He's been good at having us strong defensively, he's been good at having us play attractively and he's been good at bringing players through (not all at the same time and none of these all the time, of...

Good (and fair) result - wouldn't have been outrageous if Allen had won it at the end though. Ipswich way too good for us for 25 minutes in the first half but they tired towards the end of the second and we were running at them at will. O'Hare excellent despite a couple of misplaced passes near...

I thought we did pretty well in an entertaining game, but after missing that many chances and then conceding, the belief seemed to go out of us - out of us and right into MK Dons' bellies, unfortunately. Oh man, you never feel Bakayoko or Kastaneer will score, however they're set up. I guess...

A really enjoyable autumn ding-dong on ifollow. It became increasingly clear that they would equalise as we started to sit deeper and deeper over the last 15 minutes. How much of that was due to Sunderland's growing urgency is hard for me to say. The draw still felt like a win to me, which...