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It was. It was down to Maddison and Kulasevski.

Agree by and large. Eights all round with 9 for Eccles, Rudoni, Bidwell and Wilson. Wright looked tired but still looked like he carried a threat. Bassette and Thomas-Asante showed they are very good additions. Allen dispelled the myth that he can’t contribute at this level. My nerves scream Row...

They bought fresh, full internationals on that have changed hands for millions and millions. Nothing to do with our subs. If anything we should have just pumped it into the channels in the last five but if we can’t see the positives in that it’s lunacy.

What was especially positive was that there have been a few where you’d thought “ are they up to it”. In that regard a big big night for Binks, Allen, Rudoni, Thomas-Asante and Bassette.

Agreed. Feels like once a few go in we could go ballistic

The subs were bang on. Wright and Eccles had run themselves into the ground. Bassette as well, and Simms was a perfectly logical choice. The way we lost was disappointing, but decisions were spot on.

Starting 11 were superb. Subs were logical. We had 15 shots against a prem team who were bringing top notch internationals on. That was fantastic - let’s not mess about.

Superb. But naive

Solid displays all round apart from Wright who looks tired. Anyone who knocks Allen should think again. Right sort of game for Bassette and Thomas-Asante, can utilise their energy and be pests.

Why not? All the clean sheets?

My perception is we’re quite sieve like

Our problem is the Xg against us.

Constant refurb is just one of the reasons we shouldn’t try to own it.

Yeah, early days. It’s interesting how fans only look at one side of the ledger. Ok, so we’ve spent £45m. But we’ve also sold, what, £40m of talent. So should we automatically assume that differential = improved performances? You’d hope so but it may take time.

Not sure by which metric you could say we’re going backwards?

Well you are probably correct that those expectations exist. It’s why we have the lunacy of people after Robins and booing a song about King. Some are so entitled now that they can’t stomach the non purchase of a free midfielder after we retained all our best players. We should absolutely expect...

I expect the booing was because we didn’t sign a 33 year old freebie. Presumably to replace the midfielder we bought for £4.5m. The £4.5m midfielder had his best game since signing. Unfortunately those that sanction signings have to get it right when you are a loss making entity rather than...

The definition of madness is to have expectations in the Championship. You can expect to win a few and be competitive but there is over half a division that could get into the top 6. It’s a quagmire of a league.

That’s the problem isn’t it. We now assume we’re a cut above these sorts of teams. Unreasonable expectation is leading to frustration. We’re a good Championship team - we have no divine right to be “top 6”. We play in the biggest slugfest of a league there is.

He’s stepped up from L1. Just needs time and a goal