Whether you get the ball or not is irrelevant if the challenge was reckless. Same as Duffys yellow at half time.

I think most refs give that under current rules.

Fantastic result. Thought on the whole we played brilliantly across the pitch. Hill, Tronstad, Szmodics all outstanding. Thought Pickering, JRC, Britain, Dolan, Moran all had very good games. The two Whartons both really struggled imo. Scott just seems to keep doing daft things, including the madness of the challenge for the red when we were 3-0 up. Adam doesn't do daft things but his passing was really off it today. And thats been a theme for months. I suspect Adam will lose his place again to Travis who was superb when he came on. On Leo... i hate judging early. But some of the basics really seem to be missing in terms of handling crosses, and while obviously decent with his feet he is repeatedly playing short passes into marked players which is suicidal. He needs to start catching crosses with authority and picking better passes out of the back asap.

Travis has been quality.

Doubt there will be many wanting to pay mega money atm for him. So off the boil.

When Carters back think him and Hill will be a really good partnership.

JRC would be an absolutely huge loss. Hope just a minor one.

Not sure the foul was about whether he got the ball or not. It was reckless like Duffys yellow just after the restart. And once it was a foul it was red as denying a clear opportunity.

Think it was dolan to hill. But Wharton should have just let him through.

Have we got to the point now where we are willing to just call Szmodics a striker? Hes a very good championship Craig Bellamy.

Well I think Scott thinks hes a ball playing centre half! Hes always looking for the incisive forward pass. Rarely makes them. And his positioning is worrying. Everyone playing very well except the two Whartons and Leo.

Loving JRC playing on the shoulder as a striker 😄

Dolans first touch has been unreal today

Two great finishes by our non-strikers. As good as any who have played for us since Rhodes left.

Think we beat them at Carrow Road twice last season... Didnt realise Carter definitely and Szmodics probably out. So I guess Hill has to play CB with Wharton and if one of them gets injured we are into the kids.. Szmods probably a straight swap for Dolan or Sigurdsson.

Got a lovely 12pm kick off on Sunday... Norwich are a side that confuses me. Lots of resources, good players, recent prem experience but really struggled to make that much of an impression this season or last. Seems a good time to play them with the fans frustrated and them struggling to find the right setup. In terms of Rovers... classic three game winning run, thinking we have come up with a winning setup. Followed by injury to Hyam and Sigurdsson and Brittain having really bad game so suddenly back to the drawing board... Very frustrating. Players who have to play imo - Carter, Hill, Pickering, Szmodics, JRC, Tronstad, Adam Wharton. So seven out of the XI. Of the remaining four spots Leo gets a crack by default as Pears injured, then think Leonard has shown enough to keep his spot. Does feel when he gets a goal he could start scoring a few. To round it off while Scott Wharton has looked shaky I think we have to give him a go. If we can't trust him now when can we? And it means we can keep Hill at right back which is key for defensive cover. Last spot is what to do right wing... again I think persevering with Brittain there is the best option (others being Markanday or Dolan). While it didn't work against Swansea previous games the combination of Hill, JRC and Brittain down the right worked very well, so want us to try that again. Other options can come off the bench. Leo Hill Carter S Wharton Pickering JRC Tronstad A Wharton Brittain Leonard Szmodics

Well, until the last couple of games I would have said our wide players were a good asset but with Sigurdsson going off the boil and Brittain struggling against Swansea I can see the sense in changing to a diamond with 2 up top With the ball I can see it working by having two strikers to trouble the centrebacks. The issue is more without the ball as having no wide mids will mean it is very easy to overload the full backs. If we were to go 2 up top we would need imo to be more of a 442 but not sure we have the right players to make that work.

Despite the recent misses Im getting more positive about Leonard. Hes making good runs and showing good strength and ability against quality centre backs.

We've had the bedding in period now. We're roughly a quarter of the way through the season... One of Ennis or Telalovic needs to show they are a decent 10+ goal a season striker. If one of them performs and one of them doesn't I think we will take that. But if neither can make a solid impression then Broughton's credibility is going to take a real hammering, which will be a shame as his signings away from CF have broadly looked pretty good.

On paper we should get absolutely smashed but thought that about West Ham last year...but we won. So theres always a chance.

Wow you are right! https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/10/soccer-on-espn-platforms-elclasico-carabao-cup-bundesliga-and-more/#:~:text=ESPN%2B will stream all eight,and Wednesday%2C Nov. 1.

I dont think its on anywhere globally unless something's changed. Apart from the two games on Sky everything else is locked down.

I agree with the one exception of Leonard who I think did very well. Could start soon I think.

All that winning games, goals scored and motm performances by those players while drastically reducing goals conceded is a real nightmare, I know!

I mean in terms of the current playing staff and the manager. Obviously the ownership situation is not desirable.