No way cantwell doesn't start if he's fit. He's been in the building 6 weeks now. He's started games and had enough time off the bench. He didn't come to sit on the bench and we didn't sign him to sit on the bench. Our success this season I believe will come down to wether his potential can be unlocked. I'll put my hat on him starting (provided there's an injury there which I haven't missed)

I didn't think he was as bad yesterday as some seem to be suggesting. That said he's clearly not a finisher. I'd be going two up top with him and ohashi. There's no pattern of play to the way we build up under eustace. Might as well be direct. We press in a 4-4-2 anyway.

Batth is shite

He backs off because he's a cb playing at right back. A cb in that position needs to back off, a right back needs to go tighter.

Toth Brittain carter.Hyam or batth Pickering Travis tronstad ACD. Cantwell. Hedges Gueye Subs: Pears, batth or hyam, duru, JRc, Buckley, Baker, sigurdsson, dolan, ohashi,

If ACD develops that right foot he could be very dangerous.

Pears Brittain Carter Hyam Pickering Travis tronstad ACD. Cantwell. Dolan Gueye or ohashi Subs: Toth Batth JRC Duru Buckley Baker Hedges Weimann Gueye or ohashi

We didn't move the ball anywhere near quick enough today especially in the 2nd half. Felt Buckley was an obvious early change that wasn't made Our build up play and patterns in the 1st and 2nd thirds were really poor and quite concerning. Using Carter as the width downt he right didn't make a ton of sense to me when you have the more technical jrc on the bench. I don't think the 2 cbs used the ball very well at all.

Thought he got his teams selection and tactics wrong from the out set today. Thought he got his subs wrong and wasn't aggressive enough, we didn't use the man advantage at all. The positive is he's highered our baseline in terms of bad performances. Not conceding bad goals goes a long way to winning you points on a consistent basis.

I don't

I could see it just not for 90 mins. On the hour when we're chasing the game for example I think it could work.

Pears Brittain. Carter hyam beck Travis. Tronstad Weimann. Dolan. Hedges Ohashi Subs: toth, batth, Pickering, jrc, Buckley, baker, cantwell, sigurdsson, ACD, Gueye. (There's 10 there but it's really hard to decide who to drop) If brittain isn't fit then you'd stick with Carter rb and batth cb. Think you'd he looking to get Hedges off as first change.

Thought Carter was okay. A couple of odd choices positionally but that's to be expected to some extent. I'd go further on Baker and thought he was poor. Clearly not a winger, and one where the manager is trying to crowbar him into the team. I also wasn't massively impressed with his set pieces. I was also really looking forward to seeing cantwell but he looks very short of match fitness. It's going to be a good few weeks before he's starting. Don't let distract from what was a very pleasing afternoon at ewood.

By palace yes. By england no

It's infuriating. And has wound me right up (which is sad as the on pitch performances had me in a very positive rovers mood) Lots of people in the comments lapping it up. We've got to remember that all that money isn't available up front - well then the same goes for our signings as do most transfers. It's really disingenuous to suggest otherwise. Ffp issues - not an issue after these sales. Could easily have spent more and still complied. Wages - a fair point. However, the wage bill has been significantly cut following the freezing of funding by the owners. But the owners are great though aren't they! It's really sad that they have to praise the owners for the most basic level of 'support', ie. authorising any transfers at all. But that's where we are, and yet some seem to think this all great. He's just a puppet. He talks but I hear waggotts words. He's had little input in this tramfer window bar being a taxi service from the airport.

A sensible decision as he hasn't has a ton of rest this summer coming off the back of his first full season where he's played most mins of most games. It was also a really poor decision from carsley to drop him down to the under 21s. They should have been using these games to give him a go in the 1st team.

Got to rip the plaster off with pears. Get it done. Becks Derby day performance has means I'd be reluctant to drop for Pickering. Real selection issues are the 3 behind the striker. Toth Brittain. Carter. Hyam. Beck Travis. Tronstad Weimann. Cantwell. Dolan Ohashi Subs Pears, batth, JRC, duru, Hedges, Buckley, baker, siggy, dubbery

On the way back now. What really stands out is the togetherness and the willingness to fight and run for the cause. Some really massive performances and shifts in there today. Hard to pick a man of the match I'd go for Travis who ran himself silly today when we really needed it. Hedges worked hard defensively, ohashi worked his socks off, brittain was committed, dolan I'd wager covered more ground than anyone. Hyam was very solid 2nd half. Weimann shot himself into folklore. Gueye is really useful when he's not interacting with the ref. Beck though has really done himself proud today though and has put in a strong case gor himself. That's not an easy game to come into when you've not played at this level before. First 20 mins I thought we'd made a mistake starting him but he really got stuck in and adapted to the pace really well. Like the look of him, might be more than a squad filler.

He's got a dislocated shoulder, he returned from his back injury during the summer.

Other than the keeper and cantwell we. Need pace wide out on the left. That's my hope for tomorrow

The quality of the keeper is an unknown thus the success of the window will remain unknown for some time. If Pears is starting games come say October then it's been a failure. Everything else is a bonus

I'll be honest moran might be that minus the good set pieces 🤣. Moran had a couple of decent games for us in the first half of the season especially in the league but was completely annoymous 2nd half of the season. He wasn't quick or confident enough to play wide. Went missing too often, too powderpuff to play cm. Would be interesting what he could do as 10 but I'm glad he's not rocked back here (also glad you've taken gally and ennis of us)

See I think Cairney could've been moulded into an 6/8. Early Dunn was an 8. An 8 I'd say roams around more, a 6 holds shape more, can be a ball player or a destroyer type. A 10 has more freedom Other examples: 6: tronstad, souness era flitcroft, Lee Williamson, n'zonzi, 8: robbie savage, steven reid. 10: Ruben rochina -8: Hope Akpan

A set piece taker is something we currently lack. Hopefully baker will provide that (which he does going of YouTube and the FM database)

Judging by them not starting McFadzean even in the league cup I'd say we needed another. Think we are really over reliant on Carter. With Wharton to come back next season this is one where a young loan as 4th choice would've made sense. If we get the winger, keeper, cantwell and centre mid then it's been a decent window in terms of number and options. A cb would be the icing on the cake.