I'd get rid of Siggy as well. Positionally very weak on the left side and leaves so many openings, as was evident last night. He should learn from Weimann about pressing and back-tracking. Must be a nightmare to be a fullback and have little to no help from the midfielder infront of you. Exposing Pickering to those 1on1's who has so little pace as well is tactically very unsound, and why Hedges is a lot better option for the LM position.

We can go back to that deal in January. Would imagine Siggy wants to leave in January if he's not starting much. Did himself a disfavour by getting knocked out of the cup last night in that sense.

If Cantwell wasn't a bad egg, Norwich would welcome him back with open arms. But these are the sort of deals we have to chase - he's a £5m player wrapped in a £500k package solely because of issues not related to his abilities on the pitch. Might be my desperation setting in this... I don't know the full story with Rangers but seems as if there's a bit of a shake-up there so a lot of players leaving. I don't think Cantwell would've been a good fit with a (for him, too demanding) JDT, but Eustace seems like a good man-manager so would boost Cantwell's ego sufficiently for him not to throw his toys out of the pram. Pretty certain we will get a good year out of him anyway, and hopefully many more.

Only reason to give Dolan a 4-year deal would be to sell him to the highest bidder at the first oppurtunity. So much spinning and turning and almost never plays a simple pass. His passing technique is terrible as well, the only thing he has going for him is his work ethic and once in a while can produce a bit of magic. But his failure rate is extremely high.

Crazy that it's coming down to the last days of the transfer window to rectify the GK position. It's been glaringly obvious that we needed someone better than Pears and Leo for a long while now.

Hope we aren't pushing the boat out for him, but he would run laps around Buckley and JRC and might be exactly what we're missing in the pocket.

That doesn’t excuse his decision making.

McFadzean, Hyam, Hedges, Dolan and Ohashi. I'd say at least four of them are vastly experienced and should know how to see out a game. Think I'll never forgive Hedges fully for that chip either.

This was a great oppurtunity to build on our good start and home form as well. But after sunshine comes rain. Wonder why he subbed off Weimann instead of JRC tbh.

When you get Pears and McFadzean playing out from the back, it's usually slow and predictable. We're so dependant on Carter who can carry the ball forward at least. Would consider signing a quicker centre back to this window. A PL loan perhaps.

Blackpool looked comfortable on the ball all night. More so than us. We had one player in the team able to beat his man in Duru who's a right back. Was looking forward to a decent cup run 😕

Please refund the fans who paid to watch this.

Think Pickering had to come off. But would've made sure we had some more pace vs. Apter.

They all blow hot and cold. But we need more precise passing and not so many backward passes. How many touches has Pears had this match?

We've had our fair share of clear-cut chances here. Don't deserve to lose, but shocking defending for their goals has let us down. Come on, still time!

Needs dropping now, been a shocking start to the season for him. Passenger.

Why do we have two players at the corner flag when taking corners?

Some shouts for penalty here. One more like that and the ref will give one I think.

Last season we were unable to put teams under pressure in these kind of circumstances. Hope we don't fall into our old ways.

Buckley and JRC not the right partnership there, especially with Vale in the pocket ahead of them.

Hate the sloppy passes from Hyam as well. Should've put Hedges at LB or Duru even. Way too slow for Apter.

He looks over his shoulder and sees him but no urgency. Amazing... No excuse for that. Needs dropping.

Jesus fucking christ JRC. What the hell?

Poor first touch JRC. Come on lads!

Too arrogant. Step on the pedal and it's game over.