He used to post on here if you recall. On his videos he looks and sounds like a budget John Oliver.

Nice strike that.

Nah, that's how George Hirst's confidence got crushed. Not a mistake we should repeat, letting a young newbie take a penalty with anything riding on it when he hasn't scored yet.

That's why I didn't say he was the only striker we signed.

And what do you reckon the odds of that are?

More of a tiny gamble (financially anyway) that doesn't look like it's going to pay off. You could argue it was a massive gamble him being the only striker we added late in the window, but frankly I don't think our budget was stretching any further anyway.

Get moneys? I know that's a typo, but that's probably how Swag thinks it works. And for him on a personal level, it is.

Garrett goal, since I don't think that one's been posted.

Cardiff have hit the target 3 times according to Google (2 according to livescore) and scored 2. Not a great look for Wahlstedt, though I haven't seen them. Tbf we have only hit the target twice (three according to livescore though) and scored both ourselves. 11 shots to their 5 (or 6) though.

It sounded more like there's a deal in principle from what I've heard, rather than something actually signed sealed delivered.

Not what I wanted to read, the sort of thing I'd expect from Pears. If Wahsltedt isn't better than Pears, might as well end the season now as we'll be finishing about where we are now.

The opposite of wisdom.

That's not the reason it's been done though, so it's hardly 'wise' in any event.

Both for the same reason, injury.

Ok?

I wonder if you'd say that to his face.

We get 5 subs these days don't we? If you can't fix the attack with 4 of them, you're not fixing it. Also, scoring 2 goals won't change the game either if we ship another 1 or 2, so I can't buy the logic it would be a wasted sub. However, it would totally shred his confidence, which could be a problem if we come to rely on him again later.

At this stage, and obviously without having seen all his performance data, how he looks and holds up in training etc, I'd have been inclined to bring him off the bench at about the 60 minute mark today, which with current extra time would have given him close to 40 minutes, against tiring legs. Then give him a full 90 minutes in the next U21 game, and look to start him in the first team after that. But obviously we'll see how it shakes out today. I suspect he isn't going to look ready though.

A lot of happiness that Siggy is starting, but it feels premature to me. He's had what, two youth games after missing a whole preseason, clocking in I think 30 and 75 minutes. Not heard any reports that he stood out. I doubt he's ready for this start in all fairness, and I just hope he doesn't get crucified if he doesn't play well. I suspect the plan will be to play him for about 60 minutes then take him off. Potentially at half time if he's struggling with his fitness.

I can't remember the last time we played two out and out strikers. At least not for more than the odd game. So I think we can just rule out him playing that role.

I thought you felt his best position would be as striker? He doesn't have the game reading or creative skills to slot into the 'number 10' role.

More like 'some of us' had a rod out for his back whether he was playing well or not.

Personally though, I don't think it's purely mentality. We've been a team best suited to the counter attack for years, as I keep saying. When you're losing, the opposition often tighten up a bit, sit back, and we can't counter attack like that. We struggle a lot more when we have to break a team down. Conversely, when we go ahead, we can afford to do the same and opponents know we can be dangerous on the counter, so they can be wary of over committing, and if they do, we can counter and extend our lead. I think there's some mentality issues too, partly from being a young squad, but I don't think the tactical element should be ignored.

Definitely a mentality that had its roots in the Mowbray era, not a JDT thing. But we didn't know it didn't matter against Millwall until it was over. If anything that was the biggest pressure game of the season.