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I like to think we’ll see the best of Benson in the second half of the season. Fitness an issue after two nasty injuries. Was only ever a super sub for Burnley in that promotion season anyway. Definitely worth having him in the squad on his left foot alone though.

I would suggest the lack of assists we have does come from the movement of the players. Tymon, for example, should have more assists this season for the quality of his crosses. We don’t tend to flood the box very often, when do we see Galbraith, Franco or Yalcouye in positions to take advantage...

That’s the thing though, we aren’t middling are we? We’re lower mid-table and the stats say we are the worst attacking side in the league. That’s not just midtable, that’s relegation form potentially if it drags on for the rest of the season. The likes of Southampton and Norwich will not be down...

It would be interesting to see if a new manager did come in, whether the players we currently have would improve. It reminds me of Eom at the end of last season. As soon as Sheehan started giving him consistent minutes he hit his best form that we’ve seen. Was that just a bounce or is that what...

That’s a good point about Charlton and Preston, not sure I’d take any of their players purely based on the two games we’ve played against them. We’ve got some real technical quality, have to start playing to the strengths of these players.

I don’t disagree that we have some inconsistent players, Eom, Ronald, Cullen are all capable of doing good things but we never seem to see it on a consistent basis. I wouldn’t put players like Widell and Inoussa on that list, we simply haven’t seen enough of them in the starting XI. When Inoussa...

Surely you can see that these players aren’t that bad? Vigs is very good at this level, Burgess and Cabango are solid enough for the Championship. Tymon is one of the best crossers in the league. We saw Galbraith play better passes than any Preston player last night. Vipotnik has been excellent...

Second half against Charlton and last night against Preston were a bit better, that’s a sign of improvement. If we can put in a good attacking performance against Ipswich (not necessarily expecting to win) then I’d be happy to give him some more time. All I wanted to see was some signs of...

I think it’s both a tactical thing and some of our players being a bit hesitant. People who saw the preseason presentation said that it was 45 mins of Sheehan talking about off the ball tactics and 15 of him talking about us in possession. If I had to guess, I’d say we don’t focus much on what...

I think that’ll be true if we stay out of danger. As soon as things start to get a bit hairy, they’ll make a change. They won’t want to put their investment in jeopardy.

Who would be considered “higher” that would come here though? Don’t think Brendan was ever realistic. Gary O’Neil at a stretch? Although he’s just been interviewed for a PL job. Hellberg still an option?

To be honest, I’m not opposed to data in football. I don’t think the owners make decisions purely off of data. In fact, the decision to appoint Sheehan wouldn’t have been all data driven because he had only managed a small sample size of games. His pre-existing relationship with the players...

Yeah, not a game I’d expect to get much from even if we were playing well. Dread to think what Philogene will do to us.

Just out of curiosity, who would you go for? Carrick is still out of work and is probably realistic.

Surely that performance tonight is enough to convince people that these players are actually pretty decent? We played better than a Preston side who have started the season well and sit in 4th. Yes, we lost the game but most of the players did well. I was told that Preston side liked to attack...