Ghost of Clough

Fapetu is a CM

Wilson is better at RW than Ward

Fornah, Wilson and Washington were 'undisclosed'. Further details revealed nothing was paid upfront, but fees will be due upon certain clauses (promotion, sell-on, etc...) John-Jules will have cost a loan fee in the form of a wage contribution. This is the same for all loans, although you typically get charged a lump fee on top at Championship level.

No, academy would be U21 squad and down with all staff and maybe building costs included. U21 players are simply excluded from the SCMP calculation.

Weston would do a job if partnered with Waggy or Collins. If playing with a front 3, he would have to be used on the wing. Potentially starting with Wilson, Waghorn, Blackett-Taylor, then finish with Weston, Collins and Washington

Any player aged under 21 as of Jan 1st prior to the season starting (ie born in 2001 or later for last season). I thought it was only academy graduates, but it seems to include signigs too (such as Rooney). For the current season, Sibley and Cashin are no logner excluded from the SCMP calculation, but Thompson and Rooney still are. The academy costs around £4m a year at the moment.

That £7.3m didn't include: Bielik and all other players out on loan; Knight, Sibley, Cashin and Thompson as they fall into the U21 academy system category; potentially Rooney and Oduroh for the same reason; potentially Loach due to being a part-time coach.

That was because Wildsmith had plenty of time to claim that long ball. His starring position wasn't too far off where it bounced in the box. Instead, he backed off, forcing Cashin to deal woth it instead.

No, because Warne won't use him anyway. Waghorn will start vs Blackpool, with Washington and Collins on the bench. The hope would be to get at least one of them fully fit.

A question at the fans forum was raised, asking Buxton and Hale if they think the U18/21 players ahold have been given more of an opportunity this season. The response being "they haven't done enough to convince Warne". They also stated Thomspon not being a top performer in the U21s, but stepping up seamlessly under Rooney. None have played more than Robinson, who has only got 90 minutes vs a Wolves U21 side and hasn't played in any other game. The only player to feature in the League (Brown) has only got 13 minutes, I would be extremely surprised to see someone getting a chance this season. Take that Wolves U21 game away, then you really see how willing Warne is to using them: Brown (30 mins), Radcliffe (11 mins) Weston (6 mins) and Fapetu (2 mins). It's pathetic. They could have had a meaningful amount of minutes earlier in the season, even against the likes of Crewe or Bradford in Cup competitions, or when 2 goals up against Carlisle, Leyton Orient, and Bristol Rovers. If they were, we'd now have a better idea of whether they could step in for a couple of games. Even if they weren't ready, using them in more games would have helped keep our older players fresher, and potentially injury free.

I think Bradley just can't cope with any sort of pressure. He struggled when making his first few starts at home, and he's now crumbled under the pressure of expectation.

Wildsmith Ward Nelson Cashin Elder Smith Adams Wilson Sibley Blackett-Taylor Waghorn Subs: Evans, DRobinson, Thompson, Hourihane, Weston, Washington, Collins

Injuries and suspension XI: Vickers Nyambe Rooney Bradley Forsyth Mendez-Laing Bird Fornah Barkhuizen Collins Gayle Subs: John-Jules

What an idiot

Ref conned by their players calling for it.

After those changes, I can only assume Hohrihane stays on because Warne wants Bradley to get on the end of Hourihane's set pieces.

Bradley and Hourihane off for Smith and Blackett-Taylor asap

Wilson nudged in the box, but it would have been a soft penalty

Harsh yellow for Cashin

Adams with a free header, our best opportunity to score so far

Adams unlucky

Waggy misses, but it was a harder chance than it looked

The last couple of mins have been better. Starting to cause them a few problems

I would say nervy. Need to retain position for a bit and calm it down

Biggest surprise is Radcliffe going straight to the bench after being out for several months. Makes sense with no CB cover on the bench and only Smith covering CM. DRobinson away with N.Ireland would have been in the squad instead. I would have gone with Bartley tbh.