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Midfield need to get hold of Maghoma, a few times he’s been free to run at our back line

Initially I thought the same, but he’s been higher than Barks in a couple of passages of play so far. That said he seems to have dropped back again now.

Is Adams playing up front with NML and Barks playing as a no 10?

Nice play from Adams gets Barks in who’s cross is just put wide by NML

Argghhhhh Free header for Nelson, couldn’t get enough on it to keep the header down.

Adams looks to be playing pretty advanced now with Hourihane and Smith much deeper

Gayle down. Hopefully he’s pulling a s******** to break their rhythm and it’s not serious

As feared their midfield is starting to take control

Worldie of a save from Wildsmith

Adams cover there as Bolton broke forward 😍

Great clearance from Foz after Cash played a short pass

Started brightly. Keep it up

Yep, since Bird has been out I’ve been concerned about having Hourihane and Adams alone in there. To be fair they’ve done well, but this is Hourihane’s 3rd game in a week so we need to be alert to any problems in the midfield, maybe NML and Barks will have to drop a bit further into that midfield.

Quietly confident of at least a point given our recent form, but this will be a stern test against a useful team with a good manager. It’s not as make, or break as some are saying, but momentum is a big thing in football and whoever wins this certainly gets the pendulum swinging in their direction! COYR

Oh look, they are aiming to erase Ukrainian language, culture and ultimately people. Same as in the other occupied territories. I’m sure this will cause outrage.

Looks like the Freedom of Russia Legion are back. They’ve crossed the border into Kursk and after a battle with local law enforcement and military, they have taken and hold the small town called Tetkino. They won’t hold it long but it’s not a good look for Putin ahead of his coronation. Ukraine has also destroyed a big Russian refinery in a drone strike, part of their ongoing targeting of Russian infrastructure.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-prisoners-war-pows-65d82938ad0f0d2336192c763619a9fd

India has officially asked Russia to stop this through diplomatic channels, which is pretty unprecedented given their, till now, cozy relationship. They’ve also been forcing Ukrainian POWs to fight against their countrymen, probably because they’re starting to run low on human resources they can extract from the occupied territories.

1Wildsmith 7 35Nelson 7 5Bradley 7 23Ward 6.5 6Cashin 7 4Hourihane 6.5 32Adams 7 27Blacket-Taylor 6 12Smith 7 17Sibley 7.5 11Méndez-Laing 7.5 10Waghorn 7 16Thompson 6 25Gayle 7.5 2Wilson 6.5 7Barkhuizen 7.5

Funny player is Barks. Didn’t contribute a huge amount in general play, but in key moments he really can produce the goods!

Get in

Absolute sitter arghhhhhhh Waggy!

Another goal mouth scramble but Bristol get it off the line

Poor touch from NML there, good opportunity