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I'd like Hart. Think he's what we need.

This fella gets my vote. Single handedly stopped Leeds and Forest getting promoted. Less enthused about him probably saving Boro... and y'know, the deaths.

Head and Shoulders above our other keepers.

Head and Shoulders above our other keepers.

Head and Shoulders above our other keepers.

Head and Shoulders above our other keepers.

Hefty promotion clause and modest championship wage i'd imagine. 

Only a typical Derby County handling of crosses could see anything but a draw here!

We won’t get out of this depression tilapia times come round!

What is going on with Bogle. The mind bogles.

Ghost of Clough, you are the man.

What is going on with Bogle. The mind bogles.

What is going on with Bogle. The mind bogles.

Incredibly harsh on Lowe that for me. Wasn’t great defensively but he was our biggest attacking threat for me. I can understand dropping Bogle to try and get a bit more defensive quality and resilience into the backline, but dropping both fullbacks leaves us with a defence that looks very slow and lacks a fair bit in distribution quality. I worry about our play out the back today. But I suppose that’s the trade off for bringing a bit of experience back in the side. It’s difficult for Cocu as we don’t really have a backline that gives us everything we need so I do feel for him. But I do fear he’s gone too far the other way with that defence, and we might struggle to play the ball out under pressure, which we did well the other night.
Rest of the team is of course as expected.

Bayern - 2nd in their national league (3 groups). Topped their group containing Spurs, Red Star, and Olympiakos
Dinamo - 2nd in their national league. 2nd in group behind Atalanta, but ahead of Man City and Shakhtar. Beat Kyiv in the Play-offs
Benfica - 1st in their national league (2 groups). Topped their group containing Lyon, Leipzig and Zenit
Liverpool - U18s are 2nd in the league (2 groups). They lost out on the title to us last year on GD. Topped their group containing Salzburg, Genk and Napoli
Red Star - Unsure on league standing. 2nd in group behind Bayern, but ahead of Spurs and Olympiakos
Midtjylland - 7th in their national league. Beat Elfsborg, Zrinjski and Lille.
Ajax - 6th in their national league. Topped their group containing Lille, Chelsea, and Valencia
Atl Madrid - 2nd in their national league (7 groups). 2nd in group behind Juventus, but ahead of Leverkusen and Lokomotiv
Salzburg - 1st in their national league. 2nd in group behind Liverpool, but ahead of Genk and Napoli
Atalanta - 1st in their national league. Topped their group containing Dinamo, Man City, and Shakhtar
Lyon - 5th in their national league (4 groups). 2nd in group behind Benfica, but ahead of Leipzig and Zenit
Inter - 3rd in their national league. Topped their group containing Dortmund, Slavia Praha, and Barcelona
Rennes - 10th in their national league (2 groups). Beat Brodarac, Petach-Tikva and Brugge.
Juventus - 4th in their national league. Topped their group containing Alt Madrid, Leverkusen, and Lokomotiv
Real Madrid - 1st in their national league (7 groups). Topped their group containing Brugge, PSG and Galatasaray
I'm not sure if we're on the good side of the draw or the bad side. Atalanta are the team to watch. Won their league last season and topping it this season. Benfica are flying ahead in their U19 league, and Salzburg probably are too. Real Madrid the other danger side based on how they're doing in their national league. On balance we probably have the tougher half.

FT

Round of 16
Bayern vs Dinamo
Ajax vs Atl Madrid
Atalanta vs Lyon
Inter vs Rennes
Salzburg vs Derby
Benfica vs Liverpool
Crvena zvezda vs Midtjylland
Juventus vs Real Madrid
Quarter Finals
4 vs 8
Derby vs Atalanta/Lyon
7 vs 2
1 vs 6
Semi Finals
4 vs 3
Derby vs Inter/Rennes/Juventus/Real Madrid
Final
Bayern/Dinamo/Ajax/Atl Madrid/Benfica/Liverpool/Crvena zvezda/Midtjylland vs Derby

If you don't mind me saying, you've appear to have made the classic mistake of comparing an on-line football forum... an entity set up specifically for football fans to air their thoughts, opinions, and summaries... with a football stadium, designed primarily to host a football match, but also to house those individuals who wish to attend and support/encourage their favoured team.
Two totally different entities.
However, you aren't the first, and undoubtedly won't be the last, to make such a mistake.  Like I say, it's a classic.  🐏

Anyone think Lowe and bogle left out due to the wind and that Huddersfield will play a direct brand of football, which means with the back four we have selected should in theory be better in the air.

It's a statement. If you don't perform you will get dropped no matter who you are unless you're Lawrence obvs.

Must win game but there are signs of an excellent style of play developing. We need a GK, striker, CH and a winger from youth or transfer market. Unbeaten run until end of season pretty much essential now. We have to make up 11 points out of 42. Preston or Brizzie need 32 points from 14 games to thwart us. That is 10 wins and 2 draws from 14 games otherwise we have a chance of play offs.

Must win game but there are signs of an excellent style of play developing. We need a GK, striker, CH and a winger from youth or transfer market. Unbeaten run until end of season pretty much essential now. We have to make up 11 points out of 42. Preston or Brizzie need 32 points from 14 games to thwart us. That is 10 wins and 2 draws from 14 games otherwise we have a chance of play offs.

Hi, first time poster, long time stalker of the forum.
I don't think things are as bad as they look. A new keeper, cb, and a winger and I really think we could push for promotion next season. This is what I would do with the current squad of players with a reasoning. I know this will be unrealistic as you can only sell players if they have a buyer, but here it goes:
Release:
Huddlestone - although I think he triggered another year, we already have a lot of depth in this position and he is the easiest player to move on Anya - quite self explanatory, one of the worst value for money buys ever Sell:
Malone - With Lowe and Fozzy ahead of him, plus Buchanan coming into the first team picture, I think he himself will want first team football Jozefzoon - Really not worked out after 1 decent season with Brentford, just doesn't show the quality or consistency he supposing has Evans - Similar to Huddlestone, we have a lot of options here. I actually thought he was one of the best performers at the start of the season, but with Rooney and Bird playing in his position since then, I cant see him getting many minutes Marriott - I know a lot of people like him, but considering the hype he gets, it has to mean something if our last 2 managers haven't made him our first choice striker. I also think out of the 3 strikers we have he has the biggest sell on value which will be much needed Roos - at 27, I don't think you're gonna get much improvement from him. As a backup keeper, surely Ravas, Barnes or Foster will be good enough? This would leave us with the below. Assuming a target of 2 first team players per position in a 4231 plus some of the academy breaking through we would have a well balanced squad
GK - New, Ravas
RB - Bogle, Wisdom, Ebosele
LB - Lowe, Forsyth, Buchanan
CB - Te Weirik, New, Davies, Wisdom/Forsyth
CDM - Rooney, Bird, Bielik, Shinnie, J Brown, Dixon
AM - New, Lawrence, Holmes, Knight, Sibley, Mitchell-Lawson, A Brown
ST - Waghorn, Martin, Whittaker, Hector-Ingram, Hepburn-Murphy
20 first team players plus support from the academy is a lot more sustainable than what we currently have. I have obviously been really optimistic about us not loosing any of our main players or youngsters such as Bogle, Knight, Bird etc but would love to hear your thoughts

Can I get parachute payments if I get relegated?

You're entitled to your opinion of course, but I thought he was the best player on the pitch. Hard to move the ball forward when players aren't showing for it.