Donkey Derby

Keogh, was treated very shoddily, which was proven at tribunal.
 

Think you need to get your facts right.
Whilst Keogh's appeal to the EFL failed, his appeal to industrial tribunal  succeeded.
Basically a passenger of a car was sacked whilst his colleagues who were convicted of drunk driving weren't.
Difference between them was they had a resale value but  Keogh didn't.
So we treated him like cattle and got rid.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11696/12193504/richard-keogh-derby-county-to-appeal-tribunal-decision-ordering-club-to-pay-former-defender-2m-compensation

Keogh, was treated very shoddily, which was proven at tribunal.
 

Think you need to get your facts right.
Whilst Keogh's appeal to the EFL failed, his appeal to industrial tribunal  succeeded.
Basically a passenger of a car was sacked whilst his colleagues who were convicted of drunk driving weren't.
Difference between them was they had a resale value but  Keogh didn't.
So we treated him like cattle and got rid.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11696/12193504/richard-keogh-derby-county-to-appeal-tribunal-decision-ordering-club-to-pay-former-defender-2m-compensation

Keogh, was treated very shoddily, which was proven at tribunal.
 

Keogh, was treated very shoddily, which was proven at tribunal.
 

Keogh, was treated very shoddily, which was proven at tribunal.
 

Keogh, was treated very shoddily, which was proven at tribunal.
 

Maybe a financial loss, but at what cost to morale and team building is cutting someone out (Chester in this instance) due to illness/injury? 
 
Warne is all about family and togetherness, if he says he is great around the place then ruthlessly disposes of someone how are future signings going to feel? 
 
we all also herald DC (and rightly) but is his company and personal ethos one of immediate cost cutting or seeing the bigger picture? 
 
Personally I’d be more worried if we started treating people like cattle  again. 

We're playing better football now than what we've been doing over the last few years. It's a much better watch. It's proper football and none of this possession for possession sake rolling it out from the back nonsense. 

It’s nice to see that Warne is converting people from sceptics to believers.
But let’s be honest, our fanbase should have been right behind him from the very beginning.
It’s not like he fluked one promotion. He’s won three. He’s a very good coach at this level and exactly what we needed.

Another day, another ref Forsyth gets a red. We take decisions that go for us for granted but moan a lot about stuff that doesn’t go our way. Nature of being a biased football fan.
Ref was OK first half, messed up with the May free kick when he could have asserted authority on where he put the spray down and the additional yardage the throwers were getting was ridiculous… but then we should be more streetwise and have done the same especially as Sibs can’t throw it more than about ten yards.
Second half he started to lose control a little more but thankfully IMO he go no big decisions wrong and he didn’t make a call/no call which cost either team the game. We have certainly had a lot worse this year than that.
 

You can bet that if we wanted to bring Ebiowei in, Palace would use it as a bargaining chip to try to get us to withdraw our compensation claim. If his signing was to be the catalyst for a successful promotion push, I'd reluctantly say it's worth considering. 

Not sure why you would want to drop either Forsyth or Cashin they have been our best performers 

Think Warne definitely does see something in him as looks like hes willing to persevere with him as a  FB/WB which is possibly the  key position in all of his teams.
Whilst might not be in the role most of us expected, he finally playing regularly which is key for his development.
One big improvement is his game is his discipline. In past you always knew he'd react to a foul which saw teams target him like at Florest last year. Whilst earlier in the season there were signs that nothing had changed, since Warne arrived he seems to have adopted much calmer approach, which was one of the key areas he needed to improve.
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Think Warne definitely does see something in him as looks like hes willing to persevere with him as a  FB/WB which is possibly the  key position in all of his teams.
Whilst might not be in the role most of us expected, he finally playing regularly which is key for his development.
One big improvement is his game is his discipline. In past you always knew he'd react to a foul which saw teams target him like at Florest last year. Whilst earlier in the season there were signs that nothing had changed, since Warne arrived he seems to have adopted much calmer approach, which was one of the key areas he needed to improve.
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Led to believe there is nothing in this, I'd have him back in a heartbeat though

Have you ever built a team on a shoestring? Or coached? Or built an Academy? It’s very hard work. 
To split hairs like you do here doesn’t do your position any good. To say Nigel did all those things but it took too long is churlish beyond credibility and lacking grace. 

Thanks for your post.
With the greatest of respect, you are incorrect re our capacity and attendances. 
We could hit 30,000 average in the premiership. That's why a new North Stand will be built. We are selling out every week in league one now. 
Tomorrow has been soldout for 3 weeks. We would have sold 25,000 for tomorrow.
The chances of us maintaining a 25,000 to 30,000 average in the near future with the new North stand is very likely if we are doing well.
Last season for much of the second half of the season capacity was reduced to 15k whilst they replaced the North stand seats in the upper tier the lower tier. They also started work on the south stand. You can find all the evidence online.
And it's fact that we have soldout every home game this season.
The three home stands capacity equals 17,200.  That's the fratton end, North stand and south stand.
The away end capacity is about 1600 now due to works but was 1800 a few wees ago. Occasionally we could have home fans in that stand if away fans brought a small amount but if away fans bring 1000 or more we cannot have any fans in the Milton end due to the layout of the stand.
The fact remains we have soldout all home end seats this season in the three home stands, 17,200. On top of that it depends what away fans bring. If away fans bring more than 1000 we aren't allowed to sell tickets in the away stand. 
I'm sure you aren't bothered, but if you really want confirmation, please contact our ticket office and they will confirm the sellouts.
Anyway I'm not here to talk about support etc. Enjoy the game tomorrow.
 
 
 
 

I’ll be one of the first to admit I wasn’t exactly enthralled by the idea of having Wildsmith as a number 1 when he signed. I’m sure many others will be in the same position.
I was expecting and hoping another keeper to come in and that Wildsmith would be a good back up, but obviously that never happened.
I think he’s been excellent this season and is yet to really make a glaring error. For a keeper that’s spent most of his career as a substitute, I think he’s stepped up brilliantly.
He’s been one of our better additions this summer, I feel like he deserves some recognition for how he’s started his time here with us.

I think Chester has hardly put a foot wrong since breaking into the team.
Brings a lot of valuable experience with him. 

If Callum Patterson available might be worth a look
Can play  right full back or as a back up striker who usually scores against us.
Also only 27 and not in Wednesdays plans, so more likely they would be looking to get rid

If Callum Patterson available might be worth a look
Can play  right full back or as a back up striker who usually scores against us.
Also only 27 and not in Wednesdays plans, so more likely they would be looking to get rid

Will Wednesday release on a free transfer - UNLIKELY 
Would Wednesday sanction a transfer to a  promotion rival - UNLIKELY
Is a Sheffield lad who supports Wednesday, who is a regular starter and last year's top goal scorer wanting a move to a team in same division on similar money - UNLIKELY
Then again Chansarai is a bit erratic so he'll have signed for us on Thursday 
 

So I'm putting this post together because since the start of the season there have been question marks on Knight starting at RB which have ranged from mildly questioning to outright ridiculing. 
But very frequently what gets missed is why Knight is starting there, why he's good at it and why it actually relies on his skillset. So I'm going to play devil's advocate and argue for Knight should start there.
Tactics
I think that Rosenior identified that a few things going into the season; we have talent in midfield, we likely have technical superiority and teams are likely going to sit back and try to counter or press and try to counter. And so he's built tactically from that point.You can see this in how our flanks are set up.
Wingers play high and wide and are both fast, phsyical and good 1v1. A compact opposition has to stretch or leave a man free. A team that presses always has to be wary of that threat in behind if they overcommit. Also it helps provide space in the centre for our midfield to take advantage of.
Meanwhile our fullbacks essentially play as midfielders when we have the ball. They tuck right into the middle operating from a much more central postion and given the responsibilities of a deep midfielder in getting the play going and supporting the play. This provides extra functional bodies in the build up play making it theoretically easier to pass through a press and it allows other midfielders to go take up dangerous positions further up field as they don't have to worry so much about the build up. Same applies to the wingers who can play high and wide because the fullbacks are functionally midfielders.
This isn't something revolutionary that Rosenior has done. In fact it's almost identical to what Guardiola has done in the past (who often would play midfielders like Delph at fullback).
Inverted fullback
The demands on this role are different that was is typically called for. They need to very comfortable on the ball in central areas, their passing needs to be good, they need to know what to do positionally when they are in midfield and they need that high energy to cover ground, support the attack and quickly get back into position. Functionally it operates a lot more like a wide midfield role on the ball.
Why Knight ? 
Simply put he excels at all of the above qualities is the primary reason whilst being sound defensively. There is a good reason why most our success in attacking has happened down the right. Playing him there essentially allows us to cheat and play another midfielder
The second reason is with a decent number of midfielders going into pre-season but no right back in sight with restricted dealings in the window. It made sense to coach someone into the role and Knight ticked the most boxes.
Why not X instead of Knight ? 
Odurah - Seems a decent prospect but looked a touch raw and shaky in pre-season. Likely isn't ready just yet.
Smith - This could work but Knight has more energy and crucially Smith hasn't had the same coaching time to coach him into the role.
Thompson - isn't as phsyical as Knight which could get exposed defensively and would need coaching into the role.
Stearman - This is a joke right ? He looks too awkward at CB on the ball never mind in midfield areas and would get exposed for pace.
Roberts - The role benefits from someone playing on their stronger side so they can open their body easier. Also needed at LB as Fozzy can't really play that role reliably.
New Right Back - Well yeah... but that's increasingly unlikely to happen but it won't be for a lack of trying.
Should he play midfield anyway ? 
Now that's a tricky question. Because we have a balance problem in midfield (at least some of the time) that you can point to Knight as a fix. And Id agree with that to a large degree that Knight as one of the three would help. The two counterarguments I might make are that problem might be better solved by playing either Sibley or a fit McGoldrick and by moving Knight from there you might be just shifting a problem rather than fixing it overall.
TLDR; The way we play calls for someone comfortable in midfield at right back. And Knight is likely the best at it we have.
(PS you may be able to tell I'm bored because I'm ill at home)