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He's back to MVP form he had in our last promotion push. Got a good finish, but was generally everywhere, breaking things up and getting us moving. He allows Charles/Jander/Bragg to get the best out of their games, not to mention protecting our back four.

With game time, and support and instructions from others, he's improving. He's bulked up a bit and had a bit of bite to go with his industry against Wrexham. While Bree supports him, he's able to track and attack elsewhere. Not in the way Fellows would. But then, Matsuki looks to be very useful centrally, and from corners.

80/1 to finish 2nd before the game. Now 33/1.

Watching Neuer tonight, he won't get in front of him, so just stay here Daniel!

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Humble pie for me regarding tonda, I thought he was a ridicolous appointment and total gamble when we brought him in. Even after good runs I thought it was more being carried by a good team but gotta say this last month or two he’s really starting to put his stamp on things tactically and is consistently adapting game plans and tactics to suit the opposition excellent stuff . We never looked anywhere near this solid under Martin even with the huge unbeaten run. Tonda is giving off the impression that if we do go up we can be competitive.

This team is terrifying Whoever gets second should pen a letter of thanks to Spors for appointing Will Still!

I can’t wait for @Saint86 ten thousand word essay on how results aren’t everything. I mean, courage of your convictions and all that?

Yes, cast your mind back to Wellington pre-injury, he was exceptional and his link up play with Scienza stood out. Just the same, Manning has lifted his game lately. The Club’s in a fortunate position with competition for places and minimal drop off in quality when players are rested or rotated. Tonights bench was ridiculously strong.

I don't think we will. Third would be a tremendous achievement from where we were. I'd take that.

That's some going. I actually thought we would get rid of him after the Hull game. Either it was a case of SR doubling down or they knew he was the right guy, it was inspired.

Wouldnt overlook these 4 games. QPR second behind us in the form table and the other three fighting for survival. They'd much rather be playing teams with nothing to play for than those in a relegation fight. We arent going to catch them though, lets be realistic

It felt like a gamble bringing him back in, but he's made a massive difference to the way we play. Not sure about him should we go up, but that's a problem for another day.

They could certainly do a lot worse. If he can stay fit then surely he is worth a look in any friendly games they have.

Typical football fan paranoia, we aren't realistically catching them. They've only really got three difficult games left; us Norwich and Boro. Even if they lose all three AND we win all our remaining games, they'd still finish level with us if they win their other four against Pompey, Charlton, WBA and QPR. It would take an awful lot to go perfectly for us in a very short space of time, and they're in decent form themselves. Five wins and three draws in their last eight.

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Matsuki digs in and does his job for the team. Nothing too flashy but he quietly goes about his business and is very effective.

We definitely "pegged" them back.

He's in the form of his life. Tonda is getting the best out of him but you could justifiably say that about every one of our players.

He's probably their only striker when fit and on form.

A shame Downs is off on loan. With the injury to Derby's Agyemang, we could have had USA, USA's number 1099, USA's number 1099. 🙂

Absolutely class finish tonight from Cyle 😊 certainly is pretty quick for a big target man.