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Shea Charles, Ryan Manning or Gavin Bazunu are the obvious guesses if either of the Irelands qualify. Ironically the most 'out of form' player we have will be the most likely to go currently (based on the fact USA are already guaranteed) - Downs.

So interestingly Cameron Bragg is a Scottish U21, Jay Robinson England U21, Tom Fellowes England U21 and THB full England player. Shouldn't be hard for Tonda to motivate any of them. Who do you think has the best shot?

Fucking joker… We’re far more tolerant than most, including the French, Italians, Poles & Hungarians all of whom are in the EU….You need to get out of your white ghetto a bit more.,

What is the general opinion now of Spors? I will never forgive him for imposing Still on us. Giving him the first 30% of the season could have cost us promotion this season. On the other hand he has found Tonda who atm seems to be a gem. His transfer dealings appear pretty good. It looks as if we may have ripped off Everton in getting £40 million for Dibling. Scienza and Jander look like absolute bargains and Fellows and Azaz are now delivering the goods. Quarshie looks a bit iffy but the biggest problem is Downs. He needs to rebuild his confidence - probably on loan somewhere. IMO sell Flynn the next window ( not convinced that he wants to be here) and get in a decent no. 9. Maybe easier said than done. Overall I would give him a solid 6/7 out of 10. That is a lot higher than it would have been 4 weeks ago. 😁

I am racist because I don't rate him? What kind of metric is that? That is great TP is doing well in Turkey. He has found his level, and I wish him well. But he scored 4 goals for us in 36 appearances as a striker. He ran like Bambi on ice and battled like a school-girl in the air. He would have been better for a Will Still system. But that is the fault of SR, not ours. It is also not our fault that Damion Downes was cast as his replacement. Luckily for me, I will forget about this entire non-sensical comment soon due to my goldfish memory...

Hmmm.....close call 😁

I'm liking the concept of winning the game quickly and then just killing it off. You get a 10 minute warm up, then 30-40 minutes of exhilaration, followed by a half time pint and then 45 minutes of relaxation. Very pleasant way to spend an evening.

You don't see a lot of right footed right wingers these days, more the "cut in and shoot on the left foot" types, but I agree he suits the position and the style so much - and even then isn't afraid to cut in when needed. Excellent performance today. I agree though, a rangy striker instead of AA that could get in on the end of the crosses would improve us, although AA has been good lately in the role Tonda has given him.

Tonda was given three games so we'll probably know more on Sunday as to whether he has the gig. After the last 4 games I wouldn't think many fans would be upset. OK, we have good players on paper, but so did Still and Tonda has got a tune out of them. Fellows is clicking, Scienza is clicking, AA is linking up well with them and even Azaz has started banging goals in. I won't go on about not liking 3 CBs, I don't, but even then Tonda has got them playing in such a way that they don't look like muffing up every minute - some of the bodies on the line defending early in the first half today was exceptional. Shit, even Baz pulled off a good save. Would I like someone more experienced in? Maybe, it depends who it is, but you can't dismiss what Tonda has done so far is excellent. Everyone has to start somewhere, and Tonda seems to fit. He speaks well too. There will be sterner tests to come, and it is how he deals with those, but we can't win every game and right now, the first team is playing fluid exciting football. I love the fact we attempting Through Balls. I'm a big fan of a through ball. We knock SR for a lot, and rightly so at times, but some of the summer transfers we made have been the business. Jander is excellent too. Now they need to get the managerial appointment right - and Tonda has done his chances the world of good.

Yes he shone tonight that's for sure,just needed someone to put the right players in the right positions,haven't we all been seeing this?

All he needed was just a bit more time…

Guys it’s official 👨🏻‍🍳

Didn’t manage to watch the game sadly, but I did say that I was convinced Eckhert was capable of getting a win or draw. It was pretty clear to me from after his 2nd win that he knew how to get the best from the players, so I’m not surprised by the score. Delighted we got a clean sheet. Spors has to give the job to Eckhert now - what more can the guy do to convince anyone that he’s the real deal?! It would be sheer lunacy not to give it to him FFS!

He would have a field day with an aerial threat in the box, he is such a good crosser of the ball in so many different ways. Absolutely superb from the first whistle tonight, best performance by far.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRf0t2WDDH1/?igsh=MXBnd3lkNGxqNDl4OQ== Good banter this!

Melt.

Do do do, let’s all do the Tonda!

So the thing that will really clinch it for you is to win some matches, lose some matches and then win some more matches? That’s mental.

Said to my mate tonight “gets a bit boring these games being over by half-time doesn’t it?” 😆

Is it wrong to still feel a bit apprehensive? We've all lived through 'manager' bounces and caretakers getting the team going, Alan Sheehan at Swansea being a fine example last year - then they gave him the job, and it all went south. I want to see how he reacts to adversity. We will hit bumps during December and have some iffy results, I just want to see how we come out of the back of that. 4 games is a good start, but I need to see more - he's still incredibly inexperienced. I guess my uncertainty is also driven from the record we've had with Managers - so my mind is in a bit of an odd place. I think he's started well, but I just want to see a few more games.

He was always class, got bogged down a bit in the later days of Stills tenure - but even his short cameos right at the start, even against the Skates, you can see his has agility on the ball and a real knack of arriving in and around the box. He's an upgrade on Will Smallbone and Downes in one player, him and Romeu could strike up something pretty special. What a player to learn from.

What on earth is going on? The upturn in form is unexpected to say the least. We've come from a base of zero to where we are now, which is with a proper foundation behind us. I don't even remember us winning 3 consecutive games as comfortably as that under Martin. Fellows/Azaz/Armstrong/Leo are dangerous at this level, they always were. Will Still just couldn't seem to find a way to get all 4 on the pitch at once, and that was the problem. What you're seeing now is benefit of prolonged game time for Fellows and Azaz - they can now build relationships on the pitch, no more chopping and changing. Armstrong, whilst playing as the 9, is more intelligent with his game than he was. He drops deep and has runners beyond him, rather than him being the 'runner' in behind himself all alone. The difference is stark in that sense. The second goal was a case in point really - Armstrong was so deep, but he had runners behind him and flicked the ball around to Leo - and they were away. It was the same against Charlton for Janders goal, picking it up and having runners beyond. That's been a tweak in Armstrong's game that I've seen, which is really benefiting everyone else. I somewhat felt sorry for Still, but I don't think he ever really knew how to get the best out of the tools he had - there was too much chop and change through the spine, and nothing ever felt settled and there were no real patterns. Tonda has been surprising, I still think we need to bide our time though. I'd like to see how he deals with adversity when we have a couple of iffy games back to back, so I wouldn't jump to give him the job tonight. I just think we need a bigger sample. The signs are positive, somewhat unexpected, and we'll see where December takes us - this is the month which will make our season.

He is class. With Charles to come back, Romeu to come into the mix and Bragg showing he’s worthy of minutes it is time to move Downes on in January because it’ll be tough for him to get minutes over those above and his style of play doesn’t really suit the way we play if we’re going to continue to be direct with the ball.

Said it multiple times during the game but if we’d binned off Still when Stephens went to the board and made it clear the players didn’t like him we’d already be 2nd and not looking back. I know you’ve had your question marks over the quality of the squad but for me this week it has shown itself to be up there again with one of the best in the league.

Not worried about not scoring in the second half at all. Destroy the opposition in the first half and then aggressively manage the second half. Beats trying for a 90+ min winner all day. Really enjoyed this past week, a long time since that's happened.