SambaMaverick

He's one of the most techincally limited forwards we've had in a while, which is why it's madness to stick him out so far wide. If he was actually working the space between the full-back and centre-back, I could see the reasoning but he spends half his time dropping deep or wide to collect the ball.

Embarassing watching those highlights back, Martin needs to find some shame pretty fast And what the fuck is he smiling at in the MOTD interview? Of course it's the 'narrative' when it happens every game mate

The love will certainly fade if they're getting sent out to be embarrassed every week

It's nothing to do with formation imo. It's just the style and philosophy of a naive manager who will do absolutely nothing or note in this league if he carries on like this.

How many times do we hear that one before it starts to really grate though?

I can actually see the similarities at the top end. There don't seem to be many patterns of play or repetitions aimed at getting us on goal. That and Martin's tendency to talk about himself a lot in pressers.

Does he think he's getting brownie points from some unknown entity for playing this way? It's just weird

He's a likeable enough bloke but unfortunately he is living in cloud cuckoo land. Much more of that and the fans will turn and he won't be long for this league. Time to find a compromise over the international break

Solid 7 for me, happy with most of the business.

Fuck me, if that full £20m gets realised then it would break the Championship record. I'd laugh at Birmingham, but that's not really funny for the state of the game.

Taking that with a pinch of salt as they are so far out of the loop it's not even funny (Blackmore just tweeted that it's on as I sent that)

I'd much rather play him than Edozie (if his attitude is right), to be honest

Those American pitches look horrific, bet he's glad to be away before he turns his knee and does an ACL

Will be the easiest £30m profit the club have ever made if he helps keep us in the league for the next two seasons Well done SR

Just trying to wrack my brain as to who Brentford have going spare haha

Could it be one of those FFP fudge deals?

Not looking great for a striker if Cornet is the loan then

Because he wasn't in the PL Team of the Season about 12 months ago. For once, SR have made the right investment here

There were four more games last season so that probably comes into it as well

Yeah that's why I said I don't want him playing every week

As much as I don't think Smallbone should play every week, selling/loaning him would fly in the face of everything we're about as a club imo He's earned a chance to mix it this season, and is he really that much worse than JWP (barring the set-pieces)?

It's just suicidal football

Goztepe, can I interest you in one Nathan Wood?

Good finish Archer, just as I'd stopped shouting at Edozie Really not impressed by Wood so far

Can't see that team having enough goals to be honest