Football Special

Scienza missed WBA midweek , Tonda described him as being in a lot of pain, carrying an injury sounds likely Another player that struggles with a full 90 mins

I've mentioned before it might only be a few players but we definitely have an injury crisis, Larin is our only actual striker and Jander possibly best midfielder in the league, take them out plus Schlotterbeck and squad doesn't look promotion standard at all Jander was out for ages in the summer and clearly not right. Larin hasnt trained since Bolton home game , let's hope another two week break will get him fit but no way does he play against Derby, Sheff Utd and Middlesbrough in space of 6 days

It can still move

Guido Carrilo for £19M was worse surely?

Larin isn't even capable of playing 90 mins when 'fit' , we needed another player to do what we had last season , Larin plays 60, other plays 30, then on next game other plays 60, Larin plays 30

Abbot did ok I think without Schlotterbeck we'll bring Wood back for his aerial strength

We're fucked , KS out for weeks. It usually takes 6 to 12 weeks for a dislocated shoulder to heal and for basic symptoms to settle, though a full return to high-impact sports, heavy lifting, or strenuous activity can take 12 to 16 weeks (or longer if surgery is required).

I've heard we paid Man City a chunky loan fee for Mubama so there probably is some pressure to play him The Prince has certainly been cooking in PL2 this season, league table makes good reading, hang it in Southampton Art Gallery

I'm hoping 50% of that £9M was an add on based on promotion

Wondered where he was today, he's got a bit of attitude

I'm not sure I'd call it complacency (is from some fans, but not players) Its more tactical and reflection of type of players we have. These teams all defend deep, physical, don't allow us time to move the ball around close to their box. We dont have the right answers. We lack a physical striker to win headers in the box. They allow us to have all the possession in other 66% of the pitch and we knock it around hoping to draw them out to make space but doesn't work for us Nearly had a bit of magic from Welington again but for a good save but never really hurt them in final 3rd of the pitch We always look shaky once we lose the ball and get hit on the counter

Hard to tell but his arm didnt look good at all, just from an unlucky slip , we're losing all the wrong players currently

There were a few of us calling out that it wont be easy (look back at first couple of pages) Had a feeling it would be a tough, anyone who sat through Lincoln, Watford and Wrexham away knows our kryptonite is lower half teams away That said, it was fucking shit today. > we didnt have a genuine striker on the pitch, just couldn't hurt Preston who had done their homework on how to defend against us. > injury crisis, already missing arguably our best forward and midfielder we have now also lost our best centre back > ultimately Preston fought hard for that and wanted it more Really shit way to go into a two week break

I can't see it being 0-5 to be honest, and neither will Tonda who I'm sure has done his homework Ive had a look back at their last 4 home games, fine margins Preston 2-3 Sheffield United , defeat by a single goal Preston 1-1 WBA - good point againt a form side Preston 0-1 Millwall - defeat by a single goal Preston 0-1 Lincoln - defeat by a single goal

That was a low point, come a long way in the last 12 months, I recall fans laughing at the club promoting half season tickets going on sale "who'd want one of those", a mate bought them for him and his lad as Christmas presents turned out to be a bargain This was from the same game