VectisSaint

No we haven't.

He was doing that for Norn Iron before Wednesday to be fair.

Masterclass of substitutions by Tonda. Fooled everyone by playing Archer first half in order to get Stewart and Larin both on. Bringing Charles and Manning on. The man is a genius.

Soon got rolled back to the previous version, reported possible vandalism.

On the other hand the "winning team" included Charles, Larin and Edozie. I suspect Charles will start regardless of Downes' fitness. But I suspect he will start with Scienza (unless his poor performance yesterday was in part due to some minor issue) and Stewart. It would be good to see a largely settled side, it does almost pick itself now. Hopefully Bragg will be back on the bench.

Is he just not making the squad or is there something more to this, follow up to his injury/concussion. I know Eckert said there were no injury concerns but it makes you wonder when really it felt like he had broken through a few weeks ago.

The bit I saw/heard said someone was having a scan, but I didn't catch who, presumably it was Robinson.

Sadio Mane in May 2015, fastest hattrick on record against Villa (6-1). I'd ignore co-pilot if I were you.

In - Bree, return from loan

Better than Armstrong then, 0 goals in 9 (League).

Yet another game on Sky where they lost the feed. This time only for 3-4 minutes but it's bloody annoying how dodgy their feeds are, that's 3 in a row now when not on a main channel. I got some compensation for a game a while back, they apologised for spoiling my enjoyment, in fact they put me out of my.misery at the time. Sky have become pathetic.

So just the one experienced striker in the squad, Armstrong and Archer both off. Think thats probably our strongest start XI now (except Charles for Downes). Bit concerned that Bragg is still not back in the squad, concussion should not have kept him out this long, should it?

Thought you were better than that. The two things cannot be equated, it's like comparing apples to oranges. But the fact is, Armstrong has only once (in the Championship) come close to 1 in 2, at Blackburn, when he was actually much better, more like 1 in 1.4. Every season since then (in the Championship) he has been well below 1 in 2, indeed last season it was about 1 in 5. Since the Blackburn season (which remember was 6 years ago) he has often gone longish spells without scoring, and that's partly why he hasn't got close to 1 in 2 for the last 5 seasons. MLG's quote of nearly 1 in 2 was highly contrived, firstly taking only Championship seasons into account, and second going as far back as Blackburn to even remotely get near the figure he was quoting. I don't think we should let Armstrong go this season, but it is an undeniable fact that he goes longish periods without a goal involvement (two such runs this season) and we can't go on with a striker like that.

Statistically a goal every 2 games sounds good, but in reality he goes long spells with no goals (or assists), like now. He doesn't contribute when we are struggling, but has a purple patch when we are playing well (cause and effect).

Scienza fitness a doubt, as expected after he limped off on Sunday. Eckert says he might be OK, and they will do everything to have him on the pitch, scan showed no issues. Have heard that before. Doesn't sound overly promising.