Simon bristol

At this point, it seems to me we have a choice of cod, elliasson and palmer for a starting spot, and at the moment elliasson is getting it!

Hmm, I wonder was a compensation fee would be and what bowens wage would be?? Hes a star in the making!!

I think the question is why would those 2 teams want him at this point? He may well come good but at this point hes not an effective championship footballer

Makes pretty good sense to me,,, rowe has come in and done well, but its pretty clear dasilva would have been first choice... the continued injuries have been a pain, if we had williams kalas and dasilva fit for every game this season, along with enough fit midfielders to rotate a bit, then it would have made a huge difference

Good thread! It seems to me that we have to find away of having nagy Massengo brownhill and eliasson all playing, weimann in most situations is going to play, and at this point Diédhiou is the focal point. With hopefully kalas and dasilva to come back, thats a pretty strong championship spine.... there maybe times when the west brom performance happens, but generally we are hard to beat. assuming dasilva comes in and is quickly on top of his game then in my view while diedhou and weimann are good championship players, then they could be improved upon in theory. And the same applies to the right back position.... perrera looks strong defensively which isnt really hunts strong point,,, perhaps a real top end right back could be an upgrade on both?

Horrendous news,, would be nice to think some gesture could be made to benik and his family?

Yes and also, 2 of these games were against top teams. The league is so tough that on any given day someone might get a hiding.

We arent looking great, im no happy clapper but lj deserves some respect for us being where we with the transfer sales and injuries weve had.im sure with kalas afobe nagy and dasilva playing all season we would have had a few more points.

Maybe hes talking metaphorically,,,, ie, his displays in training will force me to put him in??

Thats scary. If johnson doesnt want to play a formation to suit elliasson then sell him and put the money towards someone that will suit the formation. Same with perera who seems to be an excellent right back,,,, and is much better defensively than going forward. Him and niclas could be a formidable right side partnership.

Questioning brownhill after we get a spanking isnt surprising, we have problems but generally speaking they are in spite of brownhill not because of him.

Theres not many, but leroy lita scored a lot of goals in his career. as for taylor, his level is league 1, if afobe isnt going to be signed permanently, then theres clearly a need for a goalscorer, ntekiah is the obvious name in the short term.

The weimann one from the penalty spot and the rodri one at the end in front of goal were bith chances that a top championship striker should have put away. We are hard to beat, but there are a lot of draws already this season, perhaps a fit afobe would have gotten us a few more points?

Bowen is obviously one of the top championship players, im pretty sure he would have put away a couple of chances yesterday.

All of a sudden when elliasson came on there was danger. Ive said before that with our injuries to be beaten twice by the end of november is a hell of an effort, but you do wonder whether elliasson could play in the 352 formation with his wing play like it is. If not, then cash in on him and bring in someone to play the formation you want. rowe has been very good, but you do wonder where we would be if dasilva had been fit,,, could ne play the the right wing back role?