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Not City related but horrible ACL epidemic in the early part of this season. Both Courtois and Militao at Real, Timber at Arsenal and potentially Mings at Villa, thought not sure that one is certain (but it is a bad one). Crap for the players and clubs.

Do love a cryptic crossword.

My aim is to one day have your eye for this stuff. Makes my ‘analysis’ look like a 3y/o trying to freestyle.

Looked a clean bill of health on the day we won at the den with one of my favourite City goals I can remember. Oh my goodness. ?️ Injured: Atkinson McCrorie Benarous Weimann Conway

Hopefully not - as I hope there’s plenty of competition - but that’s a week two contender for Champaign moment!

They so deserved to be on the winning team today. I can’t overstate the week they’ve had for us. I’ll admit with shame, I had the dumbest feeling we’d see a regression from Vyner this season. On the three played so far, he may have gotten even better. Beautiful again today. Dickie has been everything I hoped when we signed him. Before a ball was kicked I called him my signing of the summer. And that’s no mean feat with the other lads we’ve brought in. He’s been a wall and can do little wrong in my eyes. These two have me dreaming! Joe Bryan - it could’ve been you ??

That was spare room LIMBSSSSS if the highest order. Me and my pa just dropped the house price. What. A. Moment. Matty James - take a bow and then 10,000 more.

Barring Bajic taking the bench keeper role from HWR (loan lined up for Harv maybe?), it’s the same 20 from Wednesday, including Yeboah on the bench! Good on the lad. So no new knocks, no new returns. Injured: Atkinson McCrorie Benarous Weimann Conway

We also got the brilliantly named Tim Ap Sion out of Guernsey, but all a little quiet on him. Very young though.

Offloaded an injured player, result… OTIB. COYR. Everything is fine. Injured: Atkinson McCrorie Benarous Weimann Conway

Oooh give me a season of Vardy ball ?

He’s developing quickly into a favourite of mine. A good centre-half is a game changer.

A few positives to take on a tricky afternoon for us: -£20+ million, 25 achievable according to some journos, secures the club for years. Many clubs can only dream of that kind of influx. -The 4 players we have brought in, and previous windows, show Tinns and the team don’t miss very often. They have money now. -Jason Knight needs one more goal this season to better Scott’s total last season and it’s August 9th. It’s the current pecking order, B’mouth took our Starboy but our status as a Championship club meant we could take Derby’s. -In very recent memory, our academy has given us Scott, Semenyo, Bell, Conway, Kelly, and Benarous. Araoye, Yeboah, Palmer-Houlden, Kinght-Lebel and Francois are loading, and who knows who’s after them. Scott was generational, but the way our academy is going, we’ll have more stars coming soon. Chins up. Big season ahead.

Just soak it all up. The Ashton implosion a year or two from now is going to be a sight to behold.

CB. Could we look at Tom Holmes out of Reading? 100 odd Championship appearances but still young, 2 years left on his deal might make them consider a sale at 'optimum price' like us with Scott. Solid injury record. He might want to return to the Championship and boost his wages so we could have him pushing from his end too to keep the price respectable. Any graphics @Davefevs?

Assuming ANY of the add-ons are triggered (I'm sure some will be), that makes this a club record sale. Previous was Webster, 20 million flat?

Fabrizio'd. 20 million, 5 million in add-ons (hopefully achievable add ons, we may never know the ins and outs). That's a LOT of money for our club. Good luck Alex. Seemed a good kid. If we play Bournemouth in our impending League Cup run, have a stinker for us son. ?

The McCrorie one is certainly new ground for me, 'bacterial infection'. Sounds more ill than injured. Looking forward to seeing him play.

Might’ve been about continuing to build the Vyner-Dickie combo too. Get them more familiar with one another’s game.

Win win. Two good players battling it out for the starting berth. Be happy with either on the team sheet.

My only whinge from tonight is I’d have liked to have seen Araoye or Knight-Lebel get some first-team minutes while we were so comfy at 4-1/5-1. Opportunity to rest Zak or Rob too. BUT was really cool seeing Yeboah get a run out, and enjoyed his pace and presence. Looked very bright.

Would rather QPR than Norwich of course, but home and doable so we’ll take it. Good win tonight, well in lads ?️

Vyner and Dickie looking a good pair, and with Naismith back we have a more than able deputy out of midfield. Well done to the centre-halves ?️

Hopefully a clean bill of health from a dominant win tonight, no sign of any injuries. In a week where our two star-boys are tearing hamstrings and chasing premier league dreams, battering Oxford and silencing that away end helped a little. He stays on the list til it’s confirmed ?? Injured: Atkinson McCrorie Scott Benarous Weimann Conway

Naismith back on the bench is a massive boon. Smart as well not to throw him straight in, more likely to need him against Millwall. Yebaoh on the bench due to dwindling numbers, be cool to see him get a run out. Injured: Atkinson McCrorie Scott Benarous Weimann Conway