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Hall will be out v MK, right? Who should get his place? I hope MP doesn't bring Norburn in and push Iorpenda forward. I'd like to see somebody else given a go there. Maybe JJ will be back. Maybe he'll go for 2 up front instead. What would you like to see? I'd go Jarvis who was great in the corresponding fixture last season.

Spot on with those names I'd say. All subs played their part. In a game like that, you can't go on off the pace and give anything less than 100%, and none of them did

There'll definitely be another GK. Palmer's injury may spook them. The evidence so far is that Norburn would drag down a promotion push, so they may prioritise another CM. We have a lot of attacking mids, but none get near to the Didzy/Crowley standard. That might be impossible in the Jan window but wouldn't stop them taking a punt on somebody

Wishing you all the very best BigTone. Yeah, a very wet and cold start to the week. A day off today and I was proud of myself, no alarm and slept thru to 9:30. Must be my age, but I see long sleeps as an accomplishment. The rest of my free day will be spent in the usual way - fighting companies behaving badly; demands for payments long since paid, correcting over-billing, services not fully provided etc etc. Great fun

Yeah, I was impressed as well - their best player. But as a 'winger' he might not fit a position in our set up. Maybe the kind of player to consider in the off season, out of contract, when there's time to work out how they'd be integrated into the team

It's not always clear who's doing the last ditch defending when you're far away at the other end, but giving MoM to Kelle Roos is a safe bet. What a way to bounce back from a poor game. I really want him to succeed so it's great to see him fighting for his place and reputation

I think they do, Big Tone. If we just had a bit more quality, we wouldn't have gone 1pt from 6 against Harrogate & Colchester. I think there will be changes. It's just a matter of who and how many. It'd be brave to drop Roos for Griffiths, but he may do it. Gagliardi is yesterday's man and his reputation at Notts sinks by the week. MP and Monty can draw a line under the summer recruitment if they like. I think it's time for Platt over Ness. Ness isn't above him in the pecking order so what would MP be doing now that Platt must be fully fit again? Jones back too hopefully. I was joking about Jatta and Dennis on the other thread, but don't rule out MP being so mad he doesn't something unexpected with our strikers.

I'm making my first ever visit to Bristol Rovers on Saturday - so a new ground - really looking forward to it. All that controversy seems a eon ago, but I still hate them (more fun that way) never let go of football grudge, they're precious.

Calvin Miller was atrocious at first (that was probably under Ardley) but when IB brought Ruben in from the cold everything clicked and Miller benefitted and put in a spectacular run of games and really showed his potential. I thought C'field was a failure for him so I'm a little surprised he's one of the stand-out players in the SPL this season. Looks like his next move will be significantly up from Falkirk

He can't have been Menzinho. It's easy to work out because there was a players' meeting and then Ardley changed the system, not too many games before he was sacked, and we've hardly ever changed since then - away at Yeovil it was. Let's see Checked it. Our first LWB of this era was Jordan Barnett! : )

There should be changes for the next game. Griffiths and Platt for Roos and Ness. Jones for Bennetts hopefully. Jatta would merit dropping on Saturday's performance alone, with the most glaring fault being not challenging whole-heartedly to win possession for us. Dennis was L2 player of the month and bombing along in those early games, but as a substitute he's been really poor. Both on the bench and Grant up top might give them the jolt they need.

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I defended Kelle Roos on here. I thought he deserved the chance to overcome a poor start and show what he can do. The goalkeeping style I can live with it. And he did stabilise and overcome what we thought were early nerves to start playing better. But to regress like he did against Colchester? To go right back to those first early games, after a few months of training and a chance to work on your weaknesses and get your mind right? Yes, December is a scary prospect.

How often were their attackers on the ball? In comparison, Jatta couldn't get a touch. Their defenders were too good? We couldn't get the ball to him? I'll say neither of those - it's his responsibility to get on the ball and do something with it.

Another MoM for Calvin Miller today - 1 goal, 1 assist in Falkirk's 0-3 away win at Dundee Utd. Falkirk up to 5th in the EPL. He's the reigning Scottish Championship Player of the Year and his career really seems to be taking off.

The best player today was the one MP took off first - Nick Tsaroulla. I would've liked to see him tried on the other side for a bit rather than Bennetts who got that chance. Shout out too to Macari who was much better today and is combining really well with Tsaroulla. Furthest away from MoM today - Roos or Jatta. How can Jatta go from MoMs to 4/10? He challenges for the ball as if it doesn't matter that the defender comes out on top all the time. Not the attitude we need. When the ball's there to be won we need a forward who is as desperate to win it as any defender.

A horror show. Richard Montague has a lot of work to do cleaning up Gagliardi's mess. Where to start...so many ''I've seen enough''s Bennetts looks good at times but he's one of those players who will never deliver what you really need Dennis is consistently the worst substitute I've ever seen

Crazy, open game. You'd think we could go ahead in a home game that's so open. Tsaroulla and Macari doing great down the right. And it's been great to see Palmer back. Robbo has to see his role differently when he's playing at home with MP, we need more from him going forward. Grant playing better than Hall. So who would MP replace, the off form player who can score, or the in form player who usually doesn't? Maybe neither and take off Jatta instead, he's been dreadful so far.

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I'm still appreciating how we can predict the starting XI and subs. Unlike the Maynard season and a half, there's a clear logic to the selections. Great to see Matty Palmer back - we know he's ready from what we saw last weekend. If JJ was playing LWB we'd be expecting some production, so it's only right the same standard is applied to Bennetts. There's limited use is just playing well for a half or so, we're a promotion aspiring team that needs some goals and assists on the end of it.

At Brackley definitely. But Ness has done well in the main. For the run in, Ness is clearly still third choice for the CB position. I wonder if he could give Macari competition for RCB? Last 2 away games 0-0 Swindon 0-2 win Walsall, where they were 2 up at HT and dominated apparently, so I think you might be right. Should be a better game to watch

Absolutely (as Stall might say :) ) He's a real game changer. That gliding ability is something else. It's funny because it doesn't look like its pace that's doing it. It was the same with players like John Robertson and John Barnes - it's a pretty rare ability. Why would MP hesitate? Hall and Jarvis? If they both have sleepy games a whole section of our team would be missing and we'd miss Grant's pressing and general defensive work. Jarvis behind 2 strikers? That's a lot to put on a player not known for his work ethic or reliability. I, and many other fans, maybe you too Piethagoram, would do this but I'm not sure MP would.

Yeah, the loan was the right idea, just hasn't worked out. Hinchy is quite a cultured player and we know how frantic the NL can be. A club has to have patience with a player like that because when he finds his feet he'll add control to your play. Obviously, Alty didn't have patience but Hinchy is more likely to be an EFL player than whoever they're playing ahead of him. Merit might be in favour of JH coming back and taking Norburn's spot on the bench, but in terms of contracts or politically it might not be something MP wants to do. We might be getting into the reasons RobGag left there

I've noticed Jack Hinchy hasn't started for Alty for maybe 2 months now, from the team to a sub to an unused sub to not in the squad at all. We have players in the same boat with us. When loans don't work out it's really bad for all three parties. Must be hard for the players, a real test of belief and resiliency.

He definitely can. And oppositions wouldn't enjoy it. No.10 looks a hard position to play in L2. Somebody up your xxx all the time and defenders everywhere you turn. It already seems a long time ago that McGoldrick and Crowley showed they could live with that and produce goals/assists. Hall and Grant are doing OK but are not in that league so things could change there over the course of the season.