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Van Domselaar outrageous save against England. Think we've got two of the best keepers in world football at the club right now. Can't find a thread for her?

But I have an idea and it's better than anything else and I'm sure it's also what all fans want and any fan that disagrees with me doesn't understand marketing or history or culture.

2-0 win. Think Duran will score if he touches grass. The guy is in danger of becoming a key player for us

Special event card Bailey from totw

It's definitely not Castore and it's the manufacturer because Castore make lots of good looking and good quality shirts. Personally I think Castore will be as keen to get out this deal as we are, it's awful for their PR if people are running around in awful shirts soaked through. Whoever is making the kits needs to be replaced immediately.

I think we need Zaniolo up to full speed and more familiar with the squad. He strikes me as a similar character in terms of a complete need to win, that permeates through people around him. Mings had a lot of physical attributes that helped him become a top defender, but it's his intelligence and character that define him. I do think that on paper you'd be replacing him in the defence with Carlos or Torres in terms of raw ability, especially with Mings having a mistake leading to a goal in him every two or three games before Emery. I feel like those errors were becoming fewer, but I did wonder if he was going to phase out of the side by the end of the season, especially with age not on his side. Happy to admit that was naïve now though, definitely missing him. Although obviously the transition has been instant instead of gradual over a season. As a side note I'm curious to see what he's up to in his time off. I heard he has a couple of his own businesses and a youth football training centre. I hope he's studying for his badges as I can see him becoming a top coach one day.

Did I miss something an Ndidi isn't good anymore? How is he still at Leicester?

Relieved to see he wasn't in the squad last night that got tonked 9-0 But also curious why he didn't even make the bench? Exeter such a good example of how fan ownership can work and been great following them this season so far, proven a lot of people wrong so far. Hope they put this behind them quick.

I assume him starting and scoring against Sutton last night means he won't feature in the squad at all for the Warsaw game?

Maybe the wrong answer but reading the comments on this page, I know it's a cliché now, but it's a squad game. I think he should start every game he's fit but we will play a lot and he will pick up niggles, suspensions and generally get tired from the fixture congestion. I really think it's best to ease him back in and once he's up to speed he can play regularly in the Prem. But I don't think that means someone else will spend the rest of the season benched behind him now he's fit

It's just weird behaviour but if I get on my soapbox about it I'll be redirected to off-topic These are the top 3 comments on the picture they used after the 3-3 draw. To give you context, Lehmann is facing away from the camera.

It doesn't have to be either or but I do think you can tell how serious someone is taking the women's team when they bring up Lehmann instead of say Daly for example. I've had people genuinely discuss how well we did last season and how good some of Daly's goals were, Hampton being a good keeper etc. Which was refreshing. Then I've had "the ladies have that Lehmann don't they - phworrrr" kind of 'conversation' at which point it's difficult to explain to them she's a great player and a good brand ambassador because those things get batted back with the exact kind of archaic banter you'd expect.

Am I right in saying it's just Afoka to Bradford, Bogarde back to Bristol Rovers and Revan to Rotherham that went through? If so, I'm thinking whether Hause and Davis are included in the list of players who we had loan offers in the championship for. Davis we managed to sell instead, Hause didn't happen and Revan we let go. Not sure if there's anyone else who looked destined to leave on loan. Disappointed we didn't get a loan for Marschall in the lower leagues, also Chrisene I thought was heading back to Exeter but I might have dreamed that (?!). Caleb Chukwuemeka we need to get off our books now surely? Side note, might have to get a Plymouth shirt with KKH or Azaz on the back because they are stunning kits.

Bit shocked out of all our academy players I could see playing in the lower leagues, a lad I'd never heard of gets a move to a good league 2 side - @useless has he flown under the radar due to others shining brighter? Or injuries? Or am I just being ignorant and he's a real prospect.

Injury is the only thing that will stop this lad becoming a regular in top flights of Europe imo. Has the talent, the physical attributes, the work ethic. Think the more I see of him in the under 21s and then last night, the more I think he is a part of the reason Archer was sold. If Emery and co rate Kellyman higher than Archer with an extra 3 years of development ahead of him, makes sense to clear the pathway for him. I think he's a few years away from being expected to start a lot but then look at the likes of Ferguson. I think we'll see more of him than I'd have expected in July and that's no bad thing but would still probably like to see him get a season in the championship or league 1 next season just to see how he handles being the main man for 50 games in a year instead of 10-15 of our easier games this season.

I think it's a bit convenient to just wave away the fact that he was poor last season. Conte is a nutter but he's also a good manager and can organise a solid team. Lenglet might have looked good a couple years ago but the evidence of his abilities to handle the Prem are not promising and now he looks like he's happy to be a bit-part rotation option for a Conference League club. Lenglet started 24 games in the Prem last season and kept 4 clean sheets. In the 12 games he didn't play in, they kept 6 clean sheets, including against Man City, Brighton and Fulham. I will be nervous for his debut and hope he puts in a decent performance, which is a shame as I was buzzing to see all our other signings and I'm still excited to see Duran start and Moreno come back from injury.

This wreaks of me getting itchy feet on deadline day on FM and just signing whoever is still available, in a position I'm not completely stacked in, before realising a week later my main striker is out for 6 weeks and his only replacement is a 20 year old who's never started a game in Europe.

Felix on around £250k per week means we just need to get a straight swap for Digne and we'll be saving money.

I don't think he's bad, I just don't think he's particularly exciting or future-thinking or anything. If we're paying a loan fee plus wages for a guy that would not get into most fans starting XI, then essentially he's a very expensive safety blanket in case of injuries or suspension. If we've won our first 4 group games and he gets 90 minutes ahead of an academy prospect is that good? I'd be happy rotating Mings and Torres but frankly I'd rather Torres played a lot more minutes now and if he's in any danger of getting knackered by January re-assess. This is basically just an upgraded version of what we did last year with Bednarek, and that ended with him being sent back to Southampton early. We'll play more games but only 6/7 more than last September to January and we currently have Torres, Carlos and Hause that we didn't have at the time.

Big fat no from me. Rather keep Hause than keep funneling money into that corruption laden club. Konsa Chambers Torres & Carlos is a better group of CBs than most in the league Dendonker available to cover as well as youngsters to step up. If we're in a mess in January then re-assess

The academy costs millions to run every single year. If you follow youth football or even play FM you'll know there is a cold hard cash aspect to academy football. We want to bring through many young lads, give them a good grounding and a foundation to continue playing professional football for their whole career. Most the time that won't happen, sometimes they will make the lower leagues, we've been lucky to have so many in the last decade or so leave our ranks and make a good career in the top 4 divisions. Then there's the special few that get into the team. But we still need to balance the books and provide a path. If you're a lad in the academy now who's 14, you can look at Grealish as the absolute pinnacle of what is acheivable. But rather than pointing at players loaned out and doing well, you can now say look, you could be like Jacob and find a path here, or you could be like Aaron or Cameron and still play the Prem for another side, or you can move into the Championship and prove yourself like Jaden. And even if you get released, you could end up like Ruben and just head down the road to West Brom and prove yourself there. As long as we're assessing the best options for these players, whilst still producing massive profits from the academy players, it shows the academy is not only sustainable but a bit source of income and that can only improve. The more links we get to foreign clubs as well, the more talent we can bring over to really help push on and also for registration reasons, help qualify as home-grown / make moves into Europe smoother. Take the Egyptian lad we got in a few weeks back. I really hope Kellyman makes it but if not I'll look out for him and how his career goes every season regardless. It's fascinating seeing the web of players that we've had on our books and how it spreads right across English, Scottish and Irish football.

Good luck on Sunday Olsen. Play a blinder, calm the nerves about you deputising, prove people wrong.

Traore for player of the season.

The Lucas Digne in the last two games reminded me of why I was so excited to sign him. Looks like the guy who played for Everton under Ancelloti. The Digne that was a mainstay in fantasy prem teams for his clean sheets and assists. If we can get the end product he has out of him against the lesser sides, all the better. We struggle to break through these teams a lot of the time, if the key to resolving that is sticking a pinpoint cross from the left onto any one of a number of players attacking the box, we'll turn draws into wins.

The interview on BBC Scotland said it all. The lads think they can win this competition and they're not messing about. Bit of silverware and guaranteed Europa League. He said we're one of two or three favourites and we've got the biggest budget in the competition, we'll go tough places but essentially we can beat anyone and win this thing.