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Eddie Howe: "We'll wait and see on what happens with Tyrone (Mings). He's been unlucky since he signed for the club, so there's a possibility he could be an outgoing." From twitter

JT at Chelsea - on his Instagram story. Could be unrelated, but could be interesting twist?

£18m? PUT IN AN OFFER AND SELL THE NORTH STAND

I think that’s just him tbh - he’s always been prone to a few strops. The irony is that had he taken more of his chances, we’d probably be sitting in the play off positions. Then again, without him we’d probably already be in league one. No - just kidding. No player is bigger than the club and I’m sure there would be a contingency plan in place. Anyway, if he thinks he’s going to score more goals and get better service in a relegation battle then he didn’t learn much from his spell at Swansea. I trust JT will be in his ear!

Went to the 1-0 loss at loftus road and going to this one. I think we really do need a win confidence wise. I think I would change it up a bit to be honest. Potentially go with an attacking 4-4-2 with Kodjia and Abraham up top. Drop Bolasie for Adomah to sure up the midfield defensively.

So if the stats said he had 25 assists in 127 games you would believe them? ...I’m not sure that’s how stats work!

Some simples stats over the last few seasons from WhoScored. In the abscence of any detail, looks like a good passer.

I’ve done limited research - but where is the evidence to suggest he is Croatia’s number 1? He didn’t play WC semi final or final and only has 14 appearances doesn’t he?

We’re going to be fine! Play offs is well within reach. It’s all in our hands and - whisper it - I think we’ll finish fourth.

I'd like to try this - think it would be making the best of a bad situation. My only worry is the next two games are ones we really want to be winning and will be hard. They're tough games to get settled into a position and for the team to readjust the balance.

Hypothetically, if we did sign Cahill - who would his partner be? Chester is probably the choice of most, but Axel has been great IMO and is arguably better at the ball playing side of things.

"I'm hopeful that both of them will be okay" The boss provides an injury update ahead of the #SecondCityDerby bit.ly/2QgoGq8 #AVFC

"I'm hopeful that both of them will be okay" The boss provides an injury update ahead of the #SecondCityDerby bit.ly/2QgoGq8 #AVFC

I thought that second middle through ball was Chester’s rather than Axel’s fault Should have scored, should have conceded. Need to take or chances - not for the first time this season. Not clinical at all. Think we’ve been the better team but that mean f all really.

Ah yes I remember now - that’s why they get you to fold the printed tickets in half. I’ll just try and print it.

With the print at home e ticket - is printing necessary? Has anyone successfully scanned the ticket at the turnstile on their phone with no problems?

I've got a mate who works on a few projects at Sheff Utd - says Chris Wilder is v v v pro-English players, to the point of not entertaining the ideas of picking talent from Europe. Don't think that really fits into the new owner's plans. Could be wrong.

It's a tough one - Jedi is suited to those sort of games and does well in them. He's a great header of the ball and when the opposition don't offer much attacking threat, he can boss the long balls and isn't caught out positionally by a lack of pace. Play him against pacier teams with a stronger attack and I think we'll struggle. That creates a problem: we want to pick Jedi against the lower league teams, but if we mix and match the CBs we risk creating a lack of cohesion in the partnership pairing and Tuanzebe may not settle as quickly as we'd hope. I'm torn - but he's playing well so far, so hopefully that continues.

He had a good game yesterday and definitely offers that quality in breaking up play and protecting the defence. My only concern is although he's a specialist in that, on too many occasions attack can't start with him - largely because his eye for the key pass isn't there, he speculatively tries to plunge it down the channels, or is too slow to release the ball to McGinn or Grealish. What's more, because of his restrictive passing ability, it means Grealish has to drop deeper and deeper, nullifying his creativity. I'd love us to explore a central midfield of: --------- McGinn ----- Hourihane --------- ------------------- Grealish ---------------------- Against 80% of championship teams, this should be defensively fine. Problem is, I don't think Bruce has the bottle to set a team up without a DM. I think atm I'm favouring Whelan.

Rosenior hit the nail on the head for me in post-match analysis - lot's of talent there, but not currently a team. We need some direction.

What’s GK done wrong?

Finally! Go central - Grealish, McGinn, Tammy > Elmo and Adomah. Change it up a bit ffs

Makes me feel slightly better about dodging train fairs - not that I do that, of course.

There's a chance we could potentially get a CB into the club that would easily be second choice, if not first. So what if he can't play every game, get a rotation system in place where he alternates with Tuan. Through my very tinted vision, it's a no brainer. Let's just get on with it