Matches Pre-Season Friendly vs WBA

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Bodin looks like he's lost quite a few lbs. Seems much easier to knock him off the ball.
 
It is going to be long season this season , with this team and not having no signings .
 
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Can anyone explain why Sade is still in our squad? Never ever ever a L1 standard RB.
I understand why we keep a squad place for Davis. He's quite talented if lightweight, he has played at international U-21 level, and he does wonders for our marketing in Thailand (think of the dosh we are getting from Bangkok Glass).
But Sade? Bizarre.
 
Some interesting performance tonight and plenty of positives. Still hard to judge though with so many signings still to come in. Anyway, below are my thoughts on the starting 11.

Stevens - nothing much new. Didn't do anything for me to improve on existing concerns
Seddon - more disciplined than last season and a 7/10 performance. Could he?
Brown - Excellent game. Proper defender and very reliable
Mousinho - Looked comfortable first half and then either tired or just struggled for support in a young team at the end
Forde - Not a starter for me, and lacked a bit of confidence in himself
McGuane - Exciting to see him play like that. Big season for him. Good start. Has the potential to be a massive player for us.
Henry - Ok. Some nice touches. Probably needs more games to get back upto speed. Still plenty to give.
Smyth - Not bad. Some good passes and touches. Needs games to grow into the level he's playing at. Can play a long pass.
Bodin - Has something special about him, but will have more effective performances than that
Jones - Impressed again. Clearly has immense quality and can unlock teams. Ideal player for a season in which we can use 5 subs. Worth a risk for that level of ability.
Sinclair - showed some clever play as a hold up player, but looked like he should be more of a threat than he is. Hard to judge when we have such a random set of players behind him. Jury is still out.
 
Some interesting performance tonight and plenty of positives. Still hard to judge though with so many signings still to come in. Anyway, below are my thoughts on the starting 11.

Stevens - nothing much new. Didn't do anything for me to improve on existing concerns
Seddon - more disciplined than last season and a 7/10 performance. Could he?
Brown - Excellent game. Proper defender and very reliable
Mousinho - Looked comfortable first half and then either tired or just struggled for support in a young team at the end
Forde - Not a starter for me, and lacked a bit of confidence in himself
McGuane - Exciting to see him play like that. Big season for him. Good start. Has the potential to be a massive player for us.
Henry - Ok. Some nice touches. Probably needs more games to get back upto speed. Still plenty to give.
Smyth - Not bad. Some good passes and touches. Needs games to grow into the level he's playing at. Can play a long pass.
Bodin - Has something special about him, but will have more effective performances than that
Jones - Impressed again. Clearly has immense quality and can unlock teams. Ideal player for a season in which we can use 5 subs. Worth a risk for that level of ability.
Sinclair - showed some clever play as a hold up player, but looked like he should be more of a threat than he is. Hard to judge when we have such a random set of players behind him. Jury is still out.
Exactly my thoughts, good to read someone with the same idea As me.
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Some interesting performance tonight and plenty of positives. Still hard to judge though with so many signings still to come in. Anyway, below are my thoughts on the starting 11.

Stevens - nothing much new. Didn't do anything for me to improve on existing concerns
Seddon - more disciplined than last season and a 7/10 performance. Could he?
Brown - Excellent game. Proper defender and very reliable
Mousinho - Looked comfortable first half and then either tired or just struggled for support in a young team at the end
Forde - Not a starter for me, and lacked a bit of confidence in himself
McGuane - Exciting to see him play like that. Big season for him. Good start. Has the potential to be a massive player for us.
Henry - Ok. Some nice touches. Probably needs more games to get back upto speed. Still plenty to give.
Smyth - Not bad. Some good passes and touches. Needs games to grow into the level he's playing at. Can play a long pass.
Bodin - Has something special about him, but will have more effective performances than that
Jones - Impressed again. Clearly has immense quality and can unlock teams. Ideal player for a season in which we can use 5 subs. Worth a risk for that level of ability.
Sinclair - showed some clever play as a hold up player, but looked like he should be more of a threat than he is. Hard to judge when we have such a random set of players behind him. Jury is still out.

Agree with most of that. Thought Henry was poor/off the pace. Smyth looks very promising to me - a bit raw as you imply but definitely has the ability and he's taller than I expected (at least a good few inches on Jake Wright).
 
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