GaryMc93

People have been saying that, whenever he loses, since about 2018 and thankfully he hasn't listened yet. He can rest up for Davis Cup in a couple of weeks where he'll likely play doubles with Salisbury, meaning he'd be potentially keeping the next World No.1 Skupski out, as he's likely to be the 5th man called up now due to Draper's injury.

On value for money Sean Higgins could be a contender. Signed to score the goals to keep us up, injured 3 minutes into his debut and never seen again but the club were left paying about £500 of his wages for the rest of the season.

Would seem like a waste as we have McAllister, Bangala and at a push Hewitt that can cover CB and as long as we stick with a back 4 it's likely either our captain or a highly rated Arsenal kid is already sitting on the bench. Bullen will probably want to keep Hewitt's around due to his versatility but given his injury last season loaning him or Smith to a L1/2 club until even January so they get regular game time could allow us to bring in that creative CM we might need.

I'm sure the Twitter trolls will be out in force as they'll never have heard of Cornet or have an understanding of how rankings work. She's currently sitting 80 in the live rankings and Harriet Dart will become British No.1 if she wins her next match. At least she'll finally be playing around her current level which should hopefully ease the expectation and pressure and allow her to experiment with her game more. If she can stay injury free I'm sure she'll be seeded again this time next year.

Apparently got an ankle injury according to a match preview from the weekend.

Winner of John Millman v Emilio Nava which has just gone into a 4th set

On paper Francisco Cerundolo 1st round is a favourable draw for Murray.

I'm not sure that's true or you've been generous to McCall. Ecrepont made two sub appearances under him. Debut was about 1 minute in the Dundee United demolition and he probably never touched the ball and the second was Wrexham away Muirhead started at LB ahead of him only for him to go off injured after 15 minutes, otherwise I doubt he'd have got more than 10 minutes in that one. His development has stalled/suffered for a number of reasons such as us winning the league in 17/18 as he'd have probably have played more in L1 the following season, our lack of progression in the Challenge Cup in the the last 3/4 season and no reserve football. However not sure Kerr could have done much more when Harvie was ever present and then the following season he let him go on loan to play regularly (where he didn't exactly standout).

Lyness actually played one game for us 12 years ago, not that many of us would have been at that particular game.

Imagine he's on a decent wage too since it was a 2 yr deal where as Albinson arrived from Warrington Town although not sure who needs a GK. Only August but would be surprised if either are here next season unless Albinson is happy being backup again as I'm not 100% convinced by either.

https://www.iancairnsmedia.co.uk/p633290444 - From these photos it looked like starting line-up was McAdams, Houston, Kirk, Bilham, Ecrepont, Hewitt, Moffat, Smith, Lawson, Guthrie, Bryden. Looks like quite a few youngsters were on by the time most of the goals went in although McAdams even looks bad in these photos and the Go-Pro confirms it.

Now onto Montreal where Andy's been drawn against Taylor Fritz. Also Raducanu with back to back wins this week for the first time since 1st May. Last time she won 3 in a row was the US Open last year although hopefully not for long as her next match is starting soon.

I know DJ the fitness coach said Reid and McKenzie felt stabbed in the back by him so probably some truth in it. Maybe would be a bad idea as Roberts did seem to fall out with even mild mannered guys like Crawford although he did hate our rat of a RB so that goes in the + column.

I think he would have suited the role Scally had as a link between the players and the manager and I'm sure Devlin had spoke about him being a good coach. The issues were his management with his one tactic being give it to Moff and once he left that final season was only ending one way. Sermed to fall out the half the team and the return of Scott McLaughlin showed he learnt nothing from his 1st season where he brought in ex team mates who clearly had no respect for him as a manager and still seen him as the dressing room joker. However considering what he did as a player for us it's a shame that he previously spoke about not feeling like he could return to watch a game at Somerset. Suppose we'll always have that Motherwell game.

Going by our match preview it seems stupid if we open a ticket office then state so boldly that we won't sell tickets at the ground to away fans. Plenty other clubs are able to do it so curious what our reasons are if that is correct as from the outside it comes across as being off putting and difficult for no reason.

Main issue for me is that after 5 friendlies and another 4 'friendly' cup games it doesn't feel like we've settled on a formation that works or that Bullen knows his best team. While we probably need a better RB, an attacking CM and a poacher type forward regardless, which of those is the biggest area of concern varies depending on the formation with 5-3-2, 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 all highlighting different issues. Maybe worth taking a risk of letting someone with proven quality use us to put themself in the January shop window and see what happens. In September 2017 we signed a striker on a short term deal to January and he didn't turn out too badly.

No doubting Bryden's potential and based on current squad ability he probably deserves his chance at the minute ideally alongside Dipo, as he could get lost playing as a lone striker. Only concern with him for me is his discipline. Minus injury time he's played 484 in his Ayr career and been booked 6 times which works out at a card ever 80 minutes, and people thought Muirhead was bad. Maybe just the type of player he is but part of me thinks it's the fan in him that wants to show he cares but better ways to do it than flying into challenges and walking a tightrope the rest of the game.

Suspended along with Reading

With Reading suspended for Saturday hopefully Ecrepont gets a chance and Bullen doesn't try anything daft like McGinty at LB. Shame after his goal that Bryden is suspended too. Might as well throw Guthrie and Viviani on the bench and see if either of them have a spark about them.

Thought so, I imagine a few players will have RSI given how much they were signing. Most seemed happy to engage with the kids which was nice to see. On a whole I think times like today you can feel proud to support your local team or not be a glory hunter. Just need the results to follow.

Gladiator: Benn V Eubank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrH6BrUmK5M

No idea if you can make out the signature but Lyndsey Whiteside wore number 7 last season. Going by the pictures the rest of the ladies team were all wearing their numbers from last season.

Attacking wise he's limited but his game is more high tempo and pressing the opposition to try and win it back and putting his foot in which we didn't have last season before he arrived. Issue is it's difficult to press in a 5-2-3 as if the opposition can beat it or bypass it then it leaves the defence exposed. For me every issue can be related back to the formation.

That's good to hear. Not that we've had many performances worth watching again in recent seasons but the ease of logging onto Youtube in the morning and knowing 9 times out of 10 the highlights were up and being able to watch through the TV was far better and easier than the set up last year.

Reminds me of the L1 version of Michael Rose. Comfortable on the ball but needs to learn when to not overplay and probably still a bit to learn about the physical battles he’ll get up here. Made one of / the main error(s) for the first goal but looked like he just slipped although hard to say for definite without another look at it however lucky for Bullen we don't seem to be doing highlights.