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World Cup qualifiers November
Ireland 2-0 up against Portugal and Christiano Ronaldo has been sent off
Hungary beat Armenia 1-0 so Ireland will need a win in Budapest -
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Academy & PL2 2025/26
Loan Update
It seems that Gideon Kodua is having a good time at Luton Town. He's made 16 appearances, scored 3 goals and got two assists. He mostly seems to be playing as a right wing back, as Luton regularly play a 3-4-2-1 system. Luton are doing alright in League One, and currently sit in 9th with a game in hand on their playoff rivals.
Someone else having a good time out on loan is Michael Forbes, down at Northampton Town. He's made 14 appearances at centre back so far - and has captained Northern Ireland U21s three times in Euros qualifying. Northampton are having a slightly less good season in League One, sitting in 13th. They also play with a back three, and Forbes seems to be playing on the right of that three.
Mason Terry is in the National League at Braintree Town. He's a 20 year old goalkeeper, who has been with Concord Rangers and Hornchurch over the past two years. He started as Braintree's number 1 keeper this season, and started 15 games in a row. He has missed the last four matches, though, including the 4-1 defeat away to the mighty Chelmsford City 11 days ago. Not sure if he's injured or been usurped.
Stepping up into the Championship, Kaelan Casey has recently started to make his way into the Swansea City team. He didn't make it off the bench for the first couple of months, but he played 90 minutes against Charlton, and has started all of their EFL Cup matches - including a game against Man City. Swansea have mostly played a back 4 this season, but when he's recently been in the side it's when they have switched to a back 3. Seemingly, he's currently 3rd or 4th choice, so hopefully they stick with a back 3 for the foreseeable so he can get some appearances under his belt.
Finlay Herrick appears to have become #1 keeper at Boreham Wood this season, and has started the last 10 games. Boreham Wood are flying at the moment, up in 2nd place in the National League, so it's great that he's nailed the spot down.
Sadly, there are a couple of loanees that don't seem to be having the impact they would have hoped. Junior Robinson, at 21 year old right back, went up to Scotland to play for Livingstone this season in the Scottish Premiership. He's not yet made an appearance, and seems to just be warming the bench. Livingston are dead last, so not a great endorsement of Robinson's skills. It seems that he can't dislodge Danny Finlayson at right back, and Josh Brenet seems to be ahead of him in the pecking order too. I'd hope the club are considering a change in approach in January.
And lastly, Lewis Orford is down in League One with Stevenage. He's only managed three appearances so far, with only one in the league. The silver lining, though, is that that appearance was in Stevenage's last match against Reading, where Orford came off the bench for a 16 minute cameo, having also come off the bench the match prior against Chesterfield in the cup. Stevenage are playing a pretty rigid 4-2-3-1 system, and seem to have a really settled side. Jordan Houghton and Harvey White have played pretty much every game as the two in the middle, and former West Ham youth product Dan Kemp has is the first choice #10. Stevenage are having a good season - up in 5th - which may be why they aren't giving a young loanee much of a look in. -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
Apparently he was a Wolves supporter when he was a kid (born in Telford, half an hour's drive away)
I admire him for wanting to manage his boyhood club, I just hope that the owners won't sack him if (if???) they get relegated -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
He's 30 in January, so not an ideal profile. He's only started 1 game in the PL for Fulham so far this season, plus has come on as a sub 8 times (twice an unused sub on the bench) for a total of just 243 mins in the PL this season. Obviously depends on the terms of any deal, but he's not someone I'm gonna be gutted about if he doesn't arrive. -
Management Merry Go Round 2025/26
Very odd decision of Edwards to take the Wolves job as they look poor, unless he has been promised big spending in January I can't see how he will keep them up. He would have had more chance of being a Premier League manager next season had he stayed at Boro in my view. At present none of the relegated teams from last season are in the top 6 of the Championship so there are places up for grabs this season. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
Bowen has a long contract and has shown no interest in pushing for a move. To sell him would hugely damage us, as even with the money it would bring we could never persuade a player of his quality to join us.
So unless we are relegated or he suddenly turns into Kudus I can't see how that transfer happens. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
Adama Traore is one of the exclusive club of people who are linked with us every year but never turn up. I'm thinking: Youssef En-Nesyri, William Carvalho, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Samuel Inkoom.
But it does feel plausible this year. There were rumours that one of the reasons Nuno fell out with Marinakis at Forest was because he wanted Traore and was told no. And, Traore made 131 appearances under Nuno at Wolves, which is comfortably more than any other coach he's had. Clearly, Nuno likes and rates the guy, so if he wants him, it's coming from actual experience of working with him. -
West Ham Vs Burnley - Sat 8th, 3pm
Wow - I was there that day and for a long time held that tackle against him - so blatant and against Paul who was so young and clearly through, it seemed doubly unjust and calculated.
That being said, those were the times and he did what he felt he had to do, I truly feel that the high profile nature of both the game and incident was the catalyst towards changing the rules so that in the future a more robust penalty is the inevitable result of such actions.
At the end of the day, it is just football and nowadays 73 is no age so I wish him and his family peace and all the best -
MOTM vs Burnley
Or you just count really, really slowly 😂🤣😂.
Weirdly, Kuchings message hadn't loaded for me. I must have had the page open for ages.As it stands, I make it 11 for Fernandes, 4 for Summerville and 3 for Soucek
I make it 12 for Fernandes so far.
