Dandy Man

Wish we'd just get the DCL deal done already, bored of moaning about the prospect of signing him and would like to move on to moaning about his actual performances (or lack thereof)

It was horrific to watch but it's just one match, sometimes you get bummed sometimes you bum someone else, that's football

Went to the toilet and it's all gone dreadful

Maximo Perrone

Agree on this, it shouldn't have a bearing on the decision but it was a very poor decision to come charging out in that situation. Anyway, at least he saved the penalty and we won 5-0.

I was 50/50 on it, can see why it was given but it was a ridiculous VAR review and there wasn't really enough there to overrule the ref, but also did not feel like the worst decision we have ever been on wrong end of, it's not an exact science and things can be ambiguous I guess?

Danny Guthrie, Mike Hooper

Highlights of the day have been the three poos and one bath so far, gone for the first beer now, wife and kids going to arrive home just before kick off which is going to force me into exile in the bedroom probably

Feel like shit and want this monkey off my back

C - not sure how a team consisting entirely of Nick Popes would do though. Bit of a recency bias to overcome but he's still a bit better than a D surely?

Small D for Matty T. Difference between him and Wilson is that I could easily see Targett turning out another 3-4 seasons for some lower table PL team, Wilson I can barely see turning out another 3-4 games. Also Wilson has declined a lot more from a higher starting point whereas Targett has more gone from being quite good to bang average.

There will be no Carabao Cup, I'll tell the children

A lot of recency bias and hard to know just how finished he is but does feel like there's not much left in the tank now, E+

Didn't think it should be a red, but can absolutely understand why it was a red and there's absolutely zero chance of it getting overturned and you're mad if you think otherwise. It is what it is.

Was probably close to a B for a while but still a solid C for time being

B for Botman, could eventually end up being a C or an A depending on injuries and luck etc

Probably still just a C now, having definitely been a B, hard to properly gauge how badly he has declined unless he's starting every match but feel like he's still good enough to be starting for a lot of teams in the Premier League

Textbook D for me

Came off with a knock in a 2-1 win yesterday, had a quick look on some forums and Bolton fans seem more negative than positive on him

Incredible result for Shamrock Rovers, matter of time until Noonan is snapped up by a top English team now. Apparently perennial footy trivia answer Nii Lamptey was younger though..

I have a Galway Utd ST and I couldn't tell you much about him really. Only a few sub appearances for the first team, whereas Alex Murphy was a regular starter. He's got a very good touch and technique but looked lightweight - which is also likely why he got little game time. There was a good bit of interest in him from several English clubs anyway, so assume they've identified something.

Interview from Irish Independent here if anyone interested: https://archive.ph/vtoGj

Feel like I'm the only person who doesn't want Spurs to score here

Kevin Zefi went to Roma in the end, was talk of him switching allegiance to Albania a while back but he was in the Ireland U21 squad last month so assume he's sticking with Ireland for now at least. Not sure where Alex Murphy is at in the pecking order currently, seems to be on the fringe of first team squad but could be out on loan at some stage - not sure if we plan to use him as a LB or CB long term. Rory Finneran probably the most likely to really be top class but he's still a few years off yet.

Kyle Fitzgerald will be completing his move from Galway United in January once he has turned 18 FWIW