To be fair to Orsi he was excellent t Crawley as they played to his strengths

 I agree that our recruitment this year seems to not be really as good as in previous years. I wonder, though if this is mainly down to our budget (ie even if you recruit well, if your budget is way below what is needed the players who yet get won't be good enough - basically nobody can do miracles). Given that our financial position is getting worse and the budgets of our competitors in L1 are much higher than they were in L2, that is at least a plausible reason for the apparent decline in standard of recruits.

 Craig Cope gets a lot of plaudits for his recruitment record but this season it has been a bit mixed and when he makes a mistake it is usually when we've paid a fee for somebody and they don't fit into the way we play. Kelly was a significant panic purchase that has not worked out. I've no idea why he thought Orsi would be good enough for us when he wasn't for Burton, who soon realised their error and loaded him out. This followed on from another expensive purchase error of Davidson, albeit that was a Jackson error and he didn’t play him out of position (he was just crap).

 While Orient's owner seems well away from the billionaire class, he can probably cover their outgoings for quite a while.

 6 million-very good analysis I agree with virtually all of it

 [Link] Wonder how this will work for them?

 When i think of Birmingham, I think of our first away game in 1984/85 season went by train, got followed by the Birmingham yobs in our police escorts to the ground ,square programme, lost 4-2 but saw one of wimbledons greatest players in Paul O'Berg.:-)

 OTD is surely David Seaman…? Ugh, I can’t help thinking about that Ronaldinho goal whenever I see Seaman’s name….

 Whatever he does with the squad he’s going to have to rotate - 6 league games in January and that’s with a 7th (home to Blackpool) postponed and an EFL Trophy game at West Ham as well.

 The keeper and wing backs pick themselves as they are the only shows in town. Seddon is currently my pick for POTY for the first half of the season. I wasn’t sure about him returning but he has been very consistent and reliable. I'd drop Lewis and Ogundere. They have lost form and cannot just keep being picked if they are fit. I'd put Bauer in the middle of the three CBs, with Johnson and Harbottle either side. Once they rediscover their form they can challenge to get back on. In midfield I'd drop Smith. If Hutchinson can actually play, I'd put him in the holding role and push Reeves further forward. We did this on the last day of the regular season at Grimsby in May and it worked well. If he can't play then start Maycock or use Harbottle in midfield and keep Ogundere in the defence. Give Maycock a run of games to see what he can do. Up front I'd have Stevens and Hackford, with Bugiel behind. We can then use Browne, Sasu, Hippolyte and Nkeng to impact games from the bench or to rotate for subsequent games. Nkeng should be used as a wide attacking midfielder and not a wing back. Don't ruin him by playing him out of position. His threat is offensive. With Stevens returning, him beating players and putting the ball in the box for Stevens could be very effective.

 6 million: I’d like to see Hardbottle starting. Not only more height but also so as we can put some pressure on the oppo with his throws

 Given the crap start to the season argyle had - they could overtake us in the next round of fixtures.

 Ledd - yep, we were the sacrificial lambs to make them feel a little better once the inevitable rot set in, their fans can gloat and say “Ah, but howay man, dee ya not remember us gannin dahn that Lunnon Toon and smacking them cockneys good an proper like!!?” 😂

 Since we played Gateshead they have lost all their 6 matches in the league and gone out of the National League Cup, the FA Trophy, the FA Cup and the Durham Challenge Cup.

 Efan is the inplay pundit on Morocco v Comoros on E4. Stadium in Rabat looks excellent.

 To change the mood a little I thought I would post a few musings on forthcoming team selections. We can assume Jackson will not change the shape and, with the possible exception of Asiimwe being recalled, there will be minimal ins and outs during January because we are skint (ins) and nobody will want our players (outs) unless we let them go. Before I get into the changes I'd make in my next post, why do we always seem to resign a defender and never play them, no matter how much we need to? First there was Darius Charles, then O'Toole last season and now Hutchinson this season. We could do with Hutchinson in midfield. Either he can play or release him. I don't buy all this good to have around stuff.

 Mikey T hasn't done that badly either Spit.

 Ten wins in a row for Villa 😯 We could do with a run like that… 🤪

 keefy - focussing on their cup run…? 😬

 Gateshead 2nd bottom in the National league.

 Top fella Mikey T,. I sat next to him at the away fans ban at Luton's ground in the late 80s. Little did i know one of us would become a wimbledon legend!

 That was fun - definitely worth a listen ☺️

 Timmy - you are welcome, it’s worth a listen ☺️

 Cheers for sharing, a4e!

 That worked ☺️ scroll to around 36 minutes 🥳