Grandstand: Chesterfield (H), 18 October

Reminder that tonight's game is an 8pm kickoff, not 7.45pm as ought to be the case for a midweek fixture. Don't deprive yourself of that extra 15mins supping time in your pre-match pub of choice.

The podcast's #4QuestionPreview is below; thanks go out to the Spireites Write pod for providing the answers.


This one will be a classic of "unstoppable force meets immovable object" - we haven't drawn a game all season, Chesterfield have drawn loads. Something's gotta give. At the risk of being a broken record, I'd probably take a point. We might struggle midweek at Gillingham and we definitely don't want to go into the Fleetwood match on the back of four straight defeats. A decent performance and a draw will be fine by me; a clean sheet would be even better but I'll predict 1-1.

Waiting for my 7-2 banker to come in!

bonson&hunt wrote:Waiting for my 7-2 banker to come in!

Whilst not a betting man nor a fan of bookies I nevertheless have to say that 7/2 on the home side in a league 2 game on a Friday strikes me as the value bet.

I've no idea what the line-up will be tonight, which should be a worry, but it actually excites me. I suspect that Cam Evans will be back to RB and Glennon LB, but the CB's could be any combination of Baker, Brennan, Clarke and Jameson with the two missing out possibly on the bench. Alternatively Jardim might look to play Brennan in one of the two DM positions in his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation.

I think Carney will win out at GK, purely because the travelling Townsend will have undertaken on Wednesday after his international endeavours. And Hudlin is nailed on to start 'up top' and Wildig, as captain, almost certain to be in the midfield but other places are less certain.

I wouldn't rule out a change of formation to a 4-4-2...

Whitmore back!

Bookies had it right as usual!

On the evidence of tonight I believe that I was wrong. I thought we had a goodish first XI but would struggle to make an impact because the squad wasn't good enough. Truth is the first XI isn't good enough.

Sorry to say this but we were total shite tonight. Huw Jenkins chose these players, sacked Graham Coughlan and replaced him with a nice man, potentially good coach, who is at present out of his depth.

We could struggle this season. I've seen 5 games on TV this season. We were outclassed in three, deservedly beaten in one, and lost to a Harrogate side who were as bad as us.

Most inept performance I have seen since the Terry Butcher era. The Portuguese Tart literally hasn't got a clue.