Views from the Sieve

The manager has now confirmed that Andy Carroll will be out for a period of time with his injury. This is obviously a huge blow as he has been excellent and will be a huge loss to us.
Will have to see what formation and personnel we have out today but don't feel that confident as we now go into the busy holiday period.

There is no plan B, as demonstrated against slough once he went off, I doubt very much that we will continue with the unbeaten run.

No news on the fitness of Scott who seems to have disappeared without trace and would have been useful against the giant but slow defence of Slough on Tuesday. Wilson seems a permanent sicknote so we might go into the game with Stephenson our only option and he is not exactly a goal machine. We ought to be able surely to get someone in on loan as we have with the goalkeeper and da Silva although what his preferred position is is anyone's guess and he doesn't look like a striker.

Stan Leech signs on contract to the end of the season

Lusala,Wison and Lawless presumably all out injured.

I didn't see the game but another point in a game where we were twice in arrears.
We had a number of players missing through injury but good to see Reggie Young returning after a lengthy absence. Apparently a decent performance and first goal from new signing Stan Leech as well.

We were the better side. The goals we conceded were a shambles. If you score two away you need to win. Having said that, we could have scored more. We lacked a lot in wide areas until Young came on - shame Gitau left considering how depleted we are in the wing back positions. Dieng was quite disappointing today, he needed to take more control.