[theo_luddite]

It seems we've still got a bunch of Prima Donna's kicking around the club who, er, either made themselves, or were made, unavailable yesterday. Had a few of them been arsed to do the job they get paid seriously stooopid money for and combined with a bit more clinical finishing, we'd have got something out of yesterday's game.

As pointed out on t'other former BBC forum, Town have in their squad the following players, only two of which were on the grass yesterday.

Kongolo £18m - was probably one of our better players last season, of the times he's played this season his efforts have at best been questionable on more than one occasion. If he's a centre back rather than a fullback, he should have been all over the starting place like a rash that Stanković claimed (and played pretty darned well tbh) yesterday.

Hadergjonaj £4.5m - was pushed out to play on the left rather than right back/right midfield. We know he can't stop crosses but I don't have the problems with this lad that some others seem to have elsewhere. He never looks like he's not trying, I just have to question how he was rated at £4.5m other than the Town PlayStation hero's had their pants pulled down far too often once we got promoted.

Pritchard £11m - I'm guessing injured again from playing too much football too quick after coming back from an injury based on Danny Cowley's comments.

Diakhaby £9.0m - he can blow anyone away for speed, what he does when he gets into the box belongs in the VLP school of football though. Obviously couldn't be arsed when he came on at Brizzle to cover his right back and was hauled off at half-time and became one of the 'unavailables' for this game.

Mbenza £11.0m - clearly hasn't been arsed to put in a performance in training since we handed over the money to get him here permanently in the summer, regardless of who was the head coach/manager. We'd all get a P45 pdq if we put in the lack of effort at work this guy apparently does, but apparently you can't do that to 'professional' footballers who decide they joined the wrong club and can't be arsed to earn the stoopid money that they are getting paid (or did we sign the wrong brother?). It's that long since I've seen him play I can't remember what position he's supposed to play in any more.

Mounié £12.0m - why any striker worth his salt keeps running to the back post hoping a cross will beat two or three other defenders rather than trying to get across the centre backs to the front post for a nod or tap in I'll never know, but this lad does it all the time. That said he won everything in the air in the first half, had a team mate get in his way for a cross to the back post that he might have got on target otherwise. Wouldn't have lost any sleep had someone bought him in the summer, won't lose any of he's not here in February either but he at least puts a reasonable shift in between the boxes, it's just where he goes a wandering to in the oppo's box that pisses me off.