Cardiff Vs QPR

As you identified the organisational skills of Ainsworth have to be questioned because the errors made against Watford were basic and he seemed unable to motivate or correct the way we were playing.

The addition of Steve Cook should help going forward because hopefully, he will get into the faces of Paal and Kakay to tell them some home truths and to get their positioning sorted out. I'm clinging to the same hope with Colback who I see as someone who gets stuck in and won't let others in the team take it easy.

Have I missed something? Please don't tell me Begovic is injured.

Not sure whether it's Ainsworth playing games but he suggested in WLS that Colback still isn't fit enough and won't appear until the Ipswich game. It does seem odd seeing as Cook is expected to be fit enough to start against Cardiff.

Surely he has to try and get 60 minutes out of Colback? We desperately need that bite in midfield.

Then just leave him out of the Norwich cup game, he will have a week to recover then for Ipswich. Just get whatever he can out of his legs.

I'd go as far as to say if we have both Cook and Colback playing we might stand a chance of getting something from the game.

But if we play that same midfield 2 of Field and Dozzell we are in trouble.

As you suggest it would be great to see Colback named in the team on Saturday but by the same token I don't want to see him play before he's ready and get an injury that keeps him out for several matches. This is going to be a long hard season and it's better that we only play him when he's fully fit.

If Colback really isn't ready then this might be the game to put Kakay on the right of a back 3, go with Albert as the right wing back and out of necessity Dozzell or Richards has to go into midfield alongside Field. Unfortunately, I think that Ainsworth will stick with Dozzell.

Begovic
Kakay, Cook, Fox
Albert, Field, Dozzell, Chair, Paal
Dykes , Willock

We can for sure. I've picked Cardiff to win in the last man standing! 
Actually I think I'm going to head over and change that pick!