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It does slightly irritate me when non-coaches use ‘4’, ‘6’, ‘8’ or ‘10’ to describe those central positions. There are several roles that fits in those descriptions. I imagine the coaches have laid out exactly what they mean by these terms to the players on the training ground. For example...

It’s delusional. I like Sakamoto but he is overrated by our fans. It’s a bit like Bidwell. Everyone loved him, couldn’t do much wrong, even after performances were declining and then suddenly the penny drops. The amount of mock depth charts I’ve seen on social media with people having Sakamoto...

How would you describe his role? Playing as a 10 doesn’t really explain anything. After all, Rudoni plays ‘as a 10’ but the two play said role very differently. Our defensive shape is a 4-4-2 and in attack, it’s fluid. It’s also pretty normal for a 4-4-2 to have 1 striker who plays more...

What do you mean he’s not an out and out striker? He’s been playing as a striker since he joined WBA. It’s only because we have had 2 wingers since Lampard joined. Now you have 4 wingers, we’re probably going to see less and less of BTA out wide. Personally, I’d play 4-4-2 more when we’re in...

No, but I’m struggling to see how we fit in a 4th striker. If someone goes, it changes the situation drastically.

Well, Norwich aren’t really in a position to demand silly money when they’re in the relegation zone. We are 5 points top of the league and odds on favourites to go up.

Ironically, Bamford’s goals per 90 at 0.92 is only marginally better than Simms’ 0.91. BTA is back next weekend, Simms has scored 7 goals in his last 7 starts. On Haji, he’s had the chances to score so despite my criticisms of him, his barren run won’t last forever. Is Bamford worth breaking...

3 strikers are in the top 20 goal scorers. All of them are 1-3 goals of the top scorer in the league. If there’s one position we’re well stocked, it’s striker.

Esse should start v Leicester, then the usual starting 11, perhaps Eccles > Torp depending on fitness levels.

I didn’t like Esse at AM tbh, thought he looked stronger at RW where he had more space. I’d like to see us play 4-4-2 when chasing games more and BTA coming back will be handy because he’s by far our best striker when it comes to defending from the front.

Agree. I don’t think we magically battered every 4 or 5 to nil just because BTA is playing rather than Sakamoto/Rudoni/EMC. As good as he’s been, it’s like BTA has been the glue that holds it all together. The schedule has got harder and there’s an element of fatigue setting in. The FA cup...

Idk what it is but he’s not making a good case to be in the USA squad when he’s not scored for 3 months. The only thing I can really clutch at is that he’s been in goal scoring positions so he’s doing something right. He’s lost his place to Simms, BTA is back soon so if that doesn’t restore to...

Said with 0 irony when not 1, not 2 but 3 of our own strikers are in the top 20 goal scorers in the league. Morgan Whittaker, Keiffer Moore, Burrell, Vipotnik and Gelhardt are all tied with BTA, 1 goal in front of Simms and 2 in front of Haji. Simms being on 9 goals means he has the same...

It was a bad miss and definitely should’ve scored, but to think there were 2 bigger missed chances is crazy. I can’t complain at the result, Stoke on another day could’ve scored 3-4 in the 1st half. Although I get the frustration from Lampard, we were the better team in the second half!

In fairness to Haji, could’ve had 2 goals on another day. More effective than in more recent game.