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We finished 5th and despite finishing on less points than 22/23, relied less on results going against us that season. We were in the driving seat from March onwards and the win over WBA all but confirmed we’d finish 6th at least.

Every player has a price and if we can get a healthy profit on Haji, there’s plenty of players out there who can do a job. I want all of our players to do well, but I’m not overly attached to any of them and if they want out, so be it. One of the reasons I think 5-3-2 worked well for the...

There’s a lot of grown toddlers in this forum! 😂 We were a back pass away from another playoff final. Every neutral I’ve spoken to has said the same thing, over 90m we were the better team in both legs. Sunderland were only better than us in extra time and if a team was winning it before...

If this forum was in charge of recruitment, we’d be fucked. Refer to posts about signing Morris/Moore over Simms when both had a worse non-penalty MPG and less headed goals than him. Hardie and Morris for Wright and Simms… lol.

Ipswich will almost definitely sell Delap and there were rumours in Jan that Leicester/Ipswich were thinking about signing Haji. When Haji is at his best, there won’t be many players in this league better than him. As I’ve alluded to elsewhere, the 4-2-3-1 has really struggled to get the most...

Half glass empty as always. Besides, my comment was made in response to Saddles’ statement ‘anyone we don’t want to lose will go’. There’s a lot of profit in this squad.

If the club is thinking about continuous improvement, does keeping Allen improve anything? My answer is no because we need different profiles as Lampard builds the squad in his image. As Shmeee put it, Sheaf, Eccles and Allen are all more or less similar players. We need to think about selling...

Disagree to be honest, he makes a lot of mistakes that often go unpunished in the Championship. He needs to mature a bit and cut those mistakes to make that jump up.

We have a strong negotiating position for just about all our players because they’re all contracted for another 2 years. The fees will either be large enough to soften the blow or the players will remain with us. It was important to finish in the Top 6 to keep players like MVE, Wright and...

It’s a testament to MVE that he’s basically played two consecutive seasons without any significant injuries despite having no cover.

It depends on what Lampard has in mind for the team. At the minute, Rudoni and Grimes are locked in for the 3 CM/AM positions. So you have Sheaf, Eccles and Torp fighting for one spot. Assuming Allen leaves at the end of the contract, that headcount will need to be replaced too and dependent on...

First and foremost, Eccles isn’t a first choice player as far as we’ve seen under Lampard. So if someone was willing to pay a few million for a rotation player, it makes sense for both parties. Just because FFP isn’t a consideration right now, it could be in the next couple of years if we keep...

If someone is willing to pay a few million for him, you’d have to take the money for FFP. It means that, in theory, it’s pure profit to put in the transfer kitty (to my limited understanding). Looking at the way teams can break through our high line, we have 2 options to address this imo: 1)...

He had some good games for us but I can’t see him renewing his contract with us. He’ll want more regular first team football. It’s an opportunity to bank the saved wages and potentially pursue a CM. For the right price, I’d be open to selling Sheaf or Eccles. We’ve got Sheaf, Grimes, Eccles...

I was too young to care really, but shared your disappointment when RICOH were chose over Jaguar for the sponsor. Jag Arena had a nice ring to it!

I don’t think we got a choice in the matter because we don’t own the ground, never have. Choosing the stadium to be named ‘Stadium of Light’, is cringeworthy and well worth plastering over with a tacky sponsorship name.

To add to your point, the semi automated offside system immediately tells VAR if it’s onside or not. So surely the intelligent thing is to have that system immediately buzz through to the match officials and/or VAR. They can make the call in real time. Goal line technology works a treat (when...

The same team (more or less) were in the Prem the season before. Morris would be a good player for another club, just not us. We could perhaps use the example of Keiffer Moore? Played as a bit part player for Sheff U and had a worse non-penalty MPG worse than Simms.

Well, we started slowly under Robins in most seasons in his second spell. Anything that happened before the Lampard-era is irrelevant for now. Let’s see how pre-season and season start goes under Lampard.

Next season will be a big year for EMC, he gets himself in the box to score goals and is difficult for defenders to deal with. More athleticism is needed in the team if we’re looking to ‘Prem Proof’ the team. In midfield and defence in particular. If we’re going to play with so much gaps...