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They sense they have a shot at promotion so you can’t blame them. However, it could end badly for them like it did for Hull. Then again, Hull’s transfers last Jan was their last throw of the dice.

It’s amazing that football fans can make a judgement on a player based on a timeframe little over than an episode of Game of Thrones. It’s like Haji Wright ‘can’t play upfront’ when him playing LW last season was the outlier for his career. Take your pick; EMC ‘can’t play’ RW, Rudoni ‘can’t...

Most of his games at RW were for Barnet which explains the lack of data on his assists. He’s developed into a much more rounded player at Peterborough where he was used mostly at LW. Looking at his attributes, I can’t see why he couldn’t make a fantastic RW for us. He’s right footed and like...

The narrative from the club is that he’s got talent which is promising. It’s Robins and Lampard’s teams that have both said it. If he gets more minutes and looks the part, perhaps he could fill that need too!

I’d rather sign a winger this window, it would keep the squad fresher if we can replace both wingers and the striker in games. Lati playing RB if required wouldn’t be a disaster and think that would make do until the end of the season. It is a position of need for the summer though. As you...

This is also nonsense, Eccles is a good championship CM who gives a 7/10 performance most games. As for Sheaf, still consistently one of the best defensive CMs in the league and he’s been injured all season (injections to get through games). As a pair, they’re both solid defensively but they’re...

This is a bit of a strawman argument because we had Vik and Hamer. Players like Eccles, Allen and others were a good supporting cast but by no means real game changers. Last season, we lost every game bar 5-6 games against the top 12.

100% - I’d go as far and call that a top 4 team if our defensive form continues. I don’t think Thomas or Kitch are bad individual defenders. I’d fancy that team over Blackburn and Sunderland, comfortably. Even teams like Middlesbrough, Norwich and maybe even a Mowbray-led WBA. Carlos Corberan...

He’s a good player, in Football Manager terms, he’s a solid 2.5 or 3 star player.

It’s a red line for me booking holidays around the playoff final. I can cope with missing a semi-final leg but not the final.

It’s a solid midfield, for definite. It does feel a bit short though. Whether or not we’re playing 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 you’d expect 2 players per position. Maybe we bring in a 10 who can play wing or vice versa could work?

Lati was brought in to be a CB iirc, albeit in a back 3 and a player that can cover RB and LB if required. It was Sakamoto who was brought in to be a RWB behind MVE and a general utility player (has played RW, LW and AM previously). That said, Robins and AV did say that they were thinking about...

Silly talk… 😂 There’s this narrative that Shesf is a sick note and yes, he does get injured and miss around 20-30% of the season. However, his minutes per game is 83-84m per game which is about 10 minutes more than Eccles per game (last season). The reason this is important is that Sheaf’s...

Sheaf has been playing with an injury and had been taking injections all season, he’s not been 100% fit at all. With everyone fit and firing, he’s in the team comfortably and it’s not really worth having a debate on.

On reputation? He was our player of the season last year and he’s better than all the players you’ve just listed. I’m hoping he comes back with a bang because he needs get over his injuries that he never really recovered from and it was clearly impacting his form.

Agreed, that’s been my main point about Allen, the CMs are playing really high and wide and Allen as the pivot is well suited to this because the role requires someone to a lot of space. Something he’s well suited to. When we start to reintroduce wingers into the team, my inkling is that we...

I’ve been consistent on this point all season: we’re not as far off being a solid playoff to automatic team as we think. We were 2-3 players off as the season kicked off and signing Grimes, we’re 1 or 2 starting players off being able to compete right up there. A starting team of something...

There you go, we will be transitioning into four at the back as soon as all our key players return. He’s a solid contributor and he’s able to play DM, CM and AM. Definitely an asset to a squad and a stalwart that all clubs need but it’s also fair to say he’s not the main man. If we’re being...

He’s played well, but he’s not at the level required to be a starter for a playoff team. IMO, Sheaf, Grimes and even Eccles are better players. Allen is a capable role player and a leadership figure so he has a lot value as a squad player, not as the main man.

How good was Simms’ goal yesterday? Kept the ball in, bullied the defender 2-3 times, laid it off to BTA who returned the favour with a brilliant cross to Simms who flicked up and belted it in from close range. It was a big mistake from Robins, Carr and Lampard’s early reign to leave him on the...