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Agreed, shouldn’t be talking about a ‘vulnerable person’ and/or ‘drug addled idiot’ on a public forum. If people are concerned, signpost whomever to reach out and support him.

It’s pretty simple. We can’t play the formation we want to because of 2 injuries. We’ll be pursuing multiple targets and if @Jimmy87’s info is right, we are talking to a RB and a CM.

I generally trust what the ITKs have to say, it’s just the details they sometimes appear to fill in the blanks themselves. Supposedly it was ‘1 in, 1 out’ too this window. It’s more likely that at some point it was mentioned we need to clear out some deadwood before spending big.

The meeting not going well doesn’t necessarily equate to us not being willing to pay his wages.

We need depth, having to change formation because two players got injured isn’t great. In recent games, we barely make 5 subs because there just isn’t the quality to bring off the bench. If we want to compete in the playoffs, we probably should be able to bring 4 quality subs you’d be happy to...

“Physically demanding” in this context is a euphemism for taking a kicking.

Credit to Lampard where it’s due. Two massive back-to-back wins. Another win against Watford and we’re back in the conversation for playoffs.

Anyone know you can’t book hospitality yet? Or am I doing something wrong?

If we try it for 5-10 games and it isn’t working, then you assess the facts in the ground and adjust accordingly. RW is not an unfamiliar position to EMC so there’s not reason he can’t make an impact. The only data we have on EMC playing RW is a few cameos and 1-2 starts on the right. The...

Do we? Saka, Wright and EMC. Rudoni has played there but isn’t a winger. It took 2 injuries to necessitate a change in system because we didn’t have the personnel to play 4-2-3-1. It was the same last season when MVE was a makeshift RW.

Most reviews of him in the early days weren’t favourable on the left. It took 3-4 games to change people’s minds. You need to find a way to fit all your players in the team and one of those players will have to play in a different role.

I wouldn’t entertain it unless we could make a profit. He’s a solid Championship striker who would make a fine ‘finisher’ in Simms’ place.

In my opinion, it’ll be EMC on the right. That was probably the plan Robins had when he first signed him. Now Simms and BTA are starting to come along nicely, I can't see us having 3 strikers on the bench for one starting spot. It’s curious we’re on the verge of signing a player who’s mostly...

I think it’s tactical. Southampton and Leicester had delusions of grandeur thinking they were going to play the same way in the Prem as they did in the Championship. Same with Burnley the season before. Managers like Maresca, Martin and Kompany have a fixed idea of how to play the game...

This! It also applies to several of our players too.

Who are these 3 wingers? Tavares is not a first team winger. In reality, we have 3 first team wingers if you include Haji, who is not necessarily an out-and-out winger in the first place.

We have to for Wright and EMC in the same team somehow and Simms is our best striker.

It’s better than stat padding with tippy tappy passes that go 3-5 yards to the nearest player. If his shot creating actions and expected assists were low and passing % low, I’d be worried. In the event, he’s excellent at getting the ball in dangerous areas for assists. Pass completion % can be...

Sakamoto is in the picture. We just don’t have 2 wide players available to play a formation that best accommodates him so he’s a casualty of a forced system changed. 5-3-2 is a well balanced system for the squad of players we have available atm.

There was a lot of noise after Norwich saying how we need to gut the team and so on. Which was an irrational knee jerking response. This team was good enough to finish 9th last season and we’ve improved it. Yes, we need 2-3 more players but we’re not as far away as has been made out at times.