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Good point today and you’ll take the clean sheet but we moved the ball too slowly and in the wide channels, struggled to take on players. Rudoni and Bidwell linked up decent at times. As for Bassette, he needs a rest because he’s not really impacting the last last few games in a meaningful fashion.

Thought we struggled with the setup because EMC offered something not many of our players do and that is take players on. Bassette didn’t offer anything for me (again) and feel that we need more than a bit of youthful energy. Simms looks constantly more of a threat than him. Another player...

It’s not an unreasonable assumption, but still doesn’t make it right. It could just as easily be £3m in instalments and performance incentives making the deal worth up to £4-4.5m for arguments sake. Such a clause could be promotion which may not be realised. For example, Simms’ deal is worth ‘up...

Loans and experience can be mutually exclusive, we tried signing Joe Worrall on loan in the summer and there are plenty of players out there not getting game time. Going into this season the gaps were pretty evident, the leadership core from the MR era has gone and we hadn’t actually signed...

Agreed that’s this forum can get toxic in a bad patch, not all our players have been poor purchases or a waste money. Look at how the script has flipped on EMC since Lampard took over. We clearly had more money in the pot for Jan. We agreed to sign that Stamenic, we’re chasing Burnley-bound...

Lampard wouldn’t have joined without the promise of being backed in the transfer window. This job has too much riding on his own reputation to not have the team and backing from the owner for his own success.

That there is a flaw because individual stats do not plug into a team KPIs. Our issue is that we concede too many goals and often, there aren’t obvious mistakes - take Hull two weeks ago, no one made an obvious mistake but both CBs were just so slow reacting to the rebound.

When you have a basic belief that a player isn’t a very good defender, how do you measure this exactly? There are a lot of immeasurable things in defending, We have 3 defenders who have played in and around 40 games for us with 5 clean sheets, those players are: JDS Binks Lati (more CS as a RB...

This is true, my point regarding Lati was related to defending specifically. Thomas is our best defender and simultaneously the worst on the ball and it feels like he’s been told to play simpler passes.

You know what, I actually had a good journey back from Pompey! The weather and game was miserable so the only things left to do is enjoy the company, the beer and journey home!

I think they only do it for 70-odd people if I understood what the ticket office lady said to me the other day when I looked at booking it for Sheff Weds in the cup.

Personally, I disagree and reckon it’ll end up being Kitching being brought in from the cold. I also felt that Lati and Thomas got in each other’s way yesterday and whilst it didn’t cause any issues per se, it just looked like they aren’t always on the same wavelength. Where Lati compliments...

Lati has got a mistake in him though, see WBA, Wolves in the FA Cup in particular spring to mind. There was that chance on the break for Plymouth yesterday where he’s let his man go because he was flat footed and was fortunate the ball hit the back of boots of the Plymouth player. Yesterday was...

He also persisted with Collins for a bit… how’d that go?

Why? What does he actually offer apart from running at defenders and GK? If Simms put in that performance he’d have been slated. Simms looked a lot better when he came on in a half where, let’s be honest, had petered out. He’s a good talent but not good enough (at this moment) to start for us.

I did have EMC as my MOTM at the first thought because he was a massive threat at LW in the half. Taking a step back, Eccles had an imperious first half. Taking aside his two goals, his passing was genuinely top drawer stuff and his assist for EMC’s goal was poetry in motion. Agreed on Eccles...

Exactly, in the aggregate we actually Improved on Vik. However, the midfielders were nowhere near Hamer’s output in terms of goals and assists and other key performance indicators in chance creation and touches in the box and so on.

I’ve been banging the drum for Kitching, but Plymouth did not offer anything in attack today from the first minute to the last. Hull were a bad outfit but this Plymouth were so bad, I felt sorry for the Green Army who made the journey to be served utter dross from their POV. Personally, I was...

Today was a great little payback for everyone that travelled to Portsmouth away (in particular). First half, we played some great football and managed the game well in the second half, it was boring in parts but admire it. Only thing I’d change is Simms for Bassette as he’s more suited to the...

If Binks and Lati hadn’t been exposed, that be alright but they have been and our record with them in the team is worse than with Kitching in the team.