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Filling in the gaps, if you’re playing Bassette, Allen and BTA, you’re planning to cover a lot of ground. Maybe a 4-2-4 shape? Something like: Dovin MVE Thomas Lati Bidwell Rapha Sheaf/Eccles Allen BTA Simms Bassette

Correct. I’d actually like to see Sakamoto play LW. His right foot isn’t the best and his cross for the equaliser v Sunderland was a peach. Likewise, in the absence of our wingers, I could see Eccles doing a decent job at RM with his crossing, some of his assists this year have been great -...

This. I really hope you don’t take this attitude to when you dine at restaurants or deal with retail staff. Just because you’re a customer, doesn’t give you the right to forgo basic respect. Pre-King, the criticism of SISU was that they were anonymous and didn’t communicate with the fans. If...

You should be always sceptical of any football owner, I never got behind the King love-in and thought his song was cringy. He is a businessmen who’s willing to make decisions that aren’t based on sentiment or ‘compassion’ even if they’re unpopular. His customer base is inherently fickle, when...

This isn’t news to anyone that you feel this way but you’re in the minority of the fanbase, forum and wider football community as a whole. Sheaf has a lot of admirers. If the quoted figure of £8m upfront and up to £15m in add-ons, it would show he wasn’t overvalued. He has 6 months less on his...

No, I understand why you feel this way. In reality, how you feel is closely related with the results on the pitch. Boil it down and it’s an emotive response borne out of frustration. On ticket prices and boxes, the ambition is to be a Premier League club and you won’t get there running on a L1...

The way some of the fans spoke to King was pretty disrespectful to say the least, I’d certainly be a bit short. In what way does he not understand the club? Ticket prices? Every fan thinks ticket prices should be £20 without realising the costs involved of running matchday events. If anything...

If we’re in the playoff mix, you’d take the risk of not selling him barring a ‘crackers’ bid. Pretty sure in Jan 2023, people would’ve sold Vik and or Hamer for £8-12m and we ended up getting what we wanted. As it happens, we’re not in the mix of playoffs so the temptation to cash out at a...

Simms?

Last year he was, closely followed by Haji. Player and player’s player of the season speaks for itself. If Wright and now EMC was in the team this last few weeks, we’d be in a far better state because both players make things happen. Torp, Eccles and Sheaf are great at keeping the ball ticking...

I agree, pragmatically, if a team wants to pay good money for him, you’d be silly not to bank it and then revinest in a starting calibre player. Thomas is our best defender and we still need better than him.

My hypothetical question to anyone who thinks this team is rubbish is: how good would this team be if we added a quality midfielder like Hamer/Sainz/Nunez to the team? Likewise, imagine had we signed Joe Worrall. It’s only 2 players but completely changes the dynamic of the team. I don’t want...

It’s only a few players short of being a really good team. The underlying metrics show that, we’re just a naive team defensively and in attack the midfield lacks penetration, both of which were an issue last season. We barely kept a clean sheet from Feb and our record against top half teams was...

Strikes me as someone who’s been shoed in at a higher level than he should’ve been and is out of his depth. He’ll get another job lower down the league pyramid but unlike Lampard, Gerrard and few other ex-player managers, he didn’t get much of a chance to hone his skills at youth football. It...

I don’t agree, when he’s played in defence, we rarely keep clean sheets. There was a moment v Plymouth that probably should’ve led to them having a 1v1 when Lati misjudged his run. Lati is a lot more exposed playing as a CB in a flat back 4 as opposed to back 5. Even look at moments like Wolves...

The ‘Super Frank’ song was sung after we equalised v Cardiff as it has been every time we’ve scored in his tenure.

Why does King feel like a mercenary? That’s an odd comment to make. He’s made some difficult, but necessary decisions and had backed Robins significantly in the transfer market. Way more than we are used to historically. Not a dig at you personally, I just don’t really get how the fans could...

Contexts change. We didn’t expect to be 15th in Jan so why would you sell your talisman and captain? We’re in a situation now where his value peaked in the summer and will continue to dip until his contract expires. If the price Is right, you’d sell anyone and getting a deal worth up to £15m...

True. There were plenty of games we didn’t play particularly well in 22/23 and 23/24 and we came away with maximum points. Is Kitching playing in defence? Sounds like we’re going to play 5 at the back which would make sense in the absence of all our wide players.

If the opening gambit is £8m, if you can get £10-12m in cash and a few million in add-ons, we’ve done well. If we were in the mix for the playoffs, you’d hold out for £15-20m but we’re not and he’ll have 12 months left on his contract by then. We can have Hamer and Sheaf leave without putting...