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That’s exactly where BTA should be playing though, little runs into the box suits his ‘head down and no thought but smash it’ perfectly. Why he’s the one coming short so often while Simms has a cuddle with their cb I have no idea.

Bristol had 40% possession with a 60% passing accuracy, 37% accuracy in the final third. They are terrible stats at this level and we turned that gift into one weak shot on target. We are unable to keep possession when we pass the ball forward into the middle of the pitch as we are both poor...

There’s some absolutely crazy figures being banded about in this thread.

Mike Ashley given Doug a discount on our new fitness coach, Tre Admill.

I think we’ll be absolutely fucked in 2 years again unless Doug rubs his magic Lamps and a genie pops out. Season tickets will be well down next year, millions wasted in new signings with no obvious superstar to cash in on, a squad on much higher overall wages than on our return to the...

Bassette is such a puppy when he gets the ball.

Pity R2-DaSilva is on the bench.

People got a bit excited about him because he’s got a gob on him and seems ‘no-nonsense’. Think people thought he was going to replace Fadz. Thing is, I don’t think we need an entire new squad as some have suggested. Just 2-3 leaders in key positions that will give these younger players the...

I genuinely can't imagine what Lampard, after playing with Drogba all those years, must think about Simms' use of his physical attributes and general body language. Bet he doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It's a terrible stain on his legacy, whatever was going on behind the scenes.

I've not felt this detached from a group of players since the relegation to league 2.

The wrinkles on Frank Lampard's forehead are so deep that when he frowns, his wife calls him 'Mariana' to annoy him.

Genuine question. Whose fault is it that we paid double what most all these players are actually worth, put all our eggs in the ‘future potential’ basket and have an imbalanced squad with no leaders? Is it King? Robins? The recruitment team?

Bassette is so raw, Hull’s centre backs have gone down with Salmonella.

Think Simms will do well as the central striker in this formation as we're getting a lot of balls into the box from out wide. Would like to see him get a decent run out today.

I don't really know what to think about it all. For me Robins strengths are his man management and player development, culminating in small, successful, over-performing squads. Whereas in game tactics and speed to react to things unfolding on the pitch has always been something of a weakness...

Douglas better get the next decision very very right, or his relationship with the fans will forever be toxic.

I don't know why, at any point in that first 60 minutes when we were struggling to string 2 passes together, we didn't just swap Saka and Rudoni for 10 minutes. Just to see how Derby coped with the change.

Then you move to a house you can’t afford to try and please the missus, she ends up leaving you anyway. Your new partner can’t afford the rent so you get kicked out of home and then end up living in Northampton. When you do eventually move back to your home town, no one is interested and you...

Behind the scenes the game has changed massively since we were anywhere near the Premier League. I think for a lot of people that only really follow us, the differences in the way top level clubs are run these days will have bypassed many while we were languishing down in League 2. We’ve been...