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Since he left on a free it honestly makes no difference to us. Not like there’s a sell-on clause anyway. However, I think Southampton had registered some serious interest in him at some point and Burnley had shown some interest in the past. Both were lower level Premier League teams at that...

I do watch the games but wonder if you read my entire initial post or my clarification to Mucca later as well.

Wright did score an absolute bullet header versus Oxford at home. Wonder where that version of him is.

Do not recall exact details but I think it was something along the lines of not receiving a new contract and not getting playing opportunities although his mind was made up to leave for a Premier League team anyway. Think Robins and DK made attempts to keep him, but obviously failed. If he’d...

I think Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford all eventually went up to the EPL after coming close via the playoffs on multiple occasions. They sold their best players, reinvested the money, developed stronger and more balanced squads over time. We have to have that similar vision and forward...

I think the manner in which he left is why people hate him (ie the crap he spouted about us after he left and the way he made it seem we denied him opportunities to play following his ACL injury when there were legitimate reasons why he wasn’t playing). Add to that his ego seemed to grow larger...

Yes, I did say to shoot within range and pounce on rebounds. Their goalie Patterson is a little suspect (not Collins bad, but he's susceptible to errors).

Might go with Allen instead of Sheaf, but otherwise will agree.

I said to mix things up and not overly rely on crosses alone if you read my entire post. We did score from a cross and header, but that was after so many crosses were thwarted. Why not diversify our mode of attack instead of being so predictable?

I found this very interesting where they said Sunderland will come out aggressively looking for the first goal in the first 20 mins or so to kill the tie. Their fans will be behind them and they will try to put us under a lot of pressure. In a way this might be good for us (as long as we can...

What I don't understand is why we insist on crossing the ball all the time. Most of our crosses are easily headed away by Ballard. So we need a different approach. I know we've scored a bazillion goals from headers, but why not mix it up a little and play on the ground more, take shots within...

I'd like 5M at least for Eccles due to the exorbitant rates some players are going for. We got really shafted with Simms and Wright and EMC and need to recoup some cash.

Exactly this. Allen's bicycle kick was closer to the target than Sheaf's easy chance in the first half which he skied miles wide. Sheaf's shooting is so poor and he dawdles on the ball, commits silly fouls, gives away possession and operates so close to Grimes and others and gets in their way...

Answered above by Shmmeee. Torp is more of an AM than a CM. Also if you're saying Torp is equal to or better than Hamer then, you're mistaken.

We need: 1) GK: Get rid of Collins. 2) ST: Get rid of any of our strikers and find better replacements. Very disappointed with what we have as they are too inconsistent. 3) CM: We still need a Gus 2.0 who can ping passes, win balls in midfield and chip in with some goals. Get rid of Sheaf 4)...

To beat the low block and destabilise the opposing defence, you need to: 1) Raise the tempo and play quick 1 or 2 touch passes in triangles around opposing players or play direct forward passes to exploit half spaces behind opposing players 2) Players must move quickly forward or sideways (to...

If you listened to all the prematch interviews, FL was talking about 3 more games. I think everyone looked past Sunderland to to Wembley and the complacency showed when many were not at their best and shocked to see Sunderland play the low block. That's poor planning on the team's part imho...

Clive asked him the same question in the interview yesterday, but FL said the players were different for Derby. He apparently doesn’t have a plan B.

If it’s remotely feasible I’d like to do a player exchange with Norwich of Wright and Simms for Sargent and Sainz. I might throw in stepover king EMC or BTA to sweeten the deal.

Paterson deserves a chance. Maybe he can fashion something. Clutching at straws at this point to find an answer.