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True But a front 4 of Clarke, Szmodicz, Philogene & Hirst before they even need to sign anyone is ridiculous

Yeah I’d actually rather Sunderland get promoted from a sporting perspective But as a city fan reducing the number of parachute payment teams has to be the priority

Think they’ll be sound as long as they keep McKenna Their reserve team turned us over in January

Watch the highlights of the games where we played 5-3-2 and you’ll see that there is a player in Simms Lampards preferred system just doesn’t suit him at all If I was a team playing 2 up top I’d be in for Simms - just a doubt whether those teams (only Derby spring to mind) can afford him

Wright is a curious case Lampard wants wingers who have close control and can whip dangerous balls into the box, and a physical striker who can press from the front, hold up the ball, and get on the end of crosses Wright fits neither of these roles but you can’t argue with his goals per min

If Wright does stay we’ll know that he’ll be doing all he can to get in that WC squad

Saw the other day apparently our build up play is very similar to the Brentford side that got promoted So basically we need a striker with the same profile as Ivan Toney - I'd imagine they're in short supply

Last time a team outside of the top 4 got promoted was 2018-19 Since then only one team has finished outside of the top 4 and got to the play off final (us in 2023) We need to bridge the gap to the top 4 next year as it statistically gives you a much higher chance of getting out of the league

Dovin definitely saves the first - that injury really has fucked us Agree we need to find a way to play through the lines more - do think its a personnel issue though

Think the plan will be to get a LW back up for EMC and play Wright at ST next year - Lampard does that when both are fit Wright needs to have a Gyokeres Summer of 2021 where he came back strong, better with his back to goal, and with main character energy

Can’t really begrudge anything Lamps did selection/tactics wise - I just don’t think we have the quality to break down a low-block Needs to be sorted in the summer

Simms wouldn’t have done any better than BTA - can’t believe people are moaning about that

Think people underestimate how hard it is to break down a team camped in their half Leeds (head and shoulders best team in the league) only managed to beat Sunderland 2-1 at home thanks to a 95th min winner when they sat in a low block The Milan mistake obviously makes it a shit

Guy looked into the data and entering in good form seems to have no correlation with winning the play-offs anyway and points total being more important (obviously) Good news for us is that since Lampard came in we're only 3 behind Sheff U on points and ahead of Sunderland/Bristol

We're two players off (RB, RW) having two first-team players in every position. Don't think we can make the squad too much bigger without having more players who basically have no minutes Guess the debate is whether there is enough quality in our back-up options

McGuinness & Plymouth CB's looked good in a low block - but unsure if they'd suit our high-line? We need a quick CB If we're playing Wright at ST next year then Bundu to rotate with EMC would be good Gyabi looked good - although is a Leeds player (in the last year of his contract)

Any sending off would just give them a rest for the final no - unless they all start biting each other? We want lots of red cards for the winning team in the second leg

5x signings needed if we don't get promoted - GK, LB, CB, RB, RW 7x signings if we get promoted - same as above plus CM, ST Does not include any replacement for any first-team player who leaves (Sheaf/MvE)

I really thought we were destined in 2023 and was still annoyed 2 weeks later after we lost. Felt we'd missed our chance and had such a crazy rebuild to do so I thought we might fade away a bit The semi-final I had zero expectation and the comeback was incredible so was gutted but brushed it...

I'm not sure it is really about Robins or Lampard individually but the coaching staff as a whole & the club (including Robins) fucking up the appointments in the summer - Robins, Adi & Lawrence would have got us play-offs - Lampard, Boateng & Carr would not have got us play-offs I felt Robins...