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Not true. The 10 engages defensive midfielders. Strikers engage the back line. We'd end up leaving Sheaf & Eccles outnumbered and get overrun.

4-4-2 won't work. We need to provide greater protection for our backline not less. Would keep Palmer as a 'Plan B' substitute to provide energy & creativity from the bench this season & probably let him go on a free at the end. Can't see who would pay a fee & wages for him this summer - other...

People need to chill out. I bet we miss out on 10+ players every summer. A lot of the time there is a team willing to pay more than you think they’re worth. There is also a ton of other considerations (location, career move etc) Doesn’t mean we won’t sign good players.

Can’t see Norwich or West Brom being as strong. Both are cutting their cloth and will need to rebuild. Norwich have a new manager and Corberan could leave. Think you can expect Leeds, Burnley, Sheff U, Luton to be up there, though usually one of the relegated teams fucks it. Autos is a tough...

Will be a more competitive league than last year and will likely be weaker. Can’t see 3 teams finishing on 90+ again this season.

Meant more that he's definitely taking the piss.

Biggest issue for me with Palmer is his out of possession positioning. In a lot of games he's been too high (up with Simms) and leaves a massive gap in the centre and our DMs are exposed. Not sure if its tactical instruction or if he is conserving energy - but we get overrun against better...

Take a look at the thread...

Not the case as much any more Loan window shuts at the same time as the transfer window shuts. We’ve had Doyle, Panzo, Maatsen, Ostigard, Giles all in the squad for the first game of the season in recent years. Only delays are usually because the team want to take them on their pre-season tour...

If we lose out I won’t be too disheartened as we offer competitive fees & wages now - if he goes elsewhere whoever gets him will probably overpay. Would like him - even though we’ll never make money on him. Never made money from fadz but he’s still one of the best signings of the era.

Burrows looks like he has a higher ceiling than McCallum but the latter suits our style of play more.

League 1 boys need patience & support. Dom Hyam was pretty shite in his first season in the championship. Made loads of mistakes. Looked a lot better in his second season.

They also beat Leeds 4-0 and have been a top half side since they appointed Cifuentes. Only reason they were down there was because they stuck with Ainsworth.

Kind of a ridiculous statement. They just beat us and looked a pretty good side. Besides, after the 21/22 season I would've said Szmodics is a pretty drab signing for Blackburn (6 goals in 36 games) - players can improve shock.

Definitely. Norwich & West Brom face difficult summers if they don't go up with parachute payments ending. Want to face more teams on a level playing field.

McNair had the measure of Gyok in the semi... until he got booked fouling him just before half time. Second half Gyok ran him ragged. Frees like Browne (POTY at a rival & they want to keep) and McCallum (young, we already know what he's like & they want to keep) make a lot more sense than a...

Can see us being very effective playing a 4-3-3 with a 4-4-2 out of possession shape. Even before signings we could play: In possession: Eccles - Sheaf - Torp Saka - Simms - Wright Out of possession: Saka - Eccles - Sheaf- Torp Simms - Wright

Don't see 4-4-2 personally. Looks far too attacking. We'll continue to play 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 next season. EMC & Wright can rotate LW - a lot of top teams now have 4 quality wingers to replace both on 60 minutes against tiring fullbacks.

Simms would be stupid to go to the Prem now. Brentford have already signed their Toney replacement & Bournemouth have Solanke. He'd get limited minutes and he's shown he needs a run in the team. Doubt we'd accept the bids anyway, which would probably be around 10m. If he continues his...

Lati's biggest problem for next season is what position is he trying to nail down? I know that is the point of a utility player but every utility player is trying to cement their position and are happy to cover if needed (e.g. Eccles nailing down CM this season but has covered RWB/RM when...