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Definitely looks like we recruited for 5-3-2 in the summer & Robins said as much at the fans forum. However, we definitely recruited for 4-3-3 in the League 1 promotion season. Changing formation mid-season to better suit our players isn't a bad thing and shouldn't be used as a negative.

I'm hoping he's getting the Gyok treatment when Biamou was keeping him out the of team and they're getting him to the level needed. Feel like we'll see him have an extended run in the team soon. Godden has been a great servant to the club but I'd be surprised if he is still starting by the...

Crazy how the mood changes based on one result. As Robins has alluded to - it takes time for players to adapt to tactics & coaching and we have signed half a new squad. Ipswich were incredibly cohesive yesterday and show what nearly 2 years of developing the same squad & tactics can produce...

As soon as you saw the line up you knew that we were going to lose. Robins treated this game like a free hit. Did the same at Norwich away last year when he dropped Gyok for Walker (among other changes) Wants to keep it tight and bring on starters on at 60 to try and win. Problem is we are...

Definitely Simms for Godden. I like Matty but he's far too slow for what needs to be a perfect counter-attacking performance.

Gyok has a unique skillset that no striker was ever going to live up to and makes comparison worthless. Wright operates in similar spaces to Gyok but prefers to run on to the ball and is nowhere near as comfortable dribbling or challenging the centre-backs. With the positions he gets into...

Wouldn't mind seeing O'Hare in the 8/10 role Allen is currently in - like Maddison for Spurs this season. Could be wrong but I doubt Robins is looking at the 10s as competing for the 3 in midfield unless we're chasing a game. When we played 4-3-3 in League 1 O'Hare was used as part of the...

He has the best xG per 90 in the whole division. His movement is clearly very very good. Work on his first touch and his finishing and we'll flip him for double in 2 years.

I'm sure he'll improve but based on last night if he runs down his contract you can only see teams like Stoke or Norwich going in for him. Probably not going to start looking back to himself until he gets 10 starts in a row - something I doubt we'll give him unless he extends.

Don't get how people do not see this. It is mainly Allen's job to support Bidwell in a 4-4-2 defensive structure and we leave Wright higher to attack the back line quickly when we turn it over. Wright is getting hounded for tactical instruction. When we got caught out high up the pitch a...

Doesn't fit the system in a 4-3-3 so doesn't work out badly if he isn't going to sign the contract. He is a great player to bring on when we need to make the midfield more attacking so makes sense to keep using him as an impact sub for the rest of the season. Although Palmer could play the...

2 wingers makes sense. We have effectively no cover for Wright/Saka there at the moment. Not sure how we'll get to Jan with only 4 players for the 3 forward positions & loads of games.

A lot of our signings will look better post-January if we sign a competent number 8. Similar to when we signed Matty James (once he got up to speed) in the first season in the Championship.

MvE played full back for sc Heerenveen last season. There is no doubt he can play there. The reason he didn't against Stoke is because MR wanted solidity in the back 4 after conceding so many recently & his poor form. He also shoudn't get his spot back because he cost 3.5m and Lati was free...

If you look at each signing individually only 1/2 of them looks like potentially bad signings (Collins as he can't get a game and Ayari who isn't ready). They are all either finding their feet at this level and/or in a new country apart from Lati/JDS who many agree our the best signings. Same...

Can’t complain that Wright isn’t getting enough minutes and want another new striker in the same breath. 4th choice will get next to no minutes. Taveres is perfect.

Clamour for Burroughs is ridiculous. Thomas/Kitching both had very successful seasons in L1 last year and aren’t pulling up any trees in the Championship yet. Burroughs has played 14 L1 games and has some experience in the SPL. He isn’t ready for the championship yet or we wouldn’t have let...

Would love to see us try: Collins Lati - Thomas - Kitching - Da Silva Sheaf - Eccles Allen Saka - Simms - Wright Push Da Silva high with Lati tucking into a back 3 in possession. 4-5-1 out of possession. Can swap Lati/Da Silva for MVE/Binks or Bidwell. O’Hare for Allen once he’s up to speed.

I agree to an extent. The persistence with 5-3-2 possession based tactics and chopping and changing the players is on him. However, he also has a whole new team to integrate and most who have signed have no Championship experience. Hyam, Hamer, and Gyok looked either not good enough, naive or...

Not how it works at the elite level anymore. Considering Robins talked about players not fully understanding their roles yet in the 5-3-2, which they’ve worked on since the summer, you can see why it isn’t as easy as just changing the formation. Needs a lot of work on the training ground, but...