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Good question in terms of what Lampard should do. Everyone will have their opinion. If it was, if Wright is in the right mindset, I’d look to keep him as the central striker. He’s capable of 20 goals a season and that is not to be sniffed at. I’d try and keep BTA. On balance I’d try and move...

We definitely run at a loss

This talk of there being “a player in Simms”. When can expect them to emerge? He’s an average player who will get streaks of goals. There’s nothing wrong with that and while we’re in the Championship it’s useful. But I’m not convinced there is much progress to be had.

He’ll probably have around £20m but to get that it will mean he has to replace MVE and Wright. You’d get a top notch RB for 3-5m. Main chunk on a striker. Then any other bits in equals other bits out.

If you think £8m is a lot for a player like I believe you are mistaken. He could genuinely be an international player in 3-4 years. We concede a lot of poor goals which has cost us huge amounts of points. We must prioritise investing in our defence.

Don’t think there’s anything in this but on a wider point we must keep Rudoni. He’s now one of the players we build the team around. Say no to anything under £25m.

Well he recognises it. That’s a start. I’d push to keep BTA though. I think he could be a serious operator in the championship and already has a skill set that is far advanced on Simms.

He wasn’t particularly good. Which means in those games he was probably only a 10% upgrade on Simms.

Simms goals last season alone will mean we should start the bidding at £5m

If we’re after KKH we’ll face stiff competition maybe even from newly promoted or lower prem clubs. Would be an excellent deal if we turned a profit in the deal in terms of the sale of MVE. KKH would be a slight upgrade for me, especially defensively. And, of course, adheres to our overarching...

Not sure what your point is? Are you defending Simms or just facets of his contract? If you are a big fan of his can you explain why, as a professional, he still can’t control the ball, head it, pass it or connect cleanly with it.

The retained lists of some teams make interesting reading. Lots of players floating about with more to come.

Fair enough. Squad player as cover. Players like Doyle have the ability to take us up a level.

And you think Simms would have changed that?

Disagree. The form Simms is in no game is made for him.

I understood the preference of permanent over loan and agree with it. The problem is we had a season to look at Binks and still made the decision to sign. Odd one for me.

I think we’ll have a few fights on our hands to keep some key players this year.

Lampard got it right and it’s extremely simple. Wright is our best forward. BTA is our next best. So Simms didn’t play.

If we had the chance to get Doyle for £8m I’d take their hand off. Has ability and a bit of nastiness about him and can play LB. The sort of quality we need to add to progress.

Jeez. 38 years. How is that possible. I still think Gynn should have taken one of his chances and saved me huge amounts of stress! What a day.