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Absolutely. He’d have games where his crossing is great but generally, Saka does not top charts in neither dribbling or chance creation. In my view, he’d make a top end role player for us.

He’s an improving player that statistically, had a much stronger season than Sakamoto in 24/25. Frankly, Sakamoto is a good player, but we need something more in that RW role. Even EMC needs to improve his production too but his underlying numbers suggested he could hit close to 10:10 goals and...

It’s not a real photo, Marty only posted a partial picture with Lampard in it. There’s no evidence that the photo was taken today or even who Lampard was speaking to. Nonetheless, I choose to believe! 😂

It’s also a lot like the comments made on here when COH left us on a free. Don’t get me wrong, we ‘won’ by replacing him with Rudoni. 7 goals and 6 assists is a good output from a winger and that’s whilst slightly underperforming his xG too. No doubt he’ll have to keep developing but his stats...

Remember the replies on Twitter from Huddersfield fans when we’d signed Rudoni? 😂 Got the same vibe written all over it.

Should be seen as such an outlandish proposition?! He loved his time here in 22/23, were a club that seems like promotion is more of a ‘when’ statement than an ‘if’ statement… … If it’s true that we could’ve signed him last season but Robins opted against it*, with a new manager it changes...

Good option for CB and LB. Unless we go for another You’d assume both Lati and Binks would be moved on too. 3 LCBs is a bit excessive and Lati probably doesn’t want to be 4th choice. It begs the question, do we sign another LB or would the backline be KKH-Thomas-Kitching-Doyle.

Cue Vince McMahon meme…

Don’t make promises you can’t keep! Which signing was it in 23/24 that you made a similar statement… MVE?! 😂👀

100% - most the forum must be bored too because the ‘off topic’ threads are popping! 😂

That and we made the playoffs. Even when the season looked done in December, it was important we finished as high as we could to demonstrate that our project was worth believing in. For both current and prospective players. Anyone who watched the Sunderland leg knows full well that we were the...

The people involved in transfers are back from holiday? 😂

2 years left on the contract is plenty. We are not in a position where we need to sell or risk losing out altogether. If we were unable to secure a good replacement, you’d be better off keeping him for the season in the hope we get promoted. £10-15m is more than reasonable and frankly, there’s...

I can’t see a situation where we buy KKH and keep MVE. Frankly, KKH would’ve been signed on a smaller fee than MVE and a healthy profit on MVE would make total sense. There isn’t much between them statistically. To summarise, MVE seems a better attacking fullback and KKH seems to be the better...

You don’t share starting positions. The season is 50+ games and players get injured so Sakamoto is never going to exiled. Besides, he’s too good to be sidelined completely. If we intend to play 1 striker, we need both wingers to get close to 7-13 goals at least. Sakamoto’s xG has been...

Honestly, Sakamoto has all the hallmarks to be a top role player. He isn’t a player who gives enough offensively imo. Dolan gives you more direct dribbling, chance creation, goalscoring, tackling, interceptions and recoveries. Sakamoto is generally a better crosser of the ball and had a...

For Dolan? He’s a free agent now. I’m happy to take their best player and a few million off of them. Dolan wouldn’t be signed for competition. He’s a better player than Sakamoto with more potential at only 23 years old. Looking at the stats, 7 goals and 6 assists (plus underlying data), you...

We looked at Dolan last season too, iirc! It wouldn’t surprise me if we went back in for him. Shows continuity with the recruitment strategy which is a good sign too.

The problem is that the operative word there is ‘if’. IF he’d stayed fit from 2021, he’d have probably left Everton to a bigger team for 10s of millions. As a physical striker, if your body is no longer up to it, you’re cooked at the top level.

He’s a yesterday man imo. For the wages he’d want, it’d be an expensive signing for us and he’s been plagued by injuries. Hard pass. Could be a good signing for a parachute payment team though.