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We’re quick to deprecate our own team. Since Xmas, we’ve had more points in the league than Sheff U. We’re 5th favourites with the bookies for next season before a preseason has started. Going into next season, Lampard will have a full preseason with the team and will get the opportunity to...

Co’mon @shmmeee, does Fatso seem the type to work in HR?! 😂 His response says it all!

MVE & Wright are the mostly likely stars to leave this summer. We have zero pressure to sell Rudoni and I think even the player knows he needs another big season in championship before moving on. On Sheaf, I can’t see there being many buyers for him at a price we’d find acceptable. Anything...

Both capable defenders and are undoubtedly the best CBs and pairing we have on the books. Kitching deserves credit for barely putting a foot wrong since his recall v Norwich. Yet, there are genuine question marks over how they fit into Lampard’s system. Thomas in possession can be shaky and we...

Looking at our results under Lampard, that 1.79 PPG easily increases past the 2.0 mark required for automatic promotion if we increase our points tally against bottom 8 teams away from home. There’s no complaints with our home form under Lampard whatsoever really. There’s only game where we...

He didn’t choose to have one significant injury. With his numbers, Wright was on track to score 20+ goals. If the grading was a B with potential to be a A had he played 40+ games, I’d understand that a lot more.

He scored 12 goals which is a good return for a 46 game season, let alone 25. His MPG was up there amongst the best in the league. What planet is the author on giving him a C grade?!

I’m sure @Jimmy87 claimed we rejected an offer from Southampton and Sheaf wasn’t happy about it. If I’m wrong, I’ll hold my hands up.

The way you describe it, then yes we would sell him. What would the club define as ‘the right offer?’ My suspicion is that the club’s valuation probably hasn’t dropped from 23/24 when we rejected approaches from Southampton and Luton. Without knowing figures involved, let’s assume we valued...

Sheaf’s best bet of Premiership football is with us and frankly, this season has been a setback for him so his value has tanked from our POV. I don’t think he’ll leave this summer because it doesn’t suit either party imo.

Agreed on this season. Last season (23/24), he appeared in 24 out of 38 Prem games which is decent. I’ve not checked if that’s full games or cameos to be honest. Edit: checked his minutes in 23/24 and he played a decent amount of minutes in Forest’s first 2 seasons in the Prem.

To add onto what you said, comparing the two players it’s undeniable that Gyokeres is a lot more athletic than Hamer. The technical differences between the Championship and Premier League is generally closing. Where the gap is widening is Premier League players have the technical skills but...

There’s a weird obsession with Keiffer Moore. His MPG is worse than all of our current strikers, barring Bassette. If he’s the answer, I dread the question.

That will play a part but over his career, his passing stats are comparable to Simms. Iirc, Simms was better at short range passing and Salech better at long range passing (I could be wrong, the data is not in front of me). When I reviewed the data metrics earlier in the week, Salech was better...

Salech is absolutely better than Simms at things; aerial duals, clearances, interceptions and tackles. This season he’s had more shots and goals in less minutes. Areas he’s worse than Simms (per 90); pass completion, assists, xA, xG and xA combined, progressive carries. Frankly, the pass...

Unlike Vik, Rudoni has 3 years left on his contract. If Vik had 2 years left on his contract rather than 1 in 2023, his value would’ve comfortably been £5+ million more than we got for him. Players going to the Prem from the Championship for £25+ million is not unheard of. Frankly, we should...

Stats over his career to date are close to Simms in a lot of areas. Given how many on here feel about Simms, it strikes me that people haven’t done their homework on Salech. With the sums likely to be involved, this transfer is unlikely to happen.

In isolation, he has had some stand out games, mostly the games where we’ve needed to defend more than average. Over the course of the season though, he definitively has not been a stand out player. Attacking wise, he scores low on successful dribbles, shots, touches in the box and goals - most...

What would we do if we lost Sakamoto’s 4 goals?!

The inclination is that Sakamoto is a guaranteed first choice and a RW is someone to play 2nd fiddle to Sakamoto. Thats how I’ve interpreted things. In my view, we need another winger to come in and get close to 10 goals and a similar amount in assists. Presuming we want to really compete for...