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Society in general seems to be a lot angrier. The amount of ‘stickers’ I see up and down country with the Reform logo and/or ‘Stop The Boats’ is astounding. There were a few in the away end on Tuesday but even on holiday I seen some and in most train stations of clubs and all over England...

It was Ebou Adams too after Derby away 😂

It’s an oversimplification, how does his role differ from Sheaf or Eccles? He’s there to win ball and to distribute in tight areas. They’re not clones of one another but the role has essentially the same function. Either way, unless we move Sheaf and Eccles on, I don’t know why we’d keep...

100%. We were 4th best in the league since Lampard has come in but we still need to continually improve the squad. We conceded more goals than we should have whilst scoring less than expected. That isn’t a good mix and we need to reverse these trends if we’re going to kick on next season...

Be careful of statistical outliers. If he usually scores around his xG, and the next season he outperforms that… you have to be sceptical. This time last year, people said the same thing about Sakamoto and he scored less goals in more games this season. To demonstrate: - 2024/25 - 4 goals from...

Like us before we got relegated in 2010/11?! 😂 I’ll always be a half glass full kind of guy and to think that after such a roller coaster of a season that people are choosing the negatives really baffles me. The team is useless despite finishing 5th? Come off it, plenty of teams like our...

The team has proven over the course of this season that it’s a Top 4-5 squad. We still need to be thinking of ways to improve the team because it’s not quite there yet. A few things to point out: - 13 clean sheets in the league, 28.2% of games - Joint 10th in team clean sheets - 58 goals...

We’ve progressed year on year and have been the 4th best in the division since Lampard has come in. The reason it was close was because we started the season with a handicap. To remind you, we were closer to relegation than playoffs until Jan.

Allen was in inspired form when we played 5-3-2 and v Sunderland. Since then, he’s been v average and slipped down the pecking order. It seems harsh, but I’d let him go.

We finished 5th and despite finishing on less points than 22/23, relied less on results going against us that season. We were in the driving seat from March onwards and the win over WBA all but confirmed we’d finish 6th at least.

Every player has a price and if we can get a healthy profit on Haji, there’s plenty of players out there who can do a job. I want all of our players to do well, but I’m not overly attached to any of them and if they want out, so be it. One of the reasons I think 5-3-2 worked well for the...

There’s a lot of grown toddlers in this forum! 😂 We were a back pass away from another playoff final. Every neutral I’ve spoken to has said the same thing, over 90m we were the better team in both legs. Sunderland were only better than us in extra time and if a team was winning it before...

If this forum was in charge of recruitment, we’d be fucked. Refer to posts about signing Morris/Moore over Simms when both had a worse non-penalty MPG and less headed goals than him. Hardie and Morris for Wright and Simms… lol.

Ipswich will almost definitely sell Delap and there were rumours in Jan that Leicester/Ipswich were thinking about signing Haji. When Haji is at his best, there won’t be many players in this league better than him. As I’ve alluded to elsewhere, the 4-2-3-1 has really struggled to get the most...

Half glass empty as always. Besides, my comment was made in response to Saddles’ statement ‘anyone we don’t want to lose will go’. There’s a lot of profit in this squad.

If the club is thinking about continuous improvement, does keeping Allen improve anything? My answer is no because we need different profiles as Lampard builds the squad in his image. As Shmeee put it, Sheaf, Eccles and Allen are all more or less similar players. We need to think about selling...

Disagree to be honest, he makes a lot of mistakes that often go unpunished in the Championship. He needs to mature a bit and cut those mistakes to make that jump up.

We have a strong negotiating position for just about all our players because they’re all contracted for another 2 years. The fees will either be large enough to soften the blow or the players will remain with us. It was important to finish in the Top 6 to keep players like MVE, Wright and...

It’s a testament to MVE that he’s basically played two consecutive seasons without any significant injuries despite having no cover.

It depends on what Lampard has in mind for the team. At the minute, Rudoni and Grimes are locked in for the 3 CM/AM positions. So you have Sheaf, Eccles and Torp fighting for one spot. Assuming Allen leaves at the end of the contract, that headcount will need to be replaced too and dependent on...