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They well and truly demonstrated that on Boxing Day…

We’ve won 5 on the bounce before the Leeds game, beating teams in and around the playoffs so not really sure how you can come to that conclusion. There is an issue with parachute payments because it’s inherently wrong that the Prem partly-subsidises the teams that got relegated. However...

Yes, he did. Both wingers are expected to act as a second striker when the ball is on the opposite side of the pitch which is how Sakamoto nearly scored a header against Leeds. With that in mind, it seems inevitable that EMC and Wright will play either side of Simms. Both players are good at...

It hasn’t been found out. Leeds have scored 62 goals already, averaging 2 goals a game. They are just a class above the rest of the league. As for Ipswich, we played a weakened team so why anyone is shocked that we were outclassed is beyond me. In both games we were chasing the game too which...

Perhaps it’s too obvious, I can’t see us not playing a front 3 of Haji-Simms-EMC. If it doesn’t work, then it’s back to the drawing board but each of those players impact the game positively in attack. I’m not sure Wright at striker and EMC necessarily works. Both players will want to work...

Since playing 5-3-2, we’ve comfortably been the better team in terms of xG. In the league, the only exceptions being Norwich and Leeds and in both games, we should’ve scored more than we actually did. Our home form has also been solid, I don’t know why there’s this moral panic because we...

Yes. By definition, if they’re too good for the Championship, then they are Premier league standard. Staying up is the real challenge, of course. We’re not at full strength and haven’t been for a while now. When everyone is back, the team will look like a top 6 team in our division.

There’s sometimes a tendency to oversimplify issues. It’s taken 2 games against top opposition for people to turn on the defenders again. Ipswich and Leeds have Championship dream teams and at the end of the day, we’re missing our 2 best players and EMC. Both games, we concede early goals and...

Believe or not, I didn’t have a choice… 😂 He was a good lad and better than the Vile supporter he replaced in my digs.

My Burnley supporting-flatmate supposedly had Burnely ITK info and from his end the interest was non-existent. His opinion was that they had plenty of CBs that they didn’t need him. The ITK info for Grimes was pretty last minute so it may not have been untrue at the time.

I do not believe that a top 3 team in this division was ever seriously interested in signing him. Everytime he controls the ball where he hooks it round his body, my heart stops.

There wouldn’t be any TV money without Man City, Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham in the league.

No where near? We finished 9th last season and remain 3 points from the playoffs. The team is good enough to finish 6th and it’s 100% doable.

£15m including add-ons is entirely reasonable to expect for Simms. Not a bad shout, but you’d have to play Rudoni RM over Sakamoto because we need at least one creative midfielder, Sheaf and Grimes are more progressive players who are safe in possession. Torp and Rudoni are more risky on the...

When Dovin scores 8 out of 10 despite a howler, it puts into perspective just how good he was last night and kept us in the game. He 100% gets the benefit of the doubt.

His whole Cov career, it’s 2.5 so why chuck the baby out with the bath water? If you’d sell Simms for anything less than £15m, you’d have to be an idiot.

Simms is closer to 1 in 2…

Goals just aren’t an important metric for a striker anymore are they?

Leeds were a better side than Ipswich last season, but they’ve improved bottled in the automatic race and again in the playoff final. Daniel Farke is a manager who’s won 2, maybe 3 promotions to the Prem? They’re just too good.

He’s still our top goal scorer and with 25-odd goal contributions last season… suggests we need him. It’s funny how the mood has changed since the Leeds defeat regarding 5-3-2. At the end of the day, Leeds were too good for the division last season and they’ve improved this season. They’re a...