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I wouldn’t entertain it unless we could make a profit. He’s a solid Championship striker who would make a fine ‘finisher’ in Simms’ place.

In my opinion, it’ll be EMC on the right. That was probably the plan Robins had when he first signed him. Now Simms and BTA are starting to come along nicely, I can't see us having 3 strikers on the bench for one starting spot. It’s curious we’re on the verge of signing a player who’s mostly...

I think it’s tactical. Southampton and Leicester had delusions of grandeur thinking they were going to play the same way in the Prem as they did in the Championship. Same with Burnley the season before. Managers like Maresca, Martin and Kompany have a fixed idea of how to play the game...

This! It also applies to several of our players too.

Who are these 3 wingers? Tavares is not a first team winger. In reality, we have 3 first team wingers if you include Haji, who is not necessarily an out-and-out winger in the first place.

We have to for Wright and EMC in the same team somehow and Simms is our best striker.

It’s better than stat padding with tippy tappy passes that go 3-5 yards to the nearest player. If his shot creating actions and expected assists were low and passing % low, I’d be worried. In the event, he’s excellent at getting the ball in dangerous areas for assists. Pass completion % can be...

Sakamoto is in the picture. We just don’t have 2 wide players available to play a formation that best accommodates him so he’s a casualty of a forced system changed. 5-3-2 is a well balanced system for the squad of players we have available atm.

There was a lot of noise after Norwich saying how we need to gut the team and so on. Which was an irrational knee jerking response. This team was good enough to finish 9th last season and we’ve improved it. Yes, we need 2-3 more players but we’re not as far away as has been made out at times.

He is talking about winning games because that’s his job. Bristol, Blackburn and Watford are all teams up and around the playoffs so they’re tough games.

He wants to keep winning games because that’s his job… That narrative doesn’t make sense when he says we’re closing in on options on loan and permanent deals. The pertinent quote was that it is (and always been) a ‘difficult window… and not one to be desperate in’. Hull were desperate last...

Who!? On a serious note, we were comfortably the better team on the night!

Always felt that his trouble with us was down to lack of game time in his proper position. Any player being limited to 20-30m cameos in their 2nd/3rd position isn’t going to demonstrate their best for us. In my mind, he’s still firmly behind Simms but between them, they’ve got 3 goals in 3...

Transfer activity in January is down across the board and a lot of that is down to FFP in the top divisions.

You’re 100% on the money there and I’m a firm believer that you make your own luck in life (and un-luck by the same token). The stats, overall, have us being in a ‘false’ position so as we get Haji and EMC back, that should elevate us and a solid Jan addition (or 2-3) could have us in playoff...

I try to bear this in mind and be “rational” but this season has been a labour of love at times. Today’s result was fantastic because, like many who turned up (and didn’t), it was a bit of a ball ache taking time off work to follow us when our away form was below par. My usual away day lot...

I seen him in person in the Birmingham bullring when I was out with my partner. He’s a lot more built up in person than you think. At 6ft and 100+ kg, I’m not exactly a small fellow by comparison. It felt similar to Barnsley away in 2010/11 realising just how big Kieran Westwood was as a bloke...

Dovin is a good keeper and just needed to grow into the role. He was dropped in September for Wilson who is a solid role player, isn’t a number one we need to take us forward.

We kept a clean sheet in something like 75% games played with Kitching in the team (this season, albeit a small sample too), with the only game we conceded being Leeds away for a time. When I, and others, raised this and the comparative lack of clean sheets of other defenders playing in the...

Agreed, football fans are fickle by nature as it’s a result based industry. We were close to equalising against WBA and close to closing out a win (/draw v Norwich) in close away games and all of a sudden, the narrative is much more positive. Yes, being close is not enough, but we’re doing...