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It doesn’t necessarily mean that at all. If you have a budget and you need to reallocate funds to get players in higher priority positions, so be it. We spent £10-12m in the summer, so whilst everyone is excited Sunderland is signing a loanee that could cost them £20-24m, we’ve still spent a...

I agree, we look a way better team playing Kitching in defence and Simms upfront. That’s without Haji and EMC being out injured. Add some quality in the areas you outlined and that will elevate the team, 100%. However, we don’t know what’s on store but the team is light on a ground so there’s a...

If that is the case, it doesn’t strike me as the money has dried up. 4 signings in Jan with scope to add more in Jan is sensible imo.

This is a sensible idea because these clubs could do with the extra gate money playing away in a 20, 30, 40+ thousand seater stadium. If you’re scrapping replays, you need to compensate the smaller teams who may be banking on money spinner ties to either stay alive or springboard their climb up...

It’s not necessarily a bad thing. There’s been a couple of goals we’ve conceded this season when a player should’ve been willing to take a 2nd yellow/red card. The headline of 3 red cards for Kitching sounds like he’s a loose cannon. I have no idea why he was red carded v Sheff W. The Norwich...

Nothing of substance has been said about Kitching apart from that ‘he’s a tosser’ which is too vague and feels like a smear to be honest. Thomas and Kitching has been our best partnership all season and it’s a travesty Kitching has played 7-8 games all season.

We finished higher than them last season, what of it?

IMO, we have the better team at full strength. Not much has changed personnel-wise between this year and last.

Is this being put off to the summer or is the deal completely off?

The only good thing about that draw is that it’s home and another 20 points in the bag.

Which presumably means there’s money in the pot. With Sheaf being out for 5-6 weeks, signing a RW just isn’t a priority for this window. The spectre of FFP is also probably looking too somehow. We’re operating on smaller revenues than the big boys in this league on parachute payments.

It’s nothing against Binks or Lati, all season I’ve been convinced we just don’t concede as many goals with a pairing of Kitching and Thomas. If you can make a healthy profit of £1.5-2m on Lati, it makes sense for both parties to move him on.

Allen has definitely added an extra dimension that we didn’t have because he’s a lot more energetic than Sheaf, Torp and Eccles. He was a good conduit for Torp and Rudoni in the 3 CM shape. Good role player and has some leadership credentials the team badly needs but we definitely need to move...

Which makes sense, Thomas would make a fine addition to the team but when you have Wright, EMC, Sakamoto with Rudoni as a cover option, it’s less pressing than CM. We’ve not got a RB to cover MVE so in terms or prioritising which areas to strengthen, a RW would’ve been a pleasant surprise in...

My impression is that we tried to be too clever with how we set out to play.

It’s cost Robins his job to be honest. He should have kept faith in the team from last season and found a way to integrate EMC and Rudoni in the team as a foundation. We’ve looked far better defensively with Kitching at CB in the team all season.

Did you not see how well Bidwell played v Norwich and in 22/23 at LWB?

Does this link have sound or is it just me?

Is the game even going to go ahead?

There’s nothing wrong with being ambitious, I’m pretty certain Kalvin Phillips was a Championship player around Sheaf’s age. I just wouldn’t bet on that outcome. Establish Premier league player one day, sure.