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Something different is needed for sure. I’m just shocked why it’s taken 26 games to start Kitching. Whilst things weren’t perfect last season, there were times we looked comfortable in defence and this season it’s gone to pot. The Lati and Binks experiment just haven’t really worked out. As for...

Bassette?

Do you do to away games? We have some morons supporting is already.

We were supposedly signing him after we’d already signed Binks so it wasn’t really a ‘that or this’ type of deal. Saddles source also said last year that if Binks stayed beyond Jan 2024 he’d sign in the summer and that was true. So it’s not likely it’s also true we had a choice between Binks or...

It’s been needlessly toxic in my view and there seems to be a briefing war against King with some of the ITK info conveniently released 5-6 months after it supposedly happened. Specifically, the Lewin saga and cost cutting measure hiring Carr, Boateng, Dempster and Delaney. Which does t pass a...

One game and he missed one chance. When Bassette missed absolute sitters v Swansea and Boro, no was saying he should never play for us again. BTA missed the sitter, played reasonably well aside that and it’s not his fault we conceded 2 goals to lose the game. You watch us against a team like...

He defends like a fullback. What I mean by that is that he defends as if the touchline to help him out when he’s playing CB and that is an issue in the box and that causes issues. Constantly misjudges situations, there’s been 3-4 examples since Boxing Day. He’s a lot more exposed at CB as...

It’s valuable information because the narrative from the fans is to say all the bad players we’ve signed were because of King/Austin. The manager obviously has a say on who they bring in even if that manager had taken a step back of the day-to-day recruitment process. Many fans just wanted to...

More than Godden whether you look at it in all competitions or just the league. Comparing all our strikers: Godden - scored in 7 games, 5 league games Simms - scored in 12 games, 9 league games Haji Wright scored in 15 games, 12 league games Not sure why you’d discount the FA Cup either...

Simms (or even BTA) needs to actually start games. He hasn’t started in consecutive games since the middle of September. Watford and Luton, he scores and dropped the next game. Cardiff, plays well and creates a goal, again dropped. Why?! The erratic team selection from Robins and now Lampard...

Simms scored 19 goals last season. How many did Godden score? When Simms has chances to score, he usually buries them. Since Wright has got injured I can’t recall too many shots a striker has had in the box from open play. BTA today and Bassette v Pompey for the opener? All our evils in attack...

The only thing that is different this season compared to last is the coaching structure. Anyway, what is done, is done and there’s no changing that. Lampard will recognise it, just as he did with Collins, he’ll realise that Thomas and Kitch is the best CB pairing he has and Simms is his best...

It’s something a lot deeper. Objectively, the team is better this season than last season and yet we’re nowhere near that level. We finished 9th last season so that should be benchmark. I do think Robins may have created a mess with the coaching structure and recruitment because even he didn’t...

He was feeding off scraps. There was on ball for him to run onto that was an intelligent run and that was it. He offered more than Bassette still. BTA and Bassette are good at being busy bodies. They look like they’re doing lots with their pressing and chasing down lost causes that you can see...

First principle, how are you going to get the best out of any of them if you’re constantly chopping and changing them? As for Simms, he’s played on 24 games but only started in 10 games and since the opening 5 games, hasn’t started in consecutive games. Watford, he starts scores and dropped...

I agree, he altered what was mostly a successful formula from last season. For those calling for Sheaf to be shipped off, today was a little warning shot to ‘be careful what you wish for’.

BTA has scored more goals than Bassette in less minutes. Bassette hasn’t played in the games he’s played. Got an assist v Spurs, goal v Pompey and Sheff U but hasn’t really offered much outside of that. He’s being mismanaged by being thrown into the mixer and he’s just not the main guy yet.

Agreed. I’m sorry, but it’s time Lampard wises up and stops playing him. Thomas and Kitching is our best CB pairing so just play them. The same applies to Bassette. We’re shoehorning him into the team and he’s just not ready to be a starter for us. Simms plays well on NYD, bullied their...

Lati is effectively vice captain which makes sense why he is starting but he makes elementary mistakes. Take the WBA goal or his mistakes v Cardiff and Plymouth that didn’t lead to goals but that’s not the point. With Lampard, he definitely came in and kept the status quo but after seeing...

Agreed about the fan noise. Strongly disagree on BTA. It was a bad miss but all striker make those misses including golden boy Bassette. BTA did a lot more today than Bassette who contributed absolutely nothing on the ball. Misplaced passes, outmuscled and ran into dead ends, you really have to...