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My hypothetical question to anyone who thinks this team is rubbish is: how good would this team be if we added a quality midfielder like Hamer/Sainz/Nunez to the team? Likewise, imagine had we signed Joe Worrall. It’s only 2 players but completely changes the dynamic of the team. I don’t want...

It’s only a few players short of being a really good team. The underlying metrics show that, we’re just a naive team defensively and in attack the midfield lacks penetration, both of which were an issue last season. We barely kept a clean sheet from Feb and our record against top half teams was...

Strikes me as someone who’s been shoed in at a higher level than he should’ve been and is out of his depth. He’ll get another job lower down the league pyramid but unlike Lampard, Gerrard and few other ex-player managers, he didn’t get much of a chance to hone his skills at youth football. It...

I don’t agree, when he’s played in defence, we rarely keep clean sheets. There was a moment v Plymouth that probably should’ve led to them having a 1v1 when Lati misjudged his run. Lati is a lot more exposed playing as a CB in a flat back 4 as opposed to back 5. Even look at moments like Wolves...

The ‘Super Frank’ song was sung after we equalised v Cardiff as it has been every time we’ve scored in his tenure.

Why does King feel like a mercenary? That’s an odd comment to make. He’s made some difficult, but necessary decisions and had backed Robins significantly in the transfer market. Way more than we are used to historically. Not a dig at you personally, I just don’t really get how the fans could...

Contexts change. We didn’t expect to be 15th in Jan so why would you sell your talisman and captain? We’re in a situation now where his value peaked in the summer and will continue to dip until his contract expires. If the price Is right, you’d sell anyone and getting a deal worth up to £15m...

True. There were plenty of games we didn’t play particularly well in 22/23 and 23/24 and we came away with maximum points. Is Kitching playing in defence? Sounds like we’re going to play 5 at the back which would make sense in the absence of all our wide players.

If the opening gambit is £8m, if you can get £10-12m in cash and a few million in add-ons, we’ve done well. If we were in the mix for the playoffs, you’d hold out for £15-20m but we’re not and he’ll have 12 months left on his contract by then. We can have Hamer and Sheaf leave without putting...

Things like this goes to show that it’s not all terrible. We are in a bit of a false position but we really need to get some players in this window to end the season on a high and build towards 25/26. 44 points would have us 5th so if we can hit some form and achieve our ‘expected’ points in...

Sure about that? Nearly gave Cardiff the win on Wednesday and made a pretty big cock up against WBA. I’m not convinced by him as a CB in a back 4.

I wouldn’t mind if Lati had a suitor, especially if it it allowed us to bring in an experienced CB.

We have 4 CMs to fill 2 spaces… Allen is not up to standard either. Counting Andrews toward the headcount is just silly. We play with an AM and there’s no cover for Rudoni.

I went to the game but couldn’t stay out for the drinking unfortunately! 100% I was sat away from my group and the scenes was still just something you couldn’t explain to someone not there. Trying to describe it to the Mrs had her looking at me like a crazy person. I still watch Ally...

We’re not going to sell MVE this window. It makes zero sense for everyone involved. His agent has quashed the Galatasary talk. He needs competition and/or cover because he’s played close to 100% of the minutes this season.

Rooney can only speak for himself, but an educated guess is that he just has a desire to test him himself in a sport that he loves. Frank Lampard was on the ‘Diary of a CEO’ podcast where he more or less said he doesn’t need the money of coaching, he just enjoys it and sees it as another way to...

Yesterday was cold, miserable and train cancellations put a bit of a downer on it a bit but I enjoyed my ‘posh away day’ with the other half. It’s not all about the result, Pompey away has actually been my favourite away day this season despite leaving early at 4-1.

No, I’m sure MR is well over it now. He strikes me as a stoic person. He got a nice severance package with his reputation intact because My Stoke supporting mate is over the moon with appointing Robins but even he heard about the MR and AV situation somehow.

Well, I do it because I enjoy following my team but won’t delude myself into thinking we’ve been playing mesmerising stuff… Some of the away days the highlight has been the travelling itself and spending time with friends. To state the obvious, it’s far more enjoyable watching your team win.

100%. He’s been pretty ineffectual in most the games he’s started barring Sheff U and Pompey. He presses off the ball, gets fans excited he’ll close down the GK or CB, that’s about it. Bassette will develop but relying on him for as many minutes as we have been is misguided imo. Simms and BTA...