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Exactly, let’s be honest, the fees we got for Vik and Hamer were inflated by historical standards, particularly as they both had 12 months on their contract. I feel Vik was still slightly undervalued but given the context of him wanting to leave and his expiring contract, we got a great deal...

Probably, all transfer fees are inflated nowadays. We paid in and around £1 million for another teams fringe striker in L1 (Chaplin). A winger having 30+ goal contributions is worth £4.25m without a doubt. Rudoni is in a similar boat, he underperformed his numbers and was a standout player in...

BTA has scored more than both of them! If he got a run in the side upfront he could prove to be a good signing but he’s being messed about. BTA scored 3 goals in a 6 game span and was in and out of the team, he’s not been given the platform to prove his worth. Bassette has started all but 1-2...

Bassette is just potential atm. It still remains to be the case that he’s scored the least goals of all of our strikers. Hes also missed the most amount of big chances (Middlesborough, WBA and Swansea). You’d think our more experienced strikers in the same positions would score. I have a lot...

Bassette cost £2.5m, should he be ready? To be a devil’s advocate, 1 goal in 12 suggests no. With Simms, he finished the season on 19 goals in more or less half a season and he clearly is good enough at this level. Even BTA, £2.5m for a 25/26 year old striker with 11 goals last season in the...

He was average last season in L1 and considering the stupid comments about EMC ‘not being good enough’ this season when he was arguably POTS last season says it all. If our goals are to be at the top end of the league, we need quality players in all positions.

No, it’s called having patience. It’s an annual occasion where new signings are derided as ‘poor buys’ or ‘not good enough’ to then be subsequently proven wrong later on in the season. Too many people say ‘I’ve seen enough of ‘x’ player’ what they actually mean is that they can’t shake off...

That should probably tell you he isn’t good enough to make the grade here. To think a lot of people were happy with him being MVE’s understudy is pretty scary to be honest.

Bidwell will leave at the end of his contract, been a good servant and solid player but we need something a bit more in that area of the pitch and he’s the wrong side of 30 now. As for JDS, if there was a buyer, I think we’d move on, there probably won’t be for the money he’s on and will have 2...

I’m just optimistic about the way we’re playing. In the games so far, I’ve felt our play deserved more with only Millwall having a bit of fortune. We’re playing well and creating good chances so hopefully we have a repeat of last season when we battered Sunderland before Xmas!

I’d be surprised if Robins was interested in the Hull job and genuinely think he’d be exposed at both Saints and Wolves to be honest.

This is a game we need to be winning and comfortably to be honest. 3-0 and the sky blue army to send us all happy for Xmas.

All due respect to Southampton, they don’t really have the squad capable of staying up playing with their ‘clear football philosophy’. Same with Burnley under Kompany and Maresca had he stayed at Leicester (academic ofc). That rebuild could define Pep’s legacy in that GOAT conversation which is...

They do that in rugby and there are some v suspect decisions made, there are occasions where a player can have a nasty head collision and somehow pass the concussion protocols but be subbed off shortly anyway because they’re clearly not right. I’d to see the clock be stopped and normalise teams...

Mental to think this being flown about after 6 PL titles and one bad run. Looking back to ourselves, it can show how easily a solid foundation can be undone. But Man City have a few players in their team that over the hill with Walker and KDB being 2 such players. Even if Pep survives this...

100% - I really don’t understand why referees can’t see through the blatant play acting. In rugby, the game playing on just makes sense. There’s no incentive for players to not stay on the floor in football because the referee will often stop an opposition attack for treatment. The amount of...

I thought that was for the keeper holding on to the ball for 6+ seconds?

I don’t think we are and the proof is in the pudding. That is, more shots and shots on target, higher xG and the eye test shows we move the ball quicker. There’s definitely improvements to be made but our fixture list is pretty packed atm so the time on the training field is limited. Burnley...

I don’t think it’s on the players necessarily. To me, it’s a tactical issue because the trend was that we’d struggle against the ‘lumpy’ sides. Not only did we lose, we didn’t get shots on target. We also didn’t know who was going to play or what formation from game to game at points. Which is...

It’s not FM25 mate where we can cheat by ‘managing’ Man City to spend £100m on Kitching… 😂