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Kitching has fired us up. Also dispels the ridiculous myth that a left footed CH can’t play right

He’s nowhere near Sakamoto. But I can see him causing problems off the bench against tiring legs

KKH, Raphael and Torp good. Rest just average. 442 interesting.

We’ve got real pace down the right

Decent mix. Interested to see Brau start in a competitive game.

Will he start wide left.

Palmer mainly unlocked ours.

It’s a shame Kitchen has been a magnet for some criticism so far. It’s difficult to know wren that will stop and how den wickes is frustrating.

OK, that’s correct. The main point though is that whoever bought them it’s going to have an impact on Lampards tenure for a while as what he inherited needs work. And to be fair he did inherit some very good players as well.

Agree with most of the sentiment on here. The biggest plus about this window is we’ve retained players who were good enough to get us to fifth last year. We’re tinkering now rather than overhauling. And while that makes for less entertaining transfer windows it’s absolutely the right place to be.

I think it will have a fair impact. The latter signings of that era were bizarre. Lampard (or whoever) has somehow found a buyer for Binks but it’s not proving as easy to move on Latibeaudiere, Dasilva, Bassette, Simms, BTA, Collins or Raphael. Strange signings all.

It’s obvious the idea was to sell MVE or at least have an expectation there would be significant interest in him. KKH is a good pick up whether MVE goes or not so it’s a logical signing. I’d be amazed it we start September with MVE but our solid work with contracts means we might.

Well the problem Lampard has with it is that it means he can’t play EMC. He’s trying to play his best players rather than those that fit into the system best.

I mean this is beyond ridiculous. The winning streak is now a “freak” run. No. It was just games we won. Remember where we were when Lampard came in. He’s still trying to clear out some of the bizarre signings he inherited to rebuild the squad and that takes time.

There’s 0.1% chance we sign Vardy.

Yes, very possibly. But I still can’t believe there is a vast difference between Bassette and say, Obikwu? Plus if he saw Wright as his starter left side why not pay the £2m on a development left winger rather than 5m on EMC. For me the recruitment at that time was, at best, muddled.

Agree. Picking up snippets and gut feel I think that’s the issue they have with Simms. They’ve not seen him progress. If you combine that with his obviously very laid back demeanour it’s easy to conclude he doesn’t give a toss. That may well be wrong but it must be frustrating to work with.

It is a massive fee when you have three starters ahead of him if all are fit.

I think that’s why Torp started on Saturday. He’s more likely to give something different creativity wise than just rolling it out to the winger. He didn’t do it but he is more likely. We’ve got some talent up front but it’s a real mish mash of preferences and styles that has been accumulated...

Isn’t it obvious what the game is? We’re struggling to move on the likes of Simms, Bassette etc. and until we do I’d be amazed if King sanctions another forward coming in.