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It's not just 1 or 2 saves in 1 or 2 games though, he's been absolutely brilliant in 3 of our 5 wins - which is great, and above the norm of a competent Championship keeper 'that makes saves'. Our defence (outfield) has seen incremental improvements, and our keeping position has seen a drastic...

He may not have played every game, but Dovin so far. He's been the difference in winning or losing 3 of the last 5 wins (plus not losing 0-6 against Leeds!) and the season still being alive. If he maintains it until the end of the season I'd be seriously worried about losing him in the summer!

Watford definitely, best performance under Lampard. Blackburn we rode our luck a bit in the first half and could have been 1 or 2 down had it not been for some heroics from Dovin. Then we grew into it and stunned them with a goal before and after half time, we then dominated after that, great...

I agree. We are grinding out results, but it's been a tough watch at times, and we've rode our luck in terms of Dovin bailing us out with some brilliance at 0-0 in 3 of the past 5 league wins, that could have comfortably only been 2 wins without much change to the actual...

I think he's going to do for us what Liam Kelly did in League 1 when we won the league. But obviously to a higher Championship standard. Although I'd take 2nd place next season 😉

I think we'll make the playoffs, but get pumped as one of the worst teams in it of all time. We're grinding out results against all the mediocre teams, and then looking lost/scared/hopeless against the decent teams, which were Robins' biggest strength. We need to have Lampard in charge against...

Direct train from Birmingham New Street to Sheffield, seems quickest and best route I can see.

Agree, those saves at 0-0 Vs Bristol and Blackburn were immense. We probably don't go on to win either and those without those saves. And then you can argue we don't gain the confidence to go on to win the next 2, which are probably our only decent performances so far. He's making all the...

I think we'd really struggle against Burnley. Leeds we'd have a slight chance of upsetting them at our place, but no chance at their place. So hopefully those 2 go up automatically. Sheffield United or Sunderland would be tasty games for sure, but think we'd have a better chance than against...

This will be another good barometer for life under Frank, now we seem to have found our way of playing and some form, this is the first really difficult test. These sorts of games were Robins' biggest strength and he always seemed to have us up for them, especially at home. As good as the...

To the tune of Sign of the Times by Harry Styles SBT stop crying Now that we've signed Matt Grimes Welcome to the Lampard show Hope you're wearing sky blue clothes

There's the funny one Baggies fans were singing at Villa when they had Steve Bruce in charge after a cabbage was thrown at him by one of their own supporters: They've been to Rotterdam, and everywhere, Liverpool and Rome, Now they're throwing cabbages, Cabbages at home, Cabbages at home...

It still makes zero sense to sack Robins, the only argument people have for it is that he was exposed without a suitable assistant... So find a suitable assistant then!?! Ok, maybe Robins was a part of the failure in setting up an ideal coaching set up after Adi and Dennis went. But if the...

My prediction is that under Lampard, we'll beat the teams we should be beating (arguably Robins biggest weakness), but he'll lack the tactical nous to beat the better teams (Robins greatest strength). When you look at Frank's first Chelsea stint, he inherited a great squad that finished 3rd. He...

That's the thing with Lampard, I think he'll get more wins than Robins against the poor teams, but lack the tactical nous to beat the better teams, which was Robins biggest strength - other than the first half Vs Luton in the playoff final, we always turned up in big games under Robins. If you...

Yeah exactly, like the Yeovil 2-6 at home the year we won the playoffs, or the Rotherham 4-0 the year we won the league, or the Luton 6-0 the week before we beat Fulham 4-1. Would have been typical City under Robins to go up to Sunderland 3 days after the Derby debacle and get the win. But...

I dunno, we were averaging 1.75 points per game in Robins last 4 games, around the same time he always starts to turn it around.

Awesome, I love the old grounds, so really hoping I get to tick it off before they knock it down! 🤞

100%! Last chance to tick off Goodison Park.

There is an element of tongue in cheek in my post, but if Doug does mess it all up from here, then it could crazily be true. The Robinson/Richardson all but killed us, the initial hands-on SISU era did kill us, Mark Robins brought us back to life - which was facilitated by the hands-off SISU...