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Marlon King did OK.

Football has largely passed Dyche by in recent years. He hasn't evolved and just stuck with the style he's always known, which really is largely redundant now at the top level. He'll never get another PL job.

Yeah, obviously it's highly unlikely he'll keep scoring at this rate. Also I don't think it's pot luck either I'm more highlighting the issue of using XG as a measurement over a short period of time. It genuinely can be a freak run or it can be the player is just a lethal finisher. With Torp...

It's not that. It's more that over performing xG over shorter periods can simply just be down to complete pot luck or a player going through a freak spell.

Good player, but he'll inevitably miss games through injury.

I suspect you're not too far off the mark. Also, in all fairness to the recruitment team, we will 100% have several alternative options in each position in the event a player is sold, but when as a club you sell a player at the latter end of the window you'll always run the risk of not being...

Perhaps, although many do expect their player to be starting the majority of games. It possibly could've been more of a loan fee issue then. Unfortunately, for anyone even half decent, a PL club is going to demand a fee, a reality which I get the impression King has an issue with, especially if...

While there probably have been shortcomings in our planning, I also think this window was tougher than most. The fees sides were paying for what really was massively average talent was strange, as were the rumoured price tags of targets we were heavily interested in. That would've likely...

Our biggest faux pas this window is that while we've somewhat solved certain problem areas, we've actually created issues in other departments. Letting Sheaf go was undoubtedly a financial decision, which I can understand given the fee received, but to do it without another midfielder coming in...

Does Turner really know anything? Seems like a complete guess to me which he's trying to pass off as he's heard something....

This is the best line I think: "It is understood a number of Premier League clubs have turned down the opportunity to sign Hamer this summer, but a move is still possible." That's like some bloke asking a girl out, her laughing in his face as a response, and him thinking.... "well she didn't...

What a bizarre article. Sounds like a desperate plea from his agent.

Very decent offer to be fair. Hard at this stage to replace him and Azaz though with a few days to go.

Wolves looking at Hackney. Potentially a honking end of the window for Boro.

That, and if we press them when they're on the ball with any intensity at all they'll likely crumble. Their pass completion rate has been appalling so far this season - 61%.

Not sure about that. King Power can't afford to fund the club anymore and its financial situation remains pretty bleak despite all their outgoings. I'd be very surprised if they pay any fees for players in this window.

I'm a big fan of Smallbone when fit, but his injury history is pretty concerning given his age.

Well done. You are literally just repeating everything I've said.

Loans and free agents only for this window and in January. They do have a third embargo which has been suspended pending further breaches. They wouldn't really be able to replace him with anyone of real quality. But money talks and I suspect the owner isn't as resilient as he claims to be in...

The biggest issue is they can't replace him. They could in theory try to pursue the option of a loan to buy - but given their recent track record I think you'd do well to get a club to agree to that. There will also be a hope that they could generate double what we've offered by next summer if...