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False 9 behind a striker?

Neither did I until the club posted about his birthday the other week to be fair! Did surprise me a bit, there’s not much chance of turning a profit on him. My hope is he’s suffering from constant player/shape changes in offensive areas which makes it difficult to build understanding with where...

Gyokeres with 2 in the first half for Sporting in the cup today.

He’s 27 so he’s not one for the future. In a team where no one is really producing any end product he looks one of the closest to doing so. Body language and effort looks much better than some as well.

Transfermarkt says he only has 4 so I assume he’s got one left.

We’ve got a big Gungan on our side

Eccles only took two of those set pieces and I’m assuming it counts Godden’s which was a second phase. It’s the eye test more than anything, his delivery in recent weeks has looked awful.

What’s your point though? We were discussing who should start on Saturday, not what we do if we had a time machine and could change the past.

Why would he be?

That’s generally how football works, you start the 11 least shit players at the club.

Objectively not true though is it? Wright was far from the worst player in a city shirt on the night, to say it’s one of the worst performances you’ve ever seen is ridiculous.

Wright was decent on Monday aside from the glaring missed chance. And when playing a lone striker I’d prefer him to trampoline touch Simms or geriatric Godden.

I don’t think it means nothing, I agree Robins is good tactically but generally I don’t think he/we are aggressive enough when going behind.

2021/22 was the final season of 3 subs. Maybe they have become more of a factor?

So ridiculous. Living players get abuse to their faces every week, but doing it to a dead one is suddenly a crime?

Is it a coincidence that we haven’t won from behind in over a season? I think not. It’s a genuine weakness of Robins that if he gets the tactics wrong he struggles to correct them.

Whether or not anyone reads it, the minute someone on the inside starts telling others about how shit the dressing room is it only makes things worse. You can’t improve a relationship with someone while slagging them off behind their back, it’s basic social stuff.

What harm does leaking stories about a poor dressing room atmosphere do? Gee, I’ve no idea.

Reading stuff about the dressing room atmosphere from you pissed me off a little. Imagine witnessing that and deciding to go blabbing about it

Wright or Simms aren't getting loaned in January, that's nonsense. Even if we're playing the box consistently you need 3 strikers in the squad. Plus I don't think either of them have much to complain about. They've both been given opportunities to cement a starting role and neither has taken them.