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🤣 Fwiw, I & 1 or 2 others agree that he was a weak link for a pretty large portion of last season. I know (similar to Kelly) that's practically blasphemy due to what he's done & achieved previously but he looked out of his depth a lot of the time. That said, I think it's unfair for us to write...

Cheers, saved me a job! 😁 I would also agree neither Hyam or Østigård were progressive last season, certainly not in the way McFadzean is for example. All of this is caveated of course by Hyam playing on his weaker side, I think he'll be much more effective in possession on the right but we...

No, agreed, but specifically in a ball playing back 3 I'd prefer a lefty if they're at least of similar quality. Maguire is pretty comfortable on his weaker side tbf & so far ahead of Mings that was a no brainer. The only reason Mings even makes England squads in my opinion is because he's a...

Exactly my point, as good as Østigård was he made a lot of mistakes too, especially at the beginning of the season & his use of the ball is poor. Hyam had a poor season imo, although he improved a lot towards the end. He's definitely better on the ball than Østigård, but was hugely hampered by...

Ok, fair enough but you said you'd rather sign Østigård. I assumed the comment about not signing someone average just because he's left footed was aimed at Clarke-Salter. What if Clarke-Salter turns out to be just as good/better defensively than Osti as well as naturally offering balance on...

Think their starting XI would likely only include 1 youth team player, the rest all have quite a bit of first team experience. Depth is flimsy as hell mind.

On what basis is Clarke-Salter not a good defender? Plus his ability on the ball surpasses anything else we have, he will be a massive asset.

That's not NPG, it's including penalties isn't it? Walker scored 6 (1pen) in 1801mins NPG/90 = 0.30 Godden scored 6 (2pens) in 1452mins NPG/90 = 0.25

I don't view Waghorn as purely a goalscorer though, he offers far more than just that, which as much as I like Walker, isn't really the case with him. I'm guessing you were going for hyperbole but his best season at this level was 16 goals & 11 assists with NPG/90 of 0.39, way ahead of what...

That's to all of their trialists isn't it? Which at last count was what, 7? Haven't EFL said they can only sign 4 anyway? Whole thing is a clusterfuck.

Tavares is 5th in line for a striker berth or effectively 4th in line whilst Godden remains unavailable. I think we'll keep him around, especially as he offers something completely different with electric pace & exceptional work-rate. Yes his positioning & finishing particularly still need work...

I always used to think "build from the back" when assembling a squad, make yourselves tough to beat & then go from there. Probably stems from the old George Graham at Arsenal days & more recently Mourinho where they would happily bore their way to 1-0 wins to achieve the end goal. Reading a lot...

Of the 17 people who have predicted our goalscorers for Sunday on the Forest thread, 12 of them have chosen Waghorn to score yet we simultaneously don't think he's worth 1/3 of the average wage for this division? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Clubs are looking to hang on to players for longer rather than letting them go at the beginning of pre-season. As MR himself has said, the Maatsen deal was agreed in principle ages ago for example but Chelsea delayed on it & undoubtedly it is the same with Clarke-Salter too. They were making up...

Waghorn was thought to be on circa £10k at Derby, if we're paying him similar or even slightly more, I can't see the problem with that. How many proven Championship strikers can you get for less?

This will inevitably turn into an iPhone v Android debate but here we go.... I actually have both - Android as my personal phone & iPhone for work. I much prefer Android, the fact that it's completely customisable etc. is a big thing for me. I changed from Huawei at the end of my contract to...

Takes some doing but he/she/they are one of the biggest morons on Twitter.

Telegraph on the ball as ever 🤣