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If Howley goes I hope it’s somewhere he’s absolutely nailed on to start. I like him, with some minutes under his belt he could be a serious player.

Brighton got cashin earlier this week didn't they? £115m to be exact

"earning" songs is bollocks, the more the better. It's way more fun to belt out different chants than sit there repeating yourself for 90 mins, and it's great to have one ready to go for when players do things on the pitch. Plus it must have a big impact on every player to hear their name being...

L2 promotion, L1 consolidation, L1 promotion, Champ consolidation, Champ promotion push. And we've been through some distinct tactical shifts too, from the 4 back used in L2/1 transitioning to the 3/5 back we adopted for the promotion season and in the championship.

Surely he was just being nice, Tavares could barely get a look in when he was fit and is coming off the back of a serious injury.

Saying Eccles doesn't have the technical abilities of Gus is definitely comparable to that :rolleyes: Perhaps we should rename this thread the Josh Eccles wank-a-thon

So we’ll play with 12 then?

I assume Saturday's guest of honour is being announced any day now

jesus the swansea one is an eyesore

Specials inspired, to the tune of a message to you rudy Stop your messing around Better think of promotion Time to score a goal now Creating chances for Cov Haaadji A message, to you, Hadji

With hopefully 5-10m to throw around from the Hamer sale we can surely get something.

I think people have forgotten this is the "transfer targets" thread... which is why I posted in it this afternoon saying we needed a CM. Since then it's devolved into arguing over Josh Eccles' squad status.

Didn't quite think that saying Eccles was anything less than a nailed on starter would be so controversial. I get there's lots of support for him, local lad and a great attitude. But, we've got to be ruthless. Settling for him as our first choice CM alongside Sheaf will not be enough to compete...

Exactly! I've never said that Eccles is a bad player, just that we need to replace Hamer and that will naturally lead to Eccles dropping back to being a bench/squad player for the most part. Apparently that's sacrilege round here...

He was a ~1.5m player when we bought him. Which is what we must do again, although this time we could spend 5-10m. We have to do what we did with the Vik money. Go out and spend decently on a replacement or two.

Now you've just devolved into insulting me. The bottom line is Eccles simply doesn't have the technical abilities - range of passing, vision, close control that Gus used to completely orchestrate our play in possession last season. We will be a worse team overall with him playing in that position.

Yes, but he wasn't first choice in any position was he? He got starts when the likes of Palmer, Hamer, Sheaf, BNC, Dabo etc were injured/out. So he was a squad player, filling in when needed. People seem to be forgetting it took injuries to both Palmer and O'Hare for him to get a spot in that...

Eccles is a squad player. The only reason he's starting is that we've sold Hamer and not yet replaced him. Once that happens Eccles will be back to the bench.

This isn’t a conversation about how we set up last year? It’s whether we need to sign a Gus replacement or not. And we do, because Eccles can’t play that role to the standard we require.

Obviously Robins prefers 3 in midfield/2 strikers, it’s how we finished last season and spending £10m+ on strikers shows it’s how we’ll play this year.