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He can. Can be changed up to the day before the first game.

Starting XI v Croatia leaked...

Yeah, apparently approx £75m is amortisation & impairment & this doesn't count toward FFP.

They'll get a questionable valuation on the stadium & then sell it to themselves probably. Normal, accepted practice somehow.

28% Long Pass Accuracy 🤮 As stated earlier, I love Kelly as much as anyone but we need better in possession. I don't want my Midfielders aimlessly lumping the ball forward under minimal pressure. Sheaf is an enormous improvement in ball retention.

Indeed. And compare to Kelly too? I bet Kelly's Pass Completion % is in the 60s?

Sky have changed their tune & now saying TAA IS included. Wonder who misses out... Trippier? Or even Saka?

Eh? What have I twisted? Sheaf is already a done deal anyway so it's a moot point.

So if James chooses to go elsewhere you'd just have Kelly in that role with Eccles as backup? I love everything Kels has done for us & he's invaluable to keep around, but he's almost certainly going to miss huge chunks of games & his ball retention at this level is really, really poor.

Eccles has had 1 Championship start in that position in a dead rubber game. Sheaf was one of the best at the role in L1 & largely performed well in 21 starts there in the Championship. I'm sure Eccles will be great in the future but it's a big ask to expect him to be at that level immediately.

Criticised once or twice in a match thread sure but it's not held against him as a stigma like it is with Sheaf. re: Walsh, why is it one or the other? Especially as they play completely different roles. You wouldn't play Walsh & Hamer as the double pivot surely?

Sheaf is a huge upgrade in technical ability than Kelly & £750k (if true) for a young first team player on his way up is nothing in the grand scheme. If you want the finished article, stick another zero on that. Given time I think he'll be excellent for us. Also, it's funny how the giving ball...

To miss out: Ramsdale White Godfrey Alexander-Arnold Ward-Prowse Lingard Greenwood

Indeed. Matty James was rated higher than Drinkwater if not for his injuries. Drinkwater had a lot of off field issues too.

Ah, fair enough & plausible. It's more the comments of "We'd have averaged 3 x more over the course of a season" types I'm talking about. Just not possible, we have a completely apathetic fanbase & given our history most would have expected us to screw it up anyway! Maybe a couple of the more...

No. On the odd one off game maybe but to average it over the season like some claim is ridiculous. I think people forget that when we have averaged high(ish) attendances it's always been in the Premier League & Championship where the numbers are swelled by the away attendance too. If you...

One for your next meeting perhaps?

Likewise everyone keeps peddling that we'd have had 20k+ average at the Ricoh & it's just farcical.

Ability wise 100% starter but the injuries/fitness are still a concern. He's only played 90mins once all season & managed just over 1500mins. That's less than Kelly & only marginally more than Godden. If it could be managed correctly, as it was with Charlton last season, he'd be a hell of an...

15 goals from just over 1500mins which is approaching a goal every 90mins. 39 of 85 shots have been On Target - an impressive 46%. This is way above the likes of Jerry Yates & Joe Piggott & even edges out JCH in Shot Accuracy.