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Incidentally, we need to cut Robins some slack for the fact that he is missing both his top strikers, his club captain and vice captain and a star player in Dabo. And his number 1 goalkeeper is only just back. Could he have done more in January? Not easily without offloading at the same time as...

But going forward it is obvious that MacFadz & Wilson are not good enough to get us above half way. In fact a better question now after 2/3 of a season, is this, were you to have a team only made up of players good enough for the top half of this league (excluding loans), who would you name...

I think we should have been looking at 9 points from these three games. The fact that they are one after the other is immaterial. We beat Wednesday, should have beaten Brum and should always aim to beat a fellow struggler at home. The pitch is beginning to emerge as a problem. As is the better...

I've always liked direction of our acquisition strategy - none of that Cole-Ramage-Hunt bollox as under Mowbray. There are bound to be cock ups, but so far we have had very few duds in nearly four years. I don't count the youth players, where there is bound to be a lot of churn. This guy appears...

The mud from the next slide will match the colour of his shirt anyway

Still not enough points as far as I can make out. Wouldn't even got to arbitration. Internationals are graded as well, so youth is valued less

stand corrected

I would smile if he turns out to be a hit. His only match time of late was a few miniutes as sub in a pre-season friendly, and he promptly laid on a goal.

Agreed, but neither was strictly bought for'development' in the way Westbrooke, Sam or even Hyam were. Max and Baka went straight in, there is no expectation that Reid and Tovares will.

Brexit rules will make acquisition very difficult from Europe for lower league clubs. The incoming player has to have points, that are earned by the quality of the league you are playing in (the dutch league does not count highly incidentally), or international appearances for instance...

Reid and Tovares seem to be a new strand in our acquisition strategy. The European one is being closed off, this maybe the replacement. Originally we had just a youth scheme - gestation period for a player up to 10 years & high wasteage. Under Robins we added 'development' - McCallum, Hyam and...

The post brexit rules mean that the kind of European signing we make will not qualify. Not even Hamer. As a source of players Europe has been pretty crap across the piece so no great loss. Our best source is out of contract quality - Kelly, Fadz, Marosi. What good players are out of contract...

The clue here is whether as a player they have shown the ability to max out on the natural footballing ability that they were born with. Jackie Charlton, great manager, absolutely made the best of what he had been given as a player. Bobby Charlton not so good as a manager-super players...

Allen for Biamou for me, otherwise same again. Robins seems to have locked in Shipley for Sheaf after an hour I'd love Walker to have a run out as sub. Encouraged that a flat back 4 has conceded none from open play in the last two games The heavy ground must be knackering

Here's the view of my Oldham supporting mate 'The fans are very happy with Hilssner. He certainly knows how to shoot and is good on free kicks. One comment I liked yesterday stated that he always seemed to find space. I always think that standing still is a good way of achieving that on a...

A good example of a scruffy League 2 goal

To succeed at this level, by which I mean be mid table or above, you need a minimum of three players who would usually get into the starting line up of a top team. Otherwise your squad is made up of average or below average players, This is where O'Hare comes in We have three definites in that...

I quite like 'handbags'

Jones is not a key player.

4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1 doesn't matter which in reality Wilson/Marosi: (No fussed either way) Pask-Ost-MacF-Sam Mac: (Pask deserves the nod) James-Sheaf-Hamer: (Sheaf to play in front of the back 4) O'Hare-Victor-Allen. Did a long post on another thread explaining the logic, which it looks like a...