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Loans are a crucial part of the mix. You should, I say 'should', get players much better than par. We have done very well indeed out of loans for the last three seasons - Sterling, Walsh, Ostigaard, Sam Mac are ordinarily outside our price range. Just don't be too dependent on them, or else...

what do you mean Armstrong, Murphy and Ryan Kent?

with a bit of luck, Kelly and James will do a complete season between them on the pitch and the injury list

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agreed, but we are in a higher league and last year we consistently failed to put a lot games to bed - lots of 1-0's. I venture partly because Godden is not a target man

... but common consent is that Walker is not a target man, and Robin's favorite seems to be 5 - 3 - O'Hara - lone striker. And neither of the B's are good enough.

On the subject of 'might have beens' . In 1966, we heard JH was off to Bury to sign someone, and we all hoped / assumed that, it was Colin Bell (RIP recently). Instead, in search of goals Hill came back with Burnley reject and then playing for Bury, Ray Pointer. Pointer ran around like a...

...which is why Crowley is probably not the answer.

I posted this elsewhere, but to repeat, according to the stats, a high % of Hamers effectiveness to us comes in his set piece delivery. As we have lacked good set pieces that is a big reason why we appreciate Hamer. Buendia on the other hand does way way more in open play. But, all round I...

In a nutshell, the equalizer at Norwich shows why

Murray is the kind of player we could use. Or he used to be, but is no longer.

How long is Walker out for, do we know? And has Jobello had a relapse, I must have missed that?

On the mark

We have three in the middle - James Hamer and one of Allen, Shipley or Sheaf

Sheaf is the new Burge

not half as wierd a signing as Crowley would be, I had James's sort as one of our two big 'wants'. Now we need a big target bloke

Not at all, but it is no substitute ...

Off at a tangent but on the subject of set pieces, Those stats on Hamer posted as part of a comparison of who were the most effective players in the Championship highlighted their importance. A very high part of Hamers 'effectiveness' as they measured it was his contribution from set pieces...

What do you mean, Max's popularity has partly been built on stuff nothing to do with football itself