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that would be cutting off his nose to spite his face

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Wright won't have played any games for the club as a central striker in a 3 with a competent left winger, because he was the only one at the club. Did we try a front 3 of Palmer - Wright - Saka last season? Palmer was never good on the wing anyway, he just drifted back in to the middle...

It has the advantage of being in a larger country and German leagues being smaller. The team bottom of the 2 Bundesliga is 32nd in Germany, the team bottom of the champ is 44th in England. I reckon the Championship is better supported, relatively speaking.

Agreed but didn't want the agg from McFadzean/Godden fetishists and similar

Then we'd hopefully have £30m+ to spend and it would be deja vu to summer 23, with an arguably better foundation to work from.

Makes sense that he would be in training unless the deal is fully signed and sealed, it may well fall through. I assume he didn't play the other night to avoid risking an injury that would scupper the deal. Could be that he/the club wanted to avoid any awkwardness since the rumour is out...

Historically bad goalkeeping too. Statistically Brad Collins has had a terrible season, I flicked through the stats and over the last 5 seasons he's put in the worst keeping performance on average, excluding people who only played 1 or 2 games.

No one wanted Robins out when we dropped to 9th. When we dropped to 17th however...

xG is fairly well proven as a better predictor of future results than actual goals That said, it's not the be all and end all. There's obviously things that don't factor in to xG that do contribute to performances/results. And I did read some quite compelling analysis that suggested a weighted...

Just since Lampard's been here we've had both Cardiff games and West Brom where we easily created more opportunities and drew/lost through a combination of deflections, poor keeping and poor finishing.

That combination has to be tried for a decent run of games. Wright has to be in the team unquestionably. EMC has done more than any of the rest. And Saka is the only one in the squad who's looked effective on the right wing.

He's a keeper. The only way they come off the bench is in case of injury, and there weren't any other keepers on the bench so you have to assume he was fit to play. And it was a head injury/suspected concussion right? So 2/3 weeks recovery he should've been fine. Dovin might look better for his...

This registration debate is absolute bollocks, registration is not stopping us signing anyone. We have 24 registered, so have another slot left. If we needed more Tyler and Tavares could be replaced easily since they don't contribute. So that's 3 slots without even discussing this Bassette...

From what I've read and seen Robins was a factor in his signing (both in terms of Robins wanting him and BTA wanting to play for him). Now he's gone he may well be willing to leave. I'm not saying get rid at all costs like Collins or Dasilva, just if we could get a decent fee and not lose out...

We're not getting Guiu ffs, he's made first team apps for Chelsea and Barcelona, if they wanted to loan him out they'd easily have top flight clubs interested.

Wright isn't gonna play on the right. Don't see how he'd be effective without being able to cut in on his strong foot. Our strongest front 3 right now is EMC - Wright - Sakamoto, assuming Wright plays well in the centre of a 3. If not, Wright - Simms - Saka. BTA is just never gonna play...

He barely starts right now? Lampard obviously wants to play 4231, where does that leave BTA? Arguably 4th choice at striker (behind Simms, Wright & Bassette). He's looked fairly awkward on the wings, would be 3rd choice on the left anyway and you'd hope we'll bring in a RW or Raphael steps up...

You'd sell Eccles for £1m? Absolutely ridiculous take.

Depends what you mean by "on the ball" Thomas is far more comfortable with the ball at his feet. Lati hates getting pressured. Distribution wise Lati loses the ball less, but generally plays much safer passes. Thomas leads him in pretty much all the ball progression stats. Lati is probably a...