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But we already have it. Possibly the best in the league in Sheaf. If we could have paired Browne with Sheaf it’s lift off. We’ll inevitably add before the window closes and away we go.

On balance yes. Allen didn’t have a bad game. Torp was ponderous and largely anonymous.

You can have all the fire power in the world but if your midfield is out hustled they have no supply. We pushed Saka and Emc closer to Simms second half which helped but our crossing and play in and around the box was either casual or inaccurate. We’ll improve with the talent we have but it was...

Not Sheaf but better than Allen. Eccles?

I know what you mean. Almost feels obligatory to give some a game. That being said Eccles for Torp and Wright for EMC was fine for me.

Torp has some technical ability but he seems to have the turning circle of a large tanker. Reminds me a lot of Trond Soltvedt. Possibly just not fleet of foot enough

Thought mve was a strong 7. Rudoni covered ground but always looked like he didn’t quite have it under control. 5 and 6 elsewhere although I have serious doubts about Thomas and they were confirmed. Weak challenge cost us the goal and his distribution has been a liability for a long time.

Thought we just played with a lack of urgency. Poor final decisions. At least we stamped ourselves on it a bit better 2nd half. Van Ewijk was our best player by a mile. I think Kitching and Binks will be our long term cb pairing.

It’s really just the fact that our midfield is not handling the pressure of their pressing. Need someone to get a foot on it and bring our wide men in. At the minute they are winning it in there and we’re not developing anything as a result.

Ten Haag keeping his job.

Keep seeing United and Ten Haag being quoted as after a midfielder and they had a good look at him in the cup. Stranger things have happened.

BNC wouldn’t be a “back up”. He’d be a right back in our squad. If a player comes with the attitude of “I’m a back up to xyz” he’s not the type you want anyway.

It’s never easy at Stoke but it’s certainly do-able. I feel we’ve got plenty of goals in us this year. I think Rudoni will be a big factor in games.

Basically trust Robins to do the right thing. He’s not got much wrong so far.

Wonder if this is loan based or perm?

Difficult one. We have a solid squad now. If you want money to reinvest and improve you’d need to sell Ewijk, Simms, Wright or Sheaf. Seriously wouldn’t want to lose any of those but if pushed I’d cash in on Van Ewijk.

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That’s a positive though. We’re not having to replace lots of departing loans. We’re just adding quality and depth. Rudoni is a big upgrade on O’Hare. Our additions are all upgrades.

It’s crazy to say “we’re not selling”. If the price is right we will. As has been said earlier that scenario applies to every club. The difference is we can hold out for the fee we want and don’t have to sell cheap.

This is the cycle we’re in. We take a chance on Yok and Hamer for about £1m. Sell on for £35m. From that we get Simms, Wright, Van Ewijk, Torp, Kitching, Rudoni for 4-5m. They will possibly be sold but you now have half a dozen assets. The cycle goes on. Even if you get to the prem that...