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Given we’ve spent the money we have to give Simms time. But we also have to win games. The solution is to get a young prem loan for the season. Simms gets the season to make an impact or otherwise and we get some breathing space until the summer to weigh up whether we stick or twist.

Frustrating in the end but we’re a squad to be feared now. I actually think we need to find a back up to Bidwell now as unfortunately Dasilva cant be justified a spot even as back up. So much more starting to come together. Wright looks absolute quality and special mention to Latibeaudiere’s...

It’s glaringly obvious that the upgrade would be Simms. But the magnitude of the upgrade depends on how much we have left after the CM spend.

Sounds more early to mid eighties. Once we got to 87 they tended to be less basic than the one you describe.

Please not comparison by stats. They mean nothing. My opinion on it - Sheaf is currently a bit better than Eccles but Eccles has time to become better than Sheaf and probably will. They’re both very good championship players.

He’s not our player for four years. He’s our player until he moves elsewhere. We have to make that less likely/palatable for him.

Kitching has been excellent. I’d argue Bidwell has had as big an impact and also Van Ewijk looks far more comfortable in a flat back 4. The irony is the full backs have also got forward far more effectively in a flat back 4.

They certainly have that knack - which is essentially the art of management.

Of course he doesn’t need to explain why. He paid money to buy the club. He’s relaid the pitch. Stuff has been done to the training ground and changing rooms. We probably run at a loss. Maybe he’s holding cash to make an offer to Ashley. There’s no reason at all for him to explain why £’s in may...

Our transfer budget won’t be gone. He’s never going to advertise is as teams just up their fees.

We might suffer a bit with internationals as and when players are required. We could feasibly lose Wright, Palmer, Latibeaudiere and less likely Sakamoto. Quite a lot for a Championship club.

I think this is likely. We all see a lot of Championship players and focus on them but the net will be cast wide. You don’t get great value for money with top end Championship players.

Not sure that is correct. There’s no way Dasilva has enough defensive ability to play in a back 4. The system switch has helped but Bidwell is as big a factor in it as the system itself.

I’d say Wright is clearly worth the fee. £7m is not that big a fee in the context of football overall. Is he a third of the player Gyokeres is - easily.

Look at it from the buyers perspective. A player who is out of contract in six months and has had a huge amount of time out with a serious injury. It’s not a combination that draws a big offer. We’ll look to sell him in Jan and he and his agent will want a summer move with a fair chunk of the...

Yeah, probably fair. Personally I’d like to see more defensive know how but he’s a tidy player. Certainly not a bad bit of business.

Today was 7’s all round as we won with Sakamoto getting 8 due to his goals.

Looking rather different now isn’t it. Four gems in Van Ewijk, Wright, Sakamoto and Kitching. Improvement being seen with Thomas and Collins. Lati looks solid. Simms and Dasilva still time. Overall a success

Interesting in the context of us needing a midfielder that a fair few headlines being grabbed by the likes of Twine and Swift. Which in turn probably rules them out.

On the game thought Eccles was excellent along with Wright, Kitching and Sakamoto. I think the red will be overturned but if we stay back 4 (which we should) I’d just slot Latibeaudiere in for Kitching and have Sheaf or Allen back in the midfield. Godden has a place in City hearts but he just...