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My logic is that Haji is a striker and has been his whole career so we should play him there. When people say LW is his “best” position, you’d expect that to express itself in more goals and assists. It doesn’t. If the Haji at LW is to ‘create and assist’, he only has 4 assists playing LW in...

You keep repeating what others are saying but the facts just don’t support what you say. It was true for a portion of the 23/24 season and that’s it. For context, it was also true that Collins was operating at a high level in that same period in goal - with the highest shot save % in the league...

The goals tell a different story and this has been true since the turn of 2024.

What are you basing that on? One 2-3 month stretch nearly 2 season ago. Last season he definitely wasn’t more effective off the left. He scored 4 goals from that position compared to 8 upfront. He had a goal drought, Robins changed to 5-3-2 and almost instantly Wright scores 4-5 goals in about...

Try the local team website for the tickets. I got Jets and Knicks tickets last season pretty easily and Nets tickets were $25-30 for one game Check out ‘city passes’ for your destination because the New York one could be used Yankees tickets - which I’d have done if it were in season. It’s...

This mindset is rooted in the 90s and 00s. We don’t need a Keiffer Moore or a Carlton Morris. We tried to put the ball in behind for BTA and nearly worked a few times. Likewise, our best chance of the game was arguably when Haji and BTA interchanged and unfortunately Haji passed up on what...

LW has objectively not been Wright’s best position. The correct question is whether or not he’s better in a 2 striker or 1 striker formation.

No, people have been parroting the line that Haji ‘doesn’t suit Lampard’s system’ as a striker as if he’s played v well at LW. He scored once at LW v Plymouth. He’s a striker, Haji wants to play there and Lampard agrees because it’s his best position. Hes not had much of a preseason so might...

Haji scored most of his LW goals during the purple patch under Robins back in Oct-Dec 2023. In the same period, Collins had the highest shot saving % in the league was operating at a high level. People’s perception of Haji at LW hasn’t moved on from there but in reality, he’s been much stronger...

I’m pretty sure EMC has more goals and assists for us than Haji from the wing since 2024. The reality is that Haji had one really good stretch between October and December 2023 and from then, not a lot of goals and assists.

More than Haji Wright?

Massively. Sakamoto is a good player, but he’s not a a big goal threat and sometimes wasteful at the byline. One stanza that annoyed me is when Sakamoto got the ball in the good crossing position, he tries a dribble move and it goes out for a goal kick. For such a good crosser, it’s...

It’s one game and we play with one striker so if you have 3, you can’t play all of them without changing formation. Either way, the fundamental weakness in our team is that we use the wide channels a lot, but there’s no where enough goal production there. What did EMC and Sakamoto do today...

The importance of wingers is demonstrated by the one period we looked like turning the screw on Hull was when EMC had a 10-15m patch where he was running at his man, taking him on and shooting/crossing. We don’t have that and didn’t have it when he came off. It’s boring that we’re talking...

Who scored less headed goals than Simms last season.

Overall, the performance wasn’t terrible, we were comfortably the better side but there was the feeling that is was ‘same old’ from last season and struggled to breakdown stubborn opposition. Thought it was strange that EMC went off in the first place but assume he’s either got a niggle or...

Just about every Prem-Prem transfer has inflated fees. What other league in the world means clubs do not "need" to sell matchday tickets to be viable? For context, the 'average' Prem team gets more than double in TV money compared to their counterparts in Spain and Italy. That figure is over 3...

Depends if there's any 'ready made' replacements in the pipeline. Rudoni was involved in 33% of our goals last season so selling him for £20m (for arguments sake) at this moment probably derails the start of our season. To a similar extent to which Hamer leaving post-Wimbledon in 23/24. For...

Probably wouldn't have got that if they were in the Championship still. My bad, I thought he went for 32 million pounds rather than Euros. I like Jobe Bellingham and sincerely hope he follows in Jude's footsteps, it'd be fantastic for the national team.

The 'English tax' isn't on English players, it's the cost of dealing with English clubs. We all bemoan Sky at times, but their money has supercharged the Premiership clubs financials as the TV money is distributed equally, which isn't the norm in the other elite leagues globally. In countries...