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If you’d asked me this time last year if we’d get promoted I would’ve said no chance and we got as close as you can get really. Everybody wrote us off against Middlesbrough and we got through so no reason why we can’t beat Soton or Ipswich who have shown they’re beatable at points this year...

Should make such a difference. Last season we went into pre-season later than everyone else with like 12 senior players (including Hamer, Fadz, and Kelly who haven’t contributed much to the season). Next season we’re already looking at 18 players who will be top contributors from the beginning...

Yep. Hamer & Gyok had similar issues with fatigue in their first season of playing a 46 game season. Next year a lot of players will be better placed to deal with it.

Feels like we’re giving Maidstone a chance if we play Da Silva at LB. He’s not a LB and will be targeted.

Collins Lati Thomas Kitch Bidwell Eccles Kelly Tav Palmer Da Silva Godden Surely good enough to get it done. Hopefully can take Thomas/Eccles/Bidwell off early for to rest for WBA.

Think we may go back to 5 at the back but really don't think it will work. The FA Cup game against Sheffield Wednesday showed that. Might see 4-4-1-1 (Robins 1st stint tactics in League 1 & a few times in our 1st season in Championship) to try and see us through. Aim to keep it tight and...

It was a good window from a squad building perspective. Torp & EMC will look like very good buys next season. However, I’m surprised we didn’t push for a winger on loan as a stop gap before EMC arrives. Our squad depth is good elsewhere but on the wings looks pretty desperate. We’re now...

Yesterday highlighted our dire need for a couple of wingers. We had to switch back to 5-3-2 as we have no cover for Saka/Wright. Even though our overall play is still good in this formation, we lose a degree of control in the game by taking out a midfielder and adding a defender. Look at the...

Crazy that people don't think we need wingers. Last season we lost O'Hare, Palmer, Sheaf & Allen to our CM/CAM positions and only had Howley and JWE as cover (who is a left back). We need cover for Wright & Sakamoto desperately - JDS (a left back) and Palmer (a no. 10) are not sufficient.

Surprised Kelly isn't down as a certified legend. Was vital in promotion from both League 1 & 2. Came back into the midfield in the first season in the Championship and helped keep up us. It looked over for him last season and he came into the side and helped us get one kick away from the...

Would be a permanent signing surely? No point plugging the CM gap with a loan with no championship experience. Will mean less minutes for Eccles and Lati & we’ll be in the same position in the summer.

Can only talk to other English clubs in June. Only foreign clubs can start talking to him in January, which I don't personally see.

Not sure. Their players play for Nigeria, Ghana & Zambia who will all be expecting to get out of the group stage at least. If they call off their games they'll create a backlog for themselves. Their squad can likely cope anyway.

On O'Hare - I would wait until march and if he doesn't break down offer him what he wants. As a post mentions it will work out cheaper than a replacement. It will also mean we have a salable asset if a relegated side want to pay big money for him over the following 12 months. On January, Robins...

Doubt he'll get called up just yet - but will if he continues playing how he is. Think AFCON will benefit us - Hull, Cardiff, Boro, Watford & West Brom all have players in the provisional squads. Edit: Leicester will be without 4 players when we play them also

They could show relegation form for the rest of the season and still make the play offs.

Still feel we're going to fall short this year. However this time last year I would have said the exact same thing... If the January signings can make the impact McNally & BNC did last year I think we could have a real shot.

Luton didn't have any players as good as Gyok & Hamer and finished 10 points ahead of us. Ipswich don't have a player as good either and they will finish on more points than we did last year. This team definitely has the potential to succeed the 22/23 team but needs to keep growing and become...

They are awful. Look at their form since October. 21st in the form table over the last 6 games as well. Had a freakishly good start to the season while outperforming their xG to a ridiculous scale and are now reverting to the mean. We will finish above them.

The run of 4 defeats to Bristol, Rotherham, West Brom, and Preston while we stuck with 5 at the back is going to annoy me for the rest of the season. Was our best chance to finally win at Deepdale- they are truly awful.