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For home games, I love Friday night KOs. 12:30 is not ideal for someone who likes a lie in. On this occasion, Bristol (A) on the train is quicker than driving to Coventry for me.

Bristol didn’t really create any clear cut chances either. They weren’t anything special and if we play as we did against Oxford, we’ll blow these away. My prediction is 2-1.

Really? Binks lost a header in our own box which surely played a contributing factor in their first goal? Likewise, look at how close he was to the goal scorer for their second. The second goal he can get the BOD because it was quite lucky but you bet he and the management reckon he (and...

Yes that is all true and in the only game Kitching was available, we kept a clean sheet. Arguably, he already has if we keep a clean sheet v Oxford on the 27th.

He’s only kept 2 clean sheets in 20 league game appearances for us. Class act on the ball but there’s a reason he was 2nd choice behind Kitching last season.

We’ve addressed GK though haven’t we? That was looked at as a priority and we’ve got the player we chased since March. Moving on from that, we’ve lost a lot of experience in our squad and the only players older than 27 are Allen and Bidwell. We’ve been linked with CMs and Worrall so it seems...

Agreed, at this point in the window, I can’t see us bringing in more than 2 players. One of those players will almost definitely be a CM and next would be defence, CB, RB or LB. In terms of numbers, on paper we’re ‘well stocked’ as we have 4 CBs, 2 LBs and only one RB on the books. In an ideal...

What is acceptable level in this context? We failed to make the playoffs last season so I’m struggling to see how we improve on last season’s defensive record without adding any new players. We kept 2 league clean sheets in 2024 so was a soft underbelly and will continue to be so on the goals...

If we televising most EFL games, just remove the 15:00 blackout, particularly for teams that will have capacity home support. We’ve got PNE and Pompey at 12:30 too which is just a joke. Sheffield U and Hull need to get to Cov for 12:30 too - it’s a piss take.

I get that because all the CBs we have on the books have a lot of positives. However, they’re all quite inexperienced and given the naivety of our defending at times, it’s calling out for an experienced head. They’re not always available at the right price so if we can’t get anyone, so be it. I...

I’m pretty sure that Man U have a strict 3 strike rule for missing games as a STH and the ticket wasn’t sold back to the club for their ticket exchange. In fairness to Man U, they have that much support every seat should be full for every game (more or less). If the demand is there, it would...

Why? None of our defenders would be considered among the leagues best with the exception of MVE. It makes complete sense to sign an experienced CB to guide our young and mistake prone defence. Perhaps it’s a coincidence only, but our defence struggled to keep clean sheets after McFadz left the...

He’s not. Binks, Lati and Simms were all guilty of ball watching. Watch the replay and you can see Lati and Simms not make their mind up between them. To me, it looks like Lati was expecting Simms to leave it (presumably so he can mop it up) because when Simms does touch it, Lati appears to have...

My gut feeling is that we’ll sign a Prem loanee for CB this window. Looking at our defensive performances so far and following 2024 as a whole, we don’t look capable of keeping a clean sheet. Yes, it’s true our defensive record was 6th best in the league (or thereabouts) but we had an incredible...

A lot of paranoia here Gibb. EMC was brought in to be a marquee signing but it’s competitive in those wide areas and he’ll need to fight his way in. It’s as simple as that and no need to overthink it. We signed him in January on the expectation he’d be our player in Jan. There was no suggestion...

A CM and a CB would really make us a Top 4 (possibly even automatic) contender. Based on the goals (+ chances) we’ve conceded so far, our defence could be our soft underbelly. As discussed on other threads, the midfield without Sheaf looks open too. We seem to be winning less ball higher up the...

Exactly, it’s a unique chant to our ‘culture’ and city rather than the copy and paste chants we nick from other clubs for other players.

Lati and Simms got in each other’s way in the box and it kind of hits Simms. My expectation would be that a CB takes ownership in that situation. To be frank, had it been Thomas there I reckon he would’ve pelted it out. Lati on Friday was far more assured on the ball than Thomas v Stoke so it’s...

Considering they missed a clear cut red card, they really can’t say anything…

The points program is great, these kind of cup games I’d have skipped in the past. These games become must-not-miss games if you’re building up your points.