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No one said anything about letting him go on a free. You can sell players… Whenever we talk on threads about our squad, you (and others) talk as if our midfield is amazing. All of our CMs and AMs have only just surpassed Hamer’s goal involvements from last season - every single one. Looking...

I don’t think we will, he’ll probably want a multi year deal and with our aspirations, he probably wouldn’t fit into the bigger picture. As good as he has been, his output it is 3 goals and 7 (4 in FA Cup) assists which isn’t amazing.

This is probably an overreaction. Next season we will have the same core of players and whilst there’ll be more ‘churn’ than expected… it’s not on the same scale as last season. This season was a root and branch rebuild. Next season we need to add quality - we’re still 2 players ‘net’ down from...

Well, as good as this season has been, our record against the top half teams has been below par. Let’s be honest. To add to this, you could probably see Bidwell or Palmer leaving. Both in their final year of contract, have been on the rumour mill and probably players we wouldn’t renew their...

Two if Sheaf goes, definitely. In my view, we need a midfielder who’s a bit more inventive on the ball. Against the better teams in our division, we’ve struggled to break down teams. We still haven’t replaced Hamer and if can get close to his output last season, that’s the big difference where...

GK is so low down the priority that it’s a position we probably won’t even look at for another year. We’re short in midfield, at CM, AM and out wide going into the summer. We will need 1 or 2 CBs if Lati leave. Possibly a LB if JDS or Bidwell leaves. Finally, with Godden likely to leave, we...

Just because he said it, doesn’t mean it’s what will win us the tournament. Rio Ferdinand and Lescott also said something similar but interestingly, Lescott said that Rice and Bellingham would just have to ‘figure it out between themselves’. Which hardly screams of attention to detail. Most of...

Well, given our performances without Kane in the latest friendlies and North Macedonia… I’d say that’s wrong. Spurs have never been capable of winning the league or trophies and Bayern are a team on a downward trajectory from Pep’s days. They’ll probably end up winning the league next year and...

Every England fan knows how to win a World Cup after 3 pints, the old saying goes. Who’s playing out on the left? Would Rice get isolated on his own in midfield? Does the defence have sufficient cover? If Bellingham plays as an 8, we’re probably going to play 3-4-3, which may have the...

Conveniently raised after he overtakes Bellingham’s tally from last night. The issue you could have with Bellingham, Foden and Kane playing centrally is that they all like to occupy the space a number 10 likes to operate. One of those players performances will likely suffer. With a weak...

Statistically, Collins is leading a lot of categories and he’s made the playoffs with Barnsley previously. He’s a good goal keeper. There will come a time when we’ll need to upgrade, it’s just low down the priority list.

I manage to pick up one of the old style Le Coq Sportif shell jackets today and it’s a thing of beauty! Definitely definitely picking up any late 90 remakes. I imagine Le Coq Sportif changed their minds in supplying remakes having seen the commercial success of retro remakes. Sheff Utd have...

Mostly agree but it’s worth noting that Thomas, Kitching and Collins have managed the jump in standard well. There’s no reason we couldn’t add to that with a couple of P’boro players and improve our team. EMC is someone I’m excited to see start for us.

Ahead of EMC? I’m not going to pretend to know anything about him, but this doesn’t strike me as a season defining signing to me. I understand everyone’s frustration at the loan back, but we have got ourselves an excellent player. 19 goals and 12 assists for £4-5m is potentially a bargain...

Our record against the teams around us is what is going to let us down this season. Good results against Leeds, Leicester and Southampton and arguably Hull away. Since then, we’ve lost twice to WBA, PNE and to Cardiff. The loss to Norwich was quite damaging too. We need to improve defensively...

I don’t know how you came to that conclusion. The point here is that we set a budget at the start of every season and Robins was backed well in the transfer market. In the summer, we our recruitment was predicated on playing 3-4-1-2 and resources allocated accordingly. The plans have changed...

You’ve said MR hasn’t been given the resources when he has. I’m sure MR could have identified another target if he wanted. He’s signed the player and being unable to play him for a few months is an inconvenience but doesn’t impact the bigger picture. We’re working to a 5 year plan, not a 1 year...

So the resources were provided then, were they not? It would’ve been ideal to get EMC over the line but that wasn’t the difference between making the playoffs and not. Our results against the teams around us did make a difference.

We signed said player for £4+ million. The club thought they had secured him permanently without the loan back agreement. Why aren’t you following this?

Robins has been given the tools. It’s not King’s fault Robins recruited to play with wingbacks and 3 central defenders. EMC was also Robins’ target and the deal we got was probably as good as we could get in the circumstances. We didn’t lose to WBA, Norwich, PNE and Cardiff because we didn’t...