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Let’s not forget VAR was brought in for good reason in the first place. The implementation has been wrong from the get go, specifically: - Lack of communication protocols between officials checking incidents, shown with the Diaz disallowed goal debacle. In rugby, there’s a clear script to...

Backwards thinking. Other sports manage the implementation just fine.

Fatigue is part of the game and you don’t want to get to a situation like Rugby Union where the players are conditioned to play 50-60 minutes in an 80m game because you can sub over half your team. It benefits the lesser teams too, it’s much easier to defend in a team structure with fresher...

We’re 8 points off playoffs with 84 points left to play for… League is absolutely the priority!

He had some good moments against Plymouth where he used his strength to beat defenders so I don’t think he’s particularly weak either. The 3-4-1-2 made us look quite flaccid in attack. 4-3-3 suits our midfield quite well because it’s fluid and Eccles-Allen-Sheaf interchange quite well and...

I’ve eyed this game up for a while as one I think we’ll win. I don’t really like overhyped clubs and feel Ipswich is still in that bracket. At some point I feel they’ll drop off and hoping we’re the team to give them a bloody nose. Will be a tough fixture!

I wouldn’t be so quick to write him off. No one telling the truth would have expected Gyokeres to have the kind of season he did last year. I’m sure if we got the thread where we’d signed him from BHA open, there would be a few people questioning how much we paid for him. Like for Gyokeres...

Gyokeres worked on his weaknesses for sure which is why he is still smashing it for Sporting Lisbon. There were times in his first breakout season when he was a bit one dimensional and didn’t really have a left foot he trusted… then seemed to score with his right and assist when he couldn’t...

I remember Reading at home last season and it felt like Gyokeres had missed 4 clear cut chances - Gyokeres wasn’t an out and out finisher which is why he had the most ‘big chance’ misses in the Championship in consecutive seasons. I don’t think anyone would say Gyokeres was a better finisher...

These definitely don’t… I do see your point!

It’s very clear that certain people in the stands and on this forum have got fixed opinions on him as a player i.e. they just don’t like him for whatever reason. He has big shoes to fill and high expectations to fulfil which has made fans more tetchy. The last few home matches I’ve been to have...

Funnily enough, my mate who is a neutral thought he was our biggest threat, played well and deserved his goal. Amazing how things can be perceived when there’s not unconscious bias.

Early signs are promising! Makes sense for us to ‘try before you buy’ a few wingers ahead of the summer window and the Hamer replacement is a complete non-starter and the number one priority.

Personally, I think Simms and Wright will come good and we’ll be overall better off. Hamer hasn’t been replaced yet but it’s important not to rush into buying a player to get someone in. If we have to be weak for a few months in that area, so be it if it means we eventually get the right...

Pretty gutted we didn’t cash in on Wilson now…

He cost a lot of money so I want him work out too! If he’s a bust, it could impact the working relationship between Robins and Doug King. Especially given the context of some poor form. It so happens that Robins has so much credit in the bank, we’d have to genuinely be in a relegation battle...

We’re a team in transition, we’ve gutted the whole team and had to replace our 2 best players. If view Operation Premier League as a project, which I do, then we have to be pragmatic and accept it’ll take a few transfer windows for things to come together. Especially if 4-3-3 is here to stay...

That’s not how form works and even a sceptic like yourself surely has to acknowledge that being in the right positions to score goals is a promising sign. I’m sure it’s not personal, but you do seem like you have an axe to grind with Wright and it’s pretty ugly. Be patient, he’s not even been...

The ‘lazy’ accusation is ironically, a lazy trope to make by a lot of football fans. Forwards get it more often because they’re waiting to make their move and it’s easy to single them out if they’re not chasing the ball down. Wright and Simms in particular have come in as big money signings...

If we stick with this 4-3-3 formation, I’d like us to add some fun wingers to the team. In the mean time, looking ward to seeing where COH fits in: does he fit in that 3 man midfield (where he started on loan for us) or does he start out wide?