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I’m not though am I - I’ve essentially said: Rudi is good but not as good as Gyokeres was (now at Arsenal) or Hamer (POTS last year) His actual impact on games in open play isn’t huge and he likes to go missing (PO semis). If we sell him for £15-20m, it’s good business and will actually allow...

Just take off the sky blue tinted glasses mate and be objective for one second

7 of his assists were corners - not saying he hasn’t got a great delivery but again - doesn’t do much from open play! I think Rudi is a good player but anyone who thinks he’s worth £25m needs a reality check

He’s a good player - but let’s be really honest about him - he was poor to average during the first chunk of last season. Played well when the whole team did during the run - and then didn’t do much in both play-off games (aside from his header in the first). The PO games kind of summed him up...

Rudoni is a level below what Gus and Gyok were to us btw and if we’re getting £15-20m for him it’s incredible business for a player who’s had about 6 months of good play with us and goal contribution stats padded out with corner assists. if he doesn’t go I’d expect 2/3 signings that would take...

I think if we sold Rudoni for £15-20m and reinvested in a new RB/CB/winger/10/ we’d overall be stronger than if we just kept him

He played centre forward in the Turkish top flight and scored 16 goals the year before we signed him. He also has played well as a striker for us at stages.

Exactly - sick of seeing people say Haji is best on the wing. He can’t play as the style of winger Lampard wants in his system. It’s night and day from how robins had us operating. I’m much more hopeful in Wright at 9 than most but also need to see him be fully fit. No surprise that he was...

He’s played on the left under Lampard and been absolutely shite tbf. In this system, he doesn’t suit the sort of winger Frank wants because he doesn’t play with inside forwards. So if Wright is gonna also be poor through the middle then we need to ship him out. That being said, he’s had 15...

You don't make two offers if you're trying to get him on the cheap - there's clearly a deal to be had here and Hull will have entertained this for us to continue with it.

Not always speed as well with the centre halves - people saying Hughes reads the game well which I think is another real issue in Kitching's game and why he gets consistently caught out by the ball over the top.

Also a risk of another season is he blows his ACL or achilles and that money is gone completely - or you go down and his value is halved etc. Understand the logic but not sure owners in football would think the same way about such a volatile asset! Understand your points around looking good in...

What about the momentum of the Jan-May run we just went on where we finished 5th in the championship rather than winning a very poor league one?

Not to repeat myself - but if it's an initial £6.5m as saddle said, then that's the base of the deal - like when we signed Simms for "£8m" which in reality was £3m with add-ons. So, as with most transfers, you can frame it in either way - if it was oh we've sold Milan for a fee that could be...

6.5m upfront feels like great business considering whatever appearance/individual performance based add-ons will be added to the deal + a 15% sell on. If he's great for them we could see a huge sum on a player we signed for £4m - if not we've made a nice little profit.

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Graeme Bailey posts nothing but utter horseshit

Felt exactly the same as Luton away in extra time that. Game had turned and we were in the driving seat to go and win it - Lampard sits on his hands and makes no changes until BTA. Let’s Sunderland come back into the game. He’s done a great job but he’s got to learn from this for next season...

Wait, Sunderland won a play-off semi-final first leg 2-1 in 2023? Surely they went through to the final then?

This isn’t a standard away league fixture though is it - it’s a game where we absolutely need to win so the examples you’ve listed aren’t really the same. Personally I actually see us as coming out and scoring early and then the game going incredibly cagey. Also assume someone else has pointed...