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Ultimately, wage spend has the biggest correlation to league position (study done a few years back, can’t be arsed to find it). We have a self-imposed wage budget, no shame in that. To finish higher we need to concentrate on generating higher revenues - hence the transfer model. That’s the long...

They changed managers and were still only saved from relegation by Wigan’s points deduction. Stop pretending that a change of manager is a cure-all solution.

Hope the double pivot in the middle is Rice and Mount.

Re the bold bit above - especially in the current climate! I’d keep him as cover anyway, he’s been far from good for the most part this season but at least he could provide cover across all 3 CB positions and fits the bill of a cheap squad player.

Just musing, but when (if) we hit the 8,000 limit I hope they can continue to sell the memberships which then comes with the opportunity to purchase the season ticket at a later date for the additional fee. A bit like they did last season, I suppose.

Shit fan.

Due by 31 May 2021.

Quite the opposite. We’ve done that this season and it’s limited us severely. Adaptability (as highlighted by my Marcus Browne example) is what I’d be looking at.

It’s why I’d be looking at someone like Marcus Browne in the summer, who could play centrally (in a 1 or 2 behind a striker) or out wide (in a 3).

Quality of set pieces has been dropping almost vertically this year. Even throw ins look like such hard work - just get the ball back in play.

Had a week off last week (and had a bit of a ‘fat week’ when it came to eating) but back to it this morning with a 5k. 28 mins so a chunk slower than a couple of weeks ago.

Oh, I agree with that as well. But if we’re sticking with wing backs then we’ve got to understand the importance of their attacking impetus in stretching the play horizontally and moving us up the pitch. If we revert to a back 4, then not a problem playing Pask. But in a WB role, no.

This is madness. Criticise MR for a negative set up and yet would willingly have a CB operating in a wing back role.

What are you farting on about now?

Jordan Hugill went to Norwich for about £5m last summer and is no doubt on £30k+ per week.

Honestly can’t believe what I’m reading here. Picking a wing back because of their defensive ability is bonkers, especially when we look so toothless in attack already. Dacosta is being tarred by early performances in the same way Sheaf was - has everyone forgot about his performance vs...

What the fuck do you think we’ve been playing for about 3 months now?! It’s absolute shite, looks a mess and makes me feel ill.

We have one, we just need to get him off the bench from time to time.

Really, pack it in. You make little to no sense down this route. There are plenty of ways to suggest we have a higher budget (and, for the record, I agree) but this is absolute nonsense.

This is a mentality thing (not a criticism of you, by the way) that we should be relying on our wing backs’ defensive ability. If the rest of the setup is right, there is nothing wrong with Dacosta’s defensive ability. In a back 4, this of course is not the case and he’d be rather disastrous...