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We're losing a bit of our attacking shape and impetus with Rudoni in the side to be honest. Both when he has the ball and when he doesn't. He's clearly being told to play a bit of a free role but at one point when we were pushing forward we was in the LB slot. Him floating about like some...

Stoke last month.

It was a frustrating result but I didn't think our performance was anywhere near as bad as some are making out. Credit to Preston I thought they defended their box very well and their GK was solid. The goal conceded was horrendously sloppy though. I'd imagine Lampard was livid at that and...

Not a bad shout. He'll certainly get sent out on loan somewhere. Presumably I would've thought the only block for why he wasn't sent out in the summer was due to Latibeaudiere being injured.

A big part of that was Nathan Lowe being recalled by Stoke to be fair.

Hmm I don't agree with this. If you're an established club in the PL it very much is worth it. Just using Everton's new stadium as an example the additional revenue it creates is huge - estimates of between £50-£60 million in annual revenue + what's added to the local economy. From a PSR POV...

It's a false economy selling your best players even for huge sums in January when we're in the position we're in. We're simply not going to get a better opportunity at PL football as we have now. The unity this squad has is priceless and Thomas is a huge part of that both on and off the...

This is it really. What posters are also forgetting is that pretty much all PL clubs which are into process of, or have recently expanded their grounds / moved into new ones, will have season ticket waiting lists stretching into the 10s of thousands. The demand in the form of prospective...

They have an abundance of talent there's no shying away from that. The fact that they have Clarke on the bench most games is frankly ridiculous as he's easily one of the best LWs in the division. I think it was Brighton who summed it up well. McKenna's chopping and changing is clearly him...

To be honest based on their performances over the past couple of games in particular it could be early signs that even the lower placed teams are starting to figure them out. They clearly have a lot of quality in their team but McKenna doesn't seem to know how best to utilise that - hence the...

How does that work when for a number of months (since Sheff W win?) BTA has been playing as a second striker for the most part with EMC on the left? There's been several opportunities for Brau to feature at either LB or LW since then yet FL hasn't taken him up as an option.

In pre-season and in the early stages of the season it certainly looked like he'd be utilised further forward. But if anything, LW is probably one of the thinnest areas of the pitch, so if that was the initial intent I doubt it remains that way. Otherwise surely he would've featured in the...

He's 24 this month. At that age a player really should be getting minutes most weeks, if not every week. Granted there's a settling in period for international players moving to a new country and a lack of consistent playing time is natural. But a grand total of 43 minutes since his arrival...

I'd say that's tactical to be honest. I think from memory Ipswich have a bit of a ropey record with defending set pieces since he arrived.

His biggest strength is quite literally his strength. He'll win the physical battle probably 9 times out of 10 - and even that's probably underselling it - which in a physical league such as the Championship, is obviously a very useful trait to have when you're a defender. Everything else...

I'd say we more do a hybrid of hitting balls long for Simms to use his strength and size to out muscle defenders to run on to as well as hitting it long for him to bring others into play. I don't think it's explicitly one or the other.

Why? Kipre, despite is size, has been crap in the air this season. Only 29% aerial duels won compared to Simms' 86% according to Futmob.

Players will get properly assessed 2-3 times by a doctor throughout the RTP programme so I'd imagine by day 7/8 they'd probably get a good steer on whether they can get back to it by day 12. As it'll be 11 days between Middlesbrough and Ipswich I don't really see him being back in time...

Club doctor I'd imagine.

Well no, but as mentioned FL did confirm he was a doubt. Looking at the enhanced care pathway it seems like players can only return before day 12, which is the earliest RTP, under exceptional circumstances so I would've thought Preston was the more likely of the two for him to feature in.