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This isn’t an easy game to get to even on a Saturday. I’ve got 2 days annual leave to burn before the end of this month so will be taking AL for it. Surely this is year we win away at Norwich… 😂

You’d love for it to be true because it’s romantic and a great narrative going into the Prem. Unfortunately, it’s a pipe dream. Oh really? I had never seen an explanation for it but it was the kit when Ostigard was on loan so that makes sense now if it’s true. I was already a fan of Haaland so...

Interesting! That said it does seem Maddison has been getting some of the Tottenham boys into Cov. Son supporting Cov is funny and for me it’s only topped by Haaland being pictured in a Cov shirt… no idea why he was wearing on (same with Rob Beckett).

My own opinion is that Lampard telling Eccles he can be better suited as an advanced midfielder has made him think about his game differently and presumably he’s been coached to play in that role. I’ve been sceptical of Eccles in the past but it was always apparent he did have moments of great...

Good luck to your club and a weekly report would be most welcome. I have a soft spot for Kaiserslautern and even have a scarf given to me by a university friend! Admittedly, I've not kept as up to date in recent seasons and at some point I need to go to a game! Hoping you return to the...

He's the opposite to Simms in a lot of ways. However, Simms' movement in the box is fantastic and even his greatest critic cannot deny that and that's why he's a career 1 in 3 striker.

This window is somewhat different. If we're signing players permanently, the club needs to believe they can make the step up to the Prem. Signing players on loan is a different kettle of fish, these are players that can contribute right now to get us over the line. When Ipswich signed Keiffer...

That’s what rotation option means… I can’t imagine we’ve promised Spurs he’ll start for us.

Esse would 100% start for us, miles better than Sakamoto. YMK would be a rotation option. With the latter, he’s only played 15/25 games so that’s where Spurs’ frustration lies rather than the minutes.

His goals have been v important and it’s something he’d not really done under Robins. I can’t recall him scoring outside of the box in 22/23 or 23/24 (maybe Birmingham at home in 22/23) but under Lampard he’s kicked on. I do think Torp and Rudoni are better players, but it’s a squad game and...

I don’t think Sakamoto is run down, his stats are pretty consistent from 23/24, 24/25 and 25/26. His attacking stats this season are strong than last season but slightly less than 23/24 (smallest sample). In conclusion, his numbers aren’t as good as you think.

His attacking has always been pretty average, the reliance on MVE’s overlapping runs has been there hence MVE consistently has a higher xA and chances created. His prowess has always been his crossing and his long balls which works when defences aren’t set with 10 men behind the ball. Conducive...

Pretty sure Robins mentioned it in an interview once back in 2023/24 iirc.

To add to the hilarity, the 5th of Jan was only the second working day of the year. You need the NHS to do medicals as well as the various offices that register players internally and externally. King has been a great owner and people worrying about him screwing over Lampard are indulging in...

Andrews needs a loan too, showed some decent glimpses but not yet at the level we’re at so a productive loan again will do him a lot of good!

Dare I say it, Eccles has been better than Rudoni and Torp of late. Credit where it’s due!

Look at most top leagues, the top scorers will have just as many wingers or ‘inside forwards’ amongst them as strikers. In modern football, most teams play 1 striker and therefore, the goal scoring burden typically picked up by two strikers needs to be picked up across the starting 11, hence...

Good, get it done. Great servant for us but he is well past it. Assume we’d only let him go if we can get a LWB as reported by The Guardian or Sky Sports.

To think people were losing their heads when we hadn’t made a signing on the 5th! 😂

Serves them right for treating Moyes so poorly. They’re a club that have delusions of grandeur and this idealised version of ‘the West Ham way’. In my lifetime, they’ve been a shit bottom half Prem club that occasionally goes down. Look at Everton now, they looked a sure bet to go down at some...