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It does sound ideal, but probably doesn't sound like the player Jimmy's source is describing as much as I want it to be the case because he's a top end Championship player.

Mehmeti is predominantly an AM, that's been his position for Bristol City this season too. Surely @Jimmy87's source wouldn't call him a winger if he's an AM that has played LW as a secondary position.

Sounds like an interesting article, but were these prices via the clubs directly or 3rd party sellers? My own experience of post-COVID football was when I went to Milan for the Derby and because the Italian Government introduce new measures, the capacity was capped and meant that the price I...

Given Bristol massively over performed the xG table last season, it was a sign of things to come and the continuity of Bristol's form under Manning's replacement suggests it isn't sour grapes from Bristol fans. Recalling our game v Bristol last season (away), they scored a low xG chance and not...

9 points from 16 games is grim and my immediate point of reference is Luton last year. The belief was that they were also too good to go down, hired a manager who looked good and despite an uplift in form in parts, weren't good enough. If Norwich lose v Oxford tomorrow, they're in big, big...

Watched Nuremburg with Russel Crowe in the cinemas yesterday and its quite a good movie, worth date night with the other half if they're history buffs! The cost to me is that I'm obliged to watch Wicked 2 this weekend...

I share your view personally. It's just interesting that Bamford was going to be signed until King pulled the plug. It begs a few questions: 1) Why did Lampard want him? 2) Why did King veto the move? 3) Is there a backup plan from either King/Lampard? The answer imo is that we have someone...

I agree, we got caught out down the flanks and that shape is the same be it 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1. I’m leaning towards BTA > Eccles for this one but if Lampard feels like he needs Eccles for control, fair enough.

Sheff Wednesday is the only dead cert. I genuinely think Norwich are in serious trouble and could get relegated, especially if they get Manning’s replacement wrong. They’ve lost all 7 of their home games and can’t afford to have a home record that bad in any league, Luton and Plymouth only lost...

They wouldn’t have finished in the Top 2 had Leeds not bottled it big time. The league isn’t bad, it’s competitive and with Southampton and Leicester being basket cases, is it to anyone’s surprise that’s it’s an open league? My prediction is that we’ll finish Top 2 with Ipswich and Leicester*...

That’s the problem with football fans, they’d be up in arms about prices raising. £30 for a ticket in the championship was normal 15-20 years ago which is around £50-55 in today’s money when adjusted for inflation. In the meantime, transfer fees and wages have gone up with inflation as well as...

At a stretch you could make the case for 4-5 players: 2 x wingers 1 x AM 1 x striker 1 x LB The Bamford story is interesting and think we wouldn’t have vetoed that move with nothing else lined up for Jan. LB is high conditional on Bidwell leaving imo. Realistically, I think we sign 1 winger...

I’m not sure if BTA comes in for Eccles or not. We were hit on the counter twice v WBA and that was with a 3 man midfield. Gut feeling is a 4-4-2 because Simms deserves a run in the team. Aside from his goal, he got an assist v Stoke and even Torp’s goal v WBA, Simms put enough pressure on...

Jan is just getting the right players in to keep us on top and then in Jan, assuming promotion, you’d need a massive ‘churn’ to get the correct players in to mount a serious survival challenge. Gut feeling, we’d be the best placed team to stay up even if we went up with Ipswich, Southampton or...

Is it? It’s shorter and easier to say Blues than Birmingham. It’s also their nickname whereas I’m not aware of any others using ‘blues’ in the EFL. I can. Tottenham Hotspur ‘Spurs’, WBA ‘Baggies’, Aston Villa ‘Villa’ as well as calling Birmingham ‘Blues’. It’s not over familiarity but when...

I’d only sign a LB if Bidwell is moved on. The old stalwarts of the Robins era; Wilson, Allen and Bidwell are now all ‘culture’ players. Good to have around the dressing room and all are happy with reduced roles. Personally, I don’t think we’ll move any of those players on in Jan, but...

I agree that the relegated teams will finish in the playoffs. The underlying data suggests they should in around automatics even at this stage. We have both Ipswich and Southampton away in December so those two results for me will give a strong indication of whether or not we’ll go up...

It isn’t, but on the flip side, if we get 4+ points v Ipswich, I think we’ll win the league. Right now, they are our main rivals, statistically and in the table they’re most likely to be next promoted. If we continue our form into December, we’re not gonna get caught up for 2nd realistically...

Would you have sold COH to Southampton/Leicester back in 23/24? My own opinion was no because the playoffs were in reach. If they’d sell him and the club wants him, I’m all for it. He’s a good championship player!

Too important for Bristol to let go. They’re 4 points off automatics so they have a good opportunity to have another stab at the playoffs. If they sold him, it’s a message that they do not believe they’ll go up. As you say, it is reminiscent of our situation with COH and perhaps had we not had...