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Nah, Kone is a good player but 18 goals in L1 is v good but Toney was a goal every 1.3 games… He’s not at that level yet. Intriguing signing and at £3m, a reasonable price tag.

Frank Lampard had this to say earlier: “Ephron had a bit of a sore groin. I’m not saying I had to play him but he’s our naturally left-sided winger in the team so there are definitely things in and around the scenes where we are slightly that little percent out around the box.” Reading between...

When we were playing 3-4-1-2? I don't think so. Sakamoto was brought in as a RWB who can slot in at AM. Which is why after Sakamoto gets injured post-PNE, we play 3-4-1-2 again quite few times. The recruitment issues haven't moved on from when we played that formation because we don't have...

It's potentially an issue. In reality, Haji needs time to settle in upfront and get a good run of games because last season it was swapping around too often due to injuries to EMC. Which again, highlights a need for wide players if you're playing a formation with wingers, you need a minimum of 4...

If you're going off this highlight reel, most of the highlights he was playing in a 2 striker formation where he had a free role. Particularly the Watford games (home and away) and drove from the right as well as the left - as he did v Sunderland last season. It's worth noting that there In...

Incorrect. I've broken this down elsewhere and he has scored more goals as a striker than LW. We played 3-4-1-2 to start the season and he scored a few goals, had a great start to his new role at LW 4-2-3-1 and this dropped off after NY Day v Boro. Scored 3 goals v Wolves, Leeds & Ipswich and...

Haji is good at working in the spaces, between the lines, from both side. The best example is Sunderland where all of his goals came from picking the ball up in space and cutting inside to shoot/win a penalty. He scored a lot of goals on the cut back centrally. I’m not Lampard nor a mind...

My logic is that Haji is a striker and has been his whole career so we should play him there. When people say LW is his “best” position, you’d expect that to express itself in more goals and assists. It doesn’t. If the Haji at LW is to ‘create and assist’, he only has 4 assists playing LW in...

You keep repeating what others are saying but the facts just don’t support what you say. It was true for a portion of the 23/24 season and that’s it. For context, it was also true that Collins was operating at a high level in that same period in goal - with the highest shot save % in the league...

The goals tell a different story and this has been true since the turn of 2024.

What are you basing that on? One 2-3 month stretch nearly 2 season ago. Last season he definitely wasn’t more effective off the left. He scored 4 goals from that position compared to 8 upfront. He had a goal drought, Robins changed to 5-3-2 and almost instantly Wright scores 4-5 goals in about...

Try the local team website for the tickets. I got Jets and Knicks tickets last season pretty easily and Nets tickets were $25-30 for one game Check out ‘city passes’ for your destination because the New York one could be used Yankees tickets - which I’d have done if it were in season. It’s...

This mindset is rooted in the 90s and 00s. We don’t need a Keiffer Moore or a Carlton Morris. We tried to put the ball in behind for BTA and nearly worked a few times. Likewise, our best chance of the game was arguably when Haji and BTA interchanged and unfortunately Haji passed up on what...

LW has objectively not been Wright’s best position. The correct question is whether or not he’s better in a 2 striker or 1 striker formation.

No, people have been parroting the line that Haji ‘doesn’t suit Lampard’s system’ as a striker as if he’s played v well at LW. He scored once at LW v Plymouth. He’s a striker, Haji wants to play there and Lampard agrees because it’s his best position. Hes not had much of a preseason so might...

Haji scored most of his LW goals during the purple patch under Robins back in Oct-Dec 2023. In the same period, Collins had the highest shot saving % in the league was operating at a high level. People’s perception of Haji at LW hasn’t moved on from there but in reality, he’s been much stronger...

I’m pretty sure EMC has more goals and assists for us than Haji from the wing since 2024. The reality is that Haji had one really good stretch between October and December 2023 and from then, not a lot of goals and assists.

More than Haji Wright?

Massively. Sakamoto is a good player, but he’s not a a big goal threat and sometimes wasteful at the byline. One stanza that annoyed me is when Sakamoto got the ball in the good crossing position, he tries a dribble move and it goes out for a goal kick. For such a good crosser, it’s...

It’s one game and we play with one striker so if you have 3, you can’t play all of them without changing formation. Either way, the fundamental weakness in our team is that we use the wide channels a lot, but there’s no where enough goal production there. What did EMC and Sakamoto do today...