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This is something JDS is doing and quite well to his credit and why he is keeping Bidwell out of the team. He’s operating akin to a LCM when we’re in possession and we’re seeing MVE do it more too, that’s how he got some decent shooting opportunities of late. Under Robins his position tended to...

Not necessarily, it’s ever going to be a fixed ‘traditional’ 4-4-2. The way play in a 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 leaves a lot of gaps between the lines because: - The CMs overlapping with wingers to create overloads - Grimes operates as a half back i.e. 3rd CB in possession - the WBs either overlap or...

If he adds more goals to his game, he’ll be a premiership player. He’s got it in his locker too because there were chances like Swansea away, Burnley (yes it led to a goal anyway and Trafford made a fine save) and Pompey at home there were a few chances he at least needed to test the keeper...

100%. In this stretch, we’ve got games v Hull, Plymouth and Luton so there will be a lot more games of a similar profile to last night. So having Simms in the box with Haji will be beneficial. I’m leaning to 4-4-2 atm because we’re a bit short on CMs with Eccles and Torp out injured.

I took my mate who was a neutral and he thought highly of EMC, some of his passes were a bit off but his dribbling was generally solid.

Haji could potentially play there, he’s good with both feet so could see some joy from him cutting onto his left foot before shooting like he did v Sunderland. We almost definitely will sign a RW in the summer if EMC or Wright is not a viable option. I rate Sakamoto but he’s not quite going to...

The could be said for Sakamoto tbf, he does tend to struggle against teams that put 10 men behind the ball. Sakamoto’s lack of a right foot hinders him because he always needs to get onto his left foot before shooting or crossing, generally speaking. Now compare that to Rudoni who has several...

With the current team, I do think that our best team is has Rudoni, Wright, EMC and Simms playing. Whether that’s a 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1, I don’t know. Specifically, given the volume of goals we score from headers, you want Simms in the box, Rudoni arriving late and Haji exploiting mismatches...

In my estimation, definitely not. The reason 5-3-2 worked so well is because Torp and Rudoni operated high up the pitch almost as if they were wide players (at times). There’s a reasonably compelling case for 4-4-2. Rudoni has most of his assists from the RW and keeping Simms and Wright up top...

I’m pretty confident we’ll end up playing 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 with a front three of EMC-Simms-Wright with the current crop of players. The Sunderland game looks more and more like a the exception rather than the rule. It is harsh on Sakamoto, but he’s also been a little bit cold after a good run...

Cardiff at home where we scored in the 88th minute. This was probably the biggest. As good as the other last minute winners were, they’ve steadily increased in importance as we’ve marched up the table. Last night, this fixture was our ‘easiest’ home game and one we needed to take maximum...

That’s a harsh way of looking at it. When you’re playing teams towards the bottom, they’re going to stick 10 men behind the ball and try to stop you playing. We created a few moments where we probably needed to be braver with our passing/shooting. We had two open headers in the box and failed...

I genuinely think we’ll extend his contract next season if we don’t go up. He’s a solid role player to have in the squad.

He does need to add more goals to his game to go up a level, missed some good chances this season. Signing of the season for me and an upgrade on COH. The data has shown this clearly all season.

He’s a good championship player and failing to break into an MLS team is hardly a shame. Buzzing he got his big moment playing for us! As people said, this has that same feel as the draw v Blackburn away in 22/23! We’ve had some last minute winners but this one is potentially the most...

Judging anything on 70m of game time is not a good idea. I’m sure the management will figure out a formula to get the best out of them together. Allen covers more distance but Sheaf is a better defender so it’s almost a 6 and two 3s situation imo. Sheaf needs to get that sharpness back which...

We looked quite good in that 4-4-2, that moment of link up play between Simms, Wright and EMC was our most promising moment besides the goal. So much sweeter we score a winner deep in stoppage time after all their time wasting.

In fairness, that FK from Hamer put us on the back foot. Can’t do nothing about that but Sheff U are not a team you can concede the first goal against, nor Burnley!

Why not? Getting a win tomorrow v Pompey puts us back in the top 6 with games v Hull, WBA, Plymouth, Luton and Boro. There’s an easily 4 wins in this block of games. Bristol City have won 4 games away all season and have to play Leeds away. I don’t think they’ll go the distance. Same with Boro...

Their form has nosedived at the wrong time and they have Watford at home before playing us away so it’s not getting any easier for them. We need QPR to beat Bristol City this weekend but I’m confident their away form will keep them out the Top 6.