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Trying not to be too revisionist. O’Hare was unbelievable for us. They are very different. Cal had an intensity and that ability to create something out of nothing. Rudoni is more consistent, and he’s technically far better. Rudoni has the ingredients for top level football, he’s 6’1”...

It was sorry, yes

Not quite of the theme but I once bumped into Richard Wood in Leeds on the Monday lunchtime following his last minute own goal for Rotherham against us (around 2014). Needless to say I was an arse and mentioned this to him (“once a sky blue. Etc.”) He had the good grace to laugh and was...

I think the difference of late is that he doesn’t have to score to play well. He used to be anonymous in games, now he’s minimum a handful for their defence.

He was superb yesterday. Thought he dominated his duels with their CB, and gave us a real outlet. 2 goals without much being created for him, and unlucky with the one ruled out.

To win the play offs, we need to play better than we did yesterday and midweek.

I do think a lot depends on Sheaf and Wright. When on form, they’re our two best players. If they can raise the levels, then we’ve got a good chance.

Do find Swansea fans unanimous verdict on him leaving a bit concerning. He’s exactly what we need and evidently a good player, but we ought to temper expectations a bit.

MVE superb second half

xG gets a hard time, but it’s a valuable piece of data. 1. It measures more than just the outcome (the goal). A goal can be caused by a wonder strike or a goalkeeper error, whereas this indicates how well a team creates and gives up chances. 2. There’s a lot of data - by this stage of the...

Lati is miles off it for me. Good pedigree but makes lots of mistakes and physically isn’t up to it.

Bidwell? Haha I get what you’re saying but we’re playing a different strategy. Ultimately if this current squad doesn’t improve dramatically this season we have to cash our chips in on 2 or 3 of them. You then have to reinvest and go again. What is disappointing is how many poor signings we...

Surely it’s all just dependent on price. If we can get £8-10m, then we’ll surely sell. Good player, but we need to start recouping some of our outlay. Wright and Sheaf could well go in the summer too, and we’re facing a rebuild again. No bad thing, but have to get it right this time.

Don’t blame Lampard for wanting to bring his coaches with him. Fairly common practice and if he wants to give himself the best chance of success he’ll want people around him he knows and trusts.

He’ll manage again. Could get a pretty lucrative deal, given his rep.

Football generally is quite depressing right now. Bad start for us, although I’m hopeful we’ll be absolutely fine. It’s a big come down from post Everton friendly though England, despite having on paper the best side in Europe, played like they barely knew each other (yes I know we made the...

Allen not up to standard, as I think we all know. Torp has to do a lot more.

Allen been dreadful

Personally I’d keep Palmer if he’s happy with a squad role. He’s a bit of a flat track bully IMO. However against 8-9 of the teams in this division that could be very useful. Huddersfield away last season a great example. He was absolutely superb.

Could be a good option in January, depending on where we are in the league.