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It’s not a Pep thing, I remember us defending corners this way since Coleman and Boothroyd. This thing about leaving 1-2 players up top is something the fans feel good about. In reality, the likelihood of clearing the ball and a forward getting onto it and then scoring from it is low. Keeping...

He’d do both Torp and Eccles a world of good. Robins put it quite accurately that our press was off - I don’t think either Eccles or Torp are capable of ‘leading’ that midfield area. Certainly not as well as Sheaf.

Compare our squad from 22/23 to the current one and you should have your answer. Unequivocally, it’s been good. We don’t know the ins and outs but if we couldn’t identify the ‘right’ player at the right price, then it’s perhaps best we wait it out. James as a placeholder signing wouldn’t be...

The ‘meta’ seems to be for teams to pack the box with all there players. Not many teams leave anyone up nowadays. The issue, in my view, was was a failure of organisation. To use an example, if McFadz was playing I’d assume he’d be talking to get people out pushing out. The worry going into...

Yes. Even the Oxford goal (first one), Simms was a scapegoat for many on here. If Binks wins a header in the box, it doesn’t lead to Simms poor touch and the goal. There’s just too much indecision and/or disorganisation in the box. Ironically, I felt more at ease watching the Bristol cup game...

Well, we’re desperately light. At least James would be an upgrade on Kelly from last season. A short term contract for James or Armstrong would be a decent option. Experience and leadership alone could do this team a world of good. Providing more value to the team collectively rather than...

The xgA table does not surprise me at all. All of our goals have been soft so far. Yes, Bristol’s was a great strike but we gave him acres of space. I need to rewatch the Norwich goal but in the stand it felt like another soft goal. In the next games I can see Thomas and Kitching coming back...

Doug has given Robins the resources to do the job and it’s up to him to get the results and if he doesn’t, we may need to find a new manager. The aforementioned sentence means exactly the same as ‘giving Robins the rope to hang himself’. DK’s first action was to give MR & AV extended contracts...

That were often harmless. The issues we’ve seen this season are the same ones we had against the top half teams last season. Too predictable and lethargic i.e. no risky passes between defensive lines. CM was the number 1 priority signing this summer and unbelievably we haven’t resolved this. We...

We played about 30-35 minutes playing 4-2-4. The root cause of our issues is that Eccles and Torp partnership. Allen being a distant 2nd place tells you everything you need to know about the quality in that midfield unit.

It’s hard to be creative when you don’t have control of midfield. Norwich weren’t great today, there were times they would make riskier passes to strikers through defensive lines. We are too cautious and will only pass out wide and by the time those wid r players have the ball, the opposition is...

The missing ingredient is clearly Sheaf. Even then, I remember having plenty of discussion last season about missing Hamer and apparently Eccles and Torp were good enough to step up. In fact, in preseason Allen was good enough. There was a complete denial of how off the pace our midfield was in...

That’s unfair on Rudoni, he looks good in that 10 role, but it is just Eccles and Torp (then Allen) who just look markedly off the pace. It was the same last season when Sheaf was out for the games in Feb/March - when we had COH.

Strongly disagree. The 20m Sheaf played v Oxford was our most positive and in control we’ve looked. Without him, Torp and Eccles are struggle to progress the ball through midfield and winning it back. Greg Downes put it accurately when he said Cov were lethargic and predictable. We won’t get...

I thought he was shouting something to the bench, personally. More in frustration about how the game was going. That was my interpretation but being the other side of the pitch it’s difficult to tell what went on.

We’re not good at keeping the ball or winning it back. To top it off, another soft goal conceded. Thomas and Kitching have kept 2 clean sheets so far, they should be starting in my view. I appreciate it’s not simple, but I don’t understand how we’ve not signed a CM or 2 this summer. Robins...

Agreed and this a process, the team is capable of getting playoffs and with some additions in Jan, we should be capable of pushing on. There’s no point over spending and this all ending in tears like it did at Derby. We’ve kept our star players and added some good depth in forward areas. All...

If he’s fell out with the manager as has been suggested, you just have to get him out of the door. It’s as simple as that, so there’s not much point dwelling on replacing a player that was a bench player for us.

I’m sure plenty of targets have been identified. Getting the deals over the line is a completely different matter.

Perhaps that’s his/his recruitment team’s fault? He sanctioned signing Bassette and BTA so clearly there was funds for a signing. If we’ve gone off chasing players who have no interest in joining us, that isn’t DK’s fault. We had £4m earmarked for Stamenic so funds were there.