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It’s 9 games in and a new manager has to deal with the structural issues the team still has. There’s a lack of quality in midfield and defence that needs to be addressed in January.

It’s clear that Robins isn’t happy with players taking the ‘easy options’ which is probably aimed at the wide players and midfielders. Too often we pass backwards and don’t risk putting the ball in dangerous areas until the opposition has 10 men behind the ball. I do think the biggest issue in...

Simms is a strange person to call out. What chances has he missed? I’m sorry but strikers won’t do much if there’s no chances for them to score and 2024 of last season proved that he’ll finish chances he’s given. Bassette has this really positive fanfare atm because he’s shown decent glimpses...

I don’t see what achieves to be honest. The reality is that the team hasn’t been improved from last season outside of the forwards. The defence and midfield is exactly the same. In the meantime, we’re actually down 2 players in terms of headcount because Kelly and Palmer haven’t been replaced...

Going into this season, I didn’t think we could be top 4 without 2-3 signings in defence and midfield. There needs to be some home truths, we just don’t create enough chances to take advantage of the attacking talent we have and to make things worse, the defence isn’t good enough for us to play...

I’ll give the first half, actually. We weathered an early storm, Wilson makes a good point blank save and out goal was a piece of fantastic skill but a low probability chance. Then we through that advantage away with suicidal defending. Sscond half, I recall their chances being limited to a...

Last season, our record against the top half teams was bad. Unlike this season, however, we usually beat the teams we were above.

We had more shots, more possession and gifted them a goal in the first half.

Last season proved that if Wright and Simms get chances, they’ll score. Likewise, EMC has close to 40 goal contributions and BTA was WBA’s top scorer. The firepower is there but they need clear cut chances provided to them. I’m not criticising Eccles or Sheaf as individuals, Eccles is improving...

We weren’t bullied. We looked the better team throughout, but if you’re going to concede stupid goals, you’re not going to win very often. The second half should’ve been them playing for an equaliser and we get opportunities to catch them out. But no, another embarrassing goal gifted and they...

He’s a striker playing out wide, he needs to get the ball in space and not in traffic. By the time he gets the ball, the opposition has 8 players in the box more often than not.

They both primarily play the ball horizontally, which isn’t bad on an individual level. The issue is that because both of them do it, our phases of play become quickly predictable. How many times would MVE/Bidwell be wide open in space and most of the time, we’d switch it in 2-4 passes (Sheaf...

Haven’t you heard we have one of the best pairings in the league? 😂 On a serious note, Eccles and Sheaf are too similar imo. It’s the same issues as last season, we can’t keep clean sheets and cannot breakdown set defences. Teams just put 10 men behind the ball and we can’t break them down...

3 home losses already. I am sick of conceding so many soft goals. There’s no point having as many good forward players as we do if we’re going to create barely any chances and concede so many soft goals.

No chance. We create nothing for the firepower we have upfront. Teams play through us with embarrassing ease. Defence and midfield is holding us back, 100%.

Of course, I’ve been critical of the defence too because we just cannot seem to keep clean sheets. Our forward department is the best stocked it has ever been post-Premiership, there’s Wright, BTA and Simms capable of getting 10-20 league goals a season and they’re supported by the likes of...

I don’t think that pairing is and with all due respect to them both, our results against the the best teams in the league last season speaks for itself. It’s not a good thing either. Against Leeds we looked awful and one of those battlegrounds we lost was in midfield.

The mistake was playing an unchanged team v Swansea after a surprisingly good performance v Spurs. The team at Watford away played v well and imo, would’ve done better in that game. Leeds was a bit of a write off because of how good they are and it’s away. I expect the team against Wednesday...

There’s lots more depth for our forward positions, out wide and upfront. The rest of the team is lacking in depth though. We’ve got numbers at CB, but Lati is also covering RB and CM with Allen missing. The forward positions having depth makes a lot of sense because in-game substitutions tend...

Don’t worry, there’s only 114 points left to play for…