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My gut feeling is that we’ll sign a Prem loanee for CB this window. Looking at our defensive performances so far and following 2024 as a whole, we don’t look capable of keeping a clean sheet. Yes, it’s true our defensive record was 6th best in the league (or thereabouts) but we had an incredible...

A lot of paranoia here Gibb. EMC was brought in to be a marquee signing but it’s competitive in those wide areas and he’ll need to fight his way in. It’s as simple as that and no need to overthink it. We signed him in January on the expectation he’d be our player in Jan. There was no suggestion...

A CM and a CB would really make us a Top 4 (possibly even automatic) contender. Based on the goals (+ chances) we’ve conceded so far, our defence could be our soft underbelly. As discussed on other threads, the midfield without Sheaf looks open too. We seem to be winning less ball higher up the...

Exactly, it’s a unique chant to our ‘culture’ and city rather than the copy and paste chants we nick from other clubs for other players.

Lati and Simms got in each other’s way in the box and it kind of hits Simms. My expectation would be that a CB takes ownership in that situation. To be frank, had it been Thomas there I reckon he would’ve pelted it out. Lati on Friday was far more assured on the ball than Thomas v Stoke so it’s...

Considering they missed a clear cut red card, they really can’t say anything…

The points program is great, these kind of cup games I’d have skipped in the past. These games become must-not-miss games if you’re building up your points.

Why don’t we just sing the chorus to ‘A Message to You Rudy?’ It’s unique and as a classic Cov tune. Similar to how we sign ‘Twist and Shout’.

Which is a given because MVE is a player who carries the ball. Bidwell will be further forward because we target him with diagonals and we generally want him hitting first time crosses.

His main competition is Sakamoto, Wright and Simms are nailed on starters. EMC had 2 good opportunities to open his account with us last night and he lacked that killer instinct last night. It’ll come though, he’s still adjusting.

Agreed on that, Rudoni had free license in attack and to be fair to him, was responsible for filling in defensively when Torp moved forward too. I don’t want to get too carried away, but the early signs to me is that he’s an upgrade on COH.

We weren’t dreadful, in the second half we were the better team that couldn’t fashion a clear cut chance. Missing Sheaf and Wright was a big factor imo.

Binks failed to win the header in the first place for their first and both CBs were ball watching after Simms’ poor touch. That was a collective failure. Including Torp’s poor header - entirely preventable. Similarly, for their second, we got caught out following Torp’s misplaced pass and we...

All competitions or in the league?

He put in some solid tackles but I don’t disagree with the view that Torp and Eccles struggled when pressed and I’ve felt all 3 games we’ve been open in midfield and defence. That may be a tactical issue(s) that needs to be tweaked but I suspect that Sheaf will shore things up.

He set the tone from the first minute when he tried to knock the ball past his man and had tremendous pace. He’s scoring 20+ league goals this season.

I rewatched the highlights and Haji’s anticipation for the winner was fantastic! Thought he had a superb game, instrumental in all 3 goals and frankly should’ve scored before the winner with 1-2 chances beforehand. Tats too, linked up really well with MVE which was typified with how he set up...

On the ball, without a doubt. Defensively, Kitching and Thomas are better imo. All 3 league goals we’ve conceded have been poor and the defence including Binks bears responsibility there.

Binks’ distribution is top notch but his positioning could be worked on, imo. I felt we were more secure in the Bristol City game but distribution-wise, we looked a lot better with Binks. I suspect there will be a lot of rotation in that LCB role depending on the opposition.

Seen the goals we’ve conceded this season so far? It’s been nightmarish.