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Well deserved win and on the ball we looked fantastic. The only issue we had was off the ball, the spine looked weak. Got away with gifting two soft goals! On we March!

I agree it should be scrapped tbh, especially being so early in the season.

Wembley would make the most sense to host a semi final if we went down the neutral venue route. There’s not many stadia that are big enough to host the big teams evenly imo. I do agree that 2 legged semi final is naff - it isn’t Europe!

I hoped you’d say Kefalonia was rubbish. I was supposed to go there on my cruise in May but the weather called it off because the port is tiny. The scenery looked amazing.

Consecutive away games at Bristol City and consecutive home matches v Oxford. What are the chances of that? It’s a winnable tie but it’s just boring to be playing the same teams over and over. Easy 20 points for though for the people complaining about access to away games.

Great, another repeat fixture… at least it’s winnable.

It wasn’t a 4-4-2 in the traditional sense. After made the subs, for a 5-10m period Palmer was hugging the left hand side and BTA operating as a striker. From going 1-0 up, BTA was on the left hand side and Palmer back as an AM. At least that’s how it looked to me in the stands. Wright operates...

… I’ll let you debate that with 2019/20 Fernando. He had some nice touches but it was less convinced with how we looked defensively and in possession it was often too cautious (this isn’t just Torp btw).

Exactly, I reckon that’s the profile we’re going for because there’s a lot of potential in all 4 of our current CBs. In the two games so far, we’ve been a bit open and my concern is that our defence will not be good enough to finish in the Top 4.

I believe, perhaps naively, that there’s still funds that was earmarked for the Stamenic transfer that never went through. There’s been snippets that we’re still negotiating for Marsden. We were told about Dovin at the start of the window and he came in about 6-8 weeks after the matter. If...

I agree that we need a dynamic RB but I still feel we look open in defence and for that reason, if the choice is one or the other, you’d have to go for a CB all day.

Pun definitely intended…

Pretty bang average game and glad Robins called that out. Our midfield without Sheaf looks weak. It’s without a doubt our top priority to get a CM through the door this window. Too conservative in possession, we’ve got bags of pace which we’re often not using. Just got in from the game and...

You’re really obtuse when you want to be so let’s revisit some of the things you had to say about how great our season was going in Dec 2019: I didn’t have to go back further, before Xmas our form over the prior 10 games had us 19th, hence my comments about a slow start. Goodnight Fernando.

Revisit that seasons fixture and results list. The first games was a decent start tracking at 2 PPG, but from then on, until the the midway point, we dropped off a lot. 1-23 - 40 points, 1.74 PPG 24-34 - 27 points, 2.45 PPG Specifically, our form picked up from the game before Xmas. In the...

Except 1 of those isn’t a CM, 1 was signed when we were a midtable L1 team and 2 of those are will miss around 10 games a season each. If we aspire to go for promotion, the midfield needs more quality and it’s absolutely non-negotiable.

I have a U22 ticket and frankly, anyone can have it for free at this point. I’m driving to Bristol from work around 4ish so will be at the ground for 6-7ish.

Agreed. What would be a sackable offence for Robins? In my view, if we don’t make playoffs this season (finishing Top 9 or 10) there will be a lot of pressure going into 2025/26 where a slow start would probably result in the sack. Other than that, only a disaster this season such as a...

How do ensure squad members not in the starting 11 are at their best if they’ve not played a lot of minutes or not at all? It isn’t as simple as just having a squad. Yep. It applies to both the macro and microcycles. You will be looking at the optimal times to peak your performance throughout...

I’m assuming you’ve never heard of something called periodisation? Literally coach in every sport will try to utilise this. In short, it gears the athletes to be physically and mentally at their best at the most important parts of the season. So no, it isn’t setting them up to ‘play better’...