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Let’s just focus on playing players in their best position. It was only against Darmstadt where our midfield was down to Eccles, Allen and Rudoni with only Palmer to come on with only injuries to Sheaf and Torp. In this convo there’s too much emphasis on injuries and suspensions. We’re not even...

He played for us 6 times in 22/23 and as a WB. Likewise he played WB last season for Lincoln, presumably you meant 23/24. They’re two different positions, it is constantly pointed out that JDS is better suited to WB rather than LB. Similarly, Sakamoto has played 10+ games in his career as a WB...

Where’s that come from? If MVE gets injured, Lati comes in at RB so if Thomas also gets injured/suspended you’re left with a back 4 of Burroughs-Lati-Binks-Bidwell (for example). That doesn’t look particularly strong to be honest. Burroughs hasn’t played a competitive match at RB in his career...

The depth in terms of numbers which according to Robins own count we’re still 1-3 players behind that standing count of 2022-23. So you haven’t countered that point unless you believe MR to be wrong. In which case, you clearly know best.

It’s not a 5th CB if Lati is deputising MVE at RB. If MVE gets injured, Burroughs won’t be playing RB and it’s not even a given he’ll be kept in the squad this season. The squad requirement is either a CB or RB - depending on where MR wants Lati playing. He played RB against Everton which was...

That wasn’t the point I or Robins has made now or in the past. The benchmark was in the numbers, Robins said the squad size was ‘net’ smaller than last seasons and presumably wants a squad size on par with 22/23 if he kept referencing it. It makes sense and we’re still short in some areas. Which...

We’re not competing against mid table teams anymore, our aim is promotion and there’s a good 5 players in the 2nd XI we need to improve upon. There’s also about 3-5 players that’ll be loaned out. The squad is the best in terms of quality it has since we were a Prem team. To demonstrate how...

Which is actually my point. In terms of numbers we still have less players than that season. The quality outside of start XI is obviously a lot higher. So we’re a good 2-3 players short of having a squad able to compete in all cup competitions and the league. 2026/27 if we’re not up we may be...

A lot of us do but we’re also protecting ourselves from inflation because that £500-550 rate we’ve locked in is good value when ST prices are now £400-450 and will rise next season.

Define balance. Ipswich topped off their signings with loanees. They had a pretty solid base with their L1 business - we weren’t ready to compete last year and a few loanees wouldn’t have bridged the gap. In reality, we have a small squad that’s still behind the depth of 22/23 and teams aren’t...

Hull went for broke last season and it didn’t pay off. For all the comparisons our fans made to them last year, we’re far better off being patient and signing our own players. We’ve easily got players worth a total of £50-60+ million in our squad. If we don’t get promoted this year or next, we...

Not many teams successfully bounce straight back up from L1 in their first season. I don’t think Birmingham will get promoted this season, 2025/26 ought to be their year.

Collins is by far a better keeper and it’s not even close. Wilson was one of the leagues worst performers on xG for goals conceded. Collins was one of the leagues better keepers. Despite his costly mistakes.

Boxing Day will always be a Cat A game as it’s generally one of the highest attended games of the season. £37 isn’t unreasonable and given that we have around 22k STHs, it’s impacting an ever smaller % of fans. Frankly, we’re getting less reliant on day trippers and walk ups. At some point, I...

Well, I’m not so fussed about the depth per se. My belief is that there’s a general lack of experience in the team. Given the catalogue of avoidable goals we conceded last season, you’d think an experienced CB would be really beneficial. This season at least, I reckon Lati will be mostly...

Which had no bearing on what was a brilliant finish.

BTA scored 2 less league goals than Simms including one of the best goals we conceded last season (WBA’s 2nd in the home tie). He’d start for most Championship teams and he’s not a guaranteed starter for us. Had we signed Stamenic, I’d be happy to predict us finishing as high as 3rd or 4th this...

Ironically, precisely the kind of signing people were saying they’d have made when Wright and Simms were slow off the mark last season. Thankfully, the last time I recall hearing the phrase ‘I’d have signed a proven Championship striker’ was Sheffield Wednesday at home in the cup replay. We...

Yikes, that is a big dose of copium - which I recently found out is not a drug! 😂

BTA apparently isn’t 2-3m upfront. For consistency, I’ve used all the top end values. Bearing in mind we signed Godden for £750k in the same window Pompey signed Marquis for £2.5m, that should provide some context. BTW scored 11 goals, plays across the front 3 and comparing those league goals...