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Or Simms, signed for £3m upfront and he is joint top scorer with Wright. Sakamoto is a steal, if we want a RW I could see him being a role player come August. Which is an exciting prophecy tbf.

Exactly and that goes for most signing we’ll make this summer too. We’re not signing players to be backups.

There are some good loanees knocking about, Sheffield Wednesday signed a GK from BHA on loan and he was a success. The loan market could be a good option here. Personally, I don’t think Collins is ‘finished’. However, his April was pretty bad and if we’re letting Wilson and Moore go, we need a...

Last season we had Hamer who really put the team on his back, especially when Sheaf is injured, who does this? It’s not really Eccles game and Torp has only been here a short time, but we need midfielders who can drive us up the pitch. Particularly against the better teams in the league, we...

Our record against the top half of the table is really poor. 13 losses and only 4 wins tells us everything we need to know about our season. Compare that to last season, no one in the playoffs had beaten us.

Rudoni is still only 22, remember. Has played CM, AM and even DM according to Transfermarkt. His xG per 90 is marginally higher than COH’s for this season whilst playing in a deeper role is impressive. His finishing has been below par this season and you’d expect that to be improved for...

COH has never been interested in signing a new contract. Not now and not when he was rehabbing his injury. He knew he’d get a contract with a Prem team.

We need to make this HCfootball guy an honorary Cov fan - he loves tweeting about us.

It’s like Robins knew something we didn’t… Robins had to hold the line on that, if COH’s performances were transformative, then he’d let him get on with. If the performances don’t back up the perceived lack of professionalism, you’re on the bench. Most of the players will be here next year and...

Letting Palmer go frees up budget for a good free agent, Sheaf probably brings in revenue to sign 3-5 players for a fee.

If his stock is high and someone willing to pay a fee, it's a deal that makes 100% for all parties. He's not someone I believe will take us to the next level and therefore, I wouldn't renew his (expensive) contract.

3-4-1-2 was spent as far back as Sheffield Wednesday in the cup and as you say, Sakamoto getting injured and EMC's loan back deal was a turning point as it put us in a difficult position. Without Sakamoto, the 4-2-3-1 shape didn't look right despite being the best option because it was square...

Called 4-4-2 when AV mentioned it in his interview with the CET. If Sheaf is going to leave, that changes the dynamic a lot. It is interesting that MR earmarked needing more goals from midfield, a topic that I've been arguing with multiple posters previously. It's been a problem since Hamer...

Agreed, MR had a bust up with Vik last year iirc ITK info dropped on here. Hamer and Gyokeres 'willed' us to the playoffs and then 'willed' us to be within a penalty shootout from the promised land. COH by contrast just wasn't on that level for whatever reason. I wish him all the best and he...

Respectfully, it leaves Palmer on the bench and next season is probably going to be Palmer’s last for us. The theme for the next 2-3 season in the Championship is we’ll be shifting on good players to continually improve the team. Players like Bidwell and Palmer fit into this category.

It’s well and good saying that but COH himself said he wasn’t interested in extension talks during his rehab. He knew if he came back from injury well, he’d get an offer from a top division side. Whereas if his form wasn’t great he could always extend with us. Him getting an ACL with 18 months...

Anyone who wants a ST will get one and if you believe we’re destined for the Premiership, then again, you’ll get one to not miss out in the future. All these excuses about prices or non-Saturday KO times are superfluous. Our ticket prices this season are cheaper than they were 10+ years ago.

Would it have served the team well in the long term? The answer is no. Since Moore’s loan, in the same amount of games Simms has 10 goals and Wright has 8 goals to Moore’s 7. 100% agreed and Keiffer Moore wasn’t going to Ipswich to be a depth option and in any case, even if we were in for him...

Agreed, with the loss of McFadz, Kelly, Godden and potentially Sheaf, we’ve lost our first 4 choice captains in one season. On top of that, if Allen and/or Bidwell could be on their way out. It’s another leader or two off the books in a young squad so we absolutely need some experience and...

Over the same period Simms & Wright have more than Moore. Almost definitely on less wages too. Funnily enough I recall people saying Simms was never prolific in previous loan spells - 8 in 17 at Hearts and 5 in 17 for Sunderland.