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Which point? Burroughs, the 2 CBs or both?

Beggars belief. Having one or two wingers wouldn’t have saved the season. 3 players competing for 2 slots in a 48+ game season is asking for trouble. Lati is not a CM and proved that in the games he’s played there. He’s also covering 3 or 4 positions. Allen’s primary position for us is AM...

Apparently we’re after 2 CBs in the summer which would suggest that in a back 4, Lati would be considered a back up for MVE. Burroughs has been playing WB rather than full back so I doubt he’d be viewed as a second choice options next season.

By then, he’ll have 12 months left in his contract… Personally, I think Sheaf will want to leave in the summer to test himself in the Prem £15m for Hamer was a good deal because his contract was expiring. He was worth £20+ million with his goals and assists last season if the contract was...

Wright is a lot better than Sakamoto and it’s not even close. Comparing the xG stat for both, Sakamoto over performed on that metric whilst Wright has underperformed. Going into next season, with similar performances, Wright will end up with more goals and Sakamoto with less goals. Sakamoto’s...

It is an issue and something to be addressed incrementally. That is, if you want the quality to improve. We could go out and buy ‘jacket fillers’ like Maguire last season or one of the numerous signings Mowbray or Slade made in Jan. Peterborough pulled the plug on EMC coming in Jan which...

I was using CM as an example. 1-2 loans would’ve made some difference, however, it’s not the silver bullet we think it is. Kelly and Allen aren’t adequate depth for where we want to be. Hull went all in on loans in Jan and could miss out on playoffs just like us. In short, we’re not as close...

Yes, it would helped with the loss of Sakamoto because we’ve not looked right without him. That said, 1-2 loanees probably wouldn’t have made the difference in the long run. Given how tired the whole team looks right now. The lack of a loan signing in Jan is an easy thing to point at and to...

€100m in today’s market for a striker is not that ridiculous. With Sporting having a high sell-on clause they’re going to maximise their gains too. Gyokeres has the same amount of goals (with 2 games remaining) in the Portuguese league as Nunez the season before Liverpool spent €100 million...

Simms is our top goal scorer overall and Hadji Wright is our top goal scorer and assister (joint with MVE) in the league. It’s a non-starter that they are in our top 5 players of the season. To think they were slow starters too, they have both had great first seasons and made a lot of bed...

I’m out run of form in December and January he was the second coming of Christ on here… 24/25 in a footballer’s life cycle is a strange time, if Kitching kicks on and hits form again, the doubters will be silenced. Then again, the doubters are never wrong on this forum.

Just out of curiosity, why has Robins not really dropped Kitching? Especially given that we’d ideally make Binks a permanent signing. I’m not doubting the info, but it just seems strange they have these concerns and continued playing him.

We got Hamer for £1.25m and you’d hope Torp is capable of getting goals and assists. If we were to cash in on Sheaf I’d expect 2 CMs in the summer.

To clarify, I wasn’t proposing Sara as a realistic target for us as he is a cut above the Championship. The point was more that we need a player who can produce number like he has to elevate our own team. At Norwich away he looked a level above against Torp and Eccles. He seems to score lots of...

It is also a 5 year plan, not a 1-2 seasons go all in for Premiership football. The stated goal is to get promotion and stay in the Prem. That’s a long process and of our squad right now, there aren’t many who could perform at that level over 38 games. A few loans when we’re ready to really go...

Sheaf isn’t the kind of player that will start banging in the goals any time soon - that’s not really his game. He’s close to the peak of his value as a premiership player and at 26, he will want a move if there’s serious interest in him. If we need 6-8 players, which is a number I’d agree...

How many players do you believe we need for a playoff push? Assuming Gyokeres leaves for €100m early in the window, we're set for £7-10 million - would that fund the players you think we need?

We would've got more for both players if they have 24 months on their contract rather than 12. We got great deals given the circumstances, but we didn't maximise their value.

They have 13 in the league and none since February. I’ve defined ‘midfield’ as all our CMs and AMs and frankly, it's a weakness that they've scored so few goals. Look at Norwich's Sara who's putting in Hamer numbers (12 goals, 13 assists), a player like that is the difference in getting us into...

The reality is that we need to continually sell players to get to the next level. We've turned Hamer and Vik into 5-6 saleable assets that can keep us competitive in our journey. We still need quite a few players before we can really challenge at the top of the table and if we get a good deal...