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Robins said we'd practiced penalties so I highly doubt we didn't prepare. You can plan 11 penalty kick takers but I highly doubt Robins expected a penalty shootout without; Hamer, Allen, Palmer and Doyle. As for Dabo, probably knocked penalties in for fun in training and he struck the ball...

Extra-time has become a bit of a waste of time, especially with the extra substitutes. Being able to make 6 substitutes is too many, it keeps teams too fresh and reduces the likelihood of mistakes. With no golden/silver goal, there's little incentive to go out and win the game in extra time as...

I know we’ve been linked with him, is he a starting calibre player?

The stadium deal was announced a month ago and we’ve sold 5,000 PL packages. Which I suppose we’ll be aiming to sell about 14-15,000. We’ve done alright.

So clearly Luton and ourselves were waiting to see what happened in the playoffs.

Premier league pending. The published prices specified Championship.

This rumour hasn’t come from the Micky mouse Twitter account. The account has piggy backed on newspaper talk.

Have any of the other clubs in the playoffs announce ST prices yet? I couldn’t find Luton’s last week. Ultimately, people will go to games or they don’t. A lot of people are all talk and say they’ll start going to games and never do.

We have to set red lines somewhere or we’ll get bullied in the transfer market. Do we risk it all for another shot at the premier league? If a fraction of the mooted teams are genuinely interested in Gyokeres, we’ll get our asking price. Not because we’re in a strong position but more so the...

It’s not all about money. With Vik, there’s a lot of noise about who wants him - probably accelerated by his new agent. Not so much on Hamer. Perhaps he believes in the project here and thinks Coventry City can help him achieve his ambitions. Unless it’s a sizable fee, we’d genuinely be...

£20m for Gyokeres and £10m for Hamer. Both are minimum values and would probably need incentives built in too. Anything below these values and I’d seriously consider not letting them go.

Promotion via the playoffs. Was pragmatic about challenging for autos - he made a few points about footballing governance and money filtering down from the Prem.

Agreed. It depends on Hamer’s situation. It’s likely that AM signing is likely to be a loanee or a development player. Personally, I’d like to see us play with two strikers next season. Two dynamic strikers could be lethal in the way that we set up.

There was a sense of ‘we shouldn’t be here’ on Saturday. Whereas when we went down to L1 it was v typical for people to say how shit the league was (it is) and that we should be competing for the Prem. On no basis whatsoever. Robins is a cult hero atm, it would have to take a few disasters for...

You’re not wrong, but that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t a good addition nonetheless. If I recall correctly, Sheaf and Gyokeres struggled to get in the team as first choice starters on their loan spells. Gyokeres is our star striker and Sheaf has developed into one of the best progressive deep lying...

Thankfully, Robins’ stock is v high with Doug King and the fans so there’ll be a lot of patience with any setbacks next season - should it come to that. I don’t think Robins will leave either. We’re very clearly a good fit for one another. Looking at Nathan Jones and Ainsworth who have been on...

The main takeaways for me were: - Denounced racist abuse of Dabo and said he’d work with EFL/authorities - 3-5 seasons to be in the playoffs - Club needs to raise more revenue which we’re trying to do with a reference to the Premier League package I think that’s it. Jim White and Simon Jordan...

It’s about building over multiple seasons. We’re in a rebuild phase at the minute with a lot of players to come in. It’s likely Gyokeres will need to be sold and a record fee for him will allow for some reinvestment as well as putting the club on a sounder financial footing. Well run clubs don’t...

He said he’ll do in a sustainable fashion and we have a target of getting promoted via the playoffs and that takes time. A lot of fans need perspective. Not every owner is a billionaire or backed by a sovereign wealth fund. Mark Robins has said he’ll have more to spend, but not significantly...

Statistically, he seems like a v good acquisition and it's even nicer we've signed him from Bristol rather than them letting him go. A WB who's good on the ball and another to bomb forward like a winger sounds like the perfect blend for our system so I'm looking forward to seeing who we sign at...