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The squad isn’t ‘complete’, but we’ve got no major gaps in our match day 18. A few questions Robins needs to address: - Can Biamou play a role in the Championship? If no, a striker is needed - even a development piece - Are we happy with Eccles/Shipley/Allen in the deeper CM role? If no, a...

I’m under the impression that it classified as a ‘deliberate handball’ which is an automatic red card? I could be wrong, but refs don’t have a fallback option in that circumstance!

Nope, 4-3-3. I’m not confident in recalling this accurately, but we MAY have played the diamond formation once in our first season back in League 1.

Has Robins ever played that formation before? Viveash was at Chelsea under Conte and Robins is talking about building an identity and certain style of play. Frankly, I don’t really see us changing things up anytime soon.

Kelly and McFadz to remain skipper and vice. Next in line, I’d go with Hyam based on the current crop. Hopefully, Hamer has got some good leadership qualities too.

Bennett basically caught the ball outside the box. I remember being convinced it was in the box, but it probably was because the appeal was unsuccessful, iirc. I was still a primary school student at that game - but absolutely unforgettable game!

Is that a diamond or flat 4-4-2? Frankly, I’d be very surprised if MR picks this team. No wingers, no leadership and a massive departure from what made us successful last year. If we drop 5 at the back, we’ll most likely revert to 4-3-3.

Can’t see MR dropping Kelly any time soon. With the condensed fixture list, this is a signing to bolster the squad, and a long term plan in place for CDM.

Agreed. Barring Hamer and DaCosta, all of our signings have essentially come from League 1 (and equivalents). Given our circumstances, probably a sensible transfer policy and hopefully one that works out for us!

The interviewer man. Sure there’s people at the club who an think of some decent questions for the lad?

Sheaf is going to be #14

Without being harsh on Sheaf, I doubt Arsenal fans really know who he is. The website probably reflects that.

You’re speculating. Equally, we might want a loan to cover ourselves if we were to be relegated. ‘Option to buy’ is just like a loan ‘with a view to permanent’, we have a deal in place to make it a permanent transfer if we decide to take this on. Might turn to be an ideal deal, but no doubt...

I see what you mean now and I agree! In fairness, the intention was probably to imitate buying ‘packs’ as we probably all have done with sticker/card collections. This said, it’s evolved into something more nefarious.

I’ve never play Fortnite, so the reference is lost on me! Why do you think they should be banned?

The government shouldn’t ban it. It’s a free market. But, consumers should vote with their feet. FIFA, UEFA, NFL, NBA and other big leagues won’t sell their licenses if no one buys their products.

You’d have to plunge some money into FUT to get a team like yours! Fair play! EA has a monopoly on a lot of gaming markets and it definitely has milked the consumers for FUT/MUT and so on. Their dev teams tend to focus more on promoting new ways to get people to engage in micro transactions. At...

Interesting times in the gaming industry, in relation to sports games. You have a lot of people complaining about not only FIFA, but MADDEN and other titles. Even NBA 2K is facing a bit of backlash too. I got a little bit addicted to Ultimate Team (nothing crazy) on FIFA 19 and on reflection...

What @Grendel said makes sense. But, you may have point too as the JCH deal was structured in such a way to work around FFP, iirc.

In an ideal world, Baka starts and has a really good game, bagging a goal or two. Then, Walker gets brought on for some game time and bangs a goal himself. Staying in an ideal world, Jones has a stormer and scores a hat trick...