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Said in the other thread, I think it should be up to the ref to have a look at a replay if he wants. I think the whole idea of VAR undermines refs authority and you’re just replacing one fallible ref with another. May as well stick with the one you’ve got.

I assume a week off will be enough to come back from running 17k on Sunday. And yeah, cos we’re out of the cup.

Knew that would bring you round 🤣

There’s no way it would be less than £5m.

Don’t think we’ll lose. I think losing four in a row will be something the squad want to stop regardless of whether we can make the playoffs. Haji, Simms, O’Hare, MvE should all be fit to start. Gritty 1-1 for me.

We need 25 players and having Lati, Tavares and Allen as the three extra beyond two for every position is fine IMO. Tav and Allen only have a year left anyway. Same reason I’d probably keep Wilson as a third too, another link back to previous squads that help squad harmony along with Bidwell and...

I think the shortened pre season and losing Hamer late are as much to blame. Which is why I’d sell Sheaf early to guarantee new players can come in early. What if Vik moves on deadline day?

And 10 of those 13 we haven’t had Saka… Which has meant Lati at RB for a chunk, which weakens our defence as well as hampering our attack.

I just think that’s the reality of our situation as a club. You’ve got to trust the management team to be able to replace him. No arguments from me on his impact, but that’s the nature of PL quality players.

Fair. Maybe better to say he hadn’t stopped scoring.

I think a large part of that has been confidence and being in a comfortable shape. We look a different side in a 4231, particularly with Sheaf and Sakamoto playing. In the 19 games between switching to it and Saka getting injured we won 10 and only lost 2 (Ipswich and Norwich both 2-1). We...

To be fair the football governance bill is coming in under a Tory govt. which is a good step.

Just watched S2 of Invincible. Really enjoyed it, but seems to end halfway through with no real resolution. This seems to be a trend. 8 episode “seasons” that don’t have the time to do a proper season so really you get half a season every two years. Bring back proper 22 episode seasons.

Top comedy.

We’re not far shy of 100 goals this season. We’ve got two players almost on 20. We have been putting teams to the sword. On the one hand you’re saying we’re far too defensive and the other that we let too many goals in.

The entire point is to bring the forwards closer though. So you can take them out the game and build an attack.

The more I think about it, the more I think we need to sell Sheaf, as much as it pains me as he’s my favourite player. His value is at its peak, that’s the model. He deserves a shot at PL if it’s there. And most importantly i think the squad needs a fair amount spent and we don’t want to rely...

Really good, but i think dodges the VAR question and paints it as an inevitability. Which is disappointing as it seemed to identify VAR as partly responsible for the rise in scrutiny of refs. I’d like to see another approach. Much stricter rules about respecting officials brought in. Such as...

Haha I was a bit harsh. The mistakes are what worries me, and his distribution which doesn’t seem to be as good as he thinks. He’ll get better especially if we can get a Fadz type who can organise the defence and calm him down a bit. I like my defence to be calm and Kitching and Collins...

And now I’m arguing Robins isn’t lying.