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I don’t quite understand your first point. If you’re saying in an ‘ideal world’ mental and physical ‘injuries’ are treated equally? Then why are you seemingly arguing against clubs employing full time counsellors?Clearly you have prioritised one over the other. To labour my point about a physio...

I can tell you now that it’s exactly the same. When I played rugby at uni, we had no physio, so I couldn’t go to anyone about any niggly injuries. Back home, my rugby club has a physio, and whenever something niggly bothers me, I go either get a massage, or treatment. One particular game my knee...

The pertinent point is that people like Sordell seem to think that a support structure would encourage players to do exactly that. To draw upon the physio example once more, players are more likely to go and see a physio who’s there day-to-day with a smaller injuries. From a performance...

You’re missing the point of having a counsellor. Most of the time, it’s just having someone at the club who you can talk to impartially — even if a lot of cases are people just having ‘downturns’ rather than there being a massive problem like full blown anxiety or depression. We have physios to...

McNulty was targeted up until the new year, which sums up our fan base.

We gifted them 3 goals with comical defending/passing. Some positives, we created some decent chances with Allassani and Bakayoko looking good. They took their chances really well in fairness to them.

Are we playing 4-2-3-1 again tonight? It looks like that to me. With the exception of Camwell, this is the lineup I had in mind because it’s essential we keep everyone involved. Allassani, Hiwula and Bakayoko all need to put in good performances to force their way into Robins’ plans. But, most...

He won the header that led to the first on Sunday and scored v Gillingham. That’s his last 3 games and has contributed to 2 goals out of 3. Justifies his inclusion.

Absolutely. We don’t have the most resources and Robins approach has been a shrewd one. We’ve got plenty of young players who will (hopefully) improve and take us to the Championship, eventually. This season is about consolidation in L1. A top half finish would be a good one and with a few more...

Our GK is being blamed for conceding a free header from a corner. Christ, that makes no sense. It’s pretty basic football that if you lose your marker in the box, you really ought to score that opportunity. The fault for the goal was Sterling losing his man! This obsession with needing a new GK...

‘SISU apologist’.

This, the friendly and Thomas loan deal... All points to a deal being agreed with Derby... On a serious note, this is wonderful news!

We really need a good win here. Allassani is looking good in the U23s so perhaps it’s time to give him a start. Chaplin needs to get a start too. From the highlights, it looks like we’re playing reasonably well and just can’t put our chances away, and that needs to change pronto.

I don’t think so. Ponticelli is still a raw 20yr old, a good instinctual finisher, but MR is of the opinion his overall game isn’t up to scratch. We were chasing promotion last year so we weren’t in a position to be patient with him, so this is the perfect platform for JP to showcase his...

We’ll win this one, 2-0. Chaplin and JCH to score. A young and hungry strike force eager to prove themselves. Hopefully it pays dividends. Lineup (4-4-2): Burge Grimmer—Willis—Hyam—Mason Bayliss—Andreu—Doyle—Thomas/Shipley JCH—Chaplin Andreu or Bayliss to...

With Robins finally securing his top target this summer, how do we rate this summer’s business? Here’s a few things I like about our recruitment policy: Longer term contracts: most players have been signed on 3yr deals. Hopefully, this will add some continuity that we’ve missed in our previous...

Considering all summer there’s been zero speculation on bringing a ‘keeper in, its likely that Robins is happy with Burge as his number 1.

No one can moan about Robins not being supported now. Robins has finally got his main target and we’ve spent money on two others, at least £700k on Chaplin, Bakayoko as well as Hiwula on an ‘undisclosed’ fee. Overall, I’m happy with our transfer business this summer, but time will tell on...

Good move for him because Macclesfield are struggling. It will mean that he’ll be a main man for them. I really want him to smash it and have a really good season for them.

Haha that’s the one! Quality player! ... I shall edit that part!