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I don’t mind Vincenti, does a lot of underrated and undervalued work. However, I don’t think he’s a winger and should probably stop playing him there tbh. I want to touch on something you alluded to, if Andreu looked a ‘cut above’, and JCH looks like a ‘definite asset’, and Robins has brought...

Agreed - I’ve said on other threads that I think Robins buys into this ‘win the battle’ mentality too much! Whenever we’ve scored in the first quarter of the game, I don’t believe we’ve dropped points in that position (some correct me if I’m wrong). So you’d think it would be prudent to ‘blitz’...

Agreed, well reasoned argument. We definitely need to throw the kitchen sink at promotion next season (assuming we don’t go up). I still think this team is good enough for playoffs, and the next 3 games are critical for us. However, I don’t think you can downplay the impact of injuries on the...

That’s Swindon’s recent home record, before our game when we won 3-1, their home form put them about 22nd (I think). In contrast, their away form was also head and shoulders above everyone. But clearly they’ve begun to turn it round, and we need a quick turn around away too against Mansfield...

Both Vincenti and Shipley’s first choice positions are CM too, Shipley has got a good delivery on him but neither are out and out wingers. When we had Jones, I was happy because there was balance, there isn’t anymore. I’m not going to blame Robins because we had that many players to sign and it...

You've hit the nail on the head here, points I've tried to make on other threads too. I think the injury of Jones and Andreu is massive, two players I believe would be big contributors to the way we play, Jones was basically involved in all our goals one way or the other before his injury and...

Considering we've just lost 3 games on the bounce, it could've been a lot worse. We were outclassed by a way better side, who are in form at home (lost 1 in 6 at home, that being v Chelsea). At least there was effort from the players, and maybe were conservative, but I'm sure Robins would've...

I think Robins probably buys into this ‘winning the battle’ a bit too much. I could be wrong, but whenever we’ve scored early in the first half, we’ve never lost, I can’t remember us drawing in that position either. ‘Winning the battle’ against teams the top half teams has generally worked, bad...

Fair enough, in the last 2 games he’s scored 3 so that got past me. McNulty has still scored in more games (14) and Collins is on (13), that is just after his recent flurry. The pertinent point is, one cost about 300k, the other was a free agent with similar stats. So, in terms of best value...

Depends on the league. In the Premiership, absolutely. Even then there’s anomalies, look at Burnley and Bournemouth. League 1 is currently topped by Shrewsbury and Accrington and Wycombe occupy 2/3 places in the autos in our league. I expect our budget to be up there with the top 3, but we know...

I also don’t get why people are so keen to conflate league position with budget. Accrington and Wycombe are in the top 3, I’d be very surprised if either were in top 8 budget wise. They’re just well run clubs who have consolidated squads. Pretty sure Wycombe didn’t do that well last season too...

Yes, he chose Swindon over us? We clearly identified him as a target for his proficiency at goal scoring in L2. Swindon’s budget is probably equal with ours. JCH was a 3rd choice signing because Craig Davies didn’t want to come. But, JCH is 23 so this an investment (large loan fee because it’s...

We have a a squad of 22 1st team players (go check the CCFC website). This number does not include the following: Ponticelli, Bayliss, Shipley. We have a large squad. We had to rebuild because we got relegated and the squad had a lot of deadwood. We got quality and quantity through the door...

Well, the only player to public knowledge who we’ve been ‘blown out of the water’ for, was Marc Richards. We could’ve been hesitant to offer him an 18mth contract. Other players like Williams, Davies, some Barnet lad, maybe Newton at Stevenage, didn’t want to come to us for whatever reason.

16 if you want to include Pearson. 11 permanent signings (12 if JCH signs permanently), is certainly above average in the league. Most teams would be signing 10 including loans, we’ve only signed 4 loan players all year.

I’d be much more inclined to agree with you had Jones and Andreu got season ending injuries. Whilst it’s true every team has to deal with injuries, two ACL’s to key players before Xmas? That’s very unlucky, and both are midfielders with goals in them, and coincidently, an area we’re struggling...

We’ve signed 15 players, 11 on permanent contracts, and most of which experienced professionals in this league and/or the league above. The budget can’t be that small!

The only inexperienced players we signed players in the summer were Nazon, Biamou and Hyam. All of which, I believe were signed as players squad players. Then the two loanees in January are temporary replacements for injuries we have. Most of our signings have experienced promotion from L2...

Very arbitrary criteria. Who would you go for to replace him? All well good sacking him, but then you have to get the right man in.

This is hilarious, for all the wrong reasons. The OP has made a thread about a GK not saving a pen... shocker...