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I imagine after his first spell, he'd stay. I can't imagine many L1 sides having the appeal for him to leave, and we're in too low a division for a Championship side to take a punt. Watch me be wrong though...

Agreed. It's well worth getting in these talented youngsters, but they should supplement what you currently have, instead they made up the bulk of our starting team. Had we hedged our bets elsewhere and built a squad of L1 players, perhaps we wouldn't have got relegated. But that's irrelevant at...

I was disinterested last season, I checked all the scores, but that's about it. I've been really impressed with our activity and it has reignited my interest again.

I think Andreu and McNulty will be the future of our 10-9 partnership, but, I think McNulty and Beavon still start on Saturday.

Agreed. I thought he'd be a bruiser winning everything aerially and smashing the ball into row Z at the whiff of danger, whilst Willis mopped everything else up. Yet, he's composed on the ball and clearances have met teammates. One of, if not my favourite signings so far. I imagine Kelly is our...

Vincenti will be an outlet for a more direct option too, and Beavon is surprisingly good in the air, reminds me of Jay Tabb in that respect. Think we'll be well rounded this year. Able to play attractive football but at the same time able to be more direct and aggressive when the time comes...

In a season we had Armstrong and Murphy, we failed to come in the playoffs. A lot of people saying we 'need' a 20 goal-a-season striker. If we do, brilliant, but in L1 we had McGoldrick, Clarke, Wilson and Armstrong and the best we achieved was 7th. For me, it's about building a squad that can...

The contrast in transfer policy is stark. TM and MV went for good young loan talent with a couple of experienced lads. Which ultimately proved unsustainable. MR and TW have gone for experienced pros to build our squad. Jones is our only inexperienced starter really. Willis, for his age, is very...

Thomas all day.

The optimist in me would like to think the penny has finally dropped for them. That said, we did build some competitive XIs in L1 before last seasons shambles.

Sounded just like Ron Swanson if you replace 'great' with 'good', or at a push, 'very good'.

Haha someone has just got off Football Manager!

Adding more goals to midfield, and sounds like he'll chip in with assists. I like the sound of this signing. I'm liking that we've built a really versatile side. Especially in midfield, bar Doyle, all of our midfielders can play in more than one position. Kelly and Stevenson can play both CM...

I think we already have most bases covered. I'm sure Vincenti's first position is CM who can play RM/RB (unsure on RB exactly) so I imagine if Doyle or Kelly can't play he'll slot in there, plus Stevenson, Maycock and Shipley. I think we're covered here. I think our youngsters compliment the...

Would be pretty foolish to think we're going to win this because Grimsby have Slade and Clarke. Whilst they didn't do well for us, a 3-1 win at the weekend shows they are no joke. Still fancy us for a solid performance and win! Fingers crossed.

Stevenson gave the ball away more often than Shipley so I have no idea how you've come to the conclusion any player deserved a 1 rating.

Depends what we define Beavon's role to be. I thought he played well v Notts County, the biggest difference between last night and Saturday was how we pressed. Biamou didn't press from the front and Shipley-Stevenson weren't as aggressive in the tackle or press as Kelly and Doyle. For the time...

Based on the team selection, it is clear Robins didn't pick a team to go out and get a win against Blackburn. So he was using the game to see how our fringe/young players could cope in a competitive fixture. A lot of people have been harsh when giving team ratings. We got beat by a league 1 team...

Fair enough, pretty hasty decision given we're two games into a 50+ game season without seeing Willis play a single L2 game. I'm under the impression that Hyam was originally brought in as a squad player we'd develop, so I'd be surprised if Robins considered him a starter right now.

Football is a very different career path. Whilst I don't begrudge him leaving for more money and to a better team. I do, however, think this could prove to be a shortsighted decision from him and his agent and I felt like he could've increased his stock more by staying the season and getting...