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Well it is and the commentator on Sky said it on the night.

The advice is to always head across the goalkeeper when you're in that position. He just flung himself at it and hoped for the best.

Based on the positions we need I'd probably make enquiries with. Jack Taylor (Peterborough) Harrison Burroughs (Peterborough) Joe Rafferty (Preston) Josh Laurent (Reading) Luke Freeman (Sheffield United) - if they don't take up the one-year option Yan Dhanda (Swansea) Romaine Sawyers (West...

I'd agree with you re Reid as the wing back role really needs coaching into him. But with Tavares I'm really not sure what their development strategy is with him. At his age he needs to be playing week in week out otherwise to put it bluntly he's got a very slim chance of making the step up to...

He might well feature in the coming weeks, that's something I can't really predict. But I suspect unless Waghorn/Gyokeres become injured between now and by the time that Godden returns from his recovery then evidence suggests he probably won't. As you say he probably should've been loaned out...

I think there's a massive difference between popping up with the odd goal in the U23s and being able to replicate that in the Championship. Baring in mind he's playing against 17/18/19 year olds week in week out in the U23s - many of which probably won't play at a particularly high level in the...

Players like him won't be outside of the model though. If we are to succeed moving forward in the transfer market we're probably better diverting our attention to targeting unwanted gems from PL clubs. E.g. in the Gyokeres, Sheaf and Bowler mould. Far more cost/time-effective than trying to...

Due to the points based system now in place I think those markets are pretty much closed off to us now.

As with pretty much all the signings Badlan will identify a target, make a case for him, then Robins will probably get the final say.

I'd have to disagree. If he continues his run of form until the end of the season I think he's easily worth £2-3m, probably more. 22 years old and he's already shown he has bags of ability at this level. His end product is starting to click as well. But yes if we are to compete in the seasons...

Whilst one of the above will more than likely go, sadly I still think we'll be the polar opposite of 'flush'.

Blackpool turned down a £2m bid plus a player from Bournemouth in January. I don't think we'll in the mix to be signing him in the summer.

I have to agree. @oldskyblue58 might be better placed to chip in here as it's more his remit but there are liabilities which the club simply can't pay off without a pretty big injection of cash, that can only really come from a player sale/s. Namely debt/interest owed and there's of course the...

In terms of he doesn't dominate games or look a class above the rest. I think he's just one of those players that will be fairly anonymous for 90 minutes but will happen to pop up with a goal or two.

I get what you're saying SBD but I think that's a stretch. Mourinho is pretty well known for giving limited opportunities to youth players. In fact he's been fairly critical of the academies of his former clubs claiming the players in development weren't good enough. Robins on the other hand is...

I think the fact he isn't getting any game time despite us being at the bare bones up front is pretty telling. Robins will see Tavares day in day out in training so if he's not being brought on even in the latter end of games that suggests he's simply on the bench to make up the numbers and...

Doesn't Rodriguez's contract expire this summer? Apparently no talks have been initiated for a new one either. The same applies to Matej Vydra. If those two are released it's not inconceivable that Gyokeres might interest them.

To be honest Rob Shipley pulls out of the majority of 50/50's anyway! I don't think he needs a new contract to incentivise him to do that even more than he already does. I suspect we'll release him but I just can't wrap my head around why we didn't sell when we had the chance. No doubt the...

Agreed. I think it's probably best for both parties that Jones finds a career elsewhere. Clearly isn't in Robins' plans moving forward and he really needs to kick-start his career and play regular first-team football. Will be interesting to see what the club's plans are with Shipley.

Not sure I understand your logic here Rob? Risky to activate it now as what if he suffers an ACL injury for instance. That would mean no sale and we're likely stuck with him for the entirety of next season. Unsure whether we will or won't. But if we do it would make far more sense to activate...