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It's not all that surprising that he hasn't had a big move yet. Scottish strikers often struggle to find much success south of the border and from what I hear about Shankland it's quite clear that despite his scoring record he not only suits the level he's playing at, but the hype surrounding...

If Kelly is fit (unsure of the injury timescale), he's a guaranteed starter for me.

I've noticed that they've made quite few pretty impressive signings in this window. I can see them doing relatively well.

Wait your turn! I'm currently prepping to unleash my idea for Baka as our No.2. GK because he's tall.

It's difficult to say. I for one am pretty reserved about forecasting player values as the factored variables are very difficult to predict - now more than ever. Personally, I'm predicting a massive dip in transfer fees over the next two windows so inflated fees paid for players at our level in...

No, he's felt contact and rightly gone down. Not condoning it but that's naivety from Helik. Hard to say from the highlights, perhaps the goalkeeper would've still got their first, but if anything that would make Helik's naivety even worse if that was the case. Andersen falls onto the ball with...

Were they harsh? First sending off Helik puts an arm on Santos Joao as he's through on goal and the second sending off is quite clearly a deliberate hand ball by Andersen. Seems to me your defensive mistakes are still alive and kicking!

Didn't you have two defenders sent off against Reading?

Agreed. What's that going to do for Giles' moral if after playing brilliantly in the first two fixtures of the campaign, he's suddenly dropped as soon as one of last seasons golden boy's comes back into the side? Unless he happens to pick up an illness or injury this week, Giles starts.

He clearly had talent, I just don't think we harnessed it in the correct way. In the formation we used, I think he often found himself isolated from the midfield, hence why he was dropping deep so often. It's a cliche but in hindsight, playing him up top on his own was probably never going to...

Exactly. People seem to conveniently forget that we have one of the smallest budgets in the league so why would Robins break the bank for one loan signing? Throughout his tenure he's either reiterated in interviews or shown first hand in the transfer window that if the deal is right he'll commit...

Getting a win under our belt this season doesn't automatically mean we should be thinking of teams such as Barnsley as cannon fodder. Granted they survived by the skin of their teeth last season, but they also have a whole season of Championship experience behind them and from reports posted on...

The only semblance of logic behind it could be that Farke likes the way Robins plays and wants him to continue the good work he's already done with McCallum's development. Admittedly, I still think it's a bit of strange one though.

I think you're right here. Against 'better' quality opposition where we're more likely to play on the back foot, personally I think it would be far more logical to field McCallum in the LWB position than Giles. Whereas against opponents where the game is likely to be more open, Giles would...

Seems a bit bizarre considering he won't be guaranteed game time but great to have strength in depth I suppose.

We all know full well that club has an excellent track record of developing players and providing them with a platform to elevate their careers. O'Hare and his advisors will have inevitably factored this into the decision making process before signing on the dotted line. Perhaps it's bias...

Unfortunately, I think we probably need to accept that players tiring during the back end of the second half is likely to be a recurring trend for the next few matches. Not playing a competitive fixture for around 6 months up until the Bristol City match last weekend was always going to put us...

What's the incentive though? Without crowds the financial incentive just isn't there and unfortunately that's a significant motivator for lower league sides looking to go on a cup run - especially when there's a possibility of drawing a 'big side'. The prize money for League Cup progression is...

In that situation surely you should be asking questions of his teammates rather than Giles? A good cross is useless unless our players are in the box to meet it.

A fair assessment. It's probably also worth mentioning that Robins suggested in his pre-match interview that it may take up to a month to get where we need to be fitness-wise. So, against QPR it could well be that we see a repeat of what we saw at Bristol, whereby fatigue begins to kick in after...