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Agreed. Pask and Drysdale are exciting prospects, but I'd be hesitant to put faith in them to perform week in, week out at this level if we were unfortunate enough to suffer long term injuries to our starting CB's. Sheaf can obviously play as a makeshift CB if necessary. But I also feel that...

By your logic yes if we need 5 players competing per position!

Fair enough I probably should've done my research before making that comment! Apart from Allen (whose time at Burton slipped my mind admittedly) and McFadz, limited appearances like you said.

With respect, I don't think me looking at the striker situation narrowly is necessarily the issue here. You quite clearly communicated that we required 3 more strikers on top of the 3 we already have in order to improve depth. (Granted Biamou is probably set to be moved on). Fair enough, that's...

Interestingly I had a conversation with Tynan around this time last year regarding shirt sponsors. He claimed that betting companies are often waiting in the wings to sponsor shirts and usually, all it takes is a phone call to strike a deal. Equally, he also said that if the club adopted a...

Unless they're being brought in primarily for the U23s, then yes. Otherwise what's the point in signing that many strikers? It's senseless for the reasons I've already previously stated. Why don't you consider it unrealistic? It's five first-team players vying for one position. I certainly...

We use a system that features one striker. Before we even touch on the topic of budget, why would players come here knowing that they may not be guaranteed minutes due to having to compete with four other players in the same position and - because of this exact same reason - why would a player's...

You're definitely dreaming! Why would players come here to literally not play and sit on the bench? I think Robins is looking at bringing in 2-3 more players. Not including any U23 signings. ST, CDM and potentially a versatile defender.

I mean it's all a game of opinions. But by saying all of the above won't be up to the task next season, I once again go back to my initial point of what's the alternative? Unless he unearths a gem, Robins will struggle to bring in 'better' (on paper anyway) without forking out a significant...

Yeah you're right I probably should've said, I doubt Bournemouth's ability to balance the books 'in the immediate term' will be dependent on them receiving a significant fee for Wilson. After that it's a different story entirely and managing their finances appropriately will have to be...

Are Jordan Thompson and Jordan Young really that forgettable? ;)

Oh apologies I misread. Yeah, I think it's going to be a rough period for a number of clubs, so in many ways we're quite fortunate that after years of wishing Wilson is sold in the hope that Robins' transfer kitty will be supplemented, it's this summer that he's likely to go. The extra cash will...

To be fair whilst their wage bill will inevitably be high, I doubt Bournemouth's ability to balance the books will be dependent on them receiving a significant fee for Wilson. I think they're just trying to gain a maximum return from his sale. They've just received £40mil for Ake, are about to...

Good move for him. Wrexham is probably just about at the right level for him to really push on and score goals, so hope he does well as he's certainly had an unlucky couple of years.

I'd advise getting yourself on a reading age scheme if you genuinely look at two paragraphs and consider it an essay...

The point I was getting at is that since we were first linked around two weeks ago (which you even stated in your post so it was fairly obvious as to where I got the figure from), a small selection of fans have getting slightly worked up because Sheaf hasn't signed yet for no apparent reason...

It does makes me laugh when fans come out with comments like, "fuck him off if he doesn't want to sign" simply because a player hasn't signed within a couple of weeks after first being linked. If managers gave up on targets because they didn't sign within a two week period can you actually...

I think it's fairly likely that at least one of Drysdale or Williams will be loaned out this season. Both are at the stage of their development now where they're more than capable of playing consistently at a lower league club. Something that would probably benefit them far more than playing the...

From my standpoint I think it's more that they're suggesting it's slightly premature to drop players before the season has even started. At the end of the day no one in the squad has played in the Championship bar McFadz so it's a bit of a lottery to how they're going to perform, that's a given...

I think if Robins can get him playing in tune with his own vision then he'll be a great option to have. I don't consider Baka a bad player by any means, he just needs a bit of self-belief and to use his physical attributes to his advantage more.