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Wasn't there quite a bit of interest in Wright and Simms by other clubs before we bought them?

The only problem is, there's nothing to moan about

Strange, because in the summer people were saying we wouldn't even get £10M for him because he only had 1 year left on his contract and could talk to other clubs in January.

Not the manager and recruitment team as well?

I agree with everything in this, but quite honestly some of MR's decisions this year have completely baffled me, and IMO this hasn't helped the situation. The first game of the season we made 3 substitutions in one go, 2 of which were totally untried, when we were well in control of the game. 3...

Which is very similar to how England lined up in the 1966 world cup final IIRC, except they played the system with 2 strikers, and a back 4. With Stiles DM, Charlton AM, and Peters & Ball between them.

I would definitely like to see that, whether MR will play that system is another story.

I think this is part of the problem. Some posters are trying to make comparisons with the likes of Huddersfield, QPR, and Blackburn with teams on a totally different level. We currently don't have to beat Barcelona, RM, and Man city. 7M wouldn't buy them a reserve team player

7 points from the last 3 games is not bad. A draw against Norwich wouldn't be disastrous, giving 8 from 4 games going into the break. Should be OK after that

It's more our injuries that are the problem. We have O'Hare, Allen, Palmer, Sheaf, Eccles, and Kelly still has plenty to offer. One more good signing should be enough when everyone is fit. 4 of those are / have been unavailable

We did concede 3 in 16 minutes from 3-0 up against Swansea last year. That always gives me nightmares

Scored 3 goals in 3 of those games as well

It's a real shame Haji's shot against Leicester didn't go in instead of rattling the crossbar, his goal against Middlesboro would have meant 2 goals in under an hour of championship football. It's fine margins, but what a start that would have been and would have probably enabled him to really...

Or he hasn't learnt to adjust yet. He is obviously a better player than we are seeing currently.

I know it won't happen for a while, but when MVE, Sheaf, Callum, and now Jamie Allen are in the team it's half a new team of better players. Need to be patient now this season and see what we are like in the second half.

I think this may be most of the problem, ignoring the quality of the new signings, the team has lost their togetherness due to so many new players.

I'm wondering if both Wright and Simms might be questioning why they came here considering some of our performances, and the limited chances they have had on the field and game time, especially considering we were two kicks away from the premier league last season. Both should be good players at...

Not sure that would work, but as you say, not been tried. One thing that does irritate me though is what I see as MR's sometimes over cautiousness. There is no better example in my eyes than Hamer playing deep for most of his career with us when clearly he was capable of a good goal ratio from a...

If we had paid Brighton the sort of money for Vik we paid for Haji there would have been uproar on here. I'm not comparing the two players at all, just saying that Vik didn't appear to be worth a few million let alone £20M when we signed him. From what I've seen of Haji I really believe there is...

This time last season we were taking bets about how many red cards Gus would get, and many were saying we should have cashed in on Vik as he was unlikely to have another good season IIRC. Others were moaning about O'Hare's lack of end product.