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The head says surely we are due a good game. The head also says - there is no rational reason for backing us away against Watford given our starts to the season and the players available. I also think we will want to give Spurs a good go on Wednesday. That might be the day our season starts.

I'd be really happy to bring James in. If the rumours are true maybe Doug let Robins reach out to him given previous relations... but when it comes to the final decision he will have to consider whether terms suit, finances, severity of Sheaf's injury, what effect bringing James in would have on...

Mmhm...

Urgghhh... you've forced me into deploying the poop bomb here. If we must, we can question the ethical acumination and use of their former owner's wealth but it is thoroughly unbritish to mock the dead and it makes us look backwards and bitter. This kind of thing reflects badly on our club...

Not sure I agree with that in the context of the comments he made here and in other interviews. He talks about 'a number of people', being left with 'unhappy players' and talks about the need for players to go and 'work for the people who are paying their hard earned money to watch you' - feels...

Hmm... Maybe. It sounded very plural and I am sure I read somewhere that the club rejected 3 bids on transfer deadline day. But maybe

That's what I love about this forum - I feel like you are baiting me into the trap of thinking that 4-4-2 has more midfielders than a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1... 😵‍💫

Come on Quinn - let's not throw in the towel after 4 games! ;) We might not get much from the next 3 -Watford (A), Swansea (H), Leeds (A) but as seen in previous seasons of you are mid table at the turn of the year you can still make a bid for top 6.

Yeah he has not quite got going this season but tbh the Bristol City chance just didn't sit for him and he ended up shooting, off balence from a rotten angle and Norwich I think the defender timed a nudge perfectly. I am quite surprised to see us 6th for xg though. Rudoni has missed a couple...

I think King rowed back a bit on this recently noting that the championship is actually quite tough. End of the day 5 year plan or no, he/we just want the team to go for it every season.

Didn't name names. Watch from about 15:50. He just goes off on a bit of an unprompted rant about people agitating for moves and says they need a reality check and to turn up and do the job they are paid to do. I think primarily he is talking about agents and other clubs and it is intended as a...

I've not heard him say that (not saying he didn't), he just seemed to have the odd grumble here and there about it last year. 'Taken off me...' doesn't have to be interpreted negatively and for balance it is worth noting he praised Doug/Dean. The interview was generally cranky which was probably...

That, sir, is a fair point, well made... 😂

I can't believe we are doing this after a handful of games again. Rudoni will be a good player for us. The whole midfield unit is a mess right now - a fully fit Sheaf and our midfield problems (largely) go away.

As others have said - several players wanted off. Didn't get what they want and now have to suck it up and realise playing for Coventry is better than working in McDonalds. Massive speculation and I probably shouldn't but I wonder if that might have something to do with our first choice CB...

Robins looks knackered, bless him. Makes me nervous every time he talks about transfers and says 'that's not my remit now. That's sort of taken away from me.' The answer to the final question was a little worrying too.

Well... that's clearly not what I said now is it. I merely suggested that the club might want to consider how damaging the odd unreliable transfer rumour is. Transfer hype is part of the football experience - the information space is an important part of keeping fans hooked. Transfer deadline...

Simms makes runs. Like any striker the amount he makes is proportionate to the likelihood of the ball being played. Playing those balls is not really Eccles' (or Sheaf's) game. That's not their fault, we just haven't had that type of player since Hamer left.

I just thought there was no chance of it happening. I thought he would go to a premier league team.

I was one of those that laughed when I saw him linked with us over the summer... but now he has gone to Norwich - he would have been fantastic signing. 😕