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To be fair I’d have a play around with the current 5-3-3 and 4-3-3. We have one DM and two more attacking 8s. As such excluding Eccles we would have DM - Grimes, Sheaf, Allen CM - Torp, Rudoni, Allen. Personally think Grimes will play the holding role and wouldn’t want him as a 8 as that’s...

Fair enough let’s say then Sheaf for Tahirovic and Eccles For Grimes plus funds depending on the fee for Tahirovic. Not a bad plan

So we would be trading Eccles and Sheaf for Grimes and Tahirovic. Plus maybe Paterson with funds to buy another CM in the summer. Not bad really. Also got Kai Andrew’s would could come in big next year

Yeah do think they’ll be hesitant if nothing else for fan backlash after Grimes

Maybe then reading in between the lines of the Grimes press, we’ll play a 4-2-3-1 with sheaf holding and grimes pushing up a bit more? Then next year could sell sheaf quite comfortably

I would say high press football has been consistent in the championship on your last point and do feel we can use it to grind results. I do think Lampard will swap a lot in matches his shape and expect him on occasions to start in a 4-3-3 and end in a 5-3-2/5-4-1. Thomas Frank does it well and...

To be fair I think we still play out the back but not as dogmatic as before. Helps Kitching is our best ball playing CB imo. Not sure how effective it’ll be against Leeds but we don’t need to beat those sides imo, we’ve got to beat people around the top six and probably up to 4 and 5th in the...

To be honest just hoping Darling doesn’t move on as think we’d have a good chance of signing him in the summer

Way too late for this to be true imo. So much to sort at way too sort notice. Maybe Jimmy can confirm but sounds to me reading inbetween the lines that the RB wasn’t interested in the end.

You can only play what's in front of you. Beating them isn't the positive. The Manner of how we did is, in particular the clean sheets considering how we used to have to score three to win.

To be fair to Frank he's been burnt before jumping too early. Would hope he would consider us but I have faith Doug would find a good replacement

Yep kinda surprised we haven’t got any RW or a RB in (not for the lack of trying tho Tbf).

Yep. One I’ve heard we’ve got a keen eye on

Guess we’ll see on Monday. Saw the Oxford lad was on the bench and would much rather sign him (hell could even give them Eccles in a straight swap 🤣)

Fair on the Eccles point but unless it’s Stoke I can’t see the demand on Monday but good offer helps us and I wouldn’t say no atm as expect Allen to be back on the bench for Grimes. Just strange this one, not what we need and we can’t exactly even go back to the box when our best players are...

Will eat humble pie on BTA I see the value in having the fecker at the club. Obviously if someone high balls us in regard to fee we should consider but no other ST would try that second goal and that is worth it especially as a super sub when it’s desperate.

I’ll say it with Grimes we have one of the best midfields in the league. Grimes, Sheaf, Torp ,Rudoni are all class players (at least since Lampard has come in for Torp and Rudoni). I like Eccles and see him as a jack of all trades but master of none. Can do nearly any role asked of him but he’s...

Was rumoured that Oxford were on about having him on loan and it was one we agreed a deal for only for the player to pull out. I could see us being interested although I don’t get the why as RB and RW could be my focus

Can say Saddle did but it’s not so much that someone hasn’t come out and said Eccles is off but more that their is no noise regarding any of the players leaving