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He’s an electric player, a real unit.

I think a player with his work rate and technical ability can look good in pretty much any midfield position. Just not sure if it’s the best spot for his talents.

My main issue with it is that it just takes fucking ages to set up for them.

He’s not in our first XI by the time everyone gets up to speed/back to full fitness, so that doesn’t really concern me

If we get a higher bid than whatever we paid for him then it’s fantastic business.

Spanish FA having the most normal of normal ones (Apologies in advance for not posting about this a week ago)

I think the relative lack of out-and-out flair players who we’ve seen here over recent years is one of the reasons Palmer has such a good rep among our fans.

There was a time in that season when it seemed like McCallum’s long throws were the only way we looked able to create chances.

No doubt he has, but what I’m saying is that the positions we’re asking him to play don’t make the full use of his skill set. I have no doubt he’ll work hard there regardless, but it’s an unusual way to make use of a clearly talented player.

In his own words: “My preferred position is that of right wing attacker. But I can also play perfectly on the left. My qualities lie mainly in the attacking compartment.” I promise I’m not doing the ‘wing backs aren’t midfielders’ thing but in his own mind at least, he prefers to play in a...

I thought he was a winger?

And he’ll do fine at this, but I don’t think we’ll be seeing the best of him if we only see him as a backup option playing out of his natural position.

I like the look of what I’ve seen of him so far, but I think he’s in danger of becoming a kind of wild card/utility player, who will come on and work hard when we need to plug a gap, but isn’t given the chance to excel in his chosen position. And that probably isn’t going to happen without a...

Do we have the big nasty bastards required to make the most of them? Or do you not really need them? Personally I think it’s a bit anti-football, and I don’t see how it fits in with a short passing play-from-the-back mentality, but maybe I’m just being pretentious and you should just do it if...

I just meant from his post-match interview!

So it appears we have two regular starters who are capable of them now. Robins doesn’t seem that interested in using them, and it doesn’t seem consistent with the rest of our playing style. But should we just use them anyway?

Glad you stuck to your word about giving him enough time before you wrote him off

Good

He was great last season as well tbf