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In practice, Lati has played almost exclusively as a CB last season. I don’t think he It’s the same with Eccles, he’s filled in admirably a few times at RWB, AM and RM but is not a specialist in any of those positions.

Why did the tie go to extra time in the first place? We gifted you a goal at our own place and you took the win to 2nd leg. It’s the defence that is in need of improving and whether or not that’s tactical, personnel or a bit of both… it’s something that’s holding us back. Having that solid...

Brau has filled in at LW for 2 halves in preseason, it’s probably not going to be a permanent thing. Considering we have 3 wingers on the books, we can’t field 2 sets of wingers for a first and second half eleven.

He filled in at LWB for a 14 game stretch last season and a handful of games throughout his career. He’s a young player who is perhaps building versatility, but more likely there was a need for him to fill in there. Given the noise around MVE in Jan and his suspiciously timed change in...

For Haji, if he takes longer on the recover and comes back with a bang, he’ll make the squad. If he comes back not quite fit and he ambles around as he did in the playoffs… he won’t. Quality of games is key imo.

Agreed. Difficult to get to, nothing much to do pre-match and it’s a soulless bowl. Oxford is probably the runner up. Watford serves no booze which is a gripe but tbh, I don’t tend to drink at the games. The location is great and there’s a lot of amenities so is a good away day!

We need more goals, not less. It would be v surprising to see Brau play LW come the start of the season. Brau playing LW is v much in the same vein Howley played CB for a few preseason games in 2023 before we signed the CBs.

It’s possible. Torp is a £2m signing and hasn’t ever been considered a first choice yet in 1.5 seasons. We also spent 2.5m on Bassette. On top of £7.7m for Wright and £3m initial for Simms. We’ve spent £15-16m on strikers and we’ve predominantly played a formation with 1 striker. Before...

Frankly, I don’t know anything about Pereira and his style of play so have no idea where he fits in. With Torp and Sheaf, they almost definitely will miss a portion of the season so there is a real need to have 4-5 options at CM. I don’t think we’ll sell Sheaf and there’s supposedly...

Squad harmony is a consideration that’s being overlooked here. How many minutes will a 5th choice CM actually make? Particularly when Grimes has barely missed a game in 5-6 seasons. Eccles is too good to be a 5th choice but not good enough to start with the options we have. If there’s concrete...

The bench was far too weak for forward players. BTA is not a winger. The way we play, you need 4-5 wingers capable of making an impact. We have 2.

It would be a Lampard signing… he will always have the final say on any signing. Its like on Football Manager when a scouts gives you a long list of duds and you pick out the gems, it wasn’t ’head scout X’ who made the signing! They identify talent and analytics people and manager will make an...

What did that table look post-Lampard? A general trend was that we created a slightly higher xG under Robins but under Lampard, the xG was lower but the ‘per shot xG’ was slightly higher. Which means we created less chances post-Robins but they were better quality.

Yes because not only have we just renewed Allen’s contract, why would Eccles want to be 4-5th choice when he can be a starter elsewhere? With Allen, he isn’t going to be a starter at many championship clubs (if any) so will be happy being a bit part player for us. If someone wanted to buy...

Is Haji Wright not a top striker?! For me, it’s out wide that we need more goals and assists. EMC needs to have a 10+ goal season and Sakamoto needs close to 10 assists (or improve his goal scoring) if he is going to be the starting RW. Saka scored 4 goals with an xG of 3.11 last season which...

If Eccles leaves, it’ll be because he wants first team football. In terms of where Lampard views the squad, Sheaf and Grimes are his main two, followed by Torp. This is awkward for Eccles because he was a starter under the previous regime and if a team wants to spend a few million on him, that’s...

Nope, that was a 4-3-3 and Torp’s passes for Wright’s goal we’re all from deep.

Disagree, Lampard has said in previous interviews that Torp can ‘do it all’ and prefers him to play deeper. Torp has made a handful of appearances as an AM and it hasn’t gone that well. They’re v different players. Aside from both being creative in their passing, Rudoni is much more attacking...

He can’t play CM and AM simultaneously… Frankly, this window we ought to have a player who can comfortably play AM In the event Rudi gets injured. A far too influential player to not have a ‘Plan B’ for.

Jesus, definitely not CM and I don’t care if he plays there for Jamaica! I’d because happy to see us move on Lati to be honest. You could be a good CB in a back 3 but he has me on edge when we play him RB or CB when we play a back 4.