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BTA is a penalty taker, Simms isn’t. He started in the first leg off the back of a good 20 minute cameo v Boro. Before then Simms was definitely higher in the pecking order and you know that.

Probably a mistake. Lampard sees Haji as the man to lead the line and since he’s come back, barring the league game v Sunderland… hasn’t been convincing in that role. With the game heading to penalties, Wright was never coming unless he had to.

They didn’t set up perfectly at all. They lost in 90m and one set piece went their way before the lottery of penalties. MVE giving a back pass in the first leg isn’t something either manager can legislate for. Sunderland defended v well and deserve all the credit in the world for that. They...

I was talking about Wright’s performances. More generally, if you have 3 Championship strikers with decent records and they’ve all underperformed this season… it might not be them at fault.

How many games did Haji Wright score in? Non-penalty goals only would be 12 games (13 with penalties). So what separates your high praise for Wright versus scathing views on Simms is 3 or 4 games last season. Not to mention Wright missed more big chances than Simms last season too. This...

Our ITKs have suggested that’s the case. Players playing with injuries will be kept under wraps as much as possible. So there won’t be ‘evidence’ as you put it. It’s the eye test, Haji looked a shadow of himself and in my opinion, it didn’t look like he’s was being lazy but no where near 100%...

One CB is realistic, but 2 is a bit optimistic. Both players are good defenders but the pace to play the high line and the ability on the ball is somewhat lacking for how we want to play. Grimes being that 3rd CB in possession strikes me as a compensation for Thomas (in particularly) needed an...

There is something fundamentally off with the way we play and its impact on the strikers. Wright, Simms and BTA’s production is all down from last season. I don’t think they’ve all become bad players. There were rumours that Simms was carrying a long term-ish injury and the same must be true...

Since Xmas, but since Lampard came in we’ve been the 4th best team behind Leeds, Burnley and Sheff U. There’s a lot to be optimistic about going into 2025/26. The first leg v Sunderland summed up our season unfortunately. Too many defensive mistakes have cost us this season and ultimately...

Tonight he was on the pitch for penalties because looking at the personnel on the pitch, I wasn’t optimistic we’d get it done. In the end, cruelly, we didn’t need penalties.

We’re not going to sell either of them. BTA is more likely to offloaded before either of those two.

Simms has scored 4 headers so he’s done his bit in that regard. Haji has scored one I think and missed a couple of great chances. Simms has scored 8 headed goals over the last 2 seasons which is more than the likes of Carlton Morris (4) and Keiffer Moore (3) who people have suggested would make...

As a club it does feel like we’ve always been the bridesmaid, never the bride at this moment in time. There’s lots to be optimistic about and with some good additions this summer, we’ll be right up there challenging for Top 4.

He’s missed several big chances from Hull away. A v disappointing end to the season for him.

3 new signing are regularly in the starting 11 and Dovin, Grimes and Rudoni all in the running for POTS. Bearing in mind we only added 8 players and not all of them were signed to be first team starters; Bassette, Rapha, Paterson and arguably BTA. We’ve recruited well post-Hamer & Vik and...

WBA and Boro did try and play a low block against us, we just scored early in the match. Both teams needed a goal and that’s when the game opened up and we get the 2nd goal. This conversation wouldn’t be happening like this if MVE doesn’t make a v basic error. It was the same v Plymouth to go...

It was a question, not an instruction. The essence of being a football fan is maintaining the belief that our team can get a result no matter how unlikely the odds. As it happens, the stats in the game on Friday and the league table since November has shown we are a better team than Sunderland...

Strongly agree on the Sakamoto point. He’s a quality player but does lack the consistency to be a top end Championship winger. Let’s assume we keep Rudoni and Wright into next season, you need a 3rd goal threat who can get 10+ goals in a season. Perhaps EMC can elevate his game next season but...

With a heavy insinuation that it won’t be done again. I find a lot of naysaying odd, we’ve been the better team than them for quite a long now and one freakish result doesn’t change that. ‘Always the victim, it’s never your fault’

If that’s the attitude, why bother turning up to the game or tuning in on the TV? To be frank, the odds are against us but they were against us in the previous playoff seasons and that didn’t stop us.