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Wright has played AM and RW at various points in games last season. Perhaps not on the first day of the season, but the 3 will be Simms, Wright and EMC. Sakamoto will remain an important play but just in a different capacity imo.

Why not? EMC and Wright are both players that have been identified as players that will be in the Prem. EMC hit double figure goals and assists last season in L1 and Wright was our top assister and joint top goal scorer. Robins also said post-Stevenage that he felt Sakamoto is still ‘not...

Personally, reckon one of Wright or EMC will play RW.

In Germany all the police around football fans were geared up, looked ready to go and didn’t look like the kind of people you’d want to antagonise. Our approach to policing is a too soft and I believe that has played a part in rising public disorder and violence in the streets. There’s no...

It’s too early to say for sure because who knows what will happen between now and 2029. We can probably all agree that after 2019, the probability of a Labour government in 2024 was quite low. Labour has a massive majority but it is more precarious than you’d expect. As for the lesser parties...

Could genuinely see this Labour government being in for one term. They’ll be challenged on the right by Reform and on the left by the Greens. Without the full details, Reform alone cost the Tories around 80 seats.

I agree, it’s more a symptom of how far we’ve come and the next steps of our progression as a club. The players mentioned are decent, but would Allen get into another playoff chasing team? Probably not, given his last Championship team was relegated Burton. The other consideration is squad...

We’re going to be quicker in the transition from what I seen in the Getafe game. Lots of diagonals to our wide players. Eccles in particular was sitting in that pivot position and pinging balls around, likewise with the CBs. Particularly, this is a tactical idea that’ll favour Binks as that was...

Robins clearly doesn’t agree otherwise we wouldn’t be chasing CMs all summer; Stamenic, Browne, the ex-PSG Lausanne and Fernandes from that Swiss team? Competition is good and even Eccles and Sheaf admitted they were running on fumes towards the end of last season. To go the distance in a 48+...

Did Stevenage start their B team in the first half?

Here’s hoping, if Eccles is echoing the goals set by MR and his team, then the goal is firmly playoffs and the coaching staff believe autos could be in reach. That’s what I took from his interview last night.

Always has been, Eccles yesterday alluded to how tired Sheaf and he was last season towards the end of the season. With Torp & Sheaf down, we could be starting the Stoke game with a midfield of Eccles, Rudoni and Allen / Palmer. Which isn’t ideal. Striker is also pretty desperate too.

Robins seemed to hint we’ll be loaning him out after preseason and that’s the right decision. A good loan to a L1 standard club and that’s a good benchmark if he’s good enough to push the first team in 2025/26.

He’s never played RB before, Lati is going to be the primary cover for MVE and we’re actively looking for a CB. There were a couple of moments v Getafe where he thought awkward at RB and requires more coaching in that regard. Another loan to L1 is likely in my view.

Agreed with this, there are players in the team who will do ‘for now’ before they need to replaced. For example, LB is a position we need to improve but Bidwell is experienced and a solid operator and JDS is on a long contract. It’s unlikely either player will be replaced this season. Given...

Just as you were concerned Wright looked like Bakayoko from his highlight reel. The concerns are based on missing one preseason game (with others, not being on the YouTube diary vids) which is flimsy, at best.

Just remind yourself about previous times you’ve judged players too early… Let things play out, if he’s still not broken into the team by game 10, then you can probably start to hit the panic button. He’d had 5 weeks off preseason, signed for us in the first week of preseason and replaced...

It’s not really any different to Wright going off after one dash down the wing. Even if he’s got a slight knock, he’s not going to play in a preseason fixture. I’m not necessarily saying you’re concerns aren’t valid, it’s just far too earlier to say - he missed the first preseason game and...

3 maximum? I’m pretty sure that’s the minimum amount of players we’re looking to bring in. That gets our squad to above the 2022/23 levels which Robins has been benchmarking. As for Lati, he’s either covering CB or RB - he can’t be 2nd choice for both. Again, what happens if MVE gets injured...

I’ve said previous that I wouldn’t. The same applies for Bidwell and Allen too. All of them are decent players, it’s obvious that we’re on a journey to completely revamp the team. If any player is not good enough to get us up to the Prem, or have to potential to get to that level, they’ll be...