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We’re not in a position where we need to sell. Firstly, they’re under contract for the next 3 years. Secondly, they’re in great form - 20+ goal a season strikers tend to perform well in the Championship. If Gyokeres weren’t in his final 12 months of contract, we could’ve demanded £30+ million...

RIP. Sorry for your loss @Frankly_Mr_Shankly 🌹

IIRC, we were after an experienced CB last summer who ended up chasing the riches of the Saudi. There was the CB Luton signed (Andersen) who is a tad more experienced than Thomas and Kitching. In 2024 we’ve kept 3 clean sheets in 19 or so it’s an area to look at, be it personnel or tactical...

I agree with the club’s policy. At a push, perhaps another window for STHs to buy another ticket on their account - but who’s to say that isn’t going to be for all the day trippers/undercover Mancs? There’s not a general sale, it’s limited to people with purchase history. I could get a ticket...

That’s unfair though, why should STHs be treated differently? The points system is a means to prioritise fans access to limited demand tickets. This is fair and rewards loyalty. It’s not a system to give STHs undue privileges. If the allocation was 18,000 (for arguments sake) then it’s...

That’s the takeaway from the post? Not that our midfield’s output is worse than last season’s and even with a rejuvenated COH, the output of 7 of our CMs and AMs has yielded 2 less goal contributions than Hamer last season. Last season, those players combined for 27 goal contributions and this...

£30+ million for both. We have 3 years left on the contract and they’ve both had good goal scoring seasons. It’s on the high side but we don’t need to sell.

We ended the season playing 3-4-1-2 which is the same ‘spine’ of 2 CMs and an AM. The material change this season is one more wide player - usually Sakamoto. Even in ‘the box’, you had 2 AMs which functioned in wide channels. We’re talking about formations as if there’s no fluidity there. Yes...

He gets assists because he’s a good player who gives the ball in the box. Palmer would have a lot more goal contributions if he was more decisive in the box, the same was true with COH before his injury. Agreed, Bidwell is a better player in my view, but considering he’s 32 next season, I...

I don’t think we’ll be signing players to be back ups. Some of today’s starters could quickly move down the pecking order.

Why would he take the lion share of assists because he’s a striker? The point is that we’ve beat the output achieved by Gyokeres but not Hamer. If we had a an AM and CM who contribute 20-25 goal involvements, that’s fine. The concept of ‘Moneyball’ (the BHA and Brentford approaches) is that...

I don’t disagree on the secondary assists point. The point I am making is that the statistical output of our midfield has been disappointing - whichever way you cut it. Especially when we have people on this forum that said we don’t miss Hamer and some going as far to say Hamer wouldn’t suit...

Have a look at who assisted the goals. In our last 15 league goals, our top assister has been MVE. Only 2 have been assisted by midfielders. In your view, what areas do we need to improve to be a nailed on playoff team that could challenge for automatics next season?

That’s tragic - who cares if Leciester goes up? I’m interested in doing everything we can to make the playoffs

No one said anything about letting him go on a free. You can sell players… Whenever we talk on threads about our squad, you (and others) talk as if our midfield is amazing. All of our CMs and AMs have only just surpassed Hamer’s goal involvements from last season - every single one. Looking...

I don’t think we will, he’ll probably want a multi year deal and with our aspirations, he probably wouldn’t fit into the bigger picture. As good as he has been, his output it is 3 goals and 7 (4 in FA Cup) assists which isn’t amazing.

This is probably an overreaction. Next season we will have the same core of players and whilst there’ll be more ‘churn’ than expected… it’s not on the same scale as last season. This season was a root and branch rebuild. Next season we need to add quality - we’re still 2 players ‘net’ down from...

Well, as good as this season has been, our record against the top half teams has been below par. Let’s be honest. To add to this, you could probably see Bidwell or Palmer leaving. Both in their final year of contract, have been on the rumour mill and probably players we wouldn’t renew their...

Two if Sheaf goes, definitely. In my view, we need a midfielder who’s a bit more inventive on the ball. Against the better teams in our division, we’ve struggled to break down teams. We still haven’t replaced Hamer and if can get close to his output last season, that’s the big difference where...

GK is so low down the priority that it’s a position we probably won’t even look at for another year. We’re short in midfield, at CM, AM and out wide going into the summer. We will need 1 or 2 CBs if Lati leave. Possibly a LB if JDS or Bidwell leaves. Finally, with Godden likely to leave, we...