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Just because he said it, doesn’t mean it’s what will win us the tournament. Rio Ferdinand and Lescott also said something similar but interestingly, Lescott said that Rice and Bellingham would just have to ‘figure it out between themselves’. Which hardly screams of attention to detail. Most of...

Well, given our performances without Kane in the latest friendlies and North Macedonia… I’d say that’s wrong. Spurs have never been capable of winning the league or trophies and Bayern are a team on a downward trajectory from Pep’s days. They’ll probably end up winning the league next year and...

Every England fan knows how to win a World Cup after 3 pints, the old saying goes. Who’s playing out on the left? Would Rice get isolated on his own in midfield? Does the defence have sufficient cover? If Bellingham plays as an 8, we’re probably going to play 3-4-3, which may have the...

Conveniently raised after he overtakes Bellingham’s tally from last night. The issue you could have with Bellingham, Foden and Kane playing centrally is that they all like to occupy the space a number 10 likes to operate. One of those players performances will likely suffer. With a weak...

Statistically, Collins is leading a lot of categories and he’s made the playoffs with Barnsley previously. He’s a good goal keeper. There will come a time when we’ll need to upgrade, it’s just low down the priority list.

I manage to pick up one of the old style Le Coq Sportif shell jackets today and it’s a thing of beauty! Definitely definitely picking up any late 90 remakes. I imagine Le Coq Sportif changed their minds in supplying remakes having seen the commercial success of retro remakes. Sheff Utd have...

Mostly agree but it’s worth noting that Thomas, Kitching and Collins have managed the jump in standard well. There’s no reason we couldn’t add to that with a couple of P’boro players and improve our team. EMC is someone I’m excited to see start for us.

Ahead of EMC? I’m not going to pretend to know anything about him, but this doesn’t strike me as a season defining signing to me. I understand everyone’s frustration at the loan back, but we have got ourselves an excellent player. 19 goals and 12 assists for £4-5m is potentially a bargain...

Our record against the teams around us is what is going to let us down this season. Good results against Leeds, Leicester and Southampton and arguably Hull away. Since then, we’ve lost twice to WBA, PNE and to Cardiff. The loss to Norwich was quite damaging too. We need to improve defensively...

I don’t know how you came to that conclusion. The point here is that we set a budget at the start of every season and Robins was backed well in the transfer market. In the summer, we our recruitment was predicated on playing 3-4-1-2 and resources allocated accordingly. The plans have changed...

You’ve said MR hasn’t been given the resources when he has. I’m sure MR could have identified another target if he wanted. He’s signed the player and being unable to play him for a few months is an inconvenience but doesn’t impact the bigger picture. We’re working to a 5 year plan, not a 1 year...

So the resources were provided then, were they not? It would’ve been ideal to get EMC over the line but that wasn’t the difference between making the playoffs and not. Our results against the teams around us did make a difference.

We signed said player for £4+ million. The club thought they had secured him permanently without the loan back agreement. Why aren’t you following this?

Robins has been given the tools. It’s not King’s fault Robins recruited to play with wingbacks and 3 central defenders. EMC was also Robins’ target and the deal we got was probably as good as we could get in the circumstances. We didn’t lose to WBA, Norwich, PNE and Cardiff because we didn’t...

What were your realistic expectations? We’ve spent more money this season than probably the last 20 put together. Let that sink in for a second. It just isn’t realistic to expect to replace 17 players and improve your position in one season. That just the playing staff, we’ve not even started...

EMC is officially our player now and the payment being deferred as a gesture of goodwill doesn’t change that. We agreed a deal to sign EMC in the Jan window but P’boro pulled out of that. So it is fair to say MR was supported in the window - he secured two long term targets.

I absolutely can. We needed a CM, we go and sign Torp. We needed a winger, we pursued MR’s top target and failed on deadline day because P’boro couldn’t secure their targets. The sums exchanged is £6-7m, when have we ever spent that in January?! It’s one less signing we need to make in the...

It’s well known now that we agreed a deal to sign EMC in the window but Peterborough pulled the plug. There isn’t really anything DK or Robins could’ve done as we’d pursued the player for the whole window. You said Robins wasn’t supported, he was.

We spent £7m in January… As for COH, it’ll be loss but he’s not irreplaceable - we survived better players leaving.

That’s bang on in my view. 3 strikers is probably enough for the season if we’re playing 1 up front and we’ve got 3 wingers too. Is Bidwell expected to stay? He’s linked with a move every window and he has 1 year remaining. Are we looking to add any loans to supplement the signings outlined?