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I scanned into the Oxford game on my phone without printing the ticket.

Just earlier in this thread people were criticising Godden’s and Simm’s positioning. You can’t win. Simply put, our strikers are not thriving because for all of their faults, they also haven’t had much service. Godden had 2 touches in the boxes against Oxford and he scored - I actually can’t...

PNE was our last game starting 3-4-1-2 in the league, right? It’s worth pointing out that we haven’t won a game playing 4-2-3-1 where Sakamoto hasn’t started RM. When he was started, he’s played 90m in all but 3 times. I don’t think it’s an understatement to say that his contributions have been...

Have we? Who played in that spot?

100% agree and I’d go as far as to say that without Sakamoto, we probably won’t play 4-2-3-1/4-3-3.

I agree, but as mentioned elsewhere, I think the team looked tired as a whole. It was bad when Sheaf and Torp went off. If Sakamoto and Wright gets injured, we don’t really have anyone to play out wide. It’s important to note COH wasn’t playing either. If we can’t get a wide player in we...

Plan B will be to change formation - perhaps the Box will make a comeback. Saka did look tired last night.

Robins selection policy is simple. You play your way into the team. Godden deserved his starts after 2 goals v Oxford and now Simms has a goal, I’d expect him to be in the starting 11 against Norwich. It’s in him to nail down the spot now.

Considering Simms comments when he joined, it’s definitely a MR signing. He sold the club and had a plan how to develop Simms. https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/interview-ellis-simms-gives-his-reaction-after-completing-city-move/

A stat I’d like to see is how many touches our strikers have had in the box. I don’t think Simms or Godden have had many and it is a telling stat. Yes, their movement could be better. It’s also the responsibility of the midfielders and full backs need to be finding them more often.

He’s our top goal scorer and assister in the league…

Neither has Godden. For all the faults of Simms and Godden, they’ve not had many clear cut chances to work with. It’s more a system issue. Simms needs run in the team now, and we need to put balls in behind defences for Wright and Simms to chase down on. Likewise, we need to get crosses in the...

Is there a fee involved?

It’s performances like this that demonstrate that our midfield isn’t as strong as some claim. We had Hamer & Sheaf last season remember. Torp’s first impressions are positive but Eccles needs to elevate his game even more if Sheaf is out for a long time.

I think COH had a frustrating game too. We need to be more direct in some areas and there were times I felt he slowed us down somewhat. It could also apply to a few other players. The team looked leggy/tired.

I think he’ll start v Norwich and be subbed after 60-75m. He looked tidy and composed on the ball. On early viewing, a definite upgrade.

Torp isn’t considered ready to play 90m yet. He’s just had a mini preseason and will be lacking match fitness. Now we’ve got to get him up to speed. As for Kells, I’m not sure what difference he would’ve made for better to be honest.

It’s not our strongest area. Torp has looked v good so far and in Sheaf’s absence, he’ll need to get to speed quickly. As things stand, Eccles is a good system player - he’s good defensively and he doesn’t give the ball away. However, an area he’s yet to flourish in is his control of the...

In fairness to Godden, his value is and always has been his finishing. As a team, we have struggled to create chances in the box for any of our strikers. For me, it’s a system rather than a hardware issue, and Godden in this system is not the person to deliver the output we need. It’s 12...

Sod Law this happens on the eve of the transfer deadline day.