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I wouldn’t be so quick to write him off. No one telling the truth would have expected Gyokeres to have the kind of season he did last year. I’m sure if we got the thread where we’d signed him from BHA open, there would be a few people questioning how much we paid for him. Like for Gyokeres...

Gyokeres worked on his weaknesses for sure which is why he is still smashing it for Sporting Lisbon. There were times in his first breakout season when he was a bit one dimensional and didn’t really have a left foot he trusted… then seemed to score with his right and assist when he couldn’t...

I remember Reading at home last season and it felt like Gyokeres had missed 4 clear cut chances - Gyokeres wasn’t an out and out finisher which is why he had the most ‘big chance’ misses in the Championship in consecutive seasons. I don’t think anyone would say Gyokeres was a better finisher...

These definitely don’t… I do see your point!

It’s very clear that certain people in the stands and on this forum have got fixed opinions on him as a player i.e. they just don’t like him for whatever reason. He has big shoes to fill and high expectations to fulfil which has made fans more tetchy. The last few home matches I’ve been to have...

Funnily enough, my mate who is a neutral thought he was our biggest threat, played well and deserved his goal. Amazing how things can be perceived when there’s not unconscious bias.

Early signs are promising! Makes sense for us to ‘try before you buy’ a few wingers ahead of the summer window and the Hamer replacement is a complete non-starter and the number one priority.

Personally, I think Simms and Wright will come good and we’ll be overall better off. Hamer hasn’t been replaced yet but it’s important not to rush into buying a player to get someone in. If we have to be weak for a few months in that area, so be it if it means we eventually get the right...

Pretty gutted we didn’t cash in on Wilson now…

He cost a lot of money so I want him work out too! If he’s a bust, it could impact the working relationship between Robins and Doug King. Especially given the context of some poor form. It so happens that Robins has so much credit in the bank, we’d have to genuinely be in a relegation battle...

We’re a team in transition, we’ve gutted the whole team and had to replace our 2 best players. If view Operation Premier League as a project, which I do, then we have to be pragmatic and accept it’ll take a few transfer windows for things to come together. Especially if 4-3-3 is here to stay...

That’s not how form works and even a sceptic like yourself surely has to acknowledge that being in the right positions to score goals is a promising sign. I’m sure it’s not personal, but you do seem like you have an axe to grind with Wright and it’s pretty ugly. Be patient, he’s not even been...

The ‘lazy’ accusation is ironically, a lazy trope to make by a lot of football fans. Forwards get it more often because they’re waiting to make their move and it’s easy to single them out if they’re not chasing the ball down. Wright and Simms in particular have come in as big money signings...

If we stick with this 4-3-3 formation, I’d like us to add some fun wingers to the team. In the mean time, looking ward to seeing where COH fits in: does he fit in that 3 man midfield (where he started on loan for us) or does he start out wide?

Staying and signing a new contract are two different things. He certainly wouldn’t have forced a move like he did in the end, but equally, wasn’t guaranteed to sign new terms.

Likewise, had we got promoted, we would have been favourites for relegation so we’d be in a position where we’d be unlikely to command a large fee. In preseason I was banging the drum about how Gyo wouldn’t go to Lisbon over Prem teams. Actually, going to Lisbon makes a lot of sense as he can...

You wouldn’t want to alienate someone who’s been a good dressing room influence the whole time he’s here. He’ll know he hasn’t been good enough and will have to wait his turn to prove himself again. Collins is a good GK, he was Barnsley’s #1 when they made it to the playoffs and was playing...

Middlesborough had a lot of upheaval, no doubt about that. We’ve pretty much started over completely. 5-6 loans went back to their parent clubs, 11 players released and we sold two of the best players in the division in Hamer and Gyokeres. If we have a plan for January and can get good quality...

I don’t think we create many clear cut chances tbh. Compared to last season, think of how many clear cut chances Hamer and Gyo fashioned? For me, and I know this is subjective, but a lot of our chances are sorted by having a stronger midfield. It could be the case that COH comes back and makes...

If they were, we certainly wouldn’t have squandered as many winning positions as we have and likewise, we would created more chances. Both players benefitted from playing alongside Hamer last season. They have the joint responsibility of try to create and attack as Gus did. I’m hoping they...