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Agreed on both points. I think there’s a lot of potential in our team and 1-2 players in the starting team from being real contenders. If we can get a player like Hamer in, even someone who needs 1-2 seasons to get there, we’ll be laughing.

I agree with @Nick where there were runs being made by Wright in particular (but also Godden and Simms) but the build was too slow. If they haven’t got the range of passing, that’s fine but we need players who have got those attributes. Which I’m sure MR is aware of and working on.

Agree, he did look good. My concern would be that Father Time will catch up to McFadz this season (yes, been the case for 2-3 seasons now) - we need to be prepared. I wouldn’t panic, Simms is 4-5 years younger than Yates and even if he’s not better right now, he probably has a higher ceiling.

Our sample size is small, we haven’t created much in our games so far. Godden’s goals have both been very well taken (exactly what we need tbh) as neither of his goals were ‘clear cut’ chances. Without Hamer’s passing range, we struggle to transition the ball up the field quickly. Eccles and...

I personally rated Hamer from day one, but his discipline was not great. I’m sure if we took a look at earlier match threads we’d see a lot of negativity. There were naysayers in the minority until before the World Cup - that’s not an unfair observation is it?

4 points from 3 games isn’t worthy of pressing the panic button. We’ve lost Hamer and Gyokeres and we have to adapt to that. Especially replacing Hamer because we haven’t made any signings in that department and there’s some to come. Shout out to the fellow SBA in the Swansea Premier Inn!

See early reactions to Gyokeres and Hamer. It takes time to mould players and develop them. We took Gyokeres from a 3rd choice behind Biamou to being a €24m striker for a UCL/Europa League team.

The officials were not at fault for our performance. I think Sakamoto went down a little bit too early for the officials to give him free kicks - that’ll come as he adapts to the league and footballing culture. To hear the person behind me say ‘it’ll be hard to beat that ref as the worst this...

Way too soon for you to make those judgements. Players need time to adapt to new countries and the way we play football and how it’s officiated. It was something Hamer needed time to get to grips with before becoming one of the best players in the league. This applies to: Sakamoto Wright van...

Clearly missed Hamer today in what was a drab fixture. The team will hopefully get a few additions and we’ll develop nicely. Sakamoto put in a good shift, van Ewjik looked likely and overall, defensively we were solid but gave away that soft goal. Eccles and Sheaf are good players but we...

It’s not a secret, Robins has credited his team along the way! MR has out together a good team on the pitch and off it! Include Dennis Lawrence to that too! Remember when he stepped in for MR and Viveash and we battered Sheffield United 4-1!

In terms of impact, there is not a Coventry manager who has turned the fortunes of the club around like Robins has since Jimmy Hill. Doesn’t mean he was technically the best football mind. But Robins is very comfortably Top 2 of all time. I’d have rather kept Robins than Hamer and Gyokeres. A...

Just think how good Haaland will be this season if that’s the case…

Probably true. Sheffield U panicked into paying what we demanded for Hamer having had a difficult transfer window themselves.

Simms and Wright will be our starting strikers when everyone is up to speed. This only changes if Godden has an impact similar to that in our second Championship season. Simms will be absolutely fine and the naysayers will come to look silly in a few months time. Wright will also be a class act...

Yes, we all knew about the link with Da Silva, but the announcement wasn’t leaked.

Most of them were leaked by journalists weren’t they? The only surprises were: - Da Silva - Simms - Binks Even these 3, Da Silva was linked in Jan, Simms was picked up by Sky and hilariously, the club leaked Binks when no one had a clue it was happening!

Let’s start a match thread - Styles and Kitching watch… 😂

Did Robins allude to Wright being short on match fitness hence the start at Wimbledon and bench v Boro? I agree we should keep it unchanged, Wright as an impact sub for 30 minutes will help ease him into match fitness and form.

I fancy us for a win, 2-0. Beating Boro 3-0 must do wonders for confidence even if the score line was slightly flattering. Unchanged team with any new signings likely to come in on the bench. I’m not excited for this away day and making a bit of a weekend of it of it too! #pusb