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We sold Chaplin to a team in a higher division and made a profit. He didn’t reach the same heights with us as he did with Ipswich, but the signing can hardly be considered a failure.

No team has 4 star strikers in their team for obvious reasons. One thing that gets lost on a lot of people on here is the intended use of players. Were the likes of Biamou and Bakayoko supposed to be key players when we signed them? No, both were players signed to be developed. Even so, they...

Not at all. He’s managed McGoldrick, Leon Clarke, McNulty, Godden and Vik. With the exception of Wilson, he’s managed our best performing strikers post-premiership. Chaplin was sold for a profit despite not really living up to expectation. We’ve only really messed up buying Waghorn and not...

Elliot Simms at an initial £3.5m is a better deal for me - he’s the better player with more growth potential!

If we can get a good fee for Godden, I’d take it because he’s in the last year of his contract and his injury record has been mixed last few season. Likewise, we’re changing the way we play and from the games I’ve seen, it’s clear Godden doesn’t really fit in with our play style any more.

If we were to sign Sharp, the difference between this signing and say, Waghorn or a De Zeeuew/Kilbane is that Sharp isn’t being brought in to start games. He’s an experienced pro who can add leadership qualities and has proven his durability. A great mentor for Simms. I don’t think it’s a...

Both those signings came out of nowhere really. Generally, we get our business done quickly under Robins. In his second spell I only recall the Connor Chaplin saga dragging out for an amount of time.

I was pretty disengaged with supporting us at this stage because I was at Uni and we were shit… Looking back, it’s satisfying that we’re that club that’s on the way up after going through the dark ages.

You can, I believe we did it with Denzel Slager/another Dutch striker Pressley took on trial way back when. The telegraph article suggests we’re confirming the signing today after the paperwork is complete. A team wouldn’t let us take one of their prized assets on a trial before a sale. One...

Absolutely. I’d have reservations about his defensive capabilities being 5”7, but there was a clip of him being quite dogged in defence which is a sign he could be useful as a WB. If he’s left footed that would suggest he could play either side for us so that extra versatility will be valuable...

Versatile players are fashionable atm and Robins has deployed out WBs in the box formation as well as WB. For example, Wilson-Esbrand, Maatsen and perhaps even Giles too all played on the left. A trickier, more attacking minded WB could add a dimension to our playing style we currently don’t have.

Billy Sharp as an option of the bench on a one year deal would be something I can get onboard with. I do think Godden will end up leaving this window and we’ll likely need a ‘stopgap’ player. The experience with Kelly, McFadz and even Godden shows just how important leadership is to a team.

It's worth mentioning that Brighton picked up Gyokeres from the Swedish second division. There's plenty of good players across the leagues that can be developed. Hoping this guy is a diamond in the rough, as things stand I'd expect he'd be a substitute option.

There’s a lot of wacky conspiracy theories about Doug’s intentions of buying the club. Which I find bizarre because we’re a club with potential and always have been. He’s pretty much done everything he’s said he would so people just need to relax and judge the guy on his record.

I’d accepted we’d seen Gyokeres for the last time after Dabo missed the penalty. Hamer too, but I have hope we’re willing to spend the money to get him to extend his contract. Which, I’d have 100% taken because Hamer was our MVP in the playoffs and in the last month of the season. Plus, I don’t...

Remember when McNulty scored all those goals for us in L2 to end up being in the reserves for Reading? L2 players are very rarely ready to make the jump up to the Championship.

Even if we sign 1-2 wingers, we’re not likely to change formation. 3-4-2-1 / 3-4-3 are more or less the same formation and my guess would be Sakamoto would be deployed on the right side cutting in. That is, my first impression of the highlights of a player I’d never heard of until now so I...

It’s something Robins had been saying we’re trying to replicate since we got promoted back to the Championship. We’ve had a clear out and starting again fresh. Losing Gyokeres is a blow, but if we’re actually getting a good chunk of that money to spend, it’ll be business very well done. I may...

Robins did say at the tail end of last season that we were looking at some really good players (regardless of playoff outcome). Signing Simms for [up to] £8m and this guy for €2m and potentially McNally on a permanent… What is going on?! Coventry City splashing the cash? Never in my lifetime.

Very, very wishful thinking…