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Eisa had 13 in Jan too, so in nearly 2 months added 1 goal to his tally.

Probably a combination of those factors. A lot of Championship clubs are stretching their resources very thinly and the loss of ticket sales is huge. What is perplexing is that Grabban is 32-33, so I’m surprised to see Forest let go a young talent, who seems to be a natural successor. Either...

How many pens did he score v how many pens Toney scored?

If Dabo is only missing for a handful of games, you’re right, it probably isn’t worth spending budget on such a move. The highest priority now, I’d say is addressing this CM slot(s).

Have you considered we may try 3-4-3 in some games? In the same way we’d switch to 3-4-1-2 when chasing a winner/equaliser. Last season, the 3-4-2-1 shape with the ‘box’ came about because we had no strikers nor wingers available.

I’m happy Forest recalled Walker because had he scored 20-25 goals, there’s no way we’re getting him for less than £1m. Toney had a great season in an attacking team, and at the minute is most likely the better striker than Walker. But, Walker is a year younger, and scored a lot of L1 goals for...

I’m happy with RWB if DaCosta isn’t sidelined for the whole season. If it’s an ACL, we could do with a loanee coming in. I like Mason too, but he’s more of a traditional LB, and Robins probably wants a more attacking WB. I’m not 100% sure on the timescales of our players returning.

I may have missed something, but is Dabo going to be fit for the season start? With DaCosta, he’s got a knee ligament injury, is it an ACL or MCL? The latter would have him out for about 6-8 weeks, and we all know what ACLs are like... Pask is a good, but probably not a long term solution if we...

In our circumstances, there isn’t going to be many better options on the market for us. Prolific in the lower leagues, a few Championship goals and is 23 years old. Early stages, there’s a lot to like about this transfer.

We need to have a strong core of 18-21 players to compete, different options and strength in depth to cover injuries. Frankly, we need to address the WB slots. Probably still need a permanent option at LWB, definitely need cover at RWB too. CM is still a need, someone like Sheaf is what we...

Just realised that Tyler Walker was 1 goal behind Toney in January. Toney went on to finish very strongly in a free-scoring P’boro side. But, given that P’boro want £5-10m for Toney, we’ve got a striker who is very good value for money, in my opinion. Does anyone have an idea of what we paid...

We’ve got a few things going for us, so I think we may survive this season. I’d live for us to be mid table, but a lot of promoted teams have struggled with the step up. That said, around the bottom of the table there is a lot of dysfunctional teams. In the end, I’d take anything above 22nd!

Agreed. But, I’m happy to have both strikers! They could make a good pairing because, as you say, you have Walker’s athleticism mixed with Gooden’s good positioning.

You’re right. Today, Walker and Gooden are our top two choices this year. Baka looks like he’s got a bit more about him this preseason. It’s also probably his last year to prove himself to be worthy of a new contract. I’d like for him to out and perform really well this year.

I’d like Jones to have a really big season, it’ll be a heart warming story that he’s recovered from two, back-to-back ACLs, and come back to perform well in the Championship. More realistically, Gooden is a bit of a wildcard and think he could score quite a lot of goals in this league.

A lot of people fancied Lincoln to be up near the playoffs in fairness. He had the opportunity to play with his best mate, Jorge Grant too. In fairness to him, it was a good loan spell and hopefully he’s developed into a player who can perform for us!

Clubs like ourselves need to sign players who have the ability to step up. Realistically, we probably cannot compete with other Championship teams for proven Championship strikers. I really like this signing, despite rejecting us last season. In L2, he scored 22 in 44. Season after, scored 14...

Seeing the link to our heritage was a nice touch. The kits are growing on me and the neutrals I have shown the home kit rate it.

I think there’s more to it than that as Robins seemed fairy desperate to get rid of him. But, we can only speculate. I like JCH as a player, but he never really looked like he was capable of playing to the level he is showing at Bristol Rovers. Firstly, credit to him. Secondly, letting him go...

That would be leaving it too long for me. Personally, it’s funny that the very next game after the comment was made, JJ scores a screamer. Friendly or not!