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How is it misleading that Bristol Rovers nearly signed Bakayoko? Wriddrington is no longer involved at the club. If anything, it’s a validation that someone involved bringing in McNulty, Biamou, Nazon and JCH was willing to pay 200k for Bakayoko. That’s assuming TW has anything to do with Rovers...

Wilson also had a loan spell in non-league where he scored 1 in 46. Bakayoko scores 9 goals last season which isn’t a terrible return. With a little bit of work, it isn’t unreasonable to think he could score 15 goals in a season. All the other names you mentioned were free agents, for good...

No it’s not. We just need to consolidate this year and build a 2-3yr promotion project. We’ve got a good young team that will develop over time. Why don’t we save our meltdown for Xmas time and we’re in and around the relegation zone. Otherwise, let’s all chill out.

Agreed, to an extent. As I’ve stated previously, I’d give him a run in the team. But Robins seems to think he’s not ready, which I don’t necessarily disagree with. A short-term loan could be beneficial to JP and us. We’ve spent money on Bakayoko and Hiwula. Bakayoko seems like a bit of a...

For me, Ponticelli needs game time. Whether it be with us or out on loan, 20m cameos will stunt his development. Personally, I’d be tempted to give him a go upfront. However, if Robins doesn’t feel he’s ready, a loan to L2 and a few goals at senior level will force him back into the picture with...

Personally, I’d probably start with Hiwula and JCH upfront. With Ponticelli’s tidy finish v Oxford, albeit offside, he looks like our best finisher right now in all honesty. My thinking right now is that we should play 4-4-2. None of our strikers seem like natural lone striker options...

4 games doesn’t tell you a lot. There are some worrying trends, namely our lack of goals from open play. But, sometimes you need a bit of time for players to settle in and gel. I’m unsure whether Bakayoko will click, but I do think Hiwula will improve a lot as the season develops. When we move...

For all the typical hysteria of us Cov fans, we’re only 2 points worse off than last season. Admittedly, I’m yet to watch us because I’ve been working away. But to make an observation, we look far less settled than we did last year with more chopping and changing. I don’t think Biamou is a lone...

Tell that Inzaghi, one of the best poachers in my time. To play on the shoulders of the defenders, you need to take chances.

It’s been 4 league games and we haven’t even got some of our best players back from injury yet.

You have to look at your career as an investment. Sure, you can take the quickest quid you’ve ever earned at 18 and be out of the Football League by 25, then you’re back to being a semi-pro. Sometimes, you’ll earn more money as a footballer proving yourself elsewhere on less money. To use...

I’m not sure why he’d regret a move just 4 games into a season... ... it could the case that he looks back at this move in the future with regret if things don’t pan out well. This said, if you don’t test yourself at the highest level you can, as an athlete, you’d be sure to regret that too...

None that I’ve ‘stormed out of’ but when I was JSB my mum used to come early to pick me up from games. Aside from that, I’m a stay until the final whistle kind of person.

I had forgotten about that! But that’s the one! I’m unsure whether or not it was the right thing to leave him out. A 4-0 horror show for your last game? Wouldn’t be for me, personally.

Without seeing or following the Oxford match, I find it very hard anything can top that 6-2 loss to Yeovil. Only that and the 4-0 loss to Watford, last game of the season under (probably) Coleman. Leon Barnett’s defending still makes my blood boil to this day. Only two games I voluntarily...

You’re making a judgement after 3 games. Robins said straight after the Scunthorpe that this team will need a few weeks to kick into gear. Whilst I’m underwhelmed at our business in the striker department, I do trust Robins to get it right, ultimately. As long as we don’t get relegated, I’m...

We should probably return to a 4-4-2 for this game, something like: Sterling Davies Hyam Mason Bayliss Andreu Ogogo Shipley JCH Hiwula I feel like we’ve deviated too much from what was successful at the tail end of last season. The only problem with a 4-4-2 is that fitting in...

Us Cov fans love a good meltdown.

What figure do you have in mind for how much you think we should've got for him? It's all well and good slating what other people have said, or vaguely saying we let him go on the cheap, give me a figure. When you've got a player like Maddison, you purposefully put those sell-on clauses on the...