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Bayliss nor Jones made the impact we would’ve expected. But, it was a positive move and statement of intent that we wanted to win the game. It didn’t pay off, which is bound to happen on occasion. Robins is a smart man, he didn’t think ‘chuck the marquee signing on’, but he trusts and rates...

Firstly, point out where I call Chaplin our best striker? Robins clearly rates him as he spent the whole summer trying to sign him and spent 500k on him. He’s his first choice in MR’s eyes for sure. Whilst I didn’t make it obvious, ‘first choice’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘best’. We weren’t...

They’re both on 3, with a penalty apiece. Maybe Bakayoko would’ve been a better choice, who knows. The rationale of bringing on your best striker is stronger than bringing on your 4th choice, there’s no ifs or buts on that one. When you lose, you can’t do anything right because had he brought on...

Hiwula had more chances and looked more threatening than Thomas today, after all, his goal was a 'gift' apparently... JCH played well, won a lot aerially, linked up really well and got a goal and if his first chance was on his left foot, it's odds-on he scores. It wasn't perfect and I've...

Our main striker was on the bench, why would you throw on your 4th choice over your main, marquee signing!? That would be baffling. With JCH putting in another good performance, there just isn't a way for Bakayoko in the team at this moment. Hopefully, he gets game in the Checkatrade and puts...

Thomas' goal wasn't a gift at all and whilst his shot was not powerful, was well placed. The BBC description of it as 'excellent' is probably giving it too much credit, you're certainly doing a disservice to Thomas. Having read a report from a Walsall source, they don't seem to think it was a...

They didn’t test Burge in the first half. We gifted them two goals, which is criminal. Our first was a gift too. Shipley, JCH and Hiwula all had decent chances and the latter, as well as Thomas were guilty of trying to take too many touches in good positions. We had 7 corners to 1, more shots...

He’s probably not fit enough to last 90m and Thompson played well last week, deserved another chance. Thompson wasn’t confident today defensively, which magnified his shortcomings as an attacker — we certainly lose impetus without 2 attacking fullbacks!

Re-read my post, it explicitly says they finished the final 20m well. Besides that, we limited them to mostly nothing long range chances. They fed off our mistakes. That winning goal was superb finish, right in the corner, 8/10 times a L1 RB misses that. Youre being apocalyptic about this...

It was an end to end game, frankly, we looked more likely to score throughout the 90 than they did. They did finish the final 20 minutes well in fairness. Hiwula was threatening so taking off either him or Thomas could be seen as harsh. Agreed on your last point. Jones nor Bayliss had the...

My half time thoughts: This is a weird game, we’ve looked the most threatening throughout the first half and they capitalised on our errors. Negatives: Thompson doesn’t look confident at RB, our defence has dilly-dallied on the ball too much and we’ve just had to take one too many touches in...

Agreed. The team should remain largely intact, with a minor shuffling of the pack to manage injuries/fitness. We’ve got Cheltenham to be a bit more experimental with our setup!

Personally, Kelly would’ve been my choice in Bayliss’ absence. To me, Doyle and Ogogo isn’t the best combination we have in central midfield because neither are particularly confident at carrying the ball or linking up play. Kelly has a good range of passing that supplements Doyle well — even a...

God no. In this case, I’m the one being robbed with extortionate tuition fee which we get charged interest on...

Sounds like the Checkatrade trophy. Stevenson wasn’t getting game time with us, nor Colchester. Frankly, he needs to build his game up somehow because he’s gone from a solid L1 performer to someone who can’t make an impact at a mid table L2 side. You can’t blame him for wanting to leave given...

Right now, Serie B is a mess. It was supposed to have had 22 teams competing, only 19 are because a few teams went completely bust. There are teams in Serie C refusing to play their fixtures because they believe they should be in Serie B because of said liquidations. Winner: Championship wins...

I didn’t get in 40k debt for nothing haha.

The English football leagues are typically better than their continental counterparts. The 3rd divisions in Italy and Spain are regional leagues, our 5th tier is a national league. Our leagues also have more teams in them too. To add an anecdote, my Italian friend believes the Championship is a...

It appears you’ve missed the point. The point wasn’t ‘it was all tits up when Biamou was playing,’ but rather that JCH’s introduction has changed our fortunes somewhat (among other players). Gillingham was his first start where he put in a dominant performance and we really should’ve won that...

If you want to bring stats into it, JCH had a better goals and assists ratio than Biamou even last season. So statistically, JCH was better even last season. This said, our form as a team at the end of this season warranted Biamou’s selection. Which brings me onto my next point. We’ve won 5 in a...