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We don’t create many chances from open play. Harry Kane’s only shot (that I can recall, first half) came from a Sterling dribble. Sterling, or anyone, isn’t the problem per se. The stat about Kane speaks for itself, he’s taking about half the amount of shots for England as he does for Spurs. We...

He wasn’t selfish at all. Sweden recovered that very well. The goalkeeper gets a touch and pushes it out wide. Then, a defender immediately covers the near post (option A closed) and before he can control the ball, 2 Swedish defenders cut the passing lane within about 3 seconds. He should’ve...

That’s unfair on Sterling. He plays in a different role at Man City and even Sané struggled in the German setup — international football is played a lot deeper so players in that mould get less chances all together. Yesterday, Sterling was our most threatening player, his pace constantly put...

I was just pulling a figure from thin air, I’m not entirely sure if you’re agreeing or disagreeing with me. It’s pretty obvious we need to replace McNulty, Robins wanted another striker regardless of McNulty leaving or not. So another target is needed. Hopefully, we’re ambitious in finding this...

Not necessarily. If the target he wants, for arguments sake, cost £500k, would he need the £700k? Probably not. You don’t want to be reckless and overspending on your transfer budget. That’s how you get into financial trouble just as we’ve got a relatively stable financial footing. It’s a...

He’s been our most threatening player by quite some distance this half. Granqvist has constantly been on the back foot even when we’ve made clearances towards their corner flag. I’m convinced that for the first ‘miss’ he knew he was offside. As for the second, pretty frustrating, good...

It’s the wrong Armstrong unfortunately, we want Adam please Mr. Robins!

It doesn’t count unless we spend the exact amount we received for a player because it’s not like we weren’t running on a deficit at the time. Oh, wait...

There isn't an abundance of strikers who can score 20+ goals a season in any league. In the post of yours which I quoted you said: 'At Coventry City we seem to have low standards when it comes to strikers - whereby 15 goals a season is classed as a good return'. To put that quote into...

I like the look of Chaplin, apparently he’s the ‘heir’ for the strikers berth held by Pitman (24 goals last year) and at 21, could be a good investment and also plays on the wing. We would also need to look at signing another striker as Robins planned anyway.

Fun facts for you: - In L1, only two players broke the 20 goal mark last season, neither of their teams made the playoffs. - Shrewsbury’s top scorer was on 12 goals, only 2 others broke the 10 mark. They narrowly finished 3rd. - Blackburn’s top goal scorer was a midfielder (Dack, 18), Graham...

It is a massive loss, but £1.5m for a striker we picked up on a free transfer a year ago is a good deal, £1-1.5m is about the limit of his valuation, £2m would've been the absolute best we could've got. There's an assumption that McNulty would get 20+ in L1 which I don't think is necessarily the...

Would be a good move for him if he's not getting first team football in L1 or L2.

He wasn’t part of the Portsmouth team that won the league, he was there when they in the playoffs. It's not a bad return considering he's been mainly been used as a substitute - he is only 21. His stats are from 31 starts, 73 substitute appearances. It could be a good signing.

Repays that faith? That is nonsense. He's not indebted to anyone because the relationship was give and take and without his goals, would we have finished 6th and won the playoffs? Probably not. He's got the opportunity to play at the highest level in his career too. Like Robins said, you don't...

It is a bit rich seeing fans complaining about ‘loyalty’ when where was the loyalty towards McNulty when he wasn’t in fine goalscoring form? We’ve got an archive of threads and comments even as far as January saying we needed a ‘natural goalscorer’. With the fee involved, I’m not that annoyed...

How much money do you realistically think we can hold out for a 25 year old striker who’s only really proven in L2? Every player has a price — even Christiano Ronaldo is set to leave Madrid. That’s more than we sold Jutkiewicz and Leon Clarke.

For the rumoured £1.2m upfront, I am ok with this. Although the club should hold out for that £2m - met one way or the other. Regardless of what happens, I trust Robins to find a replacement.

Generally speaking, the transfer market in football is a seller’s market, a club generally sells whenever it’s valuation is met. I remember Boothroyd asking for £10m for Westwood in his contract year! There’s a few factors that drives down prices such as financial instability or a player pushing...

The two players who missed the penalties received death threats, pretty soon after the anniversary of the Escobar murder. What a toxic atmosphere for the players. However, it didn’t stop me making the distasteful joke that the Colombians were ‘literally playing to save their lives’.