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If we want to challenge for promotion, then we need to add depth and improve the starting XI too. For CM, we still only have Kelly, Doyle and Bayliss, Doyle turns 37 and is Kelly a top end CM for L1? This is an area we need to improve on. We still have 1-2 wingers in Jones and Allassani, one is...

Personally, I don’t think our transfer business is even close to being concluded. Westbrook and Bosma have been primarily signed as U23 players and JCH isnt a ‘new’ signing per se. Persobally, we need at least 5-6 first team signings (so either starting or benching). So far, we’ve signed two of...

Or... The question is, why would a younger player choose us over better clubs? The answer is a greater liklihood of opportunities. Our recent history shows us as a good place for young players to progress from.

Interesting, thank you! Roughly the areas I'd look at too... From your understanding, are these targets to be facilitated by player sales?

What else have you folk heard in terms of transfer targets? Instead of name dropping, how about hints at positions we're looking at?

With 4 senior centre backs, and our most competitive position in the squad, an 18 year old kid from non-league isn’t likely to break the first team in my view. Barring an injury crisis. I will be happy with this signing, especially considering some of the other teams in for this lad. It shows...

Thankfully, most of the 'deadwood' is being let go with contract expirations. Beavon needs to moved on pronto, he'll be on pretty decent wages you'd think and isn't even making the substitute bench atm. Vincenti is a maybe, and he could possibly still play a minor squad role and adds a degree of...

What is everyone’s obsession with Willis leaving? We wanted about £500k after we got relegated, no one wanted to pay it. It is most likely his value has gone up, so I doubt many teams are willing to pay more than that for a defender. This Williams lad, if signed, is quite clearly going to be...

Nowadays getting past the 2nd round is a ‘long way’ for us...

It’s not that big of a call, by all accounts, Sane hasn’t been close to replicating his Man City form for Germany, is yet to score in his 12 appearances. His role is also different for Germany than at Man City which has affected his international form. Ironically, most of the fuss about his...

People are also forgetting that the owners hired Robins in the first place. So even if was ‘The Robins Show’, the owners would still deserve credit...

It’s a joint effort. Robins is clearly a good fit for us, and has done a very good job to date. But, the owners have undoubtedly given him the tools to succeed, he made 15+ signing last season and has already got 3 through the door. Allassani was wanted by a host of clubs of an equal or higher...

Lies! Sisu only take money out of the club!

Robins’ transfer policy has been such a key factor in our successes under him. We’ve gone in for players early, targets have been realistic and we’ve pulled off a few coups. Which is continued in this window too. Long may it continue! Robins is probably the only manager I’ve had complete faith...

Interesting signing as he was a starter for Shrewsbury and they were keen to keep him too. At 29 he adds experience to the squad and with 6 goals in 89 games, that's a decent goal tally for left back. He's going to be our left footed Grimmer and he can play further up the left as a winger and...

Doyle wasn’t actually let go. The indication was that Pompey were going to offer him a contract, but we pounced early. He signed for us 5 days after the won the league! It was a good move for him because he still lived locally, and clearly had unfinished business with us. To bring my post back...

Robins rarely deviates from 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1 or 4-5-1 so I'd be surprised to mix that up. I suppose it depends on the personnel we bring in this summer whether it is 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1. Primarily, we need to build our depth, for the first team, matchday 18, we need about 5-7 players: - RM, maybe...

You’re overly cynical here. Ofc money plays a significant factor, but it certainly isn’t the be all and end all. Career development is just as important for footballers, why would Allassani, for example, choose us over Championship or the Old Firm clubs? Judging by how early this transfer was...

TV money. Prem teams get so much TV money they can go out and buy ‘established’ players from abroad or the pick of the litter in the league’s below. As you point out, a team is only a bad run away from getting relegated. Look at Southampton, they had the ‘luxury’ to sack Puel because he didn’t...

With the standard of the Championship increasing, and the success of young players like Maddison and Sessegnon (and others), I can see the Championship being a preferred destination for young players in the coming years. For young players, the Premiership is actually not that good a destination...