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Not so sure. In reality we need a very good keeper, a left back, one possibly 2 centre halves and competition for Grimes and Onyeka. Esse will go so we’ll need cover there. Doesn’t leave much to do anything at the most expensive end of the pitch.

Not sure. Lampard was glowing in his praise of Grimes after the Derby game and was talking about his leadership, game management and overall squad impact. He’s very much the fulcrum of who we are at the moment.

Forwards wise I think we’ll go in with Wright, Simms and BTA. We need the investment more in other areas. I don’t think we’ll be playing a game where we are asking them to hold it up more. We’ll mix it up. Prem defences are not used to a dose of directness. We might have some joy with it but it...

But he can’t increase his speed of thought and speed overall. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him as part of next years squad as I don’t think we’ll see wholesale changes. Equally, if he does stay I don’t see him playing much

Rushworth Van Ewijk Thomas Kitching Dasilva Grimes Onyeka Saka Rudoni Emc Wright Let’s not mess about. Get it done

Tremendous achievement in this quagmire of a league to be basically up at this point.

He’s a few yards of championship pace. No way he cuts it in the prem. I think we’ll move him on.

Exactly.

I can still remember the Boro game ages ago. Oh sorry the other week. When will some realise he’s a different level to anything else we’ve got

Unfortunately bar one purple patch of goals, Torp has been very inconsistent. He had great technical ability and knows where the net is. But he’s not mobile or quick enough to play in any midfield role. His good performances at the start of the season weren’t that really - they were masked by...

Saka and Grimes 8. 7’s elsewhere. Gritty

Think we went in with a rusty Torp and Wright carrying a knock. Looked just a game too far for Onyeka. Good point. Take it and move on.

Torp just isn’t agile enough in the 10 role, needs too long. Generally they are snapping into it a bit more.

87/88. Year after the cup

It’s an interesting debate. If you leave the financials to one side is it more enjoyable purely as a watching spectacle to win a whole stack of games and be one of the best in the champ or try and pick our way through a prem season and stay up. I think you have to go prem otherwise what’s the...

A championship side that hasn’t just come down is never going to go up with a squad full of prem level players. Finances don’t allow. So it’s pointless saying X,Y and Z arent good enough. Why would they be. We’ve just got to pick up some value and take a chance on a few we already have. It’s not...

It was as much the way we gave the ball back to them really lazily.

Let’s be honest - not many. Possibly Thomas as a defender who may get a few if you’ve over done it trying to shoehorn Palmer, Haaland and Semenyo in.

Lampard and team have developed a real team spirit which is as important as anything else. I don’t think they’ll go as wholesale changes as some think. Rushworth or AN Other is a must. CH and LB. Plus a midfielder for depth. Elsewhere I think they’ll go with what we have.

He’s been just what we need in midfield. We were in a phase where we had Grimes covering it on his own. Torp not mobile enough and Eccles deployed further forward. He’s filled the gap perfectly but I think we’ll need a couple of new faces in there for depth next year.