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Abiding memories of Highfield Rd Emerging onto the West Terrace with the sprawl of the pitch in front. Smell of fags drifting across (why did they never smell like that anywhere else). In later years Oggy taking 3-4 fans out every home game with his warm up. The ridiculous melee to get out at...

100% MVE. Not anywhere near as impactful as the other two

100% MVE. Not anywhere near as impactful as the other two

That’s the game isn’t it. You don’t want anyone in the squad that is happy not to play. And you have to keep them happy if they aren’t. None of Lati, Bassette have made a compelling case at all so they should suck it up and Lampard should continue to omit them for better options

Just enjoy it. Let’s face it, we’ve had it a lot worse.

True. But we did end up with numerous forward options and basically one RB. Agree re injuries. If Dovin and Thomas stay fit we’re play offs already. Guess that’s the game though.

Binks is just basically a poor defender. A really strange signing to have paid decent money for. Probably stuck with him now though

Can’t get to down on Lampard, he’s worked wonders. Grimes is his only signing. He’s worked miracles with the unbalanced squad he inherited

It’s actually more for his mental health that Collins needs dropping. He’s patently a busted flush confidence wise and it’s unfair to keep selecting him. He’s basically cost us 10-12 points single handedly.

Still in our own hands going into the last game. I’d have taken that when we were 17th. But please Frank - put Wilson in.

I think part of Collins issue is that his hands are shot to pieces due to his vigorous beating of the turf after every howler.

Career suicide accompanied by a massive sack of cash.

I can see Utd taking a punt on Gyokeres.

Forget the stats. Trust what you see on the pitch. A centre forward has two chances to add value to a team. 1) Score goals. 2) Be that outstanding in other aspects that you can get a place even if 1 isn’t happening. Unfortunately for Simms he’s not bailing himself out with either. That said...

Assuming no Thomas I’d go with. Wilson MVE Lati Kitching Dasilva Sheaf Grimes Rudoni Saka BTA Wright

The point is Wright was as poor as Simms was today. But generally he does things Simms is a million miles away from doing and is by far our best attacker. That’s not Simms fault, it’s just how it is. The gap between 3.5m Simms and 7.7m Wright is a lot more than that price difference.

We can’t not play some of the weak players we have. Our squad isn’t big enough. If you don’t play Lati, it’s Binks. If you drop Simms, it’s BTA. Playing Collins is just baffling but we’re doing the best we can with some obvious weaknesses.

It may be an unkind thing to say but the fact is he is just a really, really poor keeper. Doesn’t stop shots, come for crosses or inspire any sort of confidence. At a conservative estimate I’d confidently say he’s cost us 10 points at least, single handedly. He just can’t play again.

We absolutely need to play Wilson last two games. It’s frighteningly obvious. At least he’s got some presence. Luton will be a complete dogfight which could be anything. But I fancy us to beat Boro.

The reality is we have several players who aren’t good enough. If you have a team with Lati, Collins, Simms and then others have off days you get beaten. And we were beaten very easily today.