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We should be beating these really. I watched their game vs Stoke on the weekend and they were all over the place defensively and the scoreline flattered to deceive. In reality a better side would stuck 4 or 5 past them. Their Midfield is poor so we need to look at pressing and exploiting...

Right so as suspected, you haven't watched a single PL game this season. What on earth does Hojlund scoring for fun in Portugal have to do with anything?

Eriksen has been OK I think this season, but you can't ever start a pairing of those two as it's one way of the midfield being easily overrun. His contract is due to run out in the summer and I suspect it won't be renewed. Casemiro is a disaster and needs moving on - for their sake hopefully...

Not sure how much you watch of the PL but their attacking options are dreadful. Zirkzee is well below the level and is already tipped for a move away and the jury is seriously out on Hojlund. I'd argue other than sorting out their midfield bringing in another ST is a priority for them in the...

The fee is ultimately what he'll be judged on. Complete non argument to suggest otherwise I'm afraid. I didn't particularly warm to him last season either. His so-called 'decent' spell also included 2 red cards and two own goals in one game which sums him up. He's erratic, has a poor read of...

Probably because we paid a significant fee for someone that is woefully average and will probably never justify said fee. He's painfully slow, turns about as swiftly as a Maersk freight liner, and doesn't really ever seem to have a great read of the game either - which leaves him vulnerable to...

I think there's context needed for some of these signings. In reality, the only real disappointments in that period really have been Collins and Moore. Not counting O'Brien as it's incredibly difficult to attract a good GK anyway, let alone when you're in L2. Marosi was pretty good and...

He definitely does and that probably wasn't in the script when he signed, or even at the beginning of this summer. I think part of the problem is that Robins possibly hoped that the midfield in terms of style (not necessarily the same players) would've been similar to that in the PO season...

Thinking out loud a bit here. But the problem Simms has is Robins likes a particular type of striker and the signings of BTA and Bassette points towards that criteria. Hard working, likes to press, maintains high intensity throughout the game etc. I think it's a good think to have a bit of...

Couldn't disagree more with that. As much as I like him I don't think BTA is a particularly talented footballer. However his work rate is remarkable and very much makes up for the fact that he isn't great technically.

Indeed. Hopefully one day he'll manage to shake off the trampoline permanently attached to his foot.

This is what I find so funny about Simms. There's an art to it, like anything, but pressing is a pretty rudimentary part of the game and isn't all that difficult to do. With the way the game has evolved, especially in terms of most teams playing out from the back, it just has to be a part of a...

I mean one of your posts over the weekend was: "at this point anyone who argued against the signing of Matty James is clearly in some weird state of denial about where the current state of things" but I'll take your word for it. Regardless of the back and forth on this argument, for what it's...

I'm really not. You only have to look through the forum during the summer after we missed out on Stamenic, and Browne. A 'highly rated' 22 year old CM from Tibet could've been put forward as a half credible link and the outcome would've been the same.

Godden played 41 times last season, that doesn't mean I'd want him anywhere near the squad even if we were down to the bare bones. I don't necessarily see that as a point of optimism.

It's not going to fuck us obviously but there's clearly a valid reason as to why he hasn't been signed. Emotions are high and fans are desperate. A rumour tomorrow could come up saying we're looking at re-signing Gunnarsson and guaranteed the same posters would be frothing at the mouth...

Well I'd say certain posters have a comprehension issue then.

Once again haven't actually said either of those things.

This is my exact issue with this argument though. You're making it sound like it's a foregone conclusion. Another body comes in = automatic success (or at the very least we're in a much better position). The club doesn't have a bottomless pit of funds and the last few windows have skewed that...

Making decisions from a place of desperation will more often than not lead to a poor outcome. It feels that having someone rather than no one is the argument against here which is fine but fans need to look at the bigger picture.