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No and that wasn’t what I was saying. Most players do need to stick to the proscribed structure otherwise they’ll be out of the team. Looking at tactical ideas, under Robins was more we preferred crosses from the byline. For EMC’s goal, Sakamoto crossed it from the edge of the box and without...

No, trust in the democratic process is so low in the USA, it’s clearly a problem. Not only did Trump claim the 2020 election was ‘stolen’, you had the Democrats call the legitimacy of the 2016 election into question too. Both parties are at it. I’m a bit more relaxed about voter ID in the UK...

Is there any data on this point specifically? This point gets parroted a lot without any data backing it up. In the US there’s a real issue with election integrity and California banning the use of ID is a massive red flag. As a basic principle, you need ID to buy certain goods, drive a car...

It’s more likely the coaching hasn’t been good enough. As people have mentioned, the touchline during games there were many inputs from different coaches, how would players respond to contradictory instructions, for example. Look at BTA, he was solid championship striker last year and looks...

Great effort from the SBA!

He was consistently excellent from New Year’s to the end of the season. This season his form, in my view, is down to being in and out of the team. For example, he scored against Watford and was dropped for the next game to be brought back for the Leeds, then back out. Compared that with Haji...

The way the game is reffed nowadays, whenever he is aggressive, it gets called a foul! Defenders and goalkeepers are overprotected by the refs now imo.

More faith should’ve been put in Simms at the start of the season. He came big in important matches for us, Man U, Leeds and Wolves to name a few. Tinkering with BTA and Bassette hasn’t helped imo.

Agreed. Its not the same issue exactly, but last pre-season at Bayern Munich, Tuchel wanted a different profile of midfielder as Goretzka and Kimmich as a partnership would struggle to break down certain types of teams. Both CMs are top class but it’s about picking and recruiting the best...

Clearly an upgrade then. The only stat that COH outperforms Rudoni significantly is the amount he’s been fouled…

Great effort considering a good 3 hours journey on coach/train!

Cheer up, it’s nearly Xmas Shmmeee!

Last I’ve heard/seen, Wright will be back in the new year so there’s a good block of 6/7 games without him. In that time, we need to be getting some form in the players so we can ease Wright back in a bit. I’d quite like to see Wright upfront for a stretch if EMC and Sakamoto are in form. In...

Rhys Carr’s tenure would very much be a continuation of Robins’ ideas and tactics. Lampard and his team to make some changes and that’ll take a few weeks. Given the ‘diffculty’ of fixtures, we need to picking up points right away and by Jan the team should be well integrated into FL’s tactics...

I didn’t realise Joe Edwards worked under Tuchel and the best part is that he left to rejoin Lampard at Everton. Which means Tuchel certainly rated him as his number 2. The players will surely respond to such high level coaches.

I swear people complaining about the prices are STHs who it doesn’t really impact. Totally understand the Plymouth fans kicking up a fuss.

5 games in a row we’ve conceded 2 goals or more, this is game we need to put an end to this. We may actually win a game if at least only concede 1 goal! Dovin MVE Thomas Kitching Binks Sheaf Torp Rudoni/Eccles Sakamoto Simms EMC I’d like to see how we get on with Torp at CM, he gets into...

Sakamoto’s pass to EMC is an early contender for assist of the season. I really want to see a front 3 of EMC, Simms and Sakamoto. Some of the crosses both wingers put in would be more suited for Simms style of play and after FL’s comments about Simms, he may start v Millwall.

We have to countenance the idea that Robins caused this because of the coaching structure. At the time, even McSheffrey outlined his concerns with replacing Viveash with someone like Delaney. This was something I dismissed at the time but with hindsight, it’s possible Robins exposed himself...

Agree but we could be surprised. One of the virtues of bringing Lampard in was his work with academy players (and U25s as a whole).