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Why does Collins, Kitching & Thomas keep getting lumped together? Apparently, Collins is ‘distant’ with everyone in the first squad, only having a close relationship with AV. Putting 2+2 together, it would at least partially explain why Collins has gone from Number 1 to number 3. EDIT: Both...

£15-20m is a range ESB, £20+ million is outside of that range. Needless to say that the context has changed from April as he will have 6 months less on his contract. We got a deal that could be worth close to £17m for Hamer (within sell-on %) with 12 months left on his contract. Getting £15m...

You’re getting worked up over things no one has said. It gone all quiet because this £20+ million figure is one you have made up…

I don’t think Tuchel is the right man for the job and his teams are all quite low xG so let’s see how long he has the goodwill of fans if we’re playing more or less like Southgate. He’s tetchy in the press so it’s easy to see how Tuchel unravels in the England job. That said, his teams do well...

Including myself. I agree that range is likely too because his contract will have 12 months left unless someone gets desperate in Jan. Which is good value still.

If a bid came in for sheaf, what number would you accept? I said £15-20m last season and still stand by that. There’s no back tracking saying a player with one year less on their contract is worth slightly less. The line you’re quoting is: The emphasis being on you because I know I’d take...

I was looking at the same data set and there’s about 5 midfielders there that went for £15-20m in that age range. Hamer and Sara being the best Championship midfielders in consecutive years going for £15+ million. In relation to Sheaf, this £15-20m figure was banded about this summer when his...

I said £15-20m, not 20+. If you’ve looked at the data, you will see that Sheaf is a league leader in many categories ranging from passing, defensive stats and things like touches in the box, carries and shot creating actions. You speak in generalised statement which is fine if it’s backed up by...

It’s to demonstrate the inflation of Championship player prices. His fee was around the same fees fetched for several established Prem players like Livramento, Ward-Prowse, Barnes and Maddison. That fee is nearly £10m more than Jude Bellingham’s fee. So we shouldn’t have any qualms asking for...

They are a similar profile of player, true. When you look into the numbers, Sheaf is a superior player by far. The only areas Eccles really bests Sheaf in is blocks, clearances, xA, corner taking - I posted their respective stats in another thread (fbref). The reason Sheaf was value at around...

You’re right that statistics aren’t the be all and end all. However, there comes a point when a subjective opinion is backed up by some objective markers. Therefore, the issue with your take is that a) the statistics don’t support you and b) you’re also an outlier on the eye test too. Is...

I would argue, but I’ll just leave this here instead. He’s statistically one of the best midfielders in the league. His ‘clangers’ (i.e. errors) is in the bottom 9% of midfielders in the league and the same is true for miscontrolls (bottoms 22%) and dispossesses (bottom 21%). The statistics...

His performances in qualification weren’t great. I like Watkins and that moment in the Euros was one of the best footballing moments I’ve experienced at a game. That said, I don’t think he’ll ever be a first choice because he’s not young enough to be a Kane successor per se. It wasn’t...

Has he not proven his worth in the 5 years he’s been with us? This season, he’s come back and played a handful of games and over the season he will get back to his top level. Sheaf is, without a doubt, miles ahead of any midfielder we have at our club. On the Viveash point, he made a lot of...

Both of Spain’s wingers you mentioned also invert because they both play on the opposite side of the dominant foot. Yesterday we just didn’t have a focal point upfront and it was far too easy for Greece to counter attack when we lost the ball as we decided to play 3 defensively minded players...

Taking Carsley’s principles from the U21s, that’s fine because it’s designed to attack space which we did to great affect in the 2 prior games. The problems we have will require creative solutions and Carsley is right when he said we have to open to putting players in different positions. If...

Any look at stats of Sheaf’s performances quickly dispels probably the strangest take on our team.

You are probably right actually - 2022 was his breakthrough and then started to play further forward for England. The original point is that Bellingham has not played with Rice together in a midfield two to great affect so the midfield needs someone like Mainoo or Gomes besides Rice to allow...

What would your team be for Sunday Otis?

We played 4-2-3-1 in every game and Bellingham was a 10. Bellingham at CM in a 4-3-3 should work, but who plays with them? There needs to be an anchor to let those players operate which leads to one of Mainoo or Angel Gomes - both of whom did well v ROI and Finaland. Who then is dropped out of...