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The Roy Keane approach to tactical insight.

If the real question is how many top 6 contenders would have him in their midfield options of 6/7 I think the answer is most of them …..

It’s very odd when you think about it. on one hand fans keep asking for the club to modernise and to be more commercial and then when we do with ticket prices, corp hospitality, shirt release dates, etc etc everyone complains …

And we won’t tonight either even though Sheaf is out ….

If they bring them out on the same date each year it doesn’t matter want date that is in terms of its available time to be worn….. A number of clubs have yet to release the second or third kits. Leicesters away kit is due to be dropped today …. I think fans need to adjust their thoughts to...

I think the issue for me with academy loans is that they are always markedly better the second season. Sheaf and Maartsen are 2 such examples ….

I’ve been a Cov fan for more than 40 years. It’s never been about being entitled. In fact it’s been the exact reverse. defying the odds to stay in the top division season after season, dropping through the leagues with crap owners, finishing higher than our wage bill suggested we should. being...

Why are you so negative this summer ?

It’s a competition. What others are doing is directly relevant. Ignoring the competitive context is ridiculous.

Well we were last season and we have swapped Torp for Kelly and COH for Rudoni …..

If we are within 6 points of play offs come Jan we can always invest further then …. It’s not all about this window.

Fans of every top half team will be having this same debate … Leeds, Sheffield united, Luton, Burnley etc etc will all expect to be promoted given their recent premier league experience …. Leeds look like they are losing Rutter to Brighton today, The blades might lose Hamer, and so it goes on...

But neither replacement is like for like. This is I think the very point being made. Simms isn’t a similar player to Vik is he.

One of the aspects missing from our current midfield options that Hamer did bring was drive. That ability to run quickly with the ball and transition us at pace from defending to counter attacking from the centre of midfield.

They are not mutually exclusive though. They should just ask less inane questions / statements like “good to see Simms get off the mark”, “ positive keeping a clean sheet” “pleased ti be through ti the next round Mark” I mean for the love of god no one benefits from that approach ….

The club would never allow the manager to alienate the CET on the basis the manager was asked about transfers during the transfer window.

He’s a grown up. He knows how the football business works and frankly if we ever get back to the Premier league with him it will increase exponentially and they will be much more pointed with the time of their questions too !

That is the essence of journalism …. Getting people to tell you what they would prefer not to. Without that it’s a world of PR releases …..

The role of the local reporter is to ask the questions the fans want asking. It’s the role of the clubs comms team to ask the easier ones. Robins will never answer specifics on target players or positions but he’s normally pretty good at the broader stuff on whether he still has positions he...

Are the BBC CWR interviewers told not to ask Robins about transfers ? Bizarre not to ask even if he dead bats it away !