David O'Day
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it was a no brainer for us
he's going to play a lot of games for us and at least the forwards won't be blowing out their arses come march/april/may
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he's going to play a lot of games for us and at least the forwards won't be blowing out their arses come march/april/may
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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But is Rotation not key to keep everyone fit and sharp and at the top of their game, I love Simms and agree he is one of the best, but we have quality in depth which we’ve been crying out for for so long, what happens when he gets injured, do you want to rely on Tavares or Godden, or would you want BTA to come in
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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SHFWC that we’re debating about having too much depth 
If Simms gets injured I’d rather have someone with pedigree in this league coming into the team than Justin Obikwu
skybluecam
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It’s not too much depth, it’s resource allocation innit.SHFWC that we’re debating about having too much depth
If we bring in 2/3 more players in other areas this week I’m all for it. But I’m skeptical of that happening, and our priority shouldn’t have been a striker.
BTA left a team where he might not have been first choice this season, who don’t create many chances and who let him know they were prepared to sell him.
He’s joined a club nearer to his hometown who’ll probably create more chances. We weakened a rival and prevented another (Hull) from strengthening plus we upgraded on Godden.
He’s joined a club nearer to his hometown who’ll probably create more chances. We weakened a rival and prevented another (Hull) from strengthening plus we upgraded on Godden.
Then you are moving a player from their most effective position
Tea & Busquets
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About as long as it takes you to piss in your weetabix
Seriously though have I done something to you? What’s with the snark?
larry_david
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Then he needs to ensure he's undropable don't he
Balli001
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All sides in this division rotate players and use 5 subs. The fact he played almost every minute last season was part of the reason we burned out
Tea & Busquets
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I’m sorry you took it that way because I’m surely not in it for the SBT points. Let’s clear it up then, I’m not an ITK, I’m a regular guy that watches a lot of football and makes time to study players aka i sit stationary at my computer all day and piss and shit on myself. Is that to your liking?
biggymania
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It baffles me that you think signings work in a serial fashion. What is it that makes you think that they're not working on other targets in other positions?
The signings happen when they happen - I'm sure multiple conversations are ongoing across many targets and positions - some will land sooner, some later... some never. You can't pass up on a target because it's not happening in the perfect order.
Tea & Busquets
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Glad I fit the bill mate
50+ year olds getting a kick out of me was not on my bingo card. 3 years in and I finally stumble into a bit of turbulence, and im not counting Grendel.
Skyblue_CP
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Why do you care so much about spend? I’m sure Doug and the recruitment team know what areas need strengthening and the budget they have to do it with… They won’t be throwing money at players for the sake of it. There will be a CB and CM targets. Relax
Trueskyblue20
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I never envisaged so many arguments about spending too much money and having too much squad depth a few years back
Tea & Busquets
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Remember the meltdowns over Enobakhare
Was that the first second or third time he signedRemember the meltdowns over Enobakhare
robbiethemole
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the perfect plan to stop other teams buying them???
eedyut
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It's staggering how unaware people seem to be about a sport they supposedly love.
Calista
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Before social media, it was never the job of journalists to spoon feed the readership with a stream of idle speculation, or predictions to get brownie points. Why is Turner being judged on that?
He’s come up with a few (admittedly not enough) interesting articles in a more traditional vein this year, and personally I don’t look to the local paper for rumour mongering.
He’s come up with a few (admittedly not enough) interesting articles in a more traditional vein this year, and personally I don’t look to the local paper for rumour mongering.
Marty
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My boss at work is an Academy coach in the evenings at a pro club, (obviously won't name them), he's just lost an 11 year old girl to Man Utd, the deal the parents got was ludicrous, rent paid for on a property, cover of their wages if they couldn't find subtle employment and private school for all their children.
fatso
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Simms can't play every minute of every game at 100% effort.
And what happens if he picks up an injury, or has a loss of form?
And if we're 3-0 up after an hour or so, we now have the option to sub him and save his legs for the next game.
That's what having options in the squad is all about.
Trueskyblue20
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Remember the meltdowns over Enobakhare
I have actually blocked that piece of history from my memory.
I do however remember signing Tyler fucking Walker for about 750k and thinking we’ve made it big time.
shmmeee
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If we don’t bring anyone else in do you think it’ll be because we skunked all our funds on strikers or because we couldn’t get an appropriate player over the line? And if the latter do you think going after fewer players would have changed that?
SkyblueTexan
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There's a rumour on X about Coventry and Blackburn looking at Liverpool youngster, James McConnell, for a possible loan. Think he's a midfielder. Not sure how believable this is, but I would be happy with this if true.
Offhegoes
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Robins had been chasing Walker the season before too but he chose Lincoln. Had Robins got Walker, we probably wouldn't of signed Godden....
Walker never felt like a Robins player. He was a finisher, but didn't work hard enough and wasn't paticulary physical or pacey
Tea & Busquets
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Would be a great signing. Played quite well for them in the champions league if I’m not mistsken
Balli001
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Fairly sure they got that from someone on here saying they liked him
fatso
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We play more games at a much higher intensity in the Championship than most other leagues.
Last season MR said Sakamoto and Eccles were desperately in need of resting, even before the cup run.
And how did our final quarter of the season go after the cup run exhausted us?
We plummeted out of play off contention due to exhaustion.
That on its own is evidence enough of the need to rest and rotate players when opportunity arrises.
Just out of interest, how many players have we used in the first 3 games???
Rotation is the key!!!!
Balli001
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Different players have different levels of fitness. Simms often looks knackered after an hour. If you had your way though he would have to stay on regardless
David O'Day
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that won't be how it works
bta can play wide as well and bassette will be a back up for now
T&B you'll always get some who read something into your posts that isn't there. From my point of view, I really like your insight, so keep up the good workGlad I fit the bill mate
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