Summer window

it was the £6m Cirkin buy back clause. I posted it on here as an example of how it could work and what kind of figure would suit all parties. somebody took it on RTG, then twitter, then football manager. Now it’s known as the actual figure. I have no idea if I just got it right, or if my original post has become a Chinese whisper that’s been taken as gospel.

 

Does effective pressing and closing down not require some pace though?

 

yeh probably

 

Ha ha! That was it!! It's gospel now.

 

we didn't really have a target man last season apart from the first few matches, so playing long balls was difficult. Last night I thought that the ball seemed to be travelling really slow across the pitch and seemed to get worse as the rain fell but i think it slowed our normal pace down and made it harder to play our normal passing game (that is not meant to excuse the players they should have been better) which i think affected the overall speed of the game

 

I THINK it was just a lucky guess because like I say - it’s in football manager, I’ve seen the athletic mention it, I’ve seen sky mention it etc. BUT they could all be using each other as sources and if one of them didn’t check their source I may have unintentionally set the narrative in him

 

I get what you are saying but we can have an increased number of substitutes on the bench from this season so personally I think 4 makes more sense. It's a bloody long season in the Championship and there are some really physical teams. We are bound to pick up more injuries (although hopefully not serious)

As I'm off today and bored, currently there are 16 teams in the Championship with at least 4 centre forwards in their squad, the other 8 have 3.

Incredibly Huddersfield have 7, Preston 6 (who are supposedly favourites for Cannon) and Stoke have 5.

 

All of this is supposing we only ever play 1 up front but we often played with 2 when we had Stewart and Simms fit and playing so there is still a bit of wiggle room, however I do agree that 3 out and out strikers is about right and maybe a very attack minded winger/midfielder could be an option but we also have a few very talented looking midfielders at the club who could potentially be that extra striker if needed I am thinking of Ekwah/Bellingham/Rigg I think all of these may be able to do a job in an emergency

 

Sunken cost fallacy?

 

I’d say it cost Arsenal the league mind

 

Bishop confirmed. We now have a proper #2.

 

The welcome Harold roker report tweeted confused the life out of me

 

He's got some neck on him like. If he gets a tattoo on it he'll get charged for a sleeve.

 

I could see that. He is a cracking player in and around the box. When he gets in the box he finds space as well as a lot of number 9s. Needs balls into his feet but I can see Roberts and Clarks loving pinging it into him and attacking the space in the box. I think our fans will love Dack.

 

He’d be great as the 10 imo, Hemir occupying defenders and Dack making the runs into the box. Missed that big style last season.

 

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That's the fella

 

We have plenty of attacking and goal threat in our team. We're in a better position than the team that reached the playoffs last year. I'm really looking forward to the season. I think we are still looking for another striker but will not worry if we don't get one.

Also there has been no news about Stewart for a long time. It's all speculation. For all we know there could be a couple of alternate plans on contract depending on recovery and form which both parties are happy with and also happy to see how it works out.

AND There's no scenario that has been mentioned on Twitter or any forum that the club won't have considered.

 

That headline is literally meaningless, ha. "Could" makes the whole thing a non-story. We "could" accept a bid for Ross. We "could" sign Mbappe. I "could" shag Margot Robbie. Probably not gonna happen though is it

 

Not sure we're in a better position than start of season last year, mind. We're down Simms, Diallo, and effectively Stewart. Recruited a lot of unproven youngsters plus Dack... The league as a whole has gotten a lot stronger, we'll do well to get playoffs again as things stand, imo.