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Reply | Kolli up front in a two
at 14:32 8 Oct 2025
Three things.
Firstly Kolli is not a wide player. He’s a central forward. A really smart strong skilled linking centre forward. If you put him out wide he looks average.
As Bristol showed, his quick link play and class are a real weapon up front.
Second. Like Saito before him, he is GROSSLY under rated by many on this board. He’s excellent and he’s only 20 years old. If we let him go it will be a big big mistake.
I’d be open to a loan but a sale, unless for big bucks, is a mistake.
Thirdly, as Northern says, he’s a better partner for Kone or Frey than they are for each other. I see Kolli in a Sheringham type role.
After Brizzle I expect Stephan to play him a lot more. |
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Reply | Kone - too slow to go?
at 19:43 7 Oct 2025
Not so sure about that gazza actually.
Kone reminds a bit of Charlie Austin. And Charlie stepped up to the Prem when many (including myself) didn't think he would. |
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Reply | Morrison Goal Line Clearance Thread
at 07:31 22 Sep 2025
Well I appreciate the value of my opinion Brian and say the same to you.
Morrison may just fall into my blind spot and taste in players but he’s just not gnarly and robost enough for me. I’ll concede I could be missing his positioning genius. Maybe he’s so quietly proficient it’s passing me by.
But you could say Ryan Nelson was off that type and yet he stood out to me as amongst the best centre backs I’ve ever seen play football live. Two steps ahead of everyone and everything.
With Morrison I don’t feel secure. I feel we’re gettable. I feel balls into the box are too weakly repelled. He just doesn’t stand out and lead in a way I want a CB of his profile to do.
When Edwards plays there is huge reassuring commanding presence.
Cook had it to an extent. Dare is say JCS has it when he plays.
As for Mbengue. Lovely guy. Super rapid. Committed. But pretty shambolic and a potential disaster every time he plays. Unlike many I don’t like his attempts to step pit with the ball at all. Loose dribbling centre backs are not for me. I want sharp well weighted progressive passes to feet |
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Reply | Morrison Goal Line Clearance Thread
at 14:10 21 Sep 2025
Don’t see it with Morrison sorry. He’s neither commanding nor fast nor strong in the air.
I’m gonna get grief and I’ll happily own it when he’s a £10 million centre back - but for now he’s no better than Grant Hall in my mind.
Also think Mbengue is far too chaotic to make a proper centre back at this level.
Get JCS and buy Edwards and we’d be a bona fidae playoffs team. |
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Reply | Saito
at 10:26 21 Sep 2025
I would think, after everything Nourry has said about being financially sustainable, that’s it’s extremely unlikely he’s ’bet the house’ on Saito.
He’s spent a chunk of the Eze money.
And you do have to invest and spot opportunity and real value (and chance for big sales profits) when it comes along. Salo was that.
No one was questioning spending £3millon on Kone and on current evidence Saito is nearly as important.
Although I admit there is nothing better than a great striker. And Kona is the best striker in the Championship IMO |
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Reply | Saito
at 09:05 21 Sep 2025
Ah still trying to see justify your logic about Saito. I’ll take it up. The reasons there is no comparison with Austin and Johansen is Saith is 3 times the player, 7 years younger - and we’ve got Eze money.
So £2.5 million is and always will be an absolute bargain. The guy is special.
The main problem many people had is they’d completely missed how skilled and brilliant he is and just thought he ran around a lot.
That has been conclusively put to bed. |
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Reply | Saito
at 18:39 20 Sep 2025
Hello. |
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Reply | What a great day,
at 18:28 20 Sep 2025
Well I swallowed the grief and now I’m wallowing in the satisfaction.
Leave me in peace Brian! |
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Reply | What a great day,
at 16:09 20 Sep 2025
We I didn’t think Saito was unnecessary even for £2.5M and I got a lot of stick on here for saying so.
But I’m hoping those posters are fully eating their words now.
From the moment he’s come into our team he’s changed everything. Utterly undropable and at this level he is a game changing player, as he’s proving every game now. |
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Reply | Is Saito a future 10?
at 15:22 17 Sep 2025
Intersting post.
First point I would make is that Chair is often referred to as creative. In fact, IMO he's not. He can put a nice ball into the box from out wide or work space in the area to shoot - but he actually has poor vision and little flair. He also dwells on the ball too long to be truly creative. So he has many strengths and does make goal opportunities with his touch and guile, but pure creativity, as I would describe it, is not one.
Aside from him I think we're well covered at 10. I really think Madsen is by far and way at his best as a 10. I also think Dembele is a better 10 than winger.
Below that we have Pearman coming through.
So I'd keep Saito on a wing where his mobility and dribbling are most devastating. He can also roam inside. But he's not best used as a 10 for me.
FInal point - Saito did not come back better this season. He was this good at the end of last season it's just that a lot of our fans had missed it. Hence why the club paid £2.5 million to get him |
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Reply | Julien Stéphan talks dreams, transfers, and that Coventry game – Interview
at 17:09 12 Sep 2025
Was it only me that found that a very boring & rambling interview. I totally switched off it got so meandering and dull. Lots and lots of words but very little concrete information. He made about much sense as a French Ian Holloway.
Shame. I've liked him earlier interviews. |
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Reply | The box-to-box 8
at 22:50 2 Sep 2025
Joey Barton was a very good number 8 actually
General hatred for him as a person overshadowed just how good he was. Extremely good receiving the ball under pressure and playing ball forward. Could also tackle. He dragged us up to a prem under Redknapp.
For current players - someone above mentioned Brannagan at Oxford Utd. Always really liked the look of him. |
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Reply | Liam Morrison agrees new deal
at 15:22 2 Sep 2025
In theory this makes sense. Nothing about Dunne suggests he should be good at RB over CB but he is.
And even more to the point he was totally shot at CB by the end. He and Dickie looked like broken men in the middle. |
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Reply | Liam Morrison agrees new deal
at 14:31 2 Sep 2025
Again unpopular opinion but Mbengue looks a bit of mess to me. His positioning is... chaotic. And I don't like the antics.
I'd really have liked Edwards there and Mbengue on the bench.
If (lol) JCS can come back and stay fit I'd play him alongside Morrison as first choice. |
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Reply | Liam Morrison agrees new deal
at 11:23 2 Sep 2025
He's certainly not been bad - worth a longer contract and hopefully will continue to improve - but I think I'm one of the few that hasn't been blown away by him. I'd give him a 7/10 tops so far.
His positional sense is good, he's good on the ball - but I fear he's too slight and not gnarly enough. I like my CBs a bit more commanding. More imposing in the air certainly
Dare I say, he reminds of Grant Hall sometimes. Again, a player many rated, but I thought he was ultimately too powder puff for CB.
So -- I'll be very happy if he grows in stature - but he's got a way to go yet IMO.
22 years old so plenty of time and room to fully blossom as a leading CB. |
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Reply | Saito goal
at 21:21 31 Aug 2025
But it wasn't a 'free run' - he was squared up by a central defender - Saito used body swerve and jink and feint to go past him
Watch it again. |
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Reply | In Advanced Talks With Edwards
at 12:54 31 Aug 2025
Promotion capable does not mean promotion achieving 
But on paper, with everyone fit, it’d be a very strong squad |
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Reply | Saito goal
at 12:13 31 Aug 2025
A ‘this’ reply to the wrong post - but basically we agree, it didn’t take a ‘big deflection’
Weird how some people still want to do him down. Very odd. |
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Reply | In Advanced Talks With Edwards
at 12:08 31 Aug 2025
I agree we’re well stocked at CB but Edwards is a special special player. He has the ability to play for a top half Prem side.
Sign him and we’re a centre mid away from a promotion capable team.
£3 million plus adds on would again represent a steal and acquire us an asset that would quickly be worth far more than that. |
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Reply | Saito goal
at 09:36 31 Aug 2025
GroveR! Another doubter who has seen the light. What I don’t get is how so few saw the qualities and skills he possessed last season. He’s a top player. I expect him to make us a very large profit. He’s each an £8 million player in the making |
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