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Good finish by Vipi, but that's a fabulous break by Eom. Smart use of the ball and a perfect pass through.More evidence as to why he'd be better playing centrally IMO.

The nature of football has changed over the last few years so it's harder for strikers to be as prolific as they were in seasons past. Defences sit deeper, teams don't attack with the same kind of freedom that they used to. You could probably make a case that Vipi's ability outside the box...

Just to put it in perspective, no player managed 20 Championship goals last season. Only two even got close, and they played for teams that eventually got promoted. Vipi's achievement in doing so for a team that's not really hit any kind of consistent form, and with only three penalties in that...

Rangel's achievements on the pitch as a player far outstrip any other RB in the clubs history. It's not even close. Top man too.

Definitely. His one touch layoffs to a player in space have become a notable aspect of his play as the season has progressed. Idah is better at the physical hold up play, which is good because they can complement each other. Shame we didn't get to see more of it and probably won't next season.

But they should at least consider the things that you quite rightly mentioned in your first paragraph. We've seen it happen plenty of times over the years. A lot of people love to slag players off without any kind of consideration to mitigating factors. Vipi was a young lad who had basically...

Are you seriously suggesting that there weren't quite a lot of people queueing up to take a pop at Vipotnik last season?

Fixed that for you.

Nathan Wood's biggest problem is that he hitched his star to Russy. Perhaps the worst possible coach to develop a young defender. Always had the talent for me. Just needed the right manager to bring him along. Wouldn't be surprised to see him back in the Prem soon, with Southampton or otherwise.

Hope so. There needs to be a proper routeway into the first team from the youth/reserves, and if a loan spell as impressive as his has been isn't one then something will have gone wrong somewhere.

Yep. Sometimes you just have to give credit where it's due.

I maintain that Eom is being wasted out wide. His skillset suits a central position far more IMO.

Losses like this and we're still planning (apparently) to spend a hefty eight figure sum buying the stadium this Summer. As long as ownership is happy to keep pumping the cash in and we stay within the rules I suppose it's OK, but I'd much rather a bit of financial sense set in and Championship...

A lack of ability was never Grimes' problem here. The fact that you could count the number of games in most seasons where he was truly influential on the fingers of one hand was. Nowhere near as important as his cheerleaders (and based on the player turnout for his departure, he himself)...

A deal from outside the ownership group is more likely to be OK. As mentioned elsewhere, these rules were brought in to stop the likes of Etihad taking the mickey out of FFP rules and inflating Man Citys transfer funds by claiming a £200m a year sponsorship deal. We could be sponsored by Death...

Because the sponsors aren't the owners. If Ryan Reynolds had paid £20m to advertise the latest Deadpool movie on their shirt front then that would be a conflict and probably investigated by the league. United Airlines jumping on the bandwagon to make use of the exposure is not. They've played...

Not sure if it's worth sending Wilson out on another loan. He's 22 in December and not exactly ripping it up in the SPL, nor did he at Yeovil previously. Maybe a sale with a sell on. Congreve and Cotterill are also at the "use or sell" point for me, alongside Josh Thomas. Sam Parker is still a...

I think there might be governance issues surrounding ownership sponsorships and the potential for inflated values as a means of bypassing PSR rules anyway.

Be interesting to see if Lissah or Wilson get a look in. Lissah you would think would be a cert to feature heavily in pre-season at least. Wilson maybe less so. Lissah may be able to do two of those jobs you mention. For me the biggest gap is a ball playing CB. If we're going to play a higher...

In fairness, there seems to be a vibe from the crowd lately that suggests people want him to do well rather than pile onto him. I think I first noticed it in the game he got that cut on his foot. I wanna say West Brom? He got a good reception today and the reaction to his goal line clearance...