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Zero faith at the min but hoping the away day tactics come up trumps again. Pompey 1 Rovers 2

What I want to know is how many number 8s and number 6s (etc etc) actually wear that shirt.

We are away We will win

Who the fuck are Atigua? Do they mean Antigua.

Other than not being able to score (which was a standing joke) Batty was a fairly accomplished all round player. None of this modern " all I do is sit in front of the back 4 and shield the defence and make the occasional interception". A far superior version of Travis if you like.

I don’t see how that would meet 7b - if he’s signed in January by definition the whole of January can’t have passed since his signing. Therefore, in my opinion, summer ‘26 would count as the whole of a registration window. We’d then need to wait until January ‘27 to meet 7a.

But what I am saying is either scenario falls back to poor recruitment. Tavares is crap and Baradji is unfit. Forshaw played 3 games in a week. So if neither is seen as a potential alternative to Tronstad, why sign them both aswell as TGH who also plays a more box to box role? That suggests imbalanced recruitment signing 3 players to do the same thing. If Tavares in particular wasnt chosen to start in any game because he is shit, in favour of repeatedly flogging Forshaw until he got injured, then again poor recruitment.

Would 1 full domestic registration period essentially mean 1 transfer window & mean that he could be converted during the summer? Either way, it seems a waste of an ESC slot unless he is the reincarnation of Maldini

Couldn’t do so until January ‘27 though:

I think so, although given his age (going back to the Mafoumbi discussion during the summer), one appearance would then mean he could be converted to a standard work permit "Or they can give Exauce Mafoumbi his Championship debut. As the player hasn’t yet made his senior debut for any club, making his first appearance in a bad second-tier league would earn him five points. He’d then get an additional 10 points for playing in the Championship, hitting the 15 needed to qualify for a GBE work permit."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cedx6296jylo Looks like something is happening with the pitch based on that story but no idea what?!

Would he need a ESC spot?!

Would hope (although not necessarily expect) that a 20 year old college kid who has never played a senior game would be a signing for the u21s, not the first team

I did implied nothing of the sort so please stopping lying cos you losing the argument here. But different players play different roles within team structure whether its a centre back or wide players or centre midfielders or strikers. That's going years and years. Shearer was number 9 whilst Sheringham was number 10, you wouldn't play them the other way round would you or David Batty has midfielder playmaker would you?

New defender sorted then 😄

The issue is you only need one shot with defensive headers like that - it was routine. As I say he's cost us plenty of goals and the entire Norwich game at home but he's our go to number 1 starter at centre back. Got his feet muddled on the line for the calamitous equaliser at Deepdale too, he isn't that good but he's the best we've been left with and is a guaranteed starter. I'm certain we'd have seen some of these recent games out too at 1-0 had the club spent some money on a proper centre back that can attack a cross and command the air.

We had more championship experience team last season compared to this one. I think a defence with Hyam still be better and that's my biggest regret of the summer transfer window is selling him with no replacement brought in.

probably a few £100K

Like Oxford and Wednesday this lot are a poor side. So are we. They'll be desperate for a win and will see us as a great chance to do that. We've got to maintain our decent away form as if that slips the bottom 3 at Xmas beckons. Not a ground I can remember us winning at too often.

The club's head coach, Valerien Ismael, said earlier this week he would be willing to sacrifice part of his transfer budget if it meant the money was reallocated to improving their pitch. Just going back to this a sec, it implies we have a transfer budget for January??

That makes me utterly detest them every single time I hear it

Rochdale have already decided that they’re going to lay a new pitch in mid season.

I’m with you, I fancy us to get something here. Our current formation is made for away games.

There’s playmakers and then there’s spear carriers for me. Tronstad, Taylor-Hickman, Forshaw, Montgomery, spear carriers. Cantwell, Morishita, Baradji, playmakers. Tavares, Henrikson,- wanna be playmakers.

So maybe they've bought some covers and will also be mapping out the undersoil heating pipes the drilling holes between them. Then in summer they'll get the drains jetted and insert a sleeve up the pipe, all that will swallow the few hundred grand there might be spare for a player unless another few sales are made. In short, anything to avoid a full pitch and drain re lay.