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I agree Mercer. We had this discussion about intentionally, or planning to use time to build a team when Bowyer was in charge. It didn’t happen and Bowyer isn’t here any more. IMO as a manager you don’t - or shouldn’t - approach things like that. You go into the job, working to be the best you can from day one. You don’t accept losing - ever. The players must never accept losing a game. Finishing fourth from the bottom must never be acceptable. Only being successful should be acceptable. If after all that it does take a number of seasons to get where you want to be, then so be it. Clubs shouldn’t accept mediocrity and neither should the fans.

From the little I’ve seen of Travis, he looks very good. He might, just might have a career ahead of him. I was very impressed. but maybe I should keep quiet and give him a chance.

I wish him well. For me, his “potential” revolves around a perception that he can turn defences with some strong running. I’m not sure he can - and I haven’t seen anything else from him, but I hope this contract stiffens up his self belief. Good luck to him.

Oh please don’t go down the route of saying people don’t want him to play well so that they will be proven right. The opposite view of people saying he DID play well because that proves them right would also be valid wouldn’t it?

That’s absolutely disgusting. Horrible thing.

Then you have to decide who to leave out?

You can only give a player a run of games if he can make a difference. It’s up to him to show more than he has done so far. We’re not the Ben Brereton support group, we have to win games.

and the second thought should be - “up the pace, use the full width of the field and run them ragged”. Certainly don’t drop the pace and play in front of them. That’s the worst thing you can do and makes it as easy as it can for them.

If you take the last four mins at Leeds, that’s 5 goals in 14 mins

3-0

Game over. Good night.

1-0

Smallwood red card

Palmer and Brereton off

Dack and arma coming on

Blooming north end equalise ☹️

That’s that then. Won’t beat 10 men ?

Hopefully just resting them. - not that I agree with that either. Play your strongest team in every championship game.

That line up looks defensively challenged to me.

Prioritising games in the Championship? Goodness me, I hope not. That would be pathetic.

You don’t need to know any of those things to judge a players ability though - and that is what the bottom line is here. People are basically saying they’ve not seen any great pace or technique. That’s not going to change is it?

How long does it take you to be able to judge a player Biz?

Where is everyone?

Went to all those games Tyrone. Byrom was known in some quarters as the golden boy of football. Big mistake selling him. Plenty of strikers are regulars in their teams at Breretons age.

question for people. what would you expect to see in a striker/forward that you had paid £7m for? I would expect to see either terrific pace, or excellent technique. I wouldn’t expect both for that money or in this league, but what other attributes would you expect for that money?